thermomix wannabe newbie

[NICKY 74]

yes a big warm welcome, i have had my tmx for 2 months and i use it everyday, i dont know how i would survive without it now! hope it doesnt take too long to save! 
be seeing you on here, nicky 

[mixotrophy]

i thought i would but a book together of all your recipes and hints so when it comes i will be super ready

Me too!! I can't wait to try all the TM recipes that I've squirreled away over the past year or so.

I first saw the TM at a demo at a friend's place. I wasn't convinced to start with as I love the whole process of cooking (including stirring the risotto!) but after being lucky enough to 'try before you buy' (I babysat TM while my friend went away for a couple of week), I realised that TM wouldn't take over in the kitchen after all... I could still be the chef and TM can be my slave! He can chop, stir, grind and mix away while I do the rest

Anyway, I'm still saving so TM is a little way off yet. But in the two weeks I borrowed one, I managed to make a whole bunch of recipes from the EDC and convert a few others to see how they went. Yo-Yo biscuits and a Chicken Pistachio Korma were my most successful and yummiest conversions.

Pavlova in the TM, however, was a disaster... I had to rescue the eggs with Big Red (my friend's Kitchen Aid that I was borrowing at the same time - the Kitchen Aid vs TM challenge!). Although, after having read a few forums on whipping egg whites, I'd be willing to give it another go in the TM.

[judydawn]

I do hope both you girls manage to save enough to get your TMX sooner rather than later.  Great idea littlerikagirl, you'd have quite a recipe book by now I imagine and how hard was it to have to give the TMX back after 2 glorious weeks. You can post your recipes you have converted if you wish, we'd love to see them.  As far as pavlovas are concerned, I have found using the 50^o method really makes them bulk up - had great success recently whipping 2 egg whites to fold through custard using this method and it was the best looking egg white mix I've ever been able to produce.

[mixotrophy]

You can post your recipes you have converted if you wish, we'd love to see them.

Thanks for the tip on the egg whites, I'll try it out once TM has a permanent spot in the kitchen

Here's the two recipes I converted. Enjoy!

• Chicken Pistachio Korma
• Yoyo's

[judydawn]

Thanks littlerikagirl, you would have to be the first person to post recipes before they bought a TMX.

[NICKY 74]

wow, littlerikagirl, you must have a really great friend, i dont know how anyone could give up their tm for 2 weeks, unless of course they were on holiday! 
well done for posting as jd said! i love korma so will check this out.
thankyou