Mel from Perth

[paperfreak]

Hi,
I bought a Thermomix without even having been to a demo, about 2 months ago and it gets used about 4 times every day now. For breakfast smoothies/porride/puddings/eggs, not much for lunch, always for dinner recipes and every day for the myriad of snacks I make to keep the kids fed healthy homemade foods. I have pretty much attempted everything in the thermie except yoghurt. I need to mentally prepare myself for it, even though I hear it is easy!

We live in Perth. However have just recently returned after having lived in Chile for 3 years. I haven't cooked, cleaned, washed, ironed or done anything slightly domestic for 3 years, as we had a maid! So life back in the real world came as a shock, but having the thermie makes it tolerable.

I have two boys nearly 5 and 2.5 and I like to make everything homemade from mainly organic ingredients. No preservatives or artificial products are allowed anywhere near our house
Dealing with nut free schools though has been challenging, as nuts are so ingrained in our diet. So I have been busy over the holidays trying out nut free recipes that the kids like and meet my ideas of a healthy diet.

I am currently attempting to type out the recipe titles, page number and ingredients list for all of the Thermomix books that I have, so that they are searchable online. I have started the first one for the Vegetarian book under the Recipe Review thread. Feel free to join me, if you like to index all the other books. It is going to take a while, but I think it is a worthwhile exercise that will benefit me and others on the forums, when searching for recipes to use up ingredients.

[shan_k]

Hi Mel

Welcome to the forum - I too have recently returned to Perth after spending 18 months in latin America so I can definitely sympathise with adjusting back to reality! What part of Perth are you from?

[Meagan]

Hi Mel  *waves* it always makes me smile when my customers introduce themselves on the forum and I instantly know who they are!!
There are existing contents lists for almost all of the books I think. Not sure that have page numbers and they def don't have ingredients lists. You can see them here http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?board=52.0

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome to the forum Mel

[judydawn]

Welcome again Mel, I can't imagine having a maid then having to come back to reality - it would be so hard. Got any nice recipes you picked up in Chile that you have converted and can share with us?

[shan_k]

There are a whole list of recipes in spanish on the Thermomix Chile site http://thermomix.cl/recetas/
They have been sitting in my reading list for trying and then translating for others....but I haven't got around to it as yet. It's on the (ever growing!) list.....

[CreamPuff63]

Hi paperfreak and welcome to the forum. Why not pop over and enter in the poll so we can keep track of where our members are from.
What a shock it must be after having a maid  Hope you are handling the heat okay.

[DizzyGirl]

Hello and welcome paperfreak. You seem very organised 

If I had a maid I would never give her up LOL

Take care and Happy Cooking

DG 

[paperfreak]

@Meagan: Hey Boss, thanks for the link to the contents of the book. I will take those and extend them, to add page numbers and ingredients, so they are more search friendly. Not having to write out the recipe titles will save me about 1/3 of the work!

@shan_k, I can't believe they even sell the Thermomix in Chile. Who on earth would buy one, when you pay a maid $3 an hour to work for you and they do all the cooking and washing up!!!

@judydawn, I have only converted one recipe so far, the Pao de Quejo (actually Brazilian recipe for cheese puff balls). I will add it to the forum if it is not there already. I can't say the Chileans have any particular cuisine though that was appealing to me except the pebre. People always ask me how the food was in Chile. I reply: Have you ever seen a Chilean restaurant anywhere in the world? There is a reason for that. Pastel de Choclo, pisco sours and empanadas about the extent of the Chilean cuisine.

@CreamPuff63 I see after entering the poll, that us sandgroppers dominate the forum! I currently live in Brentwood (Booragoon/Mount Pleasant) area.

[CreamPuff63]

@CreamPuff63 I see after entering the poll, that us sandgroppers dominate the forum!

yes, we are very switched on here.

[cookie1]

Hi Mel. I was sure I had replied..........oh well not to worry.
Welcome to the forum. I live down Leach Highway from you, towards the hills.

[mcmich]

Welcome to the forum Mel. Look forward to seeing your contributions.

[Moo2]

Hi and welcome to the forum Mel.

[nazar]

 hi mel welcome to the forum
its amazing the things you can make with the thermie
so do you like to do cardmaking or scrapbooking ?
l just thought with a forum  name like yours you might like paper
you could tell us under the chitchat section
why did you choose your forum name

[fundj&e]

Hello  and welcome to the forum Mel