Hi from a pregnant mother of 2

[Bubbles]

Hi everyone,
I have had my TMX for about 3 months now, after 4-5 months of discussions with my DH. The day we purchased it I discovered I was pregnant and things went rapidly down hill from there! I have been extremely sick with no energy and my poor brand new TMX has sat on the bench collecting dust! Thankfully I am coming through the worst of it now, and feel as excited and enthusiastic as I should have when we first got it! I work 3 days, and have a DD4, and DS2, so am mainly at this stage looking for easy quick recipes that feed the whole family, with any kind of veggies and meat in it. So far I have cooked Tuna Mornay, Chilli Con Carne, Chow Mien & Mushroom Risotto, all delicious!
I'm excited to be part of this forum.
Regards, Bubbles.

[dede]

Welcome to the forum bubbles, you poor thing being so sick. I was lucky with all my pregnancies not to suffer morning sickness. Yuck.
I hope you get a chance to make the most of your TM now your starting to feel a bit better.

[DizzyGirl]

Hello and welcome to the forum Bubbles. I am glad the morning sickness has subsided for you. The TMX will make life easy for you. Make some some meals you can freeze for those not so good days.
Take Care
DG xxx

[judydawn]

Hi and welcome to the forum bubbles.  Oh I can relate to morning sickness (I was sick all day for months with both of mine), who wants to cook food when you feel like that.  Sounds as if things are looking up and some nice meals are being prepared in your TMX. By the time bubby comes along, you will be an old hand at it so with your hands full then, it will be easy to whip the family up a quick meal.

[fundj&e]

Hi and welcome to the forum bubbles, i am glad you are feeling better, take care. 

[Merlin]

Welcome to the forum and glad you're feeling better. I'll never forget the morning sickness I had when I was pregnant with my twins.  I never thought it was going to end! Enjoy finally getting to use your TM.

[Bonsai]

Hi Bubbles - glad you're feeling a bit better now. Having a thermomix will certainly help when baby is born and you feel like you need two sets of arms. Whipping up quick meals is easy, and having a stash of frozen meals for THOSE days saves a lot of tears!

[cookie1]

Hi Bubbles and welcome. I can sympathise with you over the morning sickness, mine lasted 7 months and then a prem baby.
I'm very glad you're feeling a little better and can use your wonderful TMX.

[Merlin]

Cookie- sounds like you've done an amazing job. My twins were 27 weeks when they were born and one spent 3 months in hospital and the other 4 months. I think my morning sickness ended about 1 month before they were born!

[grapesy83]

welcome bubbles and best of luck with the pregnancy - I am about to purchase my TMX and am interested in finding out what popular meals/snacks people prepare for their children.  I would love some ideas on snack options to get my kids through the days and stop pestering me with "mum I'm hungry"

[judydawn]

Have you seen our Babies & Kids section grapesy?

[Brumington]

Well bubbles and grapesy, I think we should encourage each other through these mind boggling first few meals! I only got my TMX last week so am very much a virgin to it all.  I'm loving using it and have had great success with breads etc but desperately need inspiration for good nutritious meals for two little boys aged three and eighteen months.  I've only made two main meals in it so far and have found that despite doing everything as the recipe states, the chicken seems to disappear and be replaced by LOTS  of sauce (delicious but not filling!).  It would be great if we have a particular success with a meal to suggest it to each other!
Glad you're over the morning sickness bubbles. I was so lucky with both of my pregnacies not to suffer too badly.
Now, let's get cooking!!!!!!!!! 

[Aussie Brenda]

Congratulations Madeleine on your pregnancy and arrival of the TMX. enjoy both.

[grapesy83]

Disappearing chicken - not good.  what were those meals as a matter of interest. 

[Brumington]

Butter chicken from the indian cook book and a chicken stroganoff from the official thermomix recipe thingamy. I've since read reviews that people add more than the 500g stated which I will do next time. It didn't all disappear, there just seemed to be a lot less than I had imagined. Or perhaps there was just sooooo much sauce it looked like it had disappeared! Anyway, a learning curve! The butter chicken was divine, way too spicy for kids if you made your own paste. I'd leave out the chillies in the curry next time and just use them in the paste. I'd normally take the heat out by adding yogurt but I couldn't really add any more liquid. My kids are messy at the best of times without that much liquid to throw around!