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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: anewone on June 19, 2012, 04:52:49 am

Title: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: anewone on June 19, 2012, 04:52:49 am: Hi Everyone

I'm Jodi from the Southern Highlands of NSW. My new ~~baby~~ I mean Thermomix arrived last Thursday and has settled in well.

Before I grew up and had children I trained as a home economist, running cooking classes and demonstrated the good old Bamix and Magimix both of which I still have 20 years later. I've never hesitated at spending money on good kitchen appliances and equipment but the TMX is my most expensive appliance yet, apart from our oven and cooktop.

I work from home now as a self employed early childhood educator doing family daycare. I have children Mon-Thurs until 4:30pm and then after school activities with my own school age child which means dinner times are always rushed. We've already seen a huge difference since our new family member arrived, we've had a meal cooked from scratch every night since Thursday.

I've read this forum for a while now but hoping I can contribute myself now I've got my new toy :D
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: judydawn on June 19, 2012, 05:13:52 am: Hello anewone, welcome to the forum. Good quality kitchen appliances do last a long time so are well worth the extra money.
At the end of your day, I would be ready to fall into a nice comfortable chair and put my feet up - that would be me done for the day, oops somewhere in there I guess I would have to cook the evening meal. You must be very organised indeed and with your new helper in the kitchen, life is going to become so much easier.
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: Merlin on June 19, 2012, 05:19:13 am: Welcome to the forum! I know I'm generally pretty busy and exhausted by the end of the day, but just reading your background makes me feel knackered! Good luck with your new 'baby' :) :) :)
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: dede on June 19, 2012, 06:30:07 am: Hi Jodi, welcome to the forum.
Sounds like your new baby is just what you needed for your busy lifestyle. :)
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: DizzyGirl on June 19, 2012, 07:06:50 am: Hello and welcome to the world of TMX and the best forum around. Have fun
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Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: obbie on June 19, 2012, 07:16:22 am: Hi and welcome to the forum. sounds like you have it all worked out.

'Great to have you here.

Robyn :)
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: Aussie Brenda on June 19, 2012, 08:01:34 am: Congratulations Jodi, you will love your new baby. And it is so well behaved most of the time.
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: achookwoman on June 19, 2012, 08:31:05 am: Welcome to the Forum, Jodie. You are a very busy person doing a very important job. I hope that your new 'baby' helps to free up a bit of time for you.
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: Cornish Cream on June 19, 2012, 12:38:30 pm: Hi and welcome to the forum anewone :)
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: desi on June 19, 2012, 02:04:19 pm: Hi Jodi, welcome to the forum.

I'm pleased you find your TMX a time saver we all do. There comes

a time that you wonder how you managed before :)
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: cookie1 on June 21, 2012, 04:25:40 am: Welcome Jodi. Would some of your 'charges' like making things with you in the TMX? Perhaps soup and bread for their lunch?
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: astarra on June 22, 2012, 12:43:34 am: Hello Jodi and welcome to the forum. :)
How many children do you have to care for each day?
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: anewone on June 22, 2012, 07:48:57 am: Quote from: cookie1 on June 21, 2012, 04:25:40 am
Welcome Jodi. Would some of your 'charges' like making things with you in the TMX? Perhaps soup and bread for their lunch?

Cookie, we've used it a lot this week to cook different things, they love it as much as I do. We made playdoh on Monday but we weren't at impressed (we're very fussy with our playdoh at Jodi's place) so will have a fiddle with the recipe and see if we can improve it for this week coming. We also made bread and soup and some cinnamon scrolls ;D. Good thing about using it so much for daycare is that I can claim it as a business expense!

Astarra I care for up to 5 preschool aged children and 2 school age (after school) each day. I have 2 children of my own both girls aged 7 and 3.
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: judydawn on June 22, 2012, 08:20:02 am: Anewone, the playdough recipe you used, is it the same as this one which Faffa posted on the forum?
Thermomix Playdough

Ingredients:
250g Water
100g Cooking Salt
1 Tablespoon Cream of Tartar
280g Plain Flour
15ml Cooking Oil
Food Colouring or Powder Paints (to colour)

Preparation:

Put the water, salt, cream of tartar and food colour into . Heat for 5 minutes at 60o on speed 3.

After cooking, add flour and mix for 40 seconds or until mixture is combined and thick.

Set dial to closed lid position.

Add oil and knead for 1 minute on

Tips/Hints:

If you wish to make several different colours from the one batch, leave out the food colour in step 1. Then when dough is made, divide dough into balls and add a different colour to each ball. Knead the colour through the dough. Store each colour in a separate airtight container to keep dough from hardening.

Encourage your children to be creative and make play dough models, characters, animals etc.

I have written this recipe as I now make it, which is the "tried and tested forum recipe"!! Thanks everyone for your input.
Title: Re: Hello from the Highlands
Post by: mcmich on June 23, 2012, 11:18:37 pm: Hello and welcome to the forum Jodie. Seems that the thermomix is just what you need with your busy lifestyle.