based on this original recipe, it's evolved to this now....

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion
4 cloves of garlic
2 bunches English spinach or a large bag of baby spinach
4 large potatoes
1.5L boiling water
3 vegetable stock cubes or stock concentrate (GF)

Peel onion and dice. Peel the garlic and chop or crush.

In a large saucepan heat the oil over medium low heat. Add onion and fry, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, stir and cook for another 3 minutes.

Peel potatoes if desired (i don't bother, geoff does) and wash. Cut into 2cm pieces. Add to the saucepan with the water and stock cubes.

Wash the spinach or silverbeet very well. Drain well in strainer and remove any thick stalks. Roughly chop into large pieces and add.

Simmer for 30 minutes.

When the potatoes are soft, use a stick blender (blender or food processor) to process the soup until smooth. Don’t overblend or the potatoes will become like glue!

Serve with cracked pepper and crusty bread.

ohhh, 2 years since I last looked at my blog stats!  I'd imagine they've changed a bit as I'm now getting significant hits on my blog (and youtube and other blogs) giving me a nice income from adsense - yes, click on those ads lol

here is the post from 2010 and 2009. As i've skipped 2 years I might do a report for each of the last 2 years so I can see how it's changed.

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from jan1 2011 to jan 21 2012 i had 25,571 visitors with 52524 page views

where do people go first up 2011-2012?
14.45% go to the page to find more Thermomix recipes
11.16% of all my hits come straight to the front page

4.87% go to my thermomix review
3.77% go to my very out of date list of MY thermomix recipes
and 2.5% go to the cyndi o'meara gluten free bread page (which is just a review of it, i'm sure they're disappointed when they get there)

the next 5 are my thermomix carrot cake recipe, my thermomix tag (so ALL my thermomix recipes), the pumpkin risotto for the thermomix recipe (the original EDC terrible one!), my low fat butter chicken recipe and one called "my recipes" i have no idea what that is lol


so how do people get here 2011 - 2012?
* 43.18% Search Traffic 11,042 Visits

* 44.57% Referral Traffic 11,397 Visits

* 11.40% Direct Traffic 2,915 Visits

the top traffic sources (2011-2012):
1. google / organic 10,183
2. (direct) / (none) 2,915
3. forumthermomix.com / referral 2,518
4. thermomixmagic.blogspot.com / referral 1,817
5. superkitchenmachine.com / referral 1,387
6. essentialbaby.com.au / referral 1,038
7. thermorecipes.blogspot.com / referral 908
8. bing / organic 436
9. facebook.com / referral 431
10. blogger.com / referral 324


top keywords people use to get here 2011-2012:
1. thermomix review 355
2. brazen butter chicken thermomix 270
3