Baking Bread
Making homemade bread is so easy with the Thermomix, kneading is a breeze, milling your own flour too & even making gluten free breads!! I will be updating this post with my bread baking creations.
Cookidoo 7 Day Challenge
AIM: To become confident using cookidoo (& your cook key if you have one) Bonus – you might just find a new favourite recipe. You can start the challenge at anytime.
1. Choose 7 Cookidoo recipes to make over 7 days.
2. Try to use the Cookidoo menu planning & shopping list function. (Sync on your Thermomix model 5 if you have a cook-key)
3. Try to make 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner & 1 bake over the course of the week.
4. Try to post a photo on social media of what you have made using with #cookidoo7daychallenge (or send your photo to Arwen’s ThermoPics to be posted.)
5. Try to use 1 recipe from another countries’ cookidoo site.
6. If you miss a day you can make 2 recipes the next day 
7. Have fun!! HAPPY THERMOMIXING!
Check out my facebook page for some instructional videos on using cookidoo & your cook-key.
*What is Cookidoo anyway?
Lunchbox Corner with Erica Noble
Lunchbox CornerLove ’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.
For more lunchbox tips, see:
http://dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/121165/Lunchbox_tips_2013.pdf
#vegitup
#getfruity
#packarainbowinyourlunchbox
#movewelleatwell
#healthykids
#healthytasmania
#eatwelltasmania
#familyfoodpatch
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 or Smoothies in the Thermomix
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?
Making Tikka Paste & Butter Chicken
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.
Famous ThermoFive with Fiona Hoskin
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.
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