Do you love soup? I most certainly do, however my hubby is not a fan of soups so a lot of the time, I will have a soup for breakfast and or lunch, sometimes I make a really thick & chunky soup & I tell my hubby it’s a “casserole” 🙂
Soups were a regular occurrence in our household growing up & Mum used to make us the most delicious lamb, barley & vegetable soup. My guilty pleasure was a tinned tomato soup served with cracked pepper, crumbled feta & fresh basil leaves! Now I just make my own tomato soup from fresh tomatoes, it only takes about 10 mins in the Thermomix & is so delicious! Anyway because winter is normally the best time to enjoy soups & I wanted to share some of my favourite recipes, to give you some inspiration & ideas.
Tomato soup only takes 15 mins to make & you can pimp it to taste even better – like adding pepper berry oil & or feta cheese!! YUM!!
Obviously start with the best fresh ingredients you can get, making your own stock will give you the best flavour or using some stock paste that you make in the Thermomix. You can make veggie, chicken or beef stock paste very easily, these recipes come with your Thermomix and are so handy to have in your fridge or freezer to give a flavour boost to any soup or casserole. They have a lot of salt in them to help preserve them & to bring out the flavour of your dish. The Thermomix is so perfect for making soups, everything in the one bowl, the chopping, sautéing, cooking, stirring & then pureeing.
Quirky Cooking’s Coconut Lemon Chicken Soup This is my go to soup is anyone is feeling slightly unwell, so quick easy & nourishing & I always love squeezing lemon juice into most of my soups too! (Plus I’m so excited that Jo Whitton from Quirky Cooking loved my photo of her soup so much she bought it to use on her website!) The other very popular soup recipe by Jo is her Creamy Chicken & Brown Rice Soup, put this on your winter cooking list if it isn’t already!
George Calombaris’ Pumpkin Soup with Virtual Bacon Dust from In the Mix Cookbook by Dani Valent. This is my favourite Pumpkin Soup recipe by far, so creamy & delicious. I even leave the skin on my butternut pumpkin because the Thermomix is so awesome at blending it all up. The Virtual bacon dust is made from toasted & caramelised sesame seeds with brown sugar & Japanese stock powder (dashi) I also made it replacing the dashi with dried porcini mushrooms & it was still just as yummy.
For an awesome roasted pumpkin flavour. I also love roasting a pumpkin whole along with some sweet potato, onion & garlic still in their skins. Once they have cooked you can remove the skins if you wish & then add some of your favourite stock & maybe some cream or coconut cream, once you have cooked it all then puree till smooth.
Peter Gilmore’s Cauliflower Soup from In the Mix 2 Cookbook, in the book it is served with seared scallops & fresh truffle, but it is still absolutely amazing even with out the scallops & truffle. Even just using some truffle oil & or truffle salt if you have it, will take it to the next level.
Or if you might like a mix of the two In the Mix Cookbook Recipes concepts & try the Cauliflower Soup with Bacon Dust – the bacon is real in this recipe!
My beetroot soup recipe is coming soon, I use fresh beetroot, fennel & cabbage and serve it with homemade yoghurt & horseradish with a bit of smoked salmon if you want to make it a bit fancy for guests.
I love the smoky spicy flavour of chorizo & any recipe that has it is as an ingredient is always so delicious – This is the Mexican Black Bean & Chorizo Soup another awesome recipe by Jo Whitton from Quirky Cooking.
Another chorizo soup I love is with chunks of chorizo, kale & sweet potato YUM!
In my minestrone soup, I use as much veggies from the garden as I can, I loosely use Jamie Oliver’s recipe (I leave out the pasta) & it’s delicious with or with out some parmesan cheese on top!
Spicy Moroccan Lentil Soup – This recipe is in the cookbook that comes with your Thermomix so quick easy & tasty!
The pea soup from The Devil of a Cookbook is also amazing & speaking of peas – how good is a pea & ham soup too?!
Venison Pho Style Soup
Soups are hearty, healthy, nourishing & soul warming, they can be a little bit posh or simple & quick. The main thing is they taste so good, like anything you make from scratch!! Happy Thermomixing Everyone 🙂
What is your favourite Thermomix risotto recipe? After making the mushroom risotto so many times at Thermomix demonstrations I am surprised I can still get excited about risotto.My favourite is the crayfish risotto.
