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Thermomix Baba Ganoush

Baba Ganoush

Leave a Comment / Basics, Gluten Free, Snacks, Starters, Vegan & Vegetarian

As September approaches, aubergine (eggplant) is in season. Rich in colour and nutrients, eggplant is a great addition to a variety of dishes from appetizers and salads to meatless main dishes. Aubergine is often found baked in a Greek moussaka or Provençal ratatouille; roasted and pureed with garlic, tahini (sesame seed paste), lemon juice, salt and cumin for the Middle Eastern dip, baba ganoush; thinly sliced and fried to make aubergine crisps.  I love aubergine so I will share a few Thermomix eggplant recipes with you over the next month but today, I’m sharing my favourite one – Thermomix Baba Ganoush.

Whether you know it as mutabbal, moutabal, eggplant salad or baba ganoush (ghanoush), the smoke-scented aubergine puree is a classic part of any mezze. I lived in Saudi Arabia when I was younger and along with hummus, this is a staple in my house. I love it, I hope you do too.

Thermomix Almond Milk

Almond milk

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The Thermomix is absolutely fabulous at making almond milk and other dairy-free alternatives such as rice milk, soy milk, coconut milk etc. Here’s my favourite almond milk recipe.

Goma dressing

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Goma salad dressing is hugely popular in Japan. It’s perfect to make salads tasty. 

I’ve lost count of the number of times someone has asked me for the recipe for this. Here in London, Japanese sesame (goma) salad dressing is to hard to find and expensive to buy in Asian supermarkets.

This recipe shows how quick, easy and cheap it is and I guarantee you won’t be able to tell the difference. By the way, ‘goma’ means sesame in Japanese. This rich dressing can make a plain salad really come to life and is packed full of nutritious goodness. 

Jamie Oliver's Raspberry Slushy

Jamie Oliver’s Raspberry Slushy

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I love watching cookery programmes and last weekend the Food Channel was doing a Jamie Oliver marathon  – back to back episodes of his Jamie Oliver’s 30-minute meals. I love watching food programmes and getting ideas and inspiration from celebrity chefs. What’s even more wonderful is that many of the chefs often make recipes that are easily converted to the Thermomix.  This is my Thermomix version of Jamie Oliver’s Raspberry Slushy.

This particular recipe was the drink accompaniment where Jamie prepares smoky haddock corn chowder, spiced tiger prawns, rainbow salad and raspberry and elderflower slushy (Series 1, Episode 17)

Thermomix Rice Milk

Rice milk

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I have been doing lots of dairy free Thermomix demonstrations recently. So I generally offer to make customers rice milk as the (cows) milk substitute. This recipe is my favourite one so I thought I’d share it with you.

Dairy milks and bought nut milks have a slightly sweet taste and they also contain a trace of sodium, hence the sugar and salt. You can leave these out if you prefer.  The rice milk can be sweetened with a little honey, or add a few dates (pips removed) before blending.

Hummingbird Bakery Banana Bread

Hummingbird Bakery Banana Bread

4 Comments / Baking (Sweet), Breads, Eggs, Snacks

Whilst I adore and have most Thermomix recipe books, there are some recipes such as the Hummingbird Banana Bread one that I come back to time after time. I love it. What I love more is my Thermomix version. Instead of multiple steps, it’s one step. So even though it’s easy peasy, I thought I would blog this as sometimes I realise not everyone has the confidence to be converting recipes for their Thermomix. 

 

Fat Thursday

Pączki

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For those who know me, I am Indian, unapologetically so. But now and then, I try and inject a little Polish culture into my kids to teach them their father’s (my husband’s) heritage too. 

In some Catholic countries they celebrate the last day before the fasting season of Lent begins as Shrove Tuesday. Poland has its own version of the French Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), known locally as Tłusty Czwartek, or Fat Thursday. With Lent forbidding sweets and treats, Fat Thursday is a similar celebration of gluttonous indulgence as in other countries,  Poles queue up in lines that sometimes stretch around the corner in order to purchase pastries from the local cukiernia, or bakery.

Poland’s favourite pastries, particularly on Fat Thursday, are pączki – large deep-fried doughnuts typically filled with rose jam (or other marmalades), glazed with sugar, and sometimes topped with candied orange peel.

Well, there’s no need to queue of course when you have a Thermomix.

Thermomix Molten Chocolate

Chocolate Pot

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I’m a chocoholic. I don’t apologise for it. I have a slightly sweet tooth which can be seen on my hips but I make no apologies. They were good for child-bearing and I have two beautiful children as proof. One of my all-time weaknesses at restaurants is a molten chocolate pot and I eat them pretty much any time I’m at a restaurant. There are a few restaurants that truly get them right; they are either to baked, too sweet, too cold, too chocolatey. Something just isn’t write.

So after much research and recipe tasting, I’m pleased to say this one is reliable and very impressive for a quick chocolate pot which is gluey and warm, especially good for Autumn. 

Thermomix Christmas food

Panettone

2 Comments / Baking (Sweet), Eggs

Another Christmas recipe. Christmas is a time when my Thermomix goes into overdrive. There’s so much cooking, baking, and eating during the holidays, having a Thermomix which saves time is a real-time saver in my household. It’s one of the reasons I have 2 Thermomixes not just one, but that’s another story.

This fruited bread is an Italian Christmas specialty. Making it yourself is very easy with your Thermomix and will cost you a fraction of the price of a bought panettone, and it will taste fresh and delicious. Lovely as a gift. Leftovers make a wonderful bread and butter pudding.