My youngest son is currently on a VERY resticted diet - no wheat, yeast, any form of cow's product, any sugars (including fruits), mushrooms, potato, onion and the list goes on! So that he doesn't feel he is missing out, we are all eating the same - so there have been a fair few TM risotto's, TM chicken fried rice, TM soups, polenta crumbed fish and TM rice, TM hommous and guacamole, Chinese style drinking porridge (EDC cookbook) among other dishes. I was concerned at first that it would be a difficult diet to follow, but with the Thermomix it really has not been hard at all.
Bless him, he asked if he could 'break the rules' today and have an orange - and he is hanging out for his 4th birthday in 5 weeks so he can have some sugar in his cake!
Due to this diet, I have recently discovered Jo Whitton and her fantastic blog with lots of delicious recipes:
quirky cooking
I made her fried rice the other night which went down really well with everyone. She is in Perth this week and I am off to her Allergy Free cooking class on Friday, which I'm looking forward to. The recipes will be on her blog.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Spiced Kumara Soup
I had lots of Kumara (orange sweet potato) in the pantry that needed using up and made this the other night - very good. (a variation of the chickpea soup from the Varoma demonstration)
100g dried chickpeas, milled for 30 seconds in TM on speed 9
Olive oil
1 onion, quartered
1 clove garlic
1tsp ground coriander
2tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground chilli, or to taste
600g kumara, peeled and chopped
150g carrots, peeled and chopped
1-2 tblsp TM vegetable stock
1000g water
1/2 small lemon
Natural yoghurt to serve
Chop onion and garlic on speed 7 for 4 seconds.
Add 30g oil and saute at 100 C for 2 minutes on speed 1.
Add spices and cook for 1 minute at 100 C on speed 1.
Add vegetables, stock, water and dried chickpeas and cook for 25 minutes at 100 C on speed 1.
Check vegetables are cooked, then puree by slowly turning speed dial from speed 1 to speed 9 for 30 seconds. Add lemon juice and blend for 10 seconds on speed 5.
Serve and add spoonful of yoghurt, if desired.
Serve with parathas (from Indian cookbook)
100g dried chickpeas, milled for 30 seconds in TM on speed 9
Olive oil
1 onion, quartered
1 clove garlic
1tsp ground coriander
2tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground chilli, or to taste
600g kumara, peeled and chopped
150g carrots, peeled and chopped
1-2 tblsp TM vegetable stock
1000g water
1/2 small lemon
Natural yoghurt to serve
Chop onion and garlic on speed 7 for 4 seconds.
Add 30g oil and saute at 100 C for 2 minutes on speed 1.
Add spices and cook for 1 minute at 100 C on speed 1.
Add vegetables, stock, water and dried chickpeas and cook for 25 minutes at 100 C on speed 1.
Check vegetables are cooked, then puree by slowly turning speed dial from speed 1 to speed 9 for 30 seconds. Add lemon juice and blend for 10 seconds on speed 5.
Serve and add spoonful of yoghurt, if desired.
Serve with parathas (from Indian cookbook)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Easy-peasy ice cream!
Try this very quick to prepare, very rich ice cream
Place 600ml of cream, 400ml (1 tin) of condensed milk and some vanilla extract to taste in TM bowl with butterfly. Whip for 40 seconds on speed 4. Transfer to a 2L bowl and place in freezer overnight.
Add some cocoa powder if you wish to change the flavour.
Very quick and easy!
Place 600ml of cream, 400ml (1 tin) of condensed milk and some vanilla extract to taste in TM bowl with butterfly. Whip for 40 seconds on speed 4. Transfer to a 2L bowl and place in freezer overnight.
Add some cocoa powder if you wish to change the flavour.
Very quick and easy!
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