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« on: December 28, 2011, 05:48:01 am »
I made these today for the first time, they were REALLY YUMMY! The whole family loved them  . I am going to use less garlic next time, and also add some herbs to the crumbing mixture (or perhaps the whole thing?), and I'm also going to try freezing after they are completely cooked so I can just grab them out of the freezer and whack them in the oven to reheat for nights when I don't want to cook. I used baking paper instead of foil and it worked great
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« on: December 15, 2011, 05:56:28 am »
Thank you, I will try that next time
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« on: December 14, 2011, 02:55:36 am »
Sorry! Been so busy I haven't been near the computer. I did the 1/2 litre water, I don't know exactly when it started boiling cause I had to walk away and break up a fight between my kids, but when I came back and checked at 4.5 mins it was boiling . I cooked mashed potato last night and it was cooked just before the 20 minute mark, which is great, but after I mashed the spuds and put them in the server and put water in the TM bowl to steam some vegies on top, the water didn't really seem to boil, even though the TM lights indicated it was hot. I definately set the temp to Varoma and all the lights lit up, but there wasn't much steam happening at all  . Maybe I didn't put enough water in, or too much. I didn't really pay much attention to that  .
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« on: December 13, 2011, 12:10:52 am »
Thanks, I will try that now
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« on: December 12, 2011, 11:48:29 pm »
do a little test put 1/2 water in the *:i see how long it take to boil.
i tried it. it took 4.50 mins to boil with the MC on 
Is that 1/2 a litre of water, or 1/2 a cup, or 1/2 filled? Sorry!
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« on: December 12, 2011, 11:46:55 pm »
When you saute off the onion etc in the first step and came to the second step, did you make sure you reset the temperature button - I made that mistake a lot when I first started using the thermomix. After each step has been done and the TMX sings, you need to reset the temp for the next step.
I can't be certain, but I think I dipped my finger into the sauce after the 17 minutes and it was hot, just not boiling hot. I'm guessing if I forgot to reset the temperature it wouldn't have heated it at all and the sauce would be cold? Like I said I'm not positive... I have terrible baby brain - I lose 1/4 of my brain with every baby I've had, and I have 4 kids . I will try boiling water, how much do I put in and how long should it take to boil?
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« on: December 12, 2011, 10:30:58 pm »
I've had my thermomix for nearly a week, and am loving it . Mostly so far I have been using it for doughs to make bread because we've been out for dinner a lot lately and I haven't needed to cook. The 2 meals that I have cooked in it though have not been cooked in the time the recipe says. I made minestrone soup which needed an extra 4 minutes because the pasta wasn't cooked. And last night I made Apricot chicken risotto, and after the 17 minutes when I was supposed to be putting it in the server to rest, the chicken was raw and the sauce had not even started bubbling. When I say raw I don't mean undercooked in the middle, but cubes of completely raw chicken. I put it back on for 6 minutes, the sauce finally started bubbling within the first minute. I checked the chicken after the 6 minutes but it was still a bit undercooked so I set the timer for another 5 minutes. After that additional 11 minutes cooking time plus 5 minutes in the server it was finally cooked. I followed the recipes exactly as in the book, making sure I weighed all the ingredients and double checking all the settings as I went. Are they just dodgy recipes or is there something wrong with my machine?
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« on: December 12, 2011, 10:20:29 pm »
Thanks everyone! I ended up cooking the whole packet, which gave me 2 lots of 400g of beans. I used one for the soup and froze one for next time.
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« on: December 10, 2011, 10:24:35 am »
Yeah, my shopping trolley was piled high today, with lots of new and different items. I read through my docket and only 2 items from my $250 worth of shopping had the little GST symbol next to them. 1 was apricot nectar (I guess cause it's only 35% juice?) and the other was some ritz dry biscuits. I was pretty amazed by that 
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« on: December 10, 2011, 08:54:01 am »
I've had my thermomix for 3 days now , and I finally went grocery shopping today so that I can play around a bit. I want to make the minestrone soup from the Everyday cookbook, but I bought dry beans (borlotti & cannelini) instead of canned ones. I know the beans have to be soaked and cooked before eating and there's instructions on the packet, but how far do I go before adding them to the soup? I guess what I am asking is how to turn dried beans into canned beans? Can I do it in the Thermomix? To make 400g of canned beans, what weight of dried beans do I use? And are the canned ones cooked already, or do they get cooked when they go into the soup? Sorry about all the questions, I've never used these thingies (beans, peas, lentils) before!
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« on: November 18, 2011, 09:44:11 pm »
My name is Melissa, I live in Country VIC and am a stay at home mum to 4 kiddos, 2 boys aged 10 and 5, and 2 girls aged 3 and brand new (2 months old). I went to a Thermomix demo in August and have been thinking of nothing else ever since . DH finally said I can have one as a combined birthday/Christmas prezzie, so I ordered it yesterday and am having a delivery demo on Tues 29th. I am excited that I will be able to cut out alot of "junk" from our meals, even though I already cook from scratch as much as I can and steer well clear of most processed foods. I've been looking through the recipes on this forum and there are so many yummy ideas that I can't wait to try!
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