Well guys, I have heaps of food photos to share this week to give you a bit of inspiration... Thermie has been getting a workout! Here's some of what I've made in the past week:
I love making bread. When I have a 'day off' I like to just spend the morning baking. There's so many different kinds of breads you can make, and I love to get a bit creative with them. This is a mini, braided wreath made with half a batch of the spelt challah dough (uncooked in this photo), sprinkled with sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds and rock salt. I made a double batch of the spelt challah dough (ground 250g grain, set aside, then made two separate 500g batches of dough - took only a few minutes), let it rise, divided it for one large loaf and two small, and braided them into wreaths. The little ones were going to be gifts for a neighbour and a friend who'd babysat the kids, but the neighbour was away, and the kids thought we should make a cake instead for the friend. So we ate them. :)
This is the larger 500g loaf, cooked. The good thing about all those seeds is they hide any messiness in your braiding! ;-)
We only have bread a couple of times a week, as we're trying to cut down on grains a lot, so this bread was a special treat.
And so were the sandwiches I made... crispy bacon, dijon mustard, watercress, tomato, and sauteed mushrooms. Yummo!
For those of you who didn't see these on my Facebook page, we also enjoyed the Char Siew Pow (Barbeque Pork Steamed Buns) from the Asian cookbook this week... delicious! I love the Asian cookbook - I'm getting quite a few favourites from that book.
Above are the pork buns being made and placed in the Varoma on pieces of baking paper, so they don't stick to the tray. I strained the char siew sauce off the cooked pork and kept it for another dish. (We actually used it to cook some fish and marinara mix in, and it was delicious too!)
The finished pork buns. Yep, I had two Thermomixes going at once, with rice steaming in the basket inside the bowl, and the buns steaming on top. I had lots of cooking to do that day - it was the same day as my son's 13th birthday party when I had to cook for ten boys all day, plus the family's dinner and our Thermofest dinner that night! Phew, thank goodness for Thermomix(es)!! (And if you're wondering why I have two Thermomixes, that's one of the perks of being a consultant - you can earn a free one with your sales... woo hoo!)
I did tweak the pork bun recipe slightly - I used spelt flour instead of wheat flour (needed a bit more to make the dough less sticky), rice milk instead of dairy milk, and rapadura instead of sugar. They turned out great, and were delicious served with laksa, fried rice, prawns and seafood in char siew sauce at our Thermofest dinner. :) (I was too busy eating and forgot to take any photos at the dinner - sorry!)
And just before I dashed off to the Thermofest dinner I slapped together a quick birthday cake for my son - it doesn't look too flash, but it tasted good!
The cake is a flourless chocolate cake - I used the basic 'Too Easy Chocolate Cake' recipe in the Everyday Cookbook, just substituting pecans instead of the flour (same weight), macadamia oil instead of the butter, and 100g Rapadura instead of the sugar. (Chuck everything in together and whiz it up for a few seconds on speed 8. That's it.) I cooked it in two 20 cm round cake tins, and layered it with cashew cream and fresh strawberries, with some dark chocolate chips scattered on top. Too easy.
The only problem with this cake is that it turned out a bit small - next time I would double the recipe and cook two cakes, then put them together. Otherwise it was great. And quick!
Some days I use my Thermomix 15 times or more, doing everything from grinding grains, nuts, coffee and chocolate; to making dairy free creams, milks and sauces; mixing up cakes, smoothies and soups; as well as making breakfast, lunch and dinner. No wonder my kitchen often looks like this...
...or worse! (I have a very small kitchen. That's my excuse.)
So what's on the menu this week at your house? Here's my basic plan, leaving room for the unexpected... I'd love for you to share your Thermomix Menu Plan on my Quirky Cooking Facebook Page, by posting the link to your plan in the comments under my menu plan link. Inspire us!
Have a great week :)
Monday:
Leftover roast beef and veges, warmed up in the Varoma while cooking mashed potatoes in the bowl below, and leftover soup and salad.
Tuesday:
Fish pie with cauliflower mash topping (prepared in tmx, baked in oven), and salad. (I've been promising to get this recipe on the blog - will try and do that this week!)
Wednesday:
Baked sweet potatoes with Tuna a la King sauce (tmx)
Thursday:
Mexican black bean & chorizo soup (prep in tmx, cooked in slow cooker as I'll be gone all day)
Friday:
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, mashed potato (tmx) and steamed veges (tmx)
Saturday:
Grilled fish with almonds, garlic quinoa (tmx), and leafy green salad
Sunday:
Baked meatloaf with roast veges (in oven slow cooking, as out all morning) and salad
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