hello!

I thought it was about time I stop lurking silently on these forums and say hello!! 

I'm pretty new to the Thermomix revolution...  I was first grabbed by Thermomix at a demo a friend had a couple of months ago, and went home filled with enthusiasm and thoughts of how I could possibly raise the cash to purchase one.   I tried to get my husband to enthuse too, but it seemed he was having none of it, so I sulked and promised myself I'd save up and get one asap!

Anyway...  Christmas Eve arrives and there's a big, Thermomix size box under (well to the side actually - it was too big!) the tree.  Fleetingly, it crossed my mind that it could be my dream appliance, but as hubbie had seemed so anti-thermomix from the word go, I didn't dare to dream...

But, you guessed it, that's exactly what it was!!  I sat in stunned silence for quite some time (not at all like me!), cried and even told him to take it back as we'd agreed it was too expensive for now.  I must add that had he ordinarily bought me a household appliance for Christmas/Birthday he would have quickly found it wrapped round the back of his head!!   But, with Thermomix he knew he was onto a winner - what a lovely hubbie I have!

So, since Christmas day I've made various things with it - hardly a day has gone by that I haven't used it for something.
My aim is to use it mainly for family dinners on a regular basis - not just for special occasions or for food I don't make regularly (i.e. jams, pickles etc)  I love to cook, so I'm trying to train my brain the 'think Thermomix' rather than traditional methods I've used previously.  I made spaghetti bolognaise tonight, but being a bit of a 'chuck it in and see what happens' type of cook I didn't go by the book - made a sort of hybrid of the Tomato pasta sauce and the bolognaise sauce.  It had mixed reviews - I think I need a bit of practice!  Any tips on making sauces less watery? I think I perhaps let the tomatoes get chopped too much.

So far so good!

Looking forward to chatting to you all!
Jo xxxx