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Main Dishes / Re: Low Fat Pasta Carbonara
« on: November 29, 2011, 11:27:09 pm »
HI Lellyj !
It was fantastic !!! I was really happy with all the food.... my naan, I rolled out a bit thin and they went too crispy, but apart from that all good. The coconut sorbet and cardamom biccies were a big hit ! We have made the butter chicken again... it's so good in the thermy !

Cheers
Sonan :)

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Main Dishes / Low Fat Pasta Carbonara
« on: November 29, 2011, 09:07:41 am »
I came up with this tmx variation of a favourite recipe, using a few different other tmx pasta recipes! I was impressed how well it worked !! ;D
Low Fat Pasta Carbonara
Serves 4

Grate 50g parmesan on speed 8 10 seconds and set aside.
Drop 2 cloves of garlic (use one if you don't like garlicy flavour) and 1/2 an onion onto running blades, speed 6. Scrape down.
Add 1 zucchini and chop speed 5 for 3-4 seconds. Scrape down.
Add 20g of olive oil and cook 100oC speed 1, reverse for 3 minutes.
Add 50g of white wine, 550g water, 375ml can evaporated lite milk and 1 tablespoon tmx vege stock.
Cook 10mins 100oC speed 2, reverse.
Add 300g spaghetti, broken into thirds and 175g low fat bacon, cut into thin strips.
Cook 100oC 10 minutes speed 2, reverse.
Whisk one egg well and pour into running machine, reverse, speed 4 for a few seconds.Lower speed is recommended here, say speed 2 - JD, mod.
Pour into the thermoserver and let sit for a few minutes.
Serve with cracked pepper, salt and parmesan.

members' comments

Leoness79 -  it was a great success with my little boy and big boy! DH even said it was his favourite carbonara ever as it wasn't as gluggy or heavy as others! Definitely a keeper. thanks for this recipe!

Amy - It was fantastic. I used 1/2 of a savoy cabbage instead of the zucchini and also added a couple of good handfuls of mushrooms in with the spaghetti and bacon. I added some frozen peas in the last few minutes of cooking. I did have some trouble with the mixture bubbling over the top. I had to replace the MC with the steaming basket. Did anyone else have this problem? But since I took the MC off, I didn't have to leave it to thicken in the thermoserver afterwards. I'll definitely be making this again. A really great recipe.

RachMel - Amy Mine kept boiling over too and I had to do the same!  Just popped in to see if it had happened to anyone else.  Was yummmmmmo though! 

MrsG - Mine boiled over too.
The other night I did 2 batches of this at separate times.
I realised that I only had 1 can of evaporated milk so I put half in each batch and substituted the other half with half a can of cream of chicken soup. Came out awesome once again.

Kimmyh - it was fantastic and so tasty. Added mushrooms with bacon. Had trouble with bubbling over to so reduced temp to 90o with mc off and gave it two extra minutes. Makes a lot and will try freezing some or reducing recipe by half next time. Great recipe  will be a regular in our house. Thank you.

flavourofthemonth - we all loved it. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Brilliant!

Amy - I added capsicum, peas and mushrooms for more vegies. I didn't have enough pasta so I added some noodles. Then it was so runny that it was like soup, so I've decided that I created a brand new recipe... Vegetable Carbonara Soup. It was still delicious of course!
Update - I made this again, stuck to the recipe this time. We love this dish!

JD - I made this and found it to be very tasty - nice that it's healthier too.

Fliss Prideaux - Loving this recipe !!! I added a couple of mushrooms too !!




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Chit Chat / Re: CADA question
« on: September 22, 2011, 11:25:26 am »
we love, love, love CADA !! It is particularly nice with macadamias instead of almonds for a change. I usually also add to the basic mix, some cinnamon and chia seeds (for health benefits) and a good squeeze of lemon juice. I have kept it 2-3 days in fridge with no worries .... I like it for brekky and kids eat the leftovers as a snack after school.
hope he slows down on the yoghurt before you have to remortgage the house !!!!   :o

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Chit Chat / Re: Indian Dinner Party - help please ?
« on: September 11, 2011, 08:49:05 am »
thanks muchly ... I still have a little time :)

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Chit Chat / Re: Indian Dinner Party - help please ?
« on: September 11, 2011, 02:51:35 am »
oh and LellyJ.... I would love the recipe for the cardamom biccies if you don't mind or anyone else that has it .... think that would be a lovley finish with some coffee or chai tea for the end of the meal ! :)

