Hi and thank you everyone for such a lovely warm welcome!

Sorry for delayed replies I've been up to my eyes in work after having said I de stress with the colouring books.

I don't use it a lot just at times when I think everything is getting too much and I need to just stop and take some time out.  Then I reach for one of the books and start.  Before I know it an hour or so has gone and I've been sitting down with tongue sticking out (in concentration) and frowning that I don't have enough colours in my pencils haha

I was never that good at staying inside the lines, but I wasn't ever obsessive about it so I don't mind if I go over the lines a bit here and there.  I've seen some people say "why destroy a perfectly lovely drawing by colouring it in" which is also a good argument, but I've seen some friends do some wonderful work inside those lines.

I've now also tried the frozen fruit ice cream (made using 0% fat natural greek yoghurt and a huge box of strawberries I got for a knock down 30p) which was utterly delicious, the beetroot salad went down a storm at a BBQ at the weekend as did the coleslaw (though I didn't like it so much - I felt it was almost too chopped up).

I really want to try Bacon Jam too

Hi all

I took delivery of my TM 5 last Thursday.  I spent the weekend cooking up a storm!  I've made Tenia's Tuscan Almond Pesto, Lemon Curd, Asian Style rice, Porcini Mushroom pasta, Alyce Alexandra's Raspberry and white chocolate cupcakes, fresh Lemonade, frozen strawberry "ice cream" (made with quark).

I absolutely love it!  Such a great piece of kitchen kit. 

Apart from my new found "craft" I also knit, sew, make jewellery and love adult colouring in books (which help me de-stress when things get too much).

Looking forward to my TM journey!