It’s winter time, perfect weather for a good ol’ steak pie. This recipe is so wonderful in so many ways…but mostly it’s the filling. From the depth of flavour and the tenderness of the meat, you would have thought that hours of stove stirring had been devoted to this dish. But instead, just ten minutes in…
Gado Gado
Gado Gado served with chicken skewers and some finely sliced fillet steak. Gado Gado is a well know dish from Indonesia and means “mix mix”. It’s a salad which combines raw and blanched vegetables with eggs and is served with a delicious peanut satay sauce. This is an adaption of a recipe from Chris, a…
Zucchini Slice with Feta and Herbs
You havent tried zucchini slice until you have tried this one. There are a few Zucchini slice recipes kicking around. In Thermomix world, there is one in the Gluten Free cookbook and there are several on the Recipe Community. Most have onion and bacon in them. This is a vegetarian option and has lots of beautiful fresh herbs…
Steamed Barramundi with Salsa Verde
EDIT: Please note that this recipe has been updated since it was first published. The new method of cooking the mash ensures you don’t have any sticking in your bowl. It also allows you to vary the quantity of potatoes being cooked to suit how many mouths you are feeding. You can cook up to…
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…
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…
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…
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…