For lunch today I made a mince meat curry (I'll post the recipe in mains) with Bron's garlic steamed rice.  Found there was nothing like this in the cook books so had to concoct my own out of sheer frustration. 

Then this afternoon I made the buttermilk bread from the everyday cookbook which turned out better than my first attempt because I put it into a square baking tin rather than just on a tray which caused it to spread too much in my first go.  I also made Bron's varoma creme caramel flan late today and it will be later tomorrow when I upend that to see how it went.

No, 1/2 cup in my top loader didn't go sudsy.  In the 'old days' powders used to soap up but even they don't do that when you use the recommended quantity.  I used to equate suds with a cleaner wash but don't think that is the case nowadays.

Someone was going to post a shampoo recipe too, now who was that?  Maybe I Love Bimby - if so we understand how busy she has been lately so forgive her for forgetting

Even at the demo, my consultant asked me whether I thought I would save money by buying the TMX and I immediately said no, because I would be trying all sorts of different things which I was not eating or drinking before.  eg making my own orange juice.  Oranges are reasonably expensive just to juice and, pre-TMX, I never bought orange juice, just the odd orange to eat as a piece of fruit.  Now I have to buy whole bags full   I never bought dips but now I am buying ingredients to make them occasionally and so the list goes on.  BUT it is a whole new way of life in my kitchen (I have always loved being in there) and you just want to use it more and more and try different things.  We hardly ever go out for a meal nowadays. I haven't even bothered to get the 2009/2010 Entertainment Book (Aussies will know what this is, others - it is a book of vouchers for 2 for the price of 1 meals).  I find the cooler weather is ideal for cooking meals in the TMX - during our hot summers here it probably gets used more for desserts and drinks rather than main courses when we just want to have BBQ's and salads.

I saw a program once about why French women (or maybe it was women from Paris) don't put on weight but with the type of food they eat over there, I find it hard to understand why not    So much butter, cream etc in their recipes as Mr Spock attests to.  Hope you find a happy medium with your recipes from all over the world, especially here on the forum.  Must admit, most recipes aren't low fat though - it would be nice to have more in this category. Good luck in your search for recipes which will appeal to you - a bad recipe book is not a good start to your life with the TMX.

Thank you Thermomixer, I appreciate that comment.  Lack of comments was the one thing I noticed on this forum when I first joined and it was my goal to change that.  I think it is improving though and I'm sure it will continue to do so.  It can only be for the good of the forum.

Somebody with the Full Steam Cookbook will be able to confirm - sorry, didn't finish the translation !!!!

Think the original was for a single flan and it was 40 minutes

JD - where are you? 

Sorry, missed this one.  Yes, you are right 40 minutes for 500g milk and 4 eggs as per the above book.

Well, if they did, I didn't notice   No, they were good.