Hello!

[Brumington]

Hi there everyone,

Just wanted to Introduce myself.

After a twelve month battle, I think I have finally convinced my hubby that I really deserve a Thermomix!  He never had a problem with the price but was more concerned it would be a very expensive piece of equipment that would sit on the kitchen bench.  I suppose in a way, I had the same concerns myself.  However, after discovering this great forum and also links to many websites with some great recipes, I now know I'm going to be using it loads.  I am a big fan of making my own bread and would love to drink more juice but was never really willing to get the juicer out with all it's parts to wash for one small glass.  I think the thermomix will see to it that I get that daily juice!

I'm also a mum to two small boys and think that the Thermomix is going to help me get a more varied diet into them.  I tend to make a lot from scratch (I make my own tomato sauce rather than buying Dolmio, for example) and I think the thermomix will help me do that sort of thing in a shorter amount of time.  I really want to try new foods with them and by the sounds of things thermomix makes experimenting that little bit easier.

The whole thermomix jargon has me all confused but I'm sure it becomes second nature once I use the machine.  Please tell me it does!

Anyway, I have a demo organized for Tuesday and I've been given the green light to purchase if I want to  . So excited!

[cookie1]

Welcome. How very exciting for you. You are right, the jargon becomes second nature when you use the machine. I'm sure you will be excited on Tuesday.

[dede]

Welcome brumington to the forum. I don't think you will ever regret buying yourself a TM. You are absoulutly going to love it. And yes it will definitely make life easier and preparation so much quicker. After over a year I am still amazed how quick it takes to chop up ingredients. Love love love it. Hope you have your TM real soon.

[judydawn]

Hi brumington, welcome to the forum.  The TMX sounds perfect for what you intend making in it so I foresee no problems with it not being used.  You will end up making things you never thought you would so be prepared for some surprise recipes on our forum eg Worcestershire Sauce .
This is my favourite smoothie website.
Enjoy your demo on Tuesday and let us know when you take delivery of your machine.

[Cornish Cream]

Hi and welcome to the forum brumington.Enjoy your demo on Tuesday,you are going to love the TM in action Come back an tell us all about it 

[fundj&e]

Hi and welcome to the forum brumington. you will love having a TM so will your DH, will he be at the demo ?

[Cuilidh]

Welcome Brumington.  When I bought my TMX I was determined that it would not become an expensive toy and that I would get full use out of it, so the way I made sure that that didn't happen was to ensure that it stayed out on the bench at all times - that way it is easy to access it and not forgotten in a drawer or cupboard.

The jargon is easy, just think of it as setting the oven temperature and the timer, etc.  However, after one or two uses you will get used to that.  The thing to remember is to always set the time first, then the temperature and speed.  I could never remember the correct order until I hit on thinking of the biscuit, TIMTAM (one of my favourite chocolate biscuits).  Tim = time and, well, tam means nothing at all, but by the time I got to tam I had remembered to set the time and everything was fine!

Enjoy your TMX and the forum.

Judy, thanks for the smoothie link

[mab19]

Welcome to the forum Brumington.  You will never regret buying yourself a TMX, enjoy your demo. 

[Brumington]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome. Can't wait togetmy machine and start trying some of these recipes rather than just reading about them!
Thanks for the great smoothie website judydawn.  Some of those recipes sound yum.
I'm hoping, despite the initial outlay, this machine will start savings some money too.  Has anyone found you are saving a lot on groceries? I read on the uk website it saves you around a thousand pounds a year. I wonder if the equivalent is true in oz?

[Cuilidh]

Yes, one way or another, you will save heaps of money.

Many of us have found that this isn't the case initially as we were all buying ingredients that we had never used before, but once you've stocked up your cupboards you will see your grocery bills coming down.

[Brumington]

Excellent! I had a feeling that I would be spending a lot more to begin with on stuff I didn't have yet but hoped that eventually I'd start saving.

[fundj&e]

 Brumington yes u will save money on food shopping,but dont start reading the shopping thread.........you will be sorry 

[dede]

Lol. I have a family of 7 and definitely find I save money, especially for school/work lunches. I would hate to buy the things I make as it would cost me a small fortune.
I do a big cook up on the weekend to last the family for the week.
I also found I save money on making things from scratch rather than buying them. And Takeaways is not very often as I can make stuff that's tastier. We don't buy pizza at all anymore cause it's so easy to make pizzas.
But like everyone else said don't expect to see any savings for the first couple of months.
I have had my TM since Jan 2011 and I'm fairly confident that it's paid for itself with groceries savings already.

[Brumington]

Wow, really dede? That's great to hear.
Oh no fundj, you have me intrigued by the shopping thread now!

[dede]

NO don't visit the shopping Thread, it's dangerous. The other members spot these fantastic savings (or not) and you get this overwhelming urge to buy one too.

You have been warned lol