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« on: June 23, 2013, 12:35:59 pm »
I just made this today - so very very yummy. I added a few slurps of apple juice concentrate into the batter mixture and put dollops of dulche de lechy throughout before I put the apples and topping on. This will become one of my fav recipies, I always have the ingredients to hand and it's so simple.
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« on: March 10, 2012, 03:37:27 am »
Loved this. Can't wait to make it again - with the original ingredients next time!
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« on: March 06, 2012, 01:43:08 am »
O.k, stoopid question, but I was wondering if I could make this substituting peanut butter for the cashews and taking out the sugar for the sauce? I've already done my monthly grocery shop but this sounds so yummy!
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« on: February 22, 2012, 04:46:36 am »
I'm making spiced Indian patties, garlic rice and steamed vegetables followed by mini caramel tarts with a gingernut bikkie base. I would have made banoffe pie but lack the cream and only have dried banana chips.
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« on: February 18, 2012, 05:09:19 am »
Hello again. It is nice to have some support from such lovely people!
ElleG, I've had a few discussions about taste-buds with them and how they change as you grow but not for a while, I'll try again. It may work on my 3 yr old who can't wait to grow up.
mcmich - We've done a couple of sorbets, not all good. Didn't freeze the watermelon, apple had flecky skin bits and grapefruit were a bit old and very yuccky. I'll have to get another bag of ice and try again. I would like to try to do an icecream for an occasional treat too.
I'm still trying to get the iced coffee right. Either too thick or too strong.
I'm cooking roast lamb tonight with plans to turn it into shepherds pie tomorrow. I'm going to try and use thermie to do the gravy with the roast drippings.
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« on: February 17, 2012, 01:24:20 pm »
Now that I've made the decision not to cater for the misses fussy britches, I'm having way more fun trolling through this website! Yummy curry paste here I come! I think the kids would go for the mock rice also - very clever.
And as a side note - during the past few months of ghosting around the forum I came across quirkyjo mentioning home schooling. That prompted a tonne of researching, ending up with us starting our own homeschooling journey this year. So this forum has had a massive impact on our family in more ways than one!
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« on: February 17, 2012, 05:58:46 am »
Hi All, thankyou for all the help, sympathy and suggestions! I have three daughters 8, 7 and 3. After trying the repeated exposure theory with dinner for the past 6 years, I've decided to go with serving them up nothing but weet-bix for dinner while hubby and I enjoy something yummy. See if that works! They already enjoy helping me in the kitchen, they've been there since day one either in a sling or a high-chair. We had a vegie garden that they loved to snack out of (sadly the chooks demolished that recently!) and will even go as far as saying that what they're cooking smells nice...but still wont eat it. I've bought books about feeding fussy children, tried so many things. Anyway, now I've decided to not worry about the kids at all at dinner times, maybe they'll get sick of the weet-bix every night and welcome a change! Looking forward to more adventures with the TM now 
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« on: February 17, 2012, 03:38:57 am »
I'm glad I made you laugh dede, and yes we have the chooks and the dog for scraps! I really need a goat for milk but I doubt the city council will be too pleased!
Judydawn - I did buy it mainly for the bread. I had burnt out two machines previously and had been doing it all by hand for about 2 years which is a pain in our very hot weather. I was tossing up between it and a KA but had heard that if you made a dough in them regularly that they burn out quickly. Plus my rice-maker was dead and my electric frypan was on its way out. I had hoped I could do things like bolognaise sauce in the TM but found I really didn't like the way the TM mushes it. Same with a lot of the casseroley type recipes. I had hoped to make my own healthier peanut butter since my youngest (DD3) eats so much of it but she wont touch it with a barge pole! I also had wanted to process seeds that I could hide in the kids food for a nutritional boost but no luck there either!
I did have the idea that I could toss a quick meal (like a risotto) together for hubby and I and just serve the kids up weet-bix or something for dinner. I've tried the mushroom one from the EDC, but didn't like it (I think it was the wine flavour) and it has turned me off risottos. I should search out some more really I guess. I do like the sound of a curry, I haven't had one in some time. I do use it to grind up coffee beans and when I first had it, was frothing milk for coffee for breakky every morning. I think I've just fallen into a bit of a rut and not continued to try things after some disappointing results.
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« on: February 16, 2012, 11:39:37 pm »
Thankyou for welcoming me, despite my somewhat negative post! I was a wee bit tired last night so not in the best frame of mind. I will try to use my super machine more...I promise!
My kids aren't that fussy with snacks, they just have problems with foods that are mixed. They love all sorts of raw vegies, fruit, lots of different cheeses (anything dairy really), plain rice, plain pasta with cheese sprinkled on top, cereal as long as it is only one type and no fruit or nuts mixed in, plain couscous and quinoa, they'll pick kidney beans out of dinner and eat them, sandwiches with basic spreads - the youngest is addicted to peanut butter (but wont eat the TM one), nuts. Only the oldest (DD8) will eat tomato soup and a little plain roasted chicken. Ham and bacon, occasionally eat sausages but not if we have them regularly. Interestingly they do love bone marrow but not meat. Eggs are ok as long as they're not mixed with anything else of course! The only cooked vegies they eat are corn on the cob and honeyed carrots - no mash potatoes. I've tried using the TM to hide more nutrients in things like milkshakes, but they pick up on the difference, the little monsters! Many desserts they wont eat if there are too many 'pieces' in it like bits of fruit.
I am tired of putting dinner down in front of them and it barely gets touched. I considered going vegetarian as none of them seem to like meat that much but the kids balked at all the extra vegetables that would mean! I'm giving them iron supplements as they're not getting enough in their current diet. I'm pretty strict with sugar and salt content and also preservatives. They don't get junk food unless it is a special occasion like birthdays or christmas. They love to help prepare a meal but not eat it!
Golly, if anybody can suggest ways to get my kids eating mixed food - I will fall at your feet in worship and erect a statue in your honour!!!!
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« on: February 16, 2012, 01:28:08 pm »
I have no idea if I am posting this correctly, I haven't had that much experience with computers!
Anyhoo, I'm from Rocky in sunny Qld and have had my Thermomix for about six months now. I did try to join this site months ago but never got an email confirming membership and couldn't log on. When I tried to re-join, I couldn't as the email address was already in use! I couldn't remember my password and it wouldn't send me the email for that either - and yes, I did check my junk folder. I've only recently found I could log-in. Very confusing.
I like my thermomix, but can't say that I love it. I think it may have been a bad decision on my part to buy it because I don't really use it for anything other than dough and the occasional dessert. I should pull the proverbial finger out and find more recipes that suit the family but with 3 VERY fussy kids that wont eat anything that has a sauce or is mixed together, it is very hard! I don't use the Varoma much at all as I have a steamer for the cook top that I perfer as it doesn't use electricity or make that annoying buzzing sound! It has made things much easier as I used to make all our bread by hand but I know I'm def not getting 2Ks worth of enjoyment out of it! I would still recommend the machine to anybody who can afford it though as it would be great for normal families without super fussy kidlets or people who like desserts more than we do.
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