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« on: April 18, 2010, 03:19:58 am »
Hi everyone,
I've had my TM now for a few weeks and it's completely changed the way our family shops, cooks, bakes and eats. I just love it. Anyway here are a few of the tweeks I've been making to the Everyday Cooking recipes. (I'm not scoring them, because they're all 5/5 in my mind hehehe).
Recipe Name: Ginger Beer
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.26
Tweaking details: I know this is really a "personal taste" type recipe, but just FYI I use 200 grams of sugar and only 120 grams of ginger.
Review: My husband loves this (he used to be hooked on the store-bought stuff) and now I know why it's called "ginger beer" (if you make it you'll see too).
Recipe Name: Porridge
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.36
Tweaking details: For a single serve this is how I make it.
Ingredients: 70g rolled oats; 410g milk, pinch salt
Method: Place oats in TM bowl & pulverise 5 secs / 8
Take the bowl off the engine and give it a good shake, or get the spatula and stir around to 'loosen' the oats.
Add liquid and salt and cook for 9 mins at 100C on Reverse 1.5 speed (NOT speed soft).
Transfer to bowls and eat (with optional sultanas and spoon of sugar).
Review: If you don't loosen the oats after milling them, I find you end up with uncooked pockets of oats at the bottom, and watery oats elsewhere).
Recipe Name: Bolognaise Sauce (Ragu)
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.64
Tweaking details: We are Muslim and eat halal so we drop the Pancetta (although you could use fakin' bacon I guess) and red wine. Instead of the wine I add 50g water mixed with 1tbsp of TM stock.
Instead of tomato puree I just add a can of diced tomatoes
Must add herbs: a pinch each of sage, rosemary, oregano, thyme, basil. If using dried herbs put in at the point in which you add tomato ingredients. If using fresh herbs, about three minutes from the end seems to do it.
Instead of putting the MC lid on an incline, my consultant taught me a trick of putting the steamer/strainer basket on top instead of the MC lid.
Review: This is soooooooo yummy when you add the herbs to give it flavour.
Recipe Name: Apricot Chicken Risotto Style
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.86
Tweaking details: Only a little change here. If you are diabetic and are trying to avoid High GI foods, I suggest swapping 200g of Doongarra Rice (instead of 300g Arborio). You still get that risotto type feel and I find 200g is plenty for this recipe.
Review: This was quite sweet with the apricot nectar so I wouldn't make it that often as a diabetic. I am not sure whether the rest of the ingredients lowers the GI enough. But anyhoo....
I've had my TM now for a few weeks and it's completely changed the way our family shops, cooks, bakes and eats. I just love it. Anyway here are a few of the tweeks I've been making to the Everyday Cooking recipes. (I'm not scoring them, because they're all 5/5 in my mind hehehe).
Recipe Name: Ginger Beer
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.26
Tweaking details: I know this is really a "personal taste" type recipe, but just FYI I use 200 grams of sugar and only 120 grams of ginger.
Review: My husband loves this (he used to be hooked on the store-bought stuff) and now I know why it's called "ginger beer" (if you make it you'll see too).
Recipe Name: Porridge
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.36
Tweaking details: For a single serve this is how I make it.
Ingredients: 70g rolled oats; 410g milk, pinch salt
Method: Place oats in TM bowl & pulverise 5 secs / 8
Take the bowl off the engine and give it a good shake, or get the spatula and stir around to 'loosen' the oats.
Add liquid and salt and cook for 9 mins at 100C on Reverse 1.5 speed (NOT speed soft).
Transfer to bowls and eat (with optional sultanas and spoon of sugar).
Review: If you don't loosen the oats after milling them, I find you end up with uncooked pockets of oats at the bottom, and watery oats elsewhere).
Recipe Name: Bolognaise Sauce (Ragu)
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.64
Tweaking details: We are Muslim and eat halal so we drop the Pancetta (although you could use fakin' bacon I guess) and red wine. Instead of the wine I add 50g water mixed with 1tbsp of TM stock.
Instead of tomato puree I just add a can of diced tomatoes
Must add herbs: a pinch each of sage, rosemary, oregano, thyme, basil. If using dried herbs put in at the point in which you add tomato ingredients. If using fresh herbs, about three minutes from the end seems to do it.
Instead of putting the MC lid on an incline, my consultant taught me a trick of putting the steamer/strainer basket on top instead of the MC lid.
Review: This is soooooooo yummy when you add the herbs to give it flavour.
Recipe Name: Apricot Chicken Risotto Style
Book Name: Everyday Cooking for Every Family p.86
Tweaking details: Only a little change here. If you are diabetic and are trying to avoid High GI foods, I suggest swapping 200g of Doongarra Rice (instead of 300g Arborio). You still get that risotto type feel and I find 200g is plenty for this recipe.
Review: This was quite sweet with the apricot nectar so I wouldn't make it that often as a diabetic. I am not sure whether the rest of the ingredients lowers the GI enough. But anyhoo....