ankita, Author at One Girl and her Thermie

This sugar and spice scrub is Christmas in a jar or at least that’s how my kids describe it. Another sugar scrub twist with the sugar and spices so you smell like Christmas morning. Use as is for a body scrub or add more coconut oil and it can also be used as a massage oil. I tend to use this in the shower and then dab dry. You don’t want to be washing the oil off.

Now, I appreciate it’s May when I’m posting this recipe. My excuse is that this one one of the most best recipes in my former website and I’m slowing re-blogging them. But why do I feel this is important to be published now and not in December in time for the festive season? Well, the reason is that sugar scrubs are so good for the skin, anytime of the year.

Natural sugar is full of glycolic acid which has skin regenerating properties, it helps reduce fine lines and wrinkly, hydrate the skin and protects from toxins. When the sugar is mixed with a type of oil, it worked as both an exfoliate to remove the dead skin cells and a moisturiser. Sugar scrubs are great for dry skin but especially good for eczema. When you use a sugar scrub for your eczema, it will help to facilitate the removal of dead skin cells to prevent your skin from flaking or cracking. Most average soaps and exfoliants claim to do the same thing, but in reality they have a lot of harsh chemicals that strip the skin of its natural oils. Using a sugar scrub will leave your skin soft and smooth while still retaining its natural moisture. A sugar scrub works best for dry types of eczema. If you have flaky, crusty eczema on your hands, feet, or scalp, that needs to be exfoliated gently, then a sugar scrub would work for you! A sugar scrub also works for removing blackheads, whiteheads, acne, and scars.

So with all these health benefits, a sugar scrub should be welcome anytime of the year.

Disclaimer – Thermomix® is a cooking appliance intended to be only used for food preparation.

However, the recipes here are using food ingredients – sugar, spices, coconut oil, food colouring etc. which I do cook with so I am happy to make ‘beauty’ products using my Thermomix. I also have multiple TM bowls, so I can safely use separate bowls for making these without any cross contamination. If in any doubt, don’t make them.

Hangover Cure Smoothie

Play dough

Ingredients:

10 g salt
250 g water
15g cream of tartar
250 g plain flour
15g oil coconut, vegetable etc. are all fine
food colouring

Recipe:

Place the salt into the Thermomix bowl and mix on Speed 10 for 5 seconds.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Add the water and cream of tartar and cook for 5 minutes, 60 degrees, Speed 3.
Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
Add the plain flour and the oil and mix together for 50 seconds, Speed 4.
Knead for 1 minute on speed spoon/ interval speed.
Check the texture and if it’s a little sticky, add some more flour and knead for a further 30 seconds.
Separate the playdough into several bowls.
Add 1 tiny drop of food colouring to each bowl and mix together with your hands until the colour is evenly dispersed (wear gloves!).
Wrap the playdough in cling wrap and store it in an airtight container in the fridge.

Disclaimer – Thermomix® is a cooking appliance intended to be only used for food preparation.

However, the recipes here are things I do with my own Thermomix. I also have multiple Thermomixes and TM bowls, so I can safely use separate bowls for making these without any cross-contamination. I also clean the bowls thoroughly with soap, then vinegar, and finally run it through the dishwasher to ensure that it is thoroughly clean before making a food recipe in my bowl. If in any doubt, don’t make them.

Simple Matcha Smoothie

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Enjoy this simple matcha smoothie as part of your breakfast routine as a snack to pep you up or as a dessert. It’s exceptionally smooth and nutritious and especially in summer one of my favourite recipes to drink.

One serving of matcha tea is the nutritional equivalent of 10 cups of regularly brewed green tea
When you drink matcha you ingest the entire leaf and receive 100% of the nutrients of the leaf Matcha powdered green tea has 137 times more antioxidants than regularly brewed green tea. One cup of matcha = 10 cups of regularly brewed green tea in terms of nutritional content.

Bring more health and vitality into your day with these unbeatable matcha smoothie recipes. As well as containing high levels of antioxidants and other nutrients, matcha green tea also has a wonderfully earthy, leafy flavour that works fantastically well with sweet drinks and desserts.

Blueberry muffins

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Deliciously moist and bursting with fruit, these easy blueberry muffins are perfect with coffee for breakfast or afternoon tea.

These Blueberry Muffins have become staple in our house and I often make a batch just to pop into little bags and store in the freezer for an easy morning tea or when guests arrive unexpected.

Okonomiyaki

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Enjoy one of the easiest and most delicious delicacies in Japanese cuisine with this Thermomix okonomiyaki savoury pancake recipe. Okonomiyaki literally means ‘grilled as you like it‘, and is made from seasoned flour, cabbage, and various fresh meats and vegetables mixed together and cooked in a frying pan just like a pancake.

Prepare this easy recipe for lunch or dinner, and watch it become a family favourite.

While the first side is cooking, try frying up some yakisoba noodles and flipping the pancake onto these when cooking the other side for Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki.

During the final stage, try breaking an egg on the top of the pancake, then cover with a wok lid to quickly steam-cook. Serve when the yolk is slightly runny.

Recipe for Okonomiyaki sauce: 20 g honey, 30 g Japanese soy sauce, 60 g tomato ketchup, 40 g Worcestershire sauce – mix together and drizzle on top of the pancake.

Kewpie mayonnaise can be substituted for any other mayonnaise too.

Yorkshire Pudding

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Yorkshire pudding is an English food made from batter consisting of eggs, flour, and milk or water. It is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on the choice of ingredients, the size of the pudding and the accompanying components of the dish.

As a first course it can be served with onion gravy. For a main course it is often served with beef and gravy and is part of the traditional Sunday roast, but can also be filled with foods such as bangers and mash to make a meal. Jam and sugar can be added instead if served as a dessert (which I personally didn’t know about until writing this post and rest assured will be trying out for you …to make sure.

One of the reasons I wanted to include this in the recipe section is the ease of making it in the Thermomix. Yorkshire pudding is definitely a faffy recipe with having to weigh both wet and dry ingredient usually. The beauty of using a Thermomix is that everything can be weighed easily into the TM bow, mixed and poured straight into the trays to bake. No mess, no faff.

ankita

Peel garlic

Sugar & spice scrub