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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: allthingscraft on March 29, 2011, 05:01:57 am

Title: Hello from another soon-to-be owner
Post by: allthingscraft on March 29, 2011, 05:01:57 am: Hello everyone

My name is Sofia and I ordered my Thermomix yesterday and it will arrive in time for my home demo Friday night. I am so excited!

I've been searching through all the recipes on this forum and watching lots of youtube videos. The information/recipes on this forum definitely helped me make my decision to purchase one.

The recipe and shopping lists are getting longer as I keep adding new things to try. I'm guessing one of the first things I make will be a strawberry smoothie or sorbet for my daughter :)

Waiting *impatiently* until Friday evening.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
Title: Re: Hello from another soon-to-be owner
Post by: cookie1 on March 29, 2011, 05:47:04 am: Welcome allthingscraft. I'm sure you are eagerly waiting for Friday. Welcome to the forum.
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Post by: judydawn on March 29, 2011, 06:54:01 am: Hello Sofia, welcome to the forum. Glad we have been able to help you make the decision to buy and look forward to hearing about all the cooking you will soon be doing. Enjoy your demo on Friday.
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Post by: Cornish Cream on March 29, 2011, 11:36:25 am: Hi and welcome to the forum Sofia.Everyone says the hardest part is waiting for your TM to be delivered.Roll on Friday, so you can get cooking :D :D
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Post by: GoneCrazY on March 31, 2011, 06:54:59 am: hey , welcome to the forum !!

its almost friday ;) !!!
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Post by: Jacq on April 01, 2011, 08:04:34 am: Today's your big day. I only got mine three weeks ago, I hardly slept the night before it arrived. I use my Thermomix a lot, best buy ever!
Enjoy and have loads of fun this weekend! :D
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Post by: quirkycooking on April 01, 2011, 12:44:56 pm: Hi Sofia, how was your demo?? Hope it went well! Don't stay up all night cooking now, will you! ;D
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Post by: fujicat707 on April 01, 2011, 02:04:06 pm: Hello Sofia , Snap! I just ordered my Thermomix same day as you, being delivered next Friday. Prior to my purchase I had been researching this forum and was very impressed with the wealth of information here and the range of recipes.
We should swap our first impressions once our new TM's arrive! :D Cheers Kathy (aka fujicat707)
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Post by: Very Happy Jan on April 02, 2011, 02:18:22 am: Welcome Sofia. How did your demo go?
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Post by: Twitterpated on April 02, 2011, 10:27:43 am: Hi Sofia. What have you made so far?
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Post by: salval on April 02, 2011, 10:50:08 am: Hi there Sofia! What was the first thing you made????
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Post by: allthingscraft on April 06, 2011, 03:17:51 am: Ok demo last Friday night went really well. Everyone who came was suitably impressed with this wonder machine! My thermomix was used during the demo so I definitely got a feel for it.

Saturday began the big cooking day ;)
- pikelets from EDC
- Citrus smoothie from quirkyjo's blog
- Isi's Portuguese rolls
- hummus from EDC
- steamed vegies to try out varoma

We've enjoyed fresh smoothies for brekky each morning. Monday I tried spaghetti and meatballs - steaming the meatballs and I put pasta sauce in the top tray (using wet baking paper)

Yesterday was a baking day with Nay-Nay's fruit bars.

I love this machine ;D The information on this forum is awesome. Everything I've made so far has worked perfectly and tasted fantastic.

How's your new machine going Kathy?
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Post by: judydawn on April 06, 2011, 05:38:54 am: You are going great guns Sofia, well done.
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Post by: fujicat707 on April 06, 2011, 12:00:29 pm: Quote from: allthingscraft on April 06, 2011, 03:17:51 am
I love this machine ;D The information on this forum is awesome. Everything I've made so far has worked perfectly and tasted fantastic.
How's your new machine going Kathy?
My "Arnie" hasnt arrived yet .... still waiting for delivery, should be this Friday hopefully .... Seems like an eternity. Is it just me or is there so many things to try first! :D. Am spending the wait gainfully by clearing out my small pantry, got new containers today, plus need to go through my fridge and remove all circa WWII food items .. Tee hee!
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on April 06, 2011, 02:21:22 pm: probably a good idea not to eat anything between now and then either :D
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Post by: fujicat707 on April 07, 2011, 01:49:50 pm: Hi Sofia
Yay! My Arnie arrive this arvo!
Made Cacciatore Chicken Rissotto (recipe found on this forum) - absolutely delicious!!!! But recipe was enough to feed a whole army ... and there is only DH and I in our household! Heaven forbid, I may need to buy a chest freezer! Followed it up with a Raspberry, Banana and Orange sorbet ... again so much food! Have put remaining half of sorbet in freezer, but methinks it will freeze rock solid, worth a try anyhows.
I will definitely need to halve most recipes otherwise we will end up on Biggest Loser before too long! Will make the veg stock concentrate tomorrow morning and take it from there, very happy so far.
Kathy
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Post by: Cuilidh on April 07, 2011, 08:55:37 pm: I think you may find that your freezer will now become your second best friend - used in conjunction with the TMX mine is certainly getting a great work out.
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Post by: Twitterpated on April 07, 2011, 11:44:58 pm: My freezer has never worked so hard or been so full since getting the TM. Following all the tips on this forum I now freeze just about anything that is not used immediately (herbs, leftover coconut milk, breadcrumbs, etc). Seems like every time I want to cook something I just need to go to the freezer as I have previously put some of the ingredients in there. I'm thinking of getting a few small magnetic whiteboards (I have 3 freezers) so I can see at a glance what is in each as I do quite often have to search for what I am looking for. Don't really know why I didn't freeze that much before - just too busy I guess. Lots of free time now I have the TM - I wish. ;)
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Post by: cookie1 on April 08, 2011, 06:29:50 am: Thank goodness for freezers. We used to only use ours for meat, bread, frozen vegies and icecream. Now it has very little of those things in it. :-))
Title: Re: Hello from another soon-to-be owner
Post by: allthingscraft on April 13, 2011, 07:19:43 am: Kathy - sounds like you are having just as much fun with your machine as I am. My family are certainly enjoying everything I'm making. Yes, I've started thinking about a chest freezer as well ;D Haven't quite worked out how to change the cooking times when halving recipes as it's just 3 of us - DH, DD4 and me. Lots more experimenting...
Title: Re: Hello from another soon-to-be owner
Post by: fujicat707 on April 15, 2011, 10:34:47 am: Quote from: allthingscraft on April 13, 2011, 07:19:43 am
Kathy - sounds like you are having just as much fun with your machine as I am. My family are certainly enjoying everything I'm making. Yes, I've started thinking about a chest freezer as well ;D Haven't quite worked out how to change the cooking times when halving recipes as it's just 3 of us - DH, DD4 and me. Lots more experimenting...
I recently asked question re: halving recipes, apparently temps same but time is reduced to 80% of original is rule of thumb. Thankfully Woolworths have sale on clip top containers at present so stocking up on these and labeling the leftovers in freezer with masking tape strips so I can remember whats what! So far simply love the scales function so useful and reduces dishes too!
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Post by: Thermomixer on April 26, 2011, 08:29:46 am: Welcome ATC - really hit the ground running. Yes, need loads of freezer space. :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: Thermomixer on April 27, 2011, 05:10:07 am: Back to front page
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Post by: Frozzie on April 27, 2011, 05:10:09 pm: hi sofia and welcome and glad you got your thx and are having a great time using it...recipes are never ending on here not to mention the many blogs members have...enjoy :)