I have made this tonight and I'm not sure about the texture of it.  It is a bit chunky with some of the vegies (some big chunks of onion and carrot).  Do others keep it blending for a bit longer than the 4 seconds (I think) or have another technique for more consistency?  Thanks

Oh, and we use whey powder instead of milk powder, wouldn't make much difference to taste though.

I'm a new TM owner.  I convinced myself it was a good investment because my son is gluten intolerant and we use rice milk (not because we are necessarily intolerant to dairy - more of preference).

I have made the cyndi o'meara gluten free bread, and even grinding the grains for flour, I estimate it cost me around $3 a loaf, cheaper than we can buy gluten free bread fresh, but I generally pick up gf bread reduced at supermarket for $2.50 and freeze straight away.  I am pleased that I'm not using preservatives, but we get through nearly a loaf a day.

I have made the basic rice milk and it was yuk!  Jo's rice milk is yummy, but one thing that sold me, was that my demonstrator told me the rice milk would cost me about 10c a litre - uh-uh, the basic one would be around 20c, which is great; but pretty inedible, Jo's would be around $1 a litre, which is great, but not quite the savings I was imagining.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with my purchase, but I would love some ideas of how others may cook with restrictions and save money by using the thermomix.

I understand we all have different ideas on what would constitute expensive/inexpensive.  We are on a pretty tight budget and would like to get our weekly shopping at $150 for four of us.

Thanks for any advice.
 
Deb

I have heard that coconut oil is great on nappy rash, glad to hear you've found it so.  Yes, it is a lovely website.

I hope you have success with the deodorant, I have found it to be really good.

We have made: rice milk x 2, gluten free bread dough, shortbread dough, chocolate cake, stock concentrate, orange and lime sorbet, "fried" rice, crepe mix, ginger beer.  I have put some silverside in the fridge to cure (didn't need Tim for that), but will be cooking it in him tomorrow night.  I'm so excited to find a silverside recipe without all the nasties; can't wait to try it.

I'm so excited; my themomix is being delivered tomorrow morning.  My demonstrator is going to help me cook "Fried Rice", orange and lime sorbet, and rice milk.  Mmmmm ....

Thanks for your replies.   What type of grains do you grind, Quirky Cooking?  I think I will need to be able to grind wheat for bread.  I will be grinding rice and other gluten free grains as well.

Andiesenji, does it make a lot of wastage having to sift out the wheat before using?  Although, I guess you just said you use your nutrimill for grinding!