What are you been cooking today

[judydawn]

How I would love to be invited to your place for dinner JulieO - everything looks amazing.

[achookwoman]

JulieO,   these look incredible,  who would believe 1 small machine was responsible for all this beautiful food.

[achookwoman]

Today I cooked isi's Portuguese rolls into a plaited loaf,  and I think it is Tenina's ,Maple and Cranbury Crunch.    I had all the ingredients on hand so didn't cost a thing !!!!!!    Whilst in Tassie recently I bought a very nice Breakfast cereal , small pack $10.   I'd say that this TMX one is very good value.

[cookie1]

JulieO what did you say your address was?

[JulieO]

 

[cathy79]

Yesterday I made Isi's Light Cream Dessert, one chocolate, one coffee...delish.  Also made beetroot salad and Valerie's yoghurt.
Today have to make a loaf of Isi's bread, then Cookie's Bolognaise Pinwheel for lunch for friends coming over.  Better get moving...

[isi]

JulieO
All Photos are wonderful.  Congratulations
I would love to have that cake recipe (lookingatyouwithgentleeyes )
 :Disi

[JulieO]

Isi you are more than welcome.

CARROT & PINEAPPLE CAKE

This makes enough for a deep 20cm tin plus 6 x Texas muffin sized.  Or you could make in one big tin. Because it was so easy, I may halve recipe amount next time and make all in muffin pans, great to put in the freezer. 

3 cups plain flour
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups carrots, peeled and cut into chunks, then grated for (4 secs/speed 7)
1 x 450g tin undrained crushed pineapple, in syrup
1 ½ cups rice bran oil or sunflower oil
4 eggs
1 cup of pecans, chopped finely (2 secs/speed 7) and toasted CHOP FIRST, BEFORE CARROTS

Preheat oven 160 C fan forced, 180 C, non-fan.  Grease and line base of tin.

Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.  Add in grated carrot, pineapple, oil, eggs and pecans.
With wooden spoon, mix well to combine.
Pour into ready prepared pan/s, and bake for anywhere from 50 to 90 mins depending on size of pan used. (I was fairly busy at the time so didn't take note of how long, but for the big tin I think about 90 mins.  The muffins took about 50 mins. (very moist mixture)

Allow to cool in pan for 5-10mins, before allowing to cool entirely on wire rack.

Icing
250gm softened cream cheese
1 cup icing sugar
1 tsp lemon juice or vanilla extract

Place all ingredients into TM bowl.  Mix 20 secs/speed 4.

[meganjane]

Thanks JulieO! I'll make this today after I've made Lavender & Green Tea soap. (not in TMX!)

[Babymaker]

Hmm Yesterday we made Apricot Chicken, mostly Additive Free, have posted into Special Diets can't remember what else :O

Today we made steamed (aka poached) eggs on toast, and some Rosemary and Cheese Biscuits - recipe in starters and snacks

[andiesenji]

Currently (7:30 a.m. Pacific time) I have a batch of onion confit in the TMX, a batch of mixed grains (wheat berries, steel cut barley, steel cut oats, kaniwa, amaranth, ivory teff, mahogany rice, buckwheat groats and flaxseed) cooking in the big rice cooker, heirloom beans (good mother stallard) that were soaked overnight, now gently cooking on the simmer burner and a loaf of asiago cheese bread rising.
I awakened early this morning because of sirens (house fire down the road) and figured I wasn't going to get back to sleep with all the noise so got up and got moving much earlier than usual. 

Later I am going to see if my calculations for converting a recipe for "mystery" cake to the TMX are correct and if it turns out will post recipe in cakes.  (The "mystery" is the use of a can of condensed tomato soup in the batter - do they sell Campbells' in Australia?)

In any event, I am feeling quite virtuous and ready to put my feet up with a cup of tea for a while.

More later.

[scyrene]

What is "mahogany" rice? And what does "steel-cut" mean here? Like, milled by steel blades (like the TM)? 

[Katya]

Yesterday I did porridge at breakfast, chocolate rosemary pots (from UK EDC) ready for tonight, celeriac soup (ditto), leek soup for lunch, salmon fish cakes with creme fraiche tartare sauce for dinner.

Today have done minestrone soup for lunch and will be doing mushroom risotto tonight when company comes.

The TMX makes all this cooking a real doddle (Isi - "doddle" mean "very very easy"  )

[isi]

Oh Katya - You are my living dictionary!!
Doodle is nice - very nice!

[andiesenji]

What is "mahogany" rice? And what does "steel-cut" mean here? Like, milled by steel blades (like the TM)? 

Steel-cut cereals are raw grains chopped into smaller bits - McCann's Irish Oatmeal is the one I use - the barley is from an organic supplier here in Calif.   
Mahogany rice is an heirloom rice that has a lower glycemic index than regular brown rice and I buy it in bulk at my local health food store, it is certified organic and certified  non-GMO. 
I also buy a combination of this rice and black rice that is marketed by Lundberg, another California rice grower that is a certified organic grower and has been, longer than any other grower in this state. 
http://www.lundberg.com/ 

There are many varieties of rice and we are fortunate here that the California delta has ideal growing conditions for most rices. 
I currently have on hand  Arborio, Basmati white and brown, Chinese black,  Hamalayan Red,  Madagascar Pink,  Green Bamboo,  Purple sticky, Shushi rice, Wehani Brown,  Sweet Brown,  Pearl rice, as well as Wild rice (certified Native American gathered in Minnesota) and three different rice blends, two with wild rice. 
The Green bamboo and Madagascar Pink rices were purchased from this vendor: http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prmenbr=127574&prrfnbr=1509790&hbtype=ppc&hbv1=google&hbv2=lotorgjade&gclid=CMzA45-SrJ8CFSUlagodx0C11A   

I consume a lot of rice.