Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: alyce alexandra on January 05, 2012, 08:42:02 am
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Hello everyone!
Great to finally be a part of forum thermomix. This really is a fantastic community.
I have been an avid Thermomix user for 7 years now and have fallen so in love with this product that I have written a cookbook for use with this amazing technology. My cookbook, "Quick Fix in the Thermomix", went on sale December 2011 and has so far sold over 400 copies. Three years in the making, this cookbook contains over 100 of my favourite tried and tested recipes accompanied with colour photographs.
For further information please visit: www.alycealexandracookbooks.com
I am excited to be a part of this community and look forward to sharing everyone's Thermomix experiences!
Love alyce xo
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Hi alyce, welcome to the forum. Good luck with your book, I know some of the girls have already ordered it and I expect some reviews will come in once they receive it.
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Hello Alyce. It is good to have you here. I feel excited that a kind friend gave me a tantalising look through your recipe book. I loved what I saw but I had to give it back. Cheerio and please contribute to any other threads you like while we are waiting for the book and then cooking our way through QFITT.
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Hi Alyce and welcome :D I have my book - I have to say the whole order (20 of them!!) arrived really quickly considering it was Christmas and all. Now all I need is some more time to make some more recipes ;D DH is away next week so I may get the chance then.... not enough hours in my day even for quick fixes :o :o
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Welcome to the forum Alyce. Looking forward to reading your posts.
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Hi Alyce, welcome to the Forum. I made my first recipe from your book today and have posted a review in our review section. I am looking forward to making more but it may not be immediately as i am baby sitting this week.
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Welcome to the forum Alyce. i love the photos on your site, well done . ;D
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Welcome to the forum Alyce.Wishing you success with your book. :)
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Welcome, Alyce, and thanks for joining the forum. I know what hard work it is writing a book, so thanks for persevering with it and best wishes for lots of sales.
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Welcome Alyce. I look forward to reading reviews on your book.
Best wishes for lots of sales.
Michele
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Welcome Alyce. Gosh 7 years with a TMX. You must have been one of the early users like Thermomixer and Karen. I haven't seen your book yet but I'm sure I will. Congratulations on writing it.
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Hi Alyce, welcome to the forum and congratulations on your book
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To Alyce:
Just a question about the Ginger and Lime Scallop recipe - why do you say remove roe? With the price of scallops and the attraction being the yin and yang of both white meat and roe, I can't understand your instruction.
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Hi Cecilia,
Thank you so much for your question! I find the roe an unappealing texture, and therefore prefer to leave it out of the dish. Although if you like it then please leave to scallop whole - tailor the recipe to your taste buds :) I buy my scallops fresh from the market already without the roe making the dish easy.
All the best and happy cooking!
Alyce
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Welcome Alyce, looking forward to your contribution here :)
It is interesting to hear your views on scallop roe, as a watcher (some would say addict) of tv cooking shows the practice of removing the roe is quite common. I am always going oh no wasting the best part once again, it never occurred to me that some people don't like it, especially as here in Tasmania our scallops have quite the reputation for their large bright orange roe.
Sharon
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Alyce is catering to people like me knittercook - I won't eat the roe and I am happy if I can find scallops without it. I don't buy them very often, they are too expensive.
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Judy this reminds me of when I was about 17 and my friend was scallop splitting during the holidays and could purchase 1 kg of scallops for $5, she bought me some and I took them home to my non- seafood eating parents. Well my mother decided to curry them and that night as we all sat down for our feast imagine my horror to find that she had only cooked the white bits, and when I asked where the orange bits were she replied "oh I chucked them out, do you eat them"? :'(
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I grew up on scallops, and love the roe, splitting scallops brings back memories, we use to buy a sack of scallops for $20.00 and split them ourselves, those were the days.
Must be a Tasmanian thing to eat the roe, I miss my tassie scallops, and its so hard in the west to find scallops with roe on.
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I loce scallops but like Judy rarely have them as they are so expensive. I rarely buy any seafood because of the expense. We have fresh that we catch at Monkey Mia and the rest of the time, apart from some salmon, I use tinned seafood. (tuna and salmon). I'm afraid I don't like the roe either.
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I rarely buy any seafood because of the expense.
Same here cookie. keep reading how we are meant to be eating more fresh fish, but the tinned variety is more affordable. The only time we have fresh fish is when I steam it using my recipe here (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6031.0) and everyone goes mad for it.
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Sad isn't it? I have quite a few recipes using salmon and smoked salmon and I use those mainly.
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love scallops with the roe. i think the ones without are from overseas.
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I rarely buy any seafood because of the expense.
Same here cookie. keep reading how we are meant to be eating more fresh fish, but the tinned variety is more affordable. The only time we have fresh fish is when I steam it using my recipe here (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6031.0) and everyone goes mad for it.
i am lucky frank only likes the frozen **** or fish and chips for the hamburger shop
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CP, love the look of this recipe..I have the large bamboo steamers. they last for ever. Must get some smaller ones.
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Went to The Farmers Markets (Newcastle - NSW) today. I don't eat seafood but they had smoked salmon and local prawns at what DH considered a very reasonable price. Do you fellow Thermomixers have farmers markets in your district?