Hi Happy,

Welcome to the most happening spot for Thermomix lovers in the digital world. Hope you have fun here. I do.

Liz

Dear Thermomix-er and WillowFox,

Thank you both for the warm welcome. The schedule is going to be rather hectic indeed, but I've had a lifetime of preparing so I'm going to be ok. The last couple of years have had periods of mega-crazy busyness, followed by stretches of downtime...and I knew when the pace ramped up again it would be hard to find any time to do much so I've spent lots of time in bed being completely lazy and introverted. :-))I'm sure it's part of the reason why I now have so much to say on my blog haha! Bring it on I say!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Liz 

Raspberry Lychee Sorbet:
Will feed a small crowd:

Ingredients:

500-600 g ice blocks
150 g peeled lychees, fresh or tinned
120 g raspberries, fresh or frozen
100 g sugar
1 egg white (optional)

Preparation:

1. Mill the sugar on Speed 9 for 6 secs
2. Add fruit to bowl, along with egg white if using and 500g ice
3. Set timer for 1 min and bring speed up to 10, use spatula to move the mixture around for up to 30 secs until the mixture moves by itself
4. Taste and check for sweetness levels and consistency to your liking, then add up to 100g more ice through the lid while on Speed 10 for up to another minute if desired. The raspberry seeds need a bit of time if you'd like a smoother texture.

Eat immediately or freeze in a container, then churn once more on Speed 8 just before serving. I have tried putting the mixture back in the freezer after the second churn to keep it for a longer period without needing to process it again before eating, and that seems to work pretty well.

Ok, that's my first recipe contribution! I hope some of you try it and enjoy it as much as I do. Pls let me know if there's anything I could do to improve the freezing steps or speeds for emulsifying it the second time. Pic is attached.

What a lovely, warm welcome!

Thank you so much for your replies, and for visiting my pages 
It's so good to have landed here. I can't wait to start sharing recipes once I've had some more time to experiment with the Thermomix.

I'm in training at the moment to be a demo consultant(YAY!), so with that, work and creating these new web pages I'm not in the kitchen as much as I'd like to be at the moment, but I will be soon, and that's where the fun begins big time! I love coming up with new recipes so the possibilities are endless 

Faffa_70, thanks very much for joining the FB page too!
Moonmobile, I loved what you said about non-Thermo owners not quite understanding our boundless enthusiasm...the best thing about having this forum is that we are clearly NOT alone hehehe!!

A Chook Woman, Thermomix-er, and Cookie1, you know you guys are kinda famous around here, so thanks for making me feel welcome and worthy of your time. I feel very special to have exchanged emails with you now This forum rocks!!

And JudyDawn, I do hope that when you get a chance to look at my links, you'll let me know if anything there resonates with you.

Liz -*

Hello Thermo fans!!

I am so happy to be introducing myself to this vibrant, enthusiastic, HAPPY community of food lovers.

I've visited these pages often, first while I waited for my machine to arrive(I've been very inspired by what everyone has been talking about and sharing), and now that it is here in my kitchen, I've been getting into the recipes. Yesterday I made my first pavlova in the Bimby and the recipe came from these pages. Thanks so much for help make dessert such a hit! I've had my bimby for two weeks now and I can see exactly why this community is such a happy one. It's fabulous!

I have a background as a yoga teacher, vibrational healer, club and radio dj, blogger and former restaurant owner and caterer.
I've also been getting right into eating more raw foods over the last twelve months(mainly to help my body heal from 20 years of living it up in discos!) and it's been amazing. I'm writing about my journey with food, consciousness and the Bimby lifestyle on a blog called "A Starseed's Bimby Kitchen Adventures" at (http://www.thermomixdownunder.blogspot.com) and I have also created a page on Facebook called Thermomix Melbourne, for all Thermo owners, fans, consultants, and anyone else who might be curious about it out there.

  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109639885718419&ref=ss

All are welcome, no matter where you are from and I would really love to connect with you there as well as here. Please take a look if you have some time.

I'm very excited by what I'm wiriting about in my blog...it's main "theme" is all around how I'm using the Thermomix to help me make better choices when it comes to food, and the choices I'm making are all being guided by my inner "felt sense", in each moment, rather than following any particular diet. I have spent a lot of time learning about various approaches to wellness and nutrition so I have a very good idea about what to do/what not to do but my background in spirituality and healing has helped me refine my intuitive faculites a lot and I firmly believe that I can create a healing path for myself that is unique to me, using food as medicine, and it's quite an interesting journey!

Thanks so much for reading this far. I am so looking forward to getting to know everyone here. Oh, and I have already linked to this forum from the Facebook group page. I don't have any links up on the blog yet but will do so soon.

best wishes for your radiant health!

Liz