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LUSH inspired fizzy bath bombs

Over the past few years, it seems bath bombs have been popping up at every skincare, spa retailer and beauty shop out there. With their soothing scents and fun fizzy effect, it’s no wonder bath bombs are such a huge hit. But why waste time or money at the store like LUSH when you can make your own bath bombs at home? All you need to do is gather a few common household ingredients, along with your favourite essential oils, and settle in for the best soak of your life with this simple bath bomb recipe.

Lemon essential oil makes these bath bombs smell absolutely refreshing! These big bath bombs will add a burst of freshness and glee to your next bath.

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.

Jalebi

2 Comments / Baking (Sweet), Dessert

Jalebi an Indian sweet made of a coil of batter fried and steeped in syrup.

We never made this at home, probably because my mother is a doctor and this really dessert/ snack is fried in oil and sweet covered with more sweetness. But on trips back to Chandigarh, I can always remember heading to the street vendors in Sector 23 to eat this hot, delicious snack or dessert with my father. It brings back memories of my childhood going home and visiting my family in Punjab.

It’s best eaten just freshly made when the jalebi is cooked but soft and still warm with the syrup oozing when you bite it.

Mango Kulfi

4 Comments / Dairy, Dessert

Mango kulfi embodies India using one of my favourite fruits and desserts (ice cream) into one.

Kulfi a popular frozen dairy dessert from the Indian subcontinent. It is often described as “traditional Indian ice cream.” Whilst kulfi is usually frozen in moulds, so it does not require churning as conventional ice cream does but when making it at home you could use small paper takeaway cups or glasses. You could also freeze the kulfi in an ice tray or in paper cones as I have done.

Thandai

2 Comments / Drinks

Indian thandai, literally translated as ‘something that cools’, is a sweet, creamy milk drink flavoured with nuts and mixed with spices such as cardamom, fennel, rose petals, and poppy seeds.

On Holi, the Indian festival of colours, the refreshment is traditionally served with the addition of bhaang (a derivative of marijuana). Here I’ve substituted gin instead, which accentuates the nutty, warmly-spiced, floral flavours in thandai perfectly. Welcome your guests to aroma of this traditional blend. You can make it before, store and serve whenever.

Soya Milk

Strawberry Lassi

Leave a Comment / Dairy, Drinks, Snacks, Vegan & Vegetarian

Lassi is a popular traditional yogurt-based drink from the Indian Subcontinent. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit. My kids love lassi and its the perfect drink to get some dairy protein and fruit into them. This Thermomix recipe is super easy, and tastes delicious.

Old Fashioned Lemonade

Sardine Starter

Leave a Comment / Fish, Snacks, Starters

A friend who had a Thermomix in France gave me this recipe. It was a potluck park and she brought along this most delicious starter. She’d been to a cooking class whilst living in Paris and this was one of the dishes made. I’m not usually one for sardines and in fact, OneGirl hubby immediately pulled a face when I added sardines to the shopping list but I made this last night for a dinner party and it went down very well.