Lovely wholemeal berry scones recipe made from Something for Everyone cookbook. Recipe called for wholemeal self raising flour, 450g wholemeal flour used so I added 5 tsp of baking powder to sub for self raising flour. All the recipes have little sugar or salt added to cater for the babies. Used 125 g mixed frozen berries instead of blueberries , next time will add a tablespoon of sugar to flour as she suggests. Very yummy scones, liking the wholemeal texture.
Another repeated post because it’s so good. The guided chia and pepita bread recipe made today shows the real power of the thermomix as it mills basmati rice, brown rice, millet into flour. Then we add a range of seeds; quinoa, chickpeas, chia, pepitas. Only needs 1/2 hour to prove and 40 mins to bake. A soft delicious gluten free loaf. Miss 14’s favourite bread.
Another easy tasty meal, this is Louise Fulton Keats “Bang bang chicken” Recipe from her Something for Everyone cookbook. Steamed chicken in Varoma 20 mins, Varoma temp, speed 2. Made sauce by blitzing tahini, peanut butter, soy sauce, sherry vinegar, ginger and sesame oil and water to thin. Used water from steaming chicken in bowl to soften the noodles for a couple minutes. Assembled noodles, chicken, vegetables in serving dish, topped with the yummy sauce and chopped coriander.
This is a firm family favourite Thermomix recipe, the one to drag out when haven’t any energy to cook. It’s easier than butter chicken because it requires fewer spices and is a fifteen minute meal from start to finish. It’s gobbled up by all and the sauce is great over rice, vegetables or noodles. Kids love this one, just like the comments state. The sauce ingredients are peanut butter, honey, mustard and curry powder. Increased the chicken content to 500 g breast and 400 g thigh meat so it lasts for afternoon tea and dinner. And it still works if you’re running low on peanut butter, honey or mustard. I only used 80g peanut butter, 50g honey and 30g mustard this time and it’s still delicious. The combination of nuttiness and sweetness and mustard is great. It’s plain simple awesome family food.
Chelsea Winter’s italian chicken bake is Father’s Day requested dinner. Herb vinaigrette made in Thermomix in seconds, steam potatoes in Varoma 25 mins, Varoma temp, speed 2 with a litre of water in bowl. Chicken is browned off in the sunbeam contact health grill this time. The smell of the rosemary chicken is amazing and the leftovers taste even better the next day. In keeping with the Italian theme, Chelsea’s Italian chocolate cake in background. ( search earlier post for conversion) .
Dont need to use fan bake with our oven, thermomumma’s recipes seem to work better with regular bake function. Turn bread rolls onto rack immediately helps the bottom dry. Can use bacon or ham.
Banana cake recipe is same as one posted above except used normal flour and 1 tsp of baking powder and 1 tsp of baking soda instead of self raising flour and baking soda in the above recipe. Iced with lemon icing.
Chocolate cupcakes ( recipe posted previously ) makes 12 muffin tin
3/4 c flour (100g)
1/4 c cocoa (35g)
1/2 c sugar (100g)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
80g butter
2 eggs
1/2 c milk
Preheat oven to 160 C. Line 12 muffins trays with cases.
Add all dry ingredients to TM bowl, pulse a couple times on turbo then add wet ingredients and mix on speed 5-6 till combined. ( can double or triple qtys ) nb heat butter to room temp first
Bake 160 C , 15-20 mins for normal size cupcakes, 10-12 mins for mini cupcakes
Using the chip for the third Thermomix cookbook ” everyday cooking for families “. The recipe link is above. Incorporated the garlic and rosemary into the dough and topped with extra rosemary and sea salt because we love the rosemary flavour and left out Parmesan. Rolled out to approx 2cm thickness and dimpled top so it cooks evenly. Texture is wonderful and soft. Same recipe as pizza dough in the Basic cookbook and chip, except for the added garlic and rosemary flavouring.
Chelsea Winters greek style fish salad is so light, fresh and tasty. Made enough for afternoon tea and dinner. Potatoes steamed in Thermomix Varoma dish 25 mins, Varoma temp, speed 2. Feta dressing blitzed at speed 5/6 for a few seconds. Hoki tossed in oregano and sumac then pan fried. Salad just an assembly job and made ahead because I’m going out tonight. Kids love this with toasted pita bread and I’ve left a bag of salsa corn chips for them to eat with it tonight. Delicious, perfect to welcome the first day of spring.
Using this recipe for fishballs from Thermomix in Malaysia and for the first time using mackerel instead of tarakihi. The fishball texture is even better with the oily fish, more springy. 5 minutes to make the paste and a couple more minutes to shape into balls. Made in the afternoon and left to rest in a bowl of water until dinner. 10 minutes to boil 1.2 ltrs of chicken stock using TM chicken stock paste. Flavoured with some extra soy sauce and sesame oil. They cook in the boiling stock on reverse speed stir within 5 minutes. Lined serving bowls with cos lettuce and cooked rice noodles and poured stock and fish balls into the bowls. Almost as easy as instant noodle soup but so clean and healthy.
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