Our Next Challenge - comfort food

[Cornish Cream]

Great cooking and photos girls

[cookie1]

It sure is another fun challenge.

[EmeraldSue]

What is more comforting than seedy bread www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=5564.0;topicseen. (We ate it with chicken soup)

Or chocolate chip biscuits http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=11612.0

[Kimmyh]

Very comforting indeed ES.
Pasta and pikelets was our comfort food today.

[BeezeeBee]

Such an interesting challenge. Great cooking, girls.

Had fish curry tonight. Definitely comfort food. It has all the aroma of Nasi Kandar from back home. Yum....but cooked on stovetop 😄

[steven]

Comfort is how well I feel eating healthy TM food, how much my TM enables me to live an independent life as a disabled stroke survivor, how much more time to do other things and how much longer I might live to enjoy my TM food. I don't eat exotic but I get lots of help with the forum.

Steven

[achookwoman]

Steven,  we are all with you there.  We can make such healthy food with the TMX,  and with so little effort.

[judydawn]

Hello Steven, gosh you've been a member for many years and it's nice that you've joined us with your first comment.  I do hope life is treating you well, obviously your Thermomix and the recipes on our forum are making things a lot easier for you.  We wish you well.

[cookie1]

Hello Steven. How lovely to hear from you. The thermomix is indeed a great little machine.

[EmeraldSue]

I would class milo as a comfort food- well a comfort drink at least, as I don't encourage my kids to eat it with a spoon straight out of the tin as much as they would love me to let them......
I was looking for a version without a long list of additives, but my kids aren't so keen on the version made with nuts and seeds, and nuts can be a problem when other kids with allergies are over for a play. I came across this recipe http://alexxstuart.com/i-cant-believe-its-not-milo on the web and gave it a go. Well, I made a few substitutions, but used the method from Alexx Stuart's blog. It's basically a toffee made from rice malt syrup that is ground up with cacao powder. I've never used rice malt syrup before, but luckily I just happened to buy some this week. I didn't have any cacao powder so I used 4 or 5 teaspoons of cocoa and a teaspoon of Haighs drinking chocolate, and I didn't have any vanilla powder, so I added a teaspoon of vanilla paste with the butter and rice malt syrup. I wouldn't say that this tastes just like milo as it has a real caramel flavour, but it is delicious all the same and both kids have given me the thumbs up.

[judydawn]

That's all we can ask Sue, the kids know a good thing when they taste it and can be  our hardest critics

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome Steven.

Looks very good ES

[troupie]

Welcome Steven; you will find lots of healthy comfort foods on this site. The milo recipe sounds good so might try it for the GK on the next school hols.

My comfort food for this week was a Balsamic and Tomato Beef Stew. The recipe was from the Thermomix site. I added some extra veges and it had a lovely rich sauce. I would link if I knew how. I will definitely make this again. I am not sure but when I make something like this with Balsamic it is always nice and comfortingly tender.

[cookie1]

Ooh, I didn't know Haigh's had a drinking chocolate.

[djinni373]

I am loving these challenges and since today was such a horrid day in Sydney I thought I'd add our comfort food for today, as requested by the boys (nearly 17 and 21  ). It's our version of a sausage casserole with rice and loads of veg. I have been cooking this for them since they were little and they still ask for it. Not tmx and not posted, but I will post if anyone is interested.