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.
It’s almost here – again! How on earth did that happen?
So obviously you are wanting to plan for food for the big day & any celebrations with family & friends leading up to Christmas 🙂 So I bring to you some inspiration & ideas to get you through this crazy busy time 😉
The Festive Flavours Cookbook & Chip is really great with some really good ideas for making your own gifts too like flavoured salts or spice rubs or flavoured sugars.
The Festive Flavours Cookbook is one of 4 books currently available to purchase in a book bundle saving you money. There are also lots of other great gifts available from the Thermomix online shop.
One of my favourite recipes from the Festive Flavour Book is  the Pork & Chicken Terrine & I am definitely making that again – it was really delicious, it has cranberries & pistachios in it too.
Our family love my Thermie green avocado dip & this year I will be making the warm roasted cauliflower hummus from Dani Valent Cooking – speaking of which, wouldn’t a subscription to this site be a great gift for Christmas – there are already over 40 recipe videos available (index here) with a new one added each week, Dani Valent also has a Christmas ebook available to purchase for $15 or it’s free to her subscribers. See some of her recipes on my post called my addiction to Dani Valent Cooking 🙂 I am almost certain we will be having the Basque Cheesecake on Christmas day too!!
Also don’t forget about the recipe platform now called Cookidoo – what a great way to plan out your dishes for the festive season – if you haven’t signed up yet it is really easy to use with a great shopping list feature too. Here is the link to sign up to Cookidoo & you will get 1 free recipe collection when you sign up.
I am having a fun countdown on my social media pages sharing a different recipe idea each day – I hope you enjoy it & get some great ideas to use for your special day 🙂 Merry Christmas everyone!!
Day 1 recipe is my friend Kelly’s Dutch Spice Speculaas recipe here
Day 3 Thermie Green Avocado Dip This is one of the best dips ever – even if I do say so myself, put it on your Christmas & or entertaining menu this season or maybe just put it in your mouth!! Your taste buds will thank you 😉
The Best Avocado Dip
Day 4: I introduce to you the “Cheesecake” You can put as many or as little layers as you like of your favourite cheeses & I have included a layer of my favourite fruitcake to eat with cheddar cheese. You have to trust me on this it is seriously good – I also made some apple paste to go on my “cheese cake” because I’m all out of my homemade quince paste. I was also toying with the idea of making rounds of homemade crackers to put in between the cake layers so when you dismantle the “cheesecake” you could break the big cracker into a few pieces to serve with the cheese too.
Day 5 inspiration is Smolt’s Lemon Curd You can give it as gifts or serve it on or with your christmas desserts – Like pavlova with fresh berries!!
Day 7: Southern Stars White Christmas Custard – Coconut, White Chocolate, Frangelico & Vanilla Bean – our Thermomix team created this recipe for a custard challenge last Christmas & it is very delicious 🙂
Day 8: My Fruit Mince Surprise – it’s got rhubarb in it!! YUM! You can do so much with this delicious stuff – Add some fruit mince to some cream cheese and serve with fruit for Christmas sweet dip, stir through your ice cream mixture or serve with vanilla or brandy custard. Use fruit mince with thick custard or whipped cream as a profiterole filling, or use in fruit mince pies, pull apart bread or spread onto rectangles of puff pastry or brioche dough and make scrolls.
Use Fruit Mince in profiteroles mixed with cream or thick custard, fruit mince pies, pull apart bread or spread onto rectangles of puff pastry or brioche dough and make scrolls. Add some Fruit Mince to cream cheese and serve with fruit for Christmas sweet dip. Stir through your ice cream mixture or serve with vanilla or brandy custard.
Ingredients
1 orange zest
500 g apples peeled, cored and quartered
200g chopped rhubarb
100 g dates dried
80 g craisins
100 g currants
15 g fresh ginger piece chopped/ minced
60 g flaked almonds
Juice 2 oranges
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cardamon
2 fresh bay leaves
1 tablespoon Cointreau or Brandy (optional)
Instructions
Place orange zest, dates and fresh ginger into mixing bowl and mince for 20
sec/speed 9.
Add apples and chop 4-6 sec/speed 6.
Add remaining ingredients except brandy and cook for 35 min/Varoma/
/speed 1. Cool slightly,remove the bay leaves & stir in cointreau or brandy, set aside
until ready to use.
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Christmas Profiterole – serving suggestion for my Special Fruit Mince
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Day 9: Ellie’s Turducken. Yes it’s a chicken in a duck in a turkey!!
Day 10: Spiced Cherry Brioche from the Festive Flavours Cookbook – you can put any of your favourite fillings in 🙂Â
Day 11: Sarah’s Cheese Biscuits make up a few batches of this & store in the freezer in log ready to slice & bake when unexpected guests arrived or an attack of the munchies! Perfect with a glass of bubbles!
