First day of Thermie Blogging

So for my first blog day (yesterday) we made 3 things in the Thermie.

Thermomix recipe #1 - Hot Chocolate
The first thing I made during the day was the Hot Chocolate on page 32 of the Thermomix Everyday cooking for every family (EDC) recipe book. I really felt like something sweet, quick & easy.

I am currently avoiding cow's milk at the moment (I'm not sure if it is affecting Cody through my breastmilk). So I made the Hot Chocolate using Quirky Cooking's Rice-Almond Milk recipe. My husband Shane tends to have a dairy intolerance, so he avoids it most of the time. The Rice-Almond Milk is the perfect alternative to cow's milk and so easy to make in the Thermie.

Since buying my Thermie, Quirky Cooking has been a place of cooking inspiration for me. As I mentioned yesterday, I have never really enjoyed cooking dinners and Shane has always been the cook in our house, but now with the Thermie I have been cooking dinners much more frequently.

Back to the Hot Chocolate....I halved the recipe because I was just making it for myself, using the Rice-Almond Milk, Maple syrup (25g) instead of sugar and added a little cornflour to thicken it up. Well it definitely did that! It was extremely rich, sweet and thick, but a little too much for me. I could only drink about 3/4 of the cup. Next time I would use less cocoa, less sweetener and leave out the cornflour. I will let you know how it goes next time I try it :)

Thermomix recipe #2 - Vegetarian Thermomix Fried Rice
The second thing I made was dinner. I didn't have a lot in the fridge so I decided to make Quirky Cooking 'Fried' Rice but made a few adaptations. Here is the original recipe.

This is the version I made for us last night:

Vegetarian Thermomix Fried Rice

Ingredients:

200g raw basmati rice

260g tin coconut milk

630g water

1-2 carrots chopped into small pieces

Small head of broccoli florets

1-2 squash chopped into small pieces

250g firm Tofu chopped into small cubes

3 eggs beaten

 

1. Put basket into Thermomix bowl, and weigh rice into the basket.

2. Remove the basket from the bowl, and pour coconut milk and water into The bowl

3. Rinse the basket of rice under the tap, then place the basket back into the Thermomix bowl. Put the lid on, place Varoma on top, and start cooking for 20 minutes at Varoma temperature, speed 4.

4. While rice is cooking, chop up Tofu and veggies, putting them into the Varoma as you chop, hard veggies first, then softer veggies & tofu.

5. With about 5 minutes to go, line the top Varoma tray with a piece of wet baking paper, and pour in the eggs. Replace the lid, and leave to steam.

6. Check after 20 minutes to make sure they're all cooked.

7. Remove the Varoma and place the lid underneath. Remove the rice basket using the spatula, and tip the rice into the Thermoserver. Add the tofu and veggies. Slice the egg up in the tray and pour in with the rice. Mix together gently, and serve.

Can be served with some tamari sauce / soy sauce / sweet chili sauce.

 

This is such a great all-in-one recipe inspired by Quirky Jo.

 

 

Thermomix recipe #3 - Five Seed Bread

Shane actually made our third Thermomix recipe for the day. We realised in the evening that we didn't have any bread left for the morning, so Shane decided to have a go at making the Five Seed Bread on page 114 of the EDC. The only substitution he made was Chia seeds instead to the poppy seeds because we didn't have any.

 

The bread came out fantastic! I had some for lunch today with some butter on it. It was really nice but my only issue was that I found it quite sweet so next time I would try it with only half of the honey and see how that goes.

 

So there you have it. In one day we used our Thermie to make a drink, a main meal and a loaf of bread.

 

I will try to post some photos later.

 

Stay tuned tomorrow for some yummy chocolate chip cookies!