This is our basic cake recipe. My youngest child, Eddie, is dairy intolerant so of course it’s a dairy free recipe. I adapt it in many ways. It’s an easy one to memorise and even easier to make. I think its even easier than the Easy Chocolate Cake in the Everyday Cookbook as the melted butter is substituted…
A Beautiful Roast Marinade
This would have to be my favourite roast marinade, for beef or lamb. Rosemary and juniper berries are the star ingredients, and though usually thought to be a good accompaniment to lamb, they work just as well with beef. Juniper berries are available from the spice section of the supermarket and I love them. Gin and…
Winner, winner :: Chicken dinner
This was a huge winner at our dinner table last night. Inspired by the Chinese-Style Stir-Fry and and Asian-Style Fish Fillets in the Everyday Cookbook. With the simple flavours of garlic and ginger, this is a super tasty dish. What’s more, its a nice, easy recipe that requires about ten minutes in the kitchen and then sixteen…
Thermomix Steaming 101 – Using your Varoma
Varoma is a Thermomix word and it is a combination of ‘vapour’ and ‘aroma’. Varoma temperatures refers to the temperature selection on the Thermomix and Varoma dish, refers to the large dish that you use for the steaming function. The Varoma attachment of the Thermomix is a great tool to have. Aside from all of the…
Croquembouche in the Thermomix
Profiteroles would have to one of those dishes that Thermomix makes in a breeze. If you haven’t tried them yet, you must! With the help of my girls, we made this croquembouche last weekend, for my sister’s baby shower. We’ve never attempted a croquembouche before and it was a bit of fun (and a little bit of stress,…
Winter Salad
As the weather gets cooler we are really starting to see the difference in the prices of fresh produce. As it is no longer the season for tomatoes or cucumbers the price of these have skyrocketed, understandably so! What I am enjoying now is the price of avocados, beetroot and carrots. Our own vegetable garden is starting to slow down…
The Best Curry Powder Ever
One of the great things about being a consultant is all the tips and recipes I learn from my customers. Sure, I am meant to be teaching them, and I do. But going into that many kitchens and dealing with customers from all sorts of backgrounds it’s great to see the myriad of cooking styles…
Wontons by Ella
Ella (my eldest, 11yrs old) often cooks dinner on a Sunday night. Last week it was for Mother’s Day. On a Sunday night we have time to play in the kitchen, and if I have had a Thermomix demonstration that day, I am very happy for the night off. The Thermomix is a great tool to teach children…
Buttermilk Scones
A perfect Mother’s Day for me would have to include tea! This Mother’s Day we will be having a lovely afternoon tea with the special ladies in our life. I have some what of a “heavy hand” in the kitchen and I have never been able to make scones before with any success. The Thermomix…
Nut Butter – Almond and Cashew
A quick recipe for nut butter. This is great if you have anyone allergic to peanuts but not other nuts. I made this while my bread was toasting! How quick is that? 150g almonds 150g cashews (mine were roasted, but they don’t have to be) 1 tbs approx of oil, I used macadamia pinch of cetltic/himalayan…
Thermomix lunch..
The famous beetroot salad, with chickpeas tossed through for protein, topped with yoghurt and sunflower seeds. Keeps me going.A batch of this lasts me for a few days, so handy to have in the fridge for quick, healthy lunches.
Simplified Canneloni
We have so much beautiful silverbeet in our garden at the moment. It grows so easily, almost all year round. I love having it there just doing its thing, looking gorgeous and proving itself to be so handy when the fridge is bare. I pop a few leaves of this into almost every main meal…
Spanish Style Chicken
This is a tasty all in one dish, using your Varoma. Everyone loves to use their Varoma to create and all-in-one dish, especially when it only takes 15 minutes to prepare and included loads of vegetables. In this recipe, the chicken thigh fillets are cooked whole to preserve the texture. For those of you who…