Sarah’s Cheese Biscuits
Day 12: Mum’s Chicken & Mango Salad – Such a versatile salad great to use up left over steamed chicken breast (after steaming a whole chook) or poaching chicken breasts in the Thermomix. You can use any nuts you like either cashews, macadamia or pistachios. Finely chopped celery for the crunch & fresh element, 1 mango sliced, sliced spring onions. Avocado is delicious in it too. I used cucumber because I had some in the fridge & added fresh parsley & mint leaves. Mum dressed it with 1/2 homemade mayo & half natural yoghurt 1 tsp of curry powder & 1 tabs of tomato relish. I used a honey & seeded mustard vinaigrette to dress it, my sister likes to use an Asian style dressing with soy sauce, fresh ginger & garlic.
Day 13: 60 Sec Fruitcake from the Devil of Cookbook – there are lots of other great Christmas recipes in this cookbook – Toblerone cheesecake,  raspberry & white chocolate cheese cake just to name a few 🙂
Day 14: Nicole’s Festive Nougat – My friend Nicole makes these very year to give as gifts to friends.
Day 16: Flavoured butters can jazz anything up in a hurry & you can store them in the freezer. Dani Valent has some great butter flavour ideas & video of her making butter in the Thermomix. My friends at a girl, a guy furkids & food have a fabulous butter recipe then add any flavour you like – last year I made turkey skin butter as a variant to Dani Valent’s In the Mix cookbook Chicken Skin Butter recipe.
Day 18: Herb & Garlic Dip can be made into a great canape’ spread on sliced of french stick or sliced veggies with some smoked salmon YUM!!
Day 19: The good old Aussie Pav, you can make in all shapes & sizes with any choice of topping from fruits nuts & sauces, the possibilities are endless. Try the wreath recipe or pavlova stack.
Day 21: Gingerbread or Gingerbread House – I use the recipe from the Festive Flavours Cookbook.
Gingerbread house made by my customer Natalie & her 3 year old daughter.
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Day 22: Beetroot Cured Salmon – there is a recipe in the Festive Flavours cookbook but I used the Jamie Oliver one from his new Christmas Cookbook & made the curing mixture with the Thermomix. I have served it here on Blinis – however it is so versatile you could serve it on cucumber rounds or rounds of baguettes – serve on top of a green salad to make it into a dish.
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Day 23: Double Chocolate Pretzel Cookies from In the Mix 2 & Dani Valent Cooking – Santa will love them too!
It’s super easy to throw together some bliss balls or protein balls with a Thermomix, myself I just can’t be bothered rolling the balls so I normally press the mixture into a tray or rectangular silicon moulds – I did roll balls for these photos with the help of my nephew. We made a nut free balls that my sister makes for their school lunches, apricot & coconut balls & the classic Choc Date Balls with almonds.
You can make balls or squares, if you don't have quite enough of one of the seeds sesame seeds are a good addition or you can add anything really like chia seeds or goji berries too.
Ingredients
250 grams sunflower seeds
50 grams Pepita Seeds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
50 grams water
300 grams dates, pitted
3 tablespoons raw cacao powder
Desiccated or Shredded Coconut
Instructions
Process sunflower & pepita seeds for 5 secs on speed 10, place this mix to one side.
Put dates & water into the TM bowl & cook 2 mins 100 degrees speed 2.
Add vanilla, raw cacao powder & reserved seeds & process for 5 secs on speed 6.
Another great apricot & coconut recipe are these Apricot Squares – you press the mixture into a tray & if you are in a rush into the freezer to set it quickly & then it is really easy to just slice into bar or square shapes, one of my customers also drizzles hers with white chocolate 🙂
This recipe is another yummy one from Dani Valent & you just need to sign up to her newsletter to get this recipe for free at www.danivalent.com. Our family loves this recipe so much we have it laminated & on the fridge. We always have to make 2 batches each time we make it!!.
It’s so hard for me to choose my favourite foods but cheese is certainly up there as a favourite food – it just tastes so good & makes everything else taste so good too, so imagine how delicious your own homemade cheeses taste! It’s kind of dangerous but good. Here are my favourites & maybe some day I will get a chance to make some hard cheeses or even a brie!!
This is my homemade Labna cheese in one piece, I start from scratch & make homemade yoghurt in the Thermomix (I use the automated recipe rounding up the cream & the starter yoghurt) & then it is simply left to strain over night so it becomes firm. There is also a recipe for this in the In the Mix (first book).
You can roll it into balls & marinate with your favourite herbs & spices & then cover it with oil & keep in the fridge. This cheese is so versatile you can eat it on toast with crackers or veggies sticks served in salads or sandwiches. Or simply on it’s own as a cheeky snack – So good!!
Next is the ricotta or paneer cheese – they are pretty much the same thing but used for different dishes – heat up milk (some recipes have cream too) & then add some vinegar to it, let it sit & then strain the liquid away & you are left with the soft fresh cheese to cook with. Try a ricotta gnocchi recipe or a spinach & ricotta pie.
Click on this link for the recipe for Paneer Curry 🙂 Which includes the recipe for making the paneer.
The other cheese you can easily make in the Thermomix is Mascarpone, I will be making this again soon & will take some photos to share with you. I hope I have inspired you to give cheese making a go? It’s so fun & rewarding and best of all it’s delicious 🙂
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