Love ’em or hate ’em, lunchboxes are an unavoidable necessity. Parents have an important role to play when packing a lunchbox. Learning is hungry work! To fuel children for a day at school, pack a nutritious main lunch plus snacks from the five food groups. Pack to suit your child’s appetite.
Try these Thermomix recipes* from The Basic Cookbook.
Grains and cereals
– Pizza dough (try mini pizzas or pizza scrolls)
– Pikelets
– Pancakes
– Bircher muesli
– Bread and rolls (try lunchbox sized rolls)
– Fruit buns
Meat and alternatives
– Hard boiled eggs
– Omelettes (try wraps or rolls)
– Lasagne (try “lasagne cups” baked in a muffin tray)
– Quiche (try mini quiches, easier for little hands)
– Meatballs
– Fish cakes
– Vegetarian sausage rolls
Dairy and alternatives
– Yoghurt
– Custard
– Smoothies
Fruit
– Stewed fruit
– Apple sauce
– Smoothies
– Vitality truffles (bliss balls)
Vegetables
– Lightly steamed raw veggies
– Soups
– Potato cakes
– Salads
– Dips
– Smoothies
* If your school is nut-free, either omit the nuts or substitute a mix of seeds in recipes that contain nuts. Try pine nuts (a seed, not a nut), linseeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or chia seeds.
Written by Erica Noble, Thermie owner and volunteer Family Food Educator. For more ideas and information go to www.familyfoodpatch.org.au or www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/healthykids, or follow Family Food Patch or Healthy Tasmania on Facebook.
Making Juices & smoothies in the Thermomix is so easy & delicious. Make sure you include a handful of ice to help break up the fibres of the fruits & veggies & to keep the smoothie cool. There are heaps of great recipes on cookidoo to try. What are your favourite recipes?
I absolutely love this recipe for Tikka Paste found in the Thermomix Indian Cookbook. It’s like pure gold, maximum flavour & a timer saver for weekday meals like Butter Chicken 🙂
I always make sure I have some in the fridge in case of emergency – it can be used as a marinade for any proteins before you grill them. Also if you can’t even be bothered to make the butter chicken recipe you can just add your cream with a bit of extra tikka paste to the marinated chicken & cook it for a nice easy dinner with rice & steamed veggies.
My FAMOUS THERMOFIVE interview with Fiona Hoskin. I met Fee when I first started my Thermomix business over 6 years ago & she even delivered me my first Thermomix!! I have learnt so much from her over those years & I’m so grateful for her awesome infectious positivity & friendship – Check out her website here.
1. What do you love about your Thermomix?
I love it’s versatility – how it can do the work of so many other kitchen appliances.
2. What is your favourite Thermomix cookbook or Thermomix recipe?
The basic chip! Great for the go-to guide to egg poaching etc.
3. What is your top Thermomix tip?
To spend some time researching how your Thermomix can save you time, money, and space, while helping you cut down on store bought foods and things in plastic while also cooking you highly nutritious foods. That way you can get the maximum benefit from it.
4. What is your quick & easy go to Thermomix meal?
Curried anything! Homemade from scratch! Yum!
5. Which Thermomix recipe/s do you want to try next?
Next on my list to try are vegan recipes as I’m getting increasing requests for dairy free meals.
Thanks so much Fee for taking the time to answer my questions. See more Famous ThermoFive interviews here.
My Mum & her family are from New Zealand so as soon as I saw thew Kiwi collection on cookidoo I knew I had to try some of the recipes. I made the afghan biscuits with my nephews too & they loved it! A recipe our Mum used to always make for us. The thing I like about this Lamb recipe is you use a pan to sear the lamb & the Thermomix is used for a marinade for the Lamb before it goes into the oven & then a red wine jus is made in the pan & the spinach & pea puree is made in the Thermomix. it tasted amazing too!!
Afghans – Mum used to make these all the time & we loved them!!
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