So pleased to meet you! My name is Cathy

[CDGThatIsMe]

I am very excited to have found this forum. 

Today I am expecting my brand new TM31 today!  I am from the US so I have no representative to help me get started and show me how it's done.  I ordered a few cookbooks to help me get started.  It seems this is the right place to get help if I am stumped!

Anticipation!
Cathy

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome to the forum Cathy.This forum is certainly an amazing place and I'm sure you will find lots of help here.
Checkout CP's Favourite List. It contains tried and tested recipes
If you have any questions just ask,someone will come to your rescue

[CDGThatIsMe]

Thank you Cornish Cream and I will appreciate all the help I can get!

Just received my TM31 so now I am going to do a something simple recipe.

Here it goes!!!! 

[Cornish Cream]

Good luck and tell us what you cooked

[achookwoman]

Welcome Cathy.  Starting simple is the way to go.  Just remember that the spoon measurements from Aussie recipes are different to the American ones. 

[judydawn]

Hi Cathy, it's nice to have you on board.  Good luck with your first efforts, I guess you haven't even been to a demo which would have been useful.  Take it slow and easy and remember we are here for all your questions and advice.  There are some good uTube videos around, perhaps spend a little time having a look at some of them. Janie Turner from the UK has a good one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W9Wacn79vk

[mab19]

Hi Cathy and welcome to the forum

[LauraTO]

Welcome Cathy!  This forum has been a godsend and so much fun for me as a fellow newbie.  Honestly, when people on here say no question is too basic or dumb THEY MEAN IT.  I'm up in Canada and in an area that doesn't have as much of a local TM community (like those lucky Aussies) and my local friends just don't get it...yet!

What are you going to make for your first dish?  And which cookbooks did you get?

My favourites so far have been fruit sorbet with frozen mangos and QuirkyJo's cashew chicken recipe (honestly, the raves are not an overstatement).  And I have to say I LOVE when a friend is over for a meal and I can casually say "Oh, don't mind me, I'm just going to quickly make up a batch of mayonnaise from scratch while we're chatting." Enjoy!

[LauraTO]

Just remember that the spoon measurements from Aussie recipes are different to the American ones. 

Wait....WHAT??!?!?!

[judydawn]

Laura an Aussie tablespoon is 4 teaspoons, in America and the UK it is 3 teaspoons.

[Bedlam]

Cathy, congratulations you are going to love it.
In the beginning it all feels a little scary.  It is a different way of cooking. Just follow the steps set out and before long it will be second nature.
I am very pleased you have found this forum all the recipes are tried and true and have feedback, you really dont need any more cookbooks( says she who has them all).
Most of all enjoy.

[LauraTO]

Laura an Aussie tablespoon is 4 teaspoons, in America and the UK it is 3 teaspoons.

Oh dear!  That is very good to know!!

[trudy]

Hi Cathy, welcome to the forum - you will love it here!   Lots of great recipes and friendly helpful people.

[Nikkit]

Welcome Cathy, you'll learn heaps in here   

Laura an Aussie tablespoon is 4 teaspoons, in America and the UK it is 3 teaspoons.

Oh dear!  That is very good to know!!

Still gets me every time! Always a good idea to see which country the recipe has come from so you can adjust accordingly. (I will learn ... one day   )

[cookie1]

Welcome Cathy. I'm sure you will enjoy l the forum. We are very friendly and as Laura has said we welcome all questions, no matter how large or small.
Your thermomix adventures will be wonderful. Please share them with us.

Re the tablespoon measurements I actually have two sets of spoons. Both bought here in Perth at a Kitchen shop. One set has the 15 ml for the tablespoon and the other the true Aussie measure of 20 ml. I just have to remember when to use the correct one.