Words cannot express how excited I was to get my advanced signed copy of this awesome cookbook!! I have been lucky enough to do a bit of recipe testing for this cookbook & was invited for a week of the photoshoot – along with a couple of other cooks I got to cook some of the dishes that were photographed for the shoot. We all had a Thermomix each to use. It was so amazing to watch the pros work their magic with the styling & photography, I learnt so much & had so much fun too. I am so grateful for the experience.
There are so many amazing chapters & delicious recipes to try & I have cooked, photographed & tasted them all!! By the way don’t forget to check out the official site Entertaining with Dani Valent each chapter has a spotify playlist too!!
The day after I got the book in the post – so exciting!!
BRUNCH
Bloody Maria
Kale, Chia, Pear & Orange Smoothie
Wholemeal Crumpets
Green Fig & Lime Marmalade
Rhubarb & Blackberry Breakfast Tart
Spiced Carrot Porridge
Bacon and Cinnamon Scrolls with Salted Maple Glaze
Smoked Salmon Muffins with Steamed Eggs & Herbed Relish
Tiraccino
SPANISH
Sunny Gazpacho
Tuna Empanadas made by my Mum
Tuna Empanadas
Chorizo & Prawn al la Sidra
Herb-Salted Chicken and Chickpea Casserole
Peas & Jamón
Steamed Orange Pudding with Almond Milk Ice Cream
CHINESE
Masterstock Chicken
Daikon Salad (recipe with Masterstock Chicken)
Prawn Wontons
Steamed Fish Black Beans & Rice (I had to use trevally instead of snapper)
Char Siu Bao – Steamed Pork Buns
Sichuan Pepper and Chilli Salt Squid
Chinese greens with XO Sauce
Fortune Cookies
Fortune Cookies
PARTY
Cherry Margarita
Rhubarb & Vanilla Rhumba
Pear Mulled Wine
Romesco Dip
Rice Crackers
Spiced Nut Clusters
Mushroom Cappuccino (Mushroom Soup)
Sweet Potato Blini with Cumin & Sesame Crème Fraîche
It’s no surprise to me or anyone else that I love the Dani Valent website. It is a subscription site for amazing Thermomix recipes and videos, you get approx 1 free recipe a month for the free subscription or for a yearly membership you get 1 recipe a week & you start with all the current recipes when you join. It’s great value & features home cooking recipes by Dani & also amazing Chef’s recipes too. What’s not to love? Being inspired to try & taste new recipes, learning new skills & ideas for your Thermomix cooking plus I love seeing how Chefs use the Thermomix for their dishes. Sign up here.
I have now currently made ALL of the recipes from this website & some of them I have made a few times because they are so delicious 🙂 It has taken me a few years to complete all the recipes and I will be attempting to keep up and cook each new recipe every week and update this post with the photos of the recipe. I hope you will be inspired to cook along too. Happy Thermomixing!!
Here is one of the free videos with Jo Whitton from Quirky Cooking making Coconut Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup.
Shane Delia’s Warm Roasted Cauliflower Dip with Spiced Beef – You have to try this!! It could be the best dip ever!! I loved watching the video for this recipe too, it was a lot of fun!
Everything Salsa & then the same salsa used to make a cashew dip & a cream cheese dip- just 2 of the ideas for the salsa – so tasty & versatile!
Chicken Tart – This recipe by Dani has the most amazing lemon & mustard flavoured pastry – plus shredded chicken & buttery leeks in the filling!
Spicy Peach and Mango Jam Glazed Ham
Dani Valent’s Pithivier
Cheesy Quinoa Bites, recipe by Alice Zaslavsky
Sopa Freda de Meló – Melon Soup – Emma Warren
Strawberry Gazpacho with Tomato, Basil & Goat’s Cheese Salad
Gazpacho – recipe by Eyal Shani
Recommended way to serve this dish is to drink straight from the Thermomix bowl!! If it’s good enough for Dani, then I’m in 😉
Scallop Mousseline with Lemon Caper Sauce
Leek, Potato and Truffle Soup
Tasty “Emergency Lentil Soup” watch the video here.