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Chit Chat / Re: Indian Dinner Party - help please ?
« on: September 11, 2011, 02:47:40 am »
thank you ladies....great ideas !!!!  I have left it too late to get the Indian book now, but I think I will have to get it at some stage for all the yummy recipes ! Oh well, I will do the bulk of the work in the thermy though and I think that coconut sorbet sounds delicious !
this is what I am thinking so far:

Spiced Pineapple Juice (with and without Vodka!)
Spicy Roasted Chickpeas and Cashews (for nibblies)
Butter Chicken
Lamb Rogan Josh or Korma
Cardamom and Coconut Rice
Yoghurt and Carrot Salad
Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Chutneys and Raita
Naan or other Indian bread
Pappudums
Coconut Sorbet/ Chai Icecream or a Kulfi (Tenina has a great recipe)

Do you think I need another curry ... a vege one ?? I do also have a lovley roasted cauliflower with creamy peanut sauce recipe. :)   All the leftovers will be lovely !!! I am thinking I should borrow a rice cooker and some slow cookers to help with the serving ..

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Chit Chat / Re: Indian Dinner Party - help please ?
« on: September 02, 2011, 08:53:26 am »
hey guys, thanks heaps ... a great help... there are so many nice recipes, it's hard to narrow it down ! :)

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Chit Chat / Indian Dinner Party - help please ?
« on: September 02, 2011, 06:45:27 am »
HI everyone !

My DH is turning 40 and asked for an Indian dinner party as celebrations. We will probably have 8 adults and 6 children. I was just wondering if anyone has done a whole Indian meal with thermomix and if you could pass along any tips/recipes/ideas? I know there are lots of recipes out there, it's quite overwhelming. We try to eat healthy, so lots of cream/butter etc is out.

I am thinking I should start a few days ahead.... with some sort of icecream and the curries. I am wondering about the logistics of everything with the thermomix. I think I need much more than 1 bowl and 1 thermoserver !!
Also I was going to make it a bit more special and try to add some nice touches like decorations etc.... any thoughts?

Thanks in advance :)

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Condiments and Sauces / Re: Looking for tomato relish recipie
« on: September 02, 2011, 05:49:06 am »
thanks Chelsea... I did try this recipe and it was lovely, but a bit watery.... I also do not recommend putting paper towel wadded up in the measuring cup as the measuring cup blew off the top and I got hot relish all over my kitchen.....luckily I wasn't standing near the thermomix at the time !!!! :-\

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Condiments and Sauces / Re: Looking for tomato relish recipie
« on: August 13, 2011, 03:15:22 am »
Hi everyone, keen to give this a try.... is the mustard, mustard powder or prepared mustard in a jar ???? thank you :)

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Recipe Review: Red Onion Relish
« on: May 21, 2011, 05:04:14 am »
thank you girls :)

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Recipe Review: Red Onion Relish
« on: May 15, 2011, 12:27:19 pm »
Chelsea, can you direct me to the tomato relish recipe plse???

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Recipe Review: Red Onion Relish
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:54:33 am »
the texture ended up right, but I don't think it has a lot of flavour? might need some garlic and pepper or something?

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Recipe Review: Red Onion Relish
« on: May 14, 2011, 07:02:44 am »
oh dear, I should have read the forum too ... it's brewing away all chunky - I might chop it a bit now and see how I go !

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Babies and Kids / Easy Chewy Cereal Bars
« on: April 30, 2011, 05:57:53 am »
Easy Chewy Cereal Bars
makes 16 bars


Ingredients:
200g (5 cups) Special K
70g (1/2 cup) chopped dried fruit
2 tblspns honey
2 eggs, whisked

Method:
Preheat oven to 160oC. Line a slice tray with baking paper (16x26cm). Place cereal and fruit in  *:  and chop 2-4 seconds on speed 5. Add remaining ingredients, mix on :-:   ^^ speed, 5 seconds or until the mixture comes together. Press into the slice tin and bake 15-20minutes until light golden brown. Cool in tray 15 minutes. Makes 16 bars.

Per serve 337kj, 0.9g total fat, 0.2g saturated fat, low GI.

Tips and Hints: you could use other cereal, coconut and nuts instead of fruit!

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