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Craft glue

Every have that moment when your 5-year old tells you about some art & craft activity that’s due in the next day? And it’s 8 o’clock. Half an hour past bedtime? No? Just me? Really? Are you sure you don’t want to admit it and make me feel slightly more competent?

Well recently, Yasmin had to do an activity on transport. I managed to scrummage around the house at night to find a shoe box, some empty toilet rolls, some tissue paper but I couldn’t find any glue. Not in the art and crafts box. Not in the bedroom cupboard. Or my secret stash in the garage. They found that already. Why, oh, why? Where has all the glue gone? Why is it that my children use the Craft Glue for glitter and stickers, sequins and leaves, buttons and flowers….and when I actually need it, for homework, there is no glue to be found.

So a quick Google search and luckily, found a wonderful recipe of Thermomix Children’s Craft Glue online. Thank goodness for Google. And for Thermomix. And for the lovely lady called Peta who writes a beautiful blog, The Road to Loving My Thermomix. Thank you. You saved me last night.

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.

Baba Ganoush

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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.

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

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)

Rice milk

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.

Pączki

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.