Creamy Chicken and Brown Rice Soup – recipe by Jo Whitton from Quirky Cooking
Matzo Ball Soup (Dani asked me to make this recipe & photograph it for her website, I also had to make my own matzo because I couldn’t find any in Hobart to buy :-))
Pumpkin Soup with Virtual Bacon Dust – recipe from George Calombaris – this recipe is from the In the Mix cookbook – I have made it so many times & it’s my all time favourite pumpkin soup!
Jing Shui Daan recipe by Tony Tan – its a delicious steamed custard with shitake mushrooms & pork with black beans on top 🙂
Gnocchi
Cauliflower Rice – it’s a delicious vegan recipe 🙂
Shane Delia’s BBQ Prawn Kofte Salad is seriously good!!
Pear Coleslaw with Pear Vinaigrette
Beetroot, Pear & Pomegranate Salad
Prawn & Potato Salad
Lamb Shank Barley Casserole – Yes the shanks are steamed in the Varoma for some of the recipe!
Delicious Duck Bao – inspired by the Momofuku recipe by David Chang
Char Siu Bao – Steamed Pork Buns
Hummus- recipe by EyalShani, such a great video to watch, and a delicious recipe to guide you but it is ultimately up to your taste buds to adjust the balance of flavours 🙂
Ultimate Mac and Cheese Toastie – recipe by Anthony Femia
Pineapple-spiked Vietnamese Lamb Salad
Hainanese Chicken & Egg, seriously amazing recipe by Trissalicious This is also from In the Mix & includes my favourite way to cook eggs – at 60 degrees!!
Jerk Chicken
Quirky Cooking Gluten Free & Dairy Free Chicken Pot Pie is so Yummy – we even took some for lunches too!.
Chicken Tinga So easy & delicious (pictured with my gluten free wrap – Dani’s recipes serves it with her flour tortilla recipe)
Steamed Fish with Eggplant Miso – so healthy & fresh – a great recipe using the Varoma.
Aligot – French cheesy mash – so wicked & so good!!
Chilli & Lime Crumb – I’ve made this recipe from In the Mix Cookbook before – I love how tasty & versatile it is. watch the free video here.
Palak Paneer
Marmitako (Basque Seafood Stew) recipe by Chef Ruben Trincado – A delicious video filmed in Spain.
White Garlic Soup with Seafood – recipe by Chef Jaun Carlos Caro, in the video (filmed in Spain) you see him using the TM 21 to make this dish.
Vadouvan Mussels which includes the recipe for the Vadouvan spice mix 🙂
Tuna version of the Poke with Furikake & Wasabi-spiked Avocado Sorbet
Wasabi-spiked Avocado Sorbet
Kha Nhom Jeen Nam Prik – Thai recipe by Pla Liamthong, that not too spicy peanut sauce is so good!!
Gang Prik with Steamed Chicken -another great Thai recipe from Pla Liamthong
Thai Ribs with Coconut Rice & Coleslaw – this is the version I made with lamb instead of the beef – I made the beef version too & that was amazing, I will be making it again soon – for sure!!
Thai Ribs with Coconut Rice & Coleslaw
Fork-Apart Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder
Vitello Tonnato – An Italian dish of poached beef & tuna egg sauce, sounds weird but it is really delicious 🙂
Mint & Choc-Chip Hemp Smoothie recipe by Julie McKie
Rhubarb Saffrontini
Cucumber, Lime & Mint Dry Ice Sorbet – recipe by Chef Pierre Roelofs
Passionfruit Dry Ice Sorbet – recipe by Donato Toce from Gelato Messina (This is possibly the best sorbet I’ve ever eaten!!)
