What are you been cooking today

[Thermomixer]

Sounds good - had Doro wat at a local cooking class last year - loved it.

[JulieO]

Hey I vote we eat at JulieO's    -  great photos

  You're more than welcome! 

[Shayla]

Today I have been experimenting with soy milk. My husband says the stuff I make is too thin compared to what he used to buy in Singapore (probably Australian). So today I also ground organic brown rice and made very thick rice milk - I added 500ml thick rice milk to 1 litre soy milk 100gm of honey and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. He says I am getting close! I hate the stuff so don't even taste it - has anyone else made a flavoured more "creamy" style of soy milk? The recipe in EDC is very thin and very strong smelling.
I have also just made the dough for another pullapart bread - have cut the recipe to 500gm flour and will see how it turns out, I am planning to add the savoury butter this time.

[cookie1]

Made Bacon, leek and tomato risotto last night. Custard for the apple pie I had bought at the Model A rally. (fundraising)

[~Narelle~]

Today I have made apple sauce, oatmeal and sultana cookies, very easy chocolate cake, 5 seed loaf and porridge.

[bron]

Julie0, I agree, photos are amazing! Just one question, I don't have any recipes for stir fry veg at all here in Spain, and they would be great for my diet (I think??) Please could you, or someone else post me a stirfry recipe, with honey  yum.

Ps. Guys, have now lost 9 kilos! Missing you all loads, but once the kids go back to school, mid September, should be able to spend more time on here (can't wait)

[JulieO]

Here you go Bron, it's from the EDC, but the soy/honey was a recommendation from this forum and it was lovely.

CHINESE STYLE STIR FRY VEGETABLES
30g olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1-2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled
500g mixed veg (eg cabbage, mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, snowpeas, red cap, chopped or sliced - I didn't use mushrooms, but used green beans, cut into pieces)
˝ tsp salt (didn’t add because was using soy sauce, even tho it was salt reduced)
2 tblsp oyster sauce or soy sauce (I used 1 tblsp soy + 1 tblsp honey instead)
1 small dried chilli (to taste)

PREPARATION: using scales on TM, weigh veg as you cut them up until 500g has been reached.  Remove to a bowl.

Place oil into TM bowl and heat for 2 mins at Varoma temp on speed 1.

Add garlic and ginger, sauté and chop for 2 mins at 100^oC on speed 4.

Add veg and program for 7-8 mins at 100^oC on Reverse + speed soft, but after 3 mins cooking time add salt(if using) oyster sauce/soy + honey and chilli thru opening.

Serve with your favourite recipe or as a side dish to meat.

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks Julie - I've copied and posted that here: http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1622.0

[bron]

Thanks Julie! Have just made it! Delicious and perfect for my diet with some steamed fish! What a star you are!

[JulieO]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Bron, but  I really can't take credit for it.  I've been trying to find the post of who suggested the soy/honey combo but am unable to find it.  So please whoever it is, thankyou for that suggestion.   

[Amanda]

I am about to try a recipe that I saw on a blog a week or 2 ago.  It is for cinnadoodles - a cookie - and required Hersheys Cinnamon bits which I ordered from US Foods Online.  They were very prompt and the parcel arrived in the post yesterday.
I will have a go at converting it for the TM.

[cookie1]

My "Termite" was used to  make dip, chop heaps of vegies for our crustless quiche, make a batch of chocolate and almond cookies (they were a bit dry) make heaps of icing sugar for the cupcakes I made and grind almonds for the macaroons I made. Oh and the varoma'd vegies for tea.

How did I exist before this machine arrived, it sure makes life easier.

[Thermomixer]

Ok cinnamon bits - ploise exploin !

[JulieO]

I made the Pea & Ham soup from the EDC earlier, more as a trial to see how it turns out as I couldn't imagine it being as nice as when I cook it on the stove top for a couple of hours, but I was wrong.  It was really nice. 

I didn't have a leek, so used a large onion instead of the 1/4 leek + small onion, and I needed to cook for about 15/20 mins longer, and I turned the heat up from 100^oC to Varoma for a few mins as it didn't seem to be hot enough, then when it started bubbling out the top, I reduced back to 100^o. 

After doing a taste test I felt it needed something, so I added an extra 2 tblsp veg concentrate (the leek & onion veg conc one) and cooked a further few mins.  When I was happy with the taste, I blended for a few seconds to make it pretty smooth and slightly thick.  I was very impressed, and everyone had a taste and liked it so this will be our tea tonight with some fresh rolls. 

I think next time I will revert to my usual method of frying off the onions (garlic and bacon too in this case) in a frypan first as I do think it gives dishes a nicer flavour, but saying that, today I did it in the TM and it still turned out good

[Thermomixer]

I think next time I will revert to my usual method of frying off the onions (garlic and bacon too in this case) in a frypan first as I do think it gives dishes a nicer flavour, but saying that, today I did it in the TM and it still turned out good

Try adding some water to the onion/garlic/leek etc and cook at 90 for 5 or 6 minutes