Don’t hate me, but this recipe doesn’t use the Thermomix. I know right? But it is so tasty that I can’t just keep it to myself. I’ve made this using my other great love, my new digital pressure cooker, my “Instant Pot”. Don’t panic if you don’t have one; you can cook this in any pressure […]
Coleslaw is traditionally made with regular green or red cabbage. I know that there are many recipes around for “KFC Style” coleslaw but, to be honest, I don’t like it. I find it a bit too heavy going and gluggy. Then when you’re eating it you get a thick chunk of white vein/stalk in the […]
I know, I know, I promised I was going to get up to date on my posts. Well it turned out I wasn’t quite as recovered as I had hoped, plus we’ve been travelling and my son had surgery (it all went great) so I’ve been a bit distracted. So no promises this time, but […]
This is a little task that I need to do often as I’m a bit of a Varoma fan. Of course you don’t have to line it but depending on what you are steaming, and if there is something cooking in the bowl too, it can be a good idea. For example in all-in-one recipes I don’t prefer […]
Sorry it has been a very quiet few months around here. There’s been big changes a foot (which I will tell you all about next time), coupled with a bit of a medical emergency which had me out of cooking action for quite a while. But don’t worry, I’m back and have so many recipes half […]
When I first became a Thermomix Advisor I was often telling people “did you know that you can cook a whole chicken in the varoma?” – a question that was often greeted with astonished looks. “It’s true” I’d say, “I haven’t tried it but…”. To be honest my Husband does a great roast chicken, so […]
Hands up who loves Banana Bread? Growing up in our house it was always “Banana Cake”. To be honest I’ve never really understood what the difference is, if indeed there is a difference at all. I was always a bit secretly pleased to find the bananas had gone brown, it meant Mum could be convinced to […]
I struggle to find nice GF crackers for having with dips or cheese. I’ve long been jealous of the selection of pretty seeded flatbreads and crackers available for the gluten-tolerant but there is no good substitute. Oatcakes can be a bit too heavy and aren’t the prettiest. Back in Australia we used a lot of the […]
I have previously pondered the variety of spellings of “Hummus” when I made my Sweet Potato Hummus. So let’s not dwell on that this time. But I’ve just found out that the word Hummus actually translates to “Chickpea”, so really it is an incomplete description regardless of how you spell it. A bit like calling Babaganoush […]
Lemon is one of my favourite flavours. Be it in either a dessert (especially lemon meringue pie) or in a savoury using preserved lemons, sprinkling finely grated lemon zest on top of a spicy soup or simply a squeeze of juice on fresh fish. Once I even made lemon marmalade which was amazing. In fact, […]