Okonomi-Kimchi Savoury PancakesInside-out Chicken ParmigianaGreen Beans with Ricotta SalataRolled OmelettesKombucha SpritzTortilla (mine doesn’t look so good but it tasted good – I did the frypan option)Middle Eastern Salmon with Tahini Sauce and Walnut RelishWinter Minestrone with Butter Lovin’ Leeks with Parmasean and Chilli Twist BreadEasy Nut-Free PestoFrench Toast CasseroleFlourless Almond, Coconut And Vanilla Cake recipe by Belinda JefferyChestnut Pancakes with Instant Pear Bircher MuesliCarrot Layer Cake recipe by Christina Tosi ( also in the In the Mix 2 cookbook)Korma Curry Sauce by Jesse SinghPekmez – Turkish grape syrupPozole Negro – Mexican Chicken SoupBrown Basmati Rice SaladPotato Mochi – recipe by Michael RyanPistachio-Crusted Lamb Cutlets with Green Tahini SauceMint & Coriander Chutney, recipe by Jessi SinghApricot and Almond CakePrawn Cocktail Skewers recipe by Emma WarrenButtered Cabbage with Orange Syrup – recipe by Gerard PhelanSpice RubsEgg in a JarCoconut Chicken SaladOtak OtakLamb Kustilji recipe by Shane Delia Bloody MariaLazy Tomato SpaghettiTomato ShorbaKorean-style Pork Ribs – Daeji GalbiToasted Coconut Paste (Kerisik) – recipe by Suriya AbdullahChilli Padi Chicken Rendang – recipe by Suriya AbdullahRoasted Beef Rib RendangButter ChickenTomato FocacciaChocolate Peanut Butter TartTomato TartChocolate GanacheSea Corn Tacos ( I used prawns instead of crab)Neil Perry’s Chilli SauceTomato JamDouble Trouble Fennel & Tomato ChutneyMexican Drinking ChocolateButter making with a butter pressAnzac CrackQuince PasteTomato PasteTempered Chocolate Peanut SlabApricot GrissiniSteamed Snapper, Heirloom Tomatoes and Burnt Butter Sauce recipe by Jesse McTavishSilky Pumpkin Tagine with Couscous and HarissaHoney, Rosemary and Buttermilk Chicken PilafPapdi Chaat – recipe by Jessi SinghRoasted Aloo Gobi – recipe by Jessi SinghCardamom Pistachio Kulfi – Recipe by Jessi SinghCoconut Fish Curry – recipe by Jessi SinghWaffles with Horseradish CreamSeaweed Butter recipe from KazukiChocolate BrowniesMulled WineHong Kong-style Braised Pork Ribs with Tomato – recipe by Annie XavierWombok Coleslaw recipe by Gamila MacRuryBeef Noodles recipe by Olivia TanBerbereGenfo Barley PorridgeHakka Yam Abacus Beads – recipe by Annie XavierGolden Pillow – recipe by Theresa LeeGolden Pillow & inside is a Tamarind Pork Curry – YUM!!Stir-fried Pork and Long Beans – recipe by Annie XavierBitter Greens Salad with Truffle VinaigretteDulce de LechePeanut Butter ColeslawSlow-Cooked Brisket Tacos with Grilled Spring Onions and Tomatillo SalsaDani’s Vegetarian Daughter’s Quick Sustaining DinnerDulce de Leche Espresso Martini – recipe by Gamila MacRurySteamed Fish with Quinoa, Spinach and BasilFried Calamari with Chipotle MayonnaiseCalamari with Herb CrumbGheePaneerApple Clafoutis recipe by Gamila MacRuryChicken Liver Pate recipe by Charlie CarringtonMango & Cardamom SorbetBest Ever Bread BunsMushroom CappuccinoBeetroot-Cured Kingfish SaladZhoug & Salmon SaladBloody CaesarClam SaladBûche de NöelMarron, Chestnut and Pine Mushroom Risotto (I used lobster instead) Recipe by Philippa Sibley but I used my Thermomix as much as possible to make this delicious meal.Cilbir – recipe by Coskun Uysal – brown butter crumble, poached 60 degree egg with smoked yoghurt, brown butter sauce and crispy chicken skin.Mackerel with Pil Pil on Olive Oil Rice – recipe by Jesse Gerner (I used a different fish that was available)Pan-Roasted John Dory with Bay Leaf Oil & Sugar Snap Peas – recipe by Phil WoodFinger Lime, Gin & Cucumber Cooler from Dani’s Cocktail ebook – so good!!Simple Shakshuka Sauce recipe by Charlie CarringtonSimple Shakshuka Sauce recipe by Charlie Carrington I added mixed roast veggies, feta & fresh coriander YUM!!Carrot KheerZesty Avocado with CrabBlackberry Vinegar Chocolate TrufflesApricot CobblerChicken CongeeSpice Biscuits + BoozeChristmas Trees – Chrissy Kueh! (except I made them in snowflakes shapes with blue pea tea to colour the top layer)Kadhi Pakora recipe by Saransh GoilaBasic Cake with PlumsChestnut, Macadamia & Plum Tart with Olive Oil Pastry with Plum Sorbet with Davidson Plum SherbetEveryday Emergency HummusGanache TartletsAsparagus Tart with Sour Cream PastryPrawn Wontons with Peanut Sauce and Chilli OilHummus with Prawn & Crab – recipe by Tom SarafianPesto alla Trapanese – recipe by Joseph VargettoPesto alla Trapanese – recipe by Joseph Vargetto Served with homemade fresh pastaJapanese Curry CubesZucchini Fritters with Quick Pineapple ChutneyPeanut Butter Miso BiscuitsPasta with Burnt Butter and SageCrumpetsFresh Sardines with Vinegar and Currant DressingKoshari – recipe by Tom SarafianChocolate Banana and Pecan Cookies recipe by Helen GohOrzotto (Barley Risotto)Parsnip and Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Almonds Crumbs recipe by Darren RobertsonGoat’s Cheese, Artichoke & Herb Stuffed Sweet Potato by Jules McKieBlackberry Pumpkin PancakesCeleriac and Apple Soup with Parsley and Thyme OilPut-It-On-Everything Chilli Soy Dressing – recipe by Khanh NguyenSri Lankan Black Curry PowderRomany’s Sri Lankan Black Beef CurryBeef Short Ribs with Pickled Carrots and NoodlesSteamed Asparagus with Caper CrumbSambar – Southern Indian Lentils – recipe by Payal BishtBroccoli PestoPear FriandsPotato MasalaNew Bigilla Broad Bean Dip – recipe by Julia Busuttil NishimuraUttapamFermented Tomato RelishCucumbers 3 WaysPerky Kohlrabi Salad
Lemony Tahini Dressing with Sweet Potato Salad
Shortbread Wreath – Kirsten Tiballs
Grate Borsch recipe by Alice Zaslavsky
Afik Gal’s Hummus
I’ll keep updating this page as I go with photos of the recipes I have made from the site – as you can see there is a good range of family meals & exciting fun things to give a try too.
Since the 1st of this year I have been on a health kick – yes I have had to have a few meals off in that time, but choose to keep coming back to nourishing foods with lots of veggies. Healthy is different to everyone and I love to indulge with delicious food all the time but healthy food is also delicious. So I will share with you some of my favourite healthy creations along the way. It’s all about the green smoothies, salads, stir frys, fruits that are not too high in sugar and herbal teas. Already I have been feeling much better for it and my hubby has even been having green smoothies too!!
Spicy Beef Soup with Cauliflower “Rice”Fiona Hoskin’s Green Smoothie RecipeI made this for my hubby – Healthy Banana Bread – recipe from cookidooStrawberries from Hillwood Berry farm served with dark chocolate ganache (might not be too healthy but I only ate the strawberries I promise)Tandoori Chicken SaladG&T Drunken Chicken Salad with Baby Carrots and Dukkah Recipe by Matt WilkinsonHemp Seed Porridge – recipe by Luke HinesCauliflower and Seed Loaf recipe by Luke HinesHealthy Mint Slice Recipe by Luke HinesSteamed Crab & Prawn Omelettehomemade coconut yoghurtShredded Chicken Salad with Toum dressingLuke’s Block of Choc (Luke Hines)
The last lunch of the year celebrated with relatives and the day before my detox. I still had leftovers to use up so arranged my menu around that. I only had to buy Chicken Drumsticks for the Miso, Ginger & Lime Chicken recipe from Ottolenghi’s Simple cookbook and I had everything else I needed for a feast. YUM!!
I would also like to take this time to reflect on 2019 – what a year and what an amazing foodie adventure it was. I feel so very privileged to have eaten some amazing and interesting food with friends and family, both in home and at restaurants. I have met awesome Chefs and cooks along the way. I have cooked alongside friends at some wonderful cooking classes and workshops. Not to mention all the Thermomix cooking experiences and cooking classes spent with my customers and friends. Thank you to everyone for being such a wonderful support and part of this epic, delicious foodie adventure. I’m looking forward to lots more amazing food in 2020. Happy New year to you all!!
Chicken with Miso, Ginger and LimeMy famous Potato Salad recipeRoasted Eggplant with Anchovies and Oreganoiphone pic of the Pull Apart loaf I used up leftover ham, pesto, cheese and butter.
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