New Raw Thermomixer

[Daisygirl]

I've got two more sleeps before my thermomix arrives on Friday.  Been talking to everyone about it who will stand still long enough to listen to me.  It's only 9th September and 70% of my bandwidth has been used up watching YouTube demonstrations on the thermomix machine.   

I'm basically going to be making raw food in my thermomix as that is predominantly my "new" eating habit and would love to see a category added to this forum for Vegan/Raw Food.  Also a category for Salads and Dressings would be WONDERFUL as I'd be hanging out there every day!!!

I bought the Rawlicious recipe book at the demo night and will need to learn how to convert all my raw food uncookbooks into Thermomix language.  Will be fun to experiment.

Hope to see more raw vegans sharing their recipes on this forum...

regards
Helen

[Thermomixer]

Welcome Daisygirl - certainly worth looking at a Raw thread after the Raw roadshow and Rawlicious - have to talk to MM.

Hope you provide soome recipes as soon as the machine arrives.

Have purcahsed a new dehydrator after the Melb talk to replace my very old model.   So, may be very interested in your work.

Salads and dressings too - poor Warren was wondering where that thread was!

[judydawn]

Hello Daisygirl, welcome to the forum. I'm sure you will get lots of ideas here for the type of food you like.

[Daisygirl]

Have purcahsed a new dehydrator after the Melb talk to replace my very old model.   

How wonderful you are getting one.  I ordered a 9 drawer Excalibur dehydrator and it should arrive this Friday - on the same day as my Thermomix (fingers crossed).  I can't wait to make flaxseed biscuits in the thermomix and then put them into the dehydrator. 

I was actually going to also ask for a Dehydrator section to be created but thought that asking for three new links in my first ever message was a bit cheeky...   

regards
Helen

[gertbysea]

Oh no, do I need a dehydrator now? LOL!  I think I would like one as I have recently tasted tomatoes dehydrated and they were so powerful to the palate. Please keep us informed Daisygirl.

Gretchen

[Daisygirl]

Oh no, do I need a dehydrator now? LOL!  I think I would like one as I have recently tasted tomatoes dehydrated and they were so powerful to the palate. Please keep us informed Daisygirl.   Gretchen

YES, YOU DO, GRETCHEN   Even if it's only to keep me company. 

You will love making granola for your breakfasts, dried fruit for snacks, beef jerky, flaxseed crackers, raw biscuits and pie bases (extremely healthy for you) and you can dry all your own herbs.  Because the temperature of the dehydrator is set at a level where enzymes are not killed off, the food you dehydrate is still loaded with a lot of nutrition and it keeps in a glass jar for months.  Good for taking away on hiking trips and holidays as it doesn't take up much room.  You can also make pot pourri, dry out roses and flowers etc.  The Excalibur is the best - but make sure you get the model with the timer on it.

(One more sleep till my TM arrives)

regards
Helen
Edit:  Wanted to also mention that my motivation for buying a Thermomix is because of the wonderful 'raw' things that I can quickly process in it (vegetables, grains, beans, sprouts) and then dehydrate to make pie bases, crackers, flat breads and wraps which are packed with nutrition.

[Daisygirl]

The day finally came for my Thermie to be delivered and to have my home demo by my consultant Paula.

7.15pm my friends came over ready for the demo.  I reminded them three times not to eat beforehand and they all obediently followed my instructions.   

7.35pm... Paula is just getting a few items organised and about to welcome everyone and start the demo... and the power goes out!!!  LOL

We had terribly strong winds last night and had a power failure (as a lot of other Melbournians experienced).  We got a massive high powered torch going and Paula bravely did all the talking part of the demo as we sat there in a cold house and absolutely starving (I had nothing in the cupboard because I wanted to wait till Thermy arrived before planning my shopping list).

So at about 9.00pm or thereabouts, the power suddenly came back on and the demo started in a frenzy... LOL I said to Paula, please cook everything fast in case the power goes off again but we managed to have no more blackouts.

So by 11.00 pm, with full tummies and my friends loving what Thermie can produce, we let Paula go home and I ate all the Orange and Chocolate Custard leftovers and toddled off to bed leaving a huge mess in the kitchen.  Paula won't forget this demo in a hurry.

regards
Daisygirl

[faffa_70]

LOL well done Paula  and Daisygirl for being so enthusiastic you managed to keep your friends there when they were starving and cold 

[judydawn]

What a nightmare - it is always something I dread, losing power when you have guests to dinner.  Full marks to all of you for hanging in there but as you say, it will certainly be a night to remember.  Maybe we should have a battery back up on our TMX for moments like this (only joking).

[Thermomixer]

Well done DG - maybe Raw really is the way to go - no need to turn the TMX on

[Sundari]

Welcome to the forum.
I'm getting more interested in raw food and just got invited to a raw banquet. Now just to find the right recipe to make in my thermomix to take along.

[trudy]

Welcome Helen.

Cheers
Trudy

[Ceejay]

All so very interesting Helen! 

I love my dehydrator... the kids are quite used to everything getting dried! LOL

[Thermomixer]

Keep an eye out DG - there may be an opportunity for you to win with your raw food.