A Canadian Foodie introduces herself!

[A Canadian Foodie]

Greetings!
I am from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and am a Thermomix Consultant here. I have a blog - a baby blog:
http://thermomixalberta.blogspot.com and a "foodie" blog:
http://acanadianfoodie.spaces.live.com
I have owned my Thermomix since March of 2008 and there are so few of us in Edmonton  - or Western Canada - for that matter, that own a Thermomix, I am THRILLED to find this forum.
I know there is a fantastic network in Australia; is this where this forum started?
Anyway,
Check out my blogs, and I am going to now investigate this forum!
 Valerie

[Amanda]

Welcome Valerie!
We are a small (but growing) and enthusiastic bunch and it is good to meet another Thermomix lover!

[Master Moderator]

Hello Valerie. great to see a Canadian here :-) Your country is one of my dream destinations. Is Thermomix well know in Canada, as a whole? What is your voltage out there? 220? Have fun with your new Thermomix friends.

Admin

[Thermomixer]

Great to see an enthusiastic user in Canada.

The forum did not start in Australia, but us Aussies have hijacked it, despite efforts from the UK and US to keep it international. 

Hope you and your band of friends find the forum useful, and you help us too, please. 

[UnConundrum]

Hi Valerie.  Nice to meet you.  It's great to finally have someone else from North America here   These Aussies get out of hand now and then

[brazen20au]

hi valerie! nice to meet you!!

and oi, watch it unconundrum

[CarolineW]

Hi Valerie,
delighted to have you join us - I think you're our first Canadian 

I've heard that the Canadian TM book has Chinese recipes in, is that correct?  If so, I'd be thrilled if you could share some with us.

Hope you find the forum as helpful and enjoyable as I do, and looking forward to getting to know you and your ideas.  I'm off to look at your blogs now 

[A Canadian Foodie]

Hi, again! Where are you from? Thermomix came to western Canada just last November. We are having quite a bit of difficulty getting it to take off here. I am really not sure why. Most people still do cook their own meals in the prairies where I am from.
I have been working avidly at getting it going here, and it is coming, but slowly. Our voltage here is 110 for the Thermomix. Yes, we do have 220, but the Thermomix just needs 110 here. Is that what you were asking? Our major appliances use 220. Stoves, Washers and Driers. That is about it.
I see, according to your survey, that I am the first Canadian here. That really surprises me. I look forward to sharing Thermomix recipes and information with all of you as my sharing partners are few and far between right now... growing,,, but, slowly. 
I have not had time to browse much yet, but have really enjoyed this site.

[gertbysea]

I have just visited your site and love your recipes with  pics  to help. The yogurt balls look delicious.
Gretchen from  Cairns where there is never any snow!

[Meagan]

Hi and Welcome    I live in Perth Western Australia and am a soon to be thermomix owner 

[Sundari]

welcome
our group leader emailed your blog address to us today and i have been enjoying reading it while a sleeping sick child is in my lap

[A Canadian Foodie]

What a compliment! Hope you enjoyed your read and can't wait to hear if you try any of the recipes!

[trudy]

Welcome.  I have enjoyed looking at your blog!!!

Cheers
Trudy

[meganjane]

Love your Blog! I particularly like your idea of the Catering Club. Are you a teacher? I am! But, only doing a bit of part time work at our local primary school.

Love Alberta too (only from viewing photos). Our son was there for 9 months on an Agricultural Exchange in 2006. He loves Canada and desperately wants to go back.

[A Canadian Foodie]

Love your Blog! I particularly like your idea of the Catering Club. Are you a teacher? I am! But, only doing a bit of part time work at our local primary school.

Love Alberta too (only from viewing photos). Our son was there for 9 months on an Agricultural Exchange in 2006. He loves Canada and desperately wants to go back.

Thanks! Yes, this is my 29th year of teaching school... started out as an Early Childhood Specialist (5-8 year olds) then just continued on. Have a major in English and Fine Art, and last year started teaching Foods to 11 to 15 year olds. I have 150 students every 2 days that I teach how to cook. It is an absolute blast. I am a member of Slow Food International and belong to the Edmonton Convivium. Don't know if you've heard of it, but you can google it if you are interested - but suffice it to say that it mirrors the philosophy I hold and so I am really working at healthy eating and lots of from scratch cooking at home. I am not sure what the culture is like in Australia, but in Canada, we were cooks - mostly all of us until about 20 years ago... 15 - 20. Now, the amount of processed food people eat is startling. Costco - and the mega stores that have sprung up as well as so many restaurants... The students at my school are drinking pop and eating chips at 7 in the morning... Obviously, this is a passion of mine. I am ranting, aren't I? what do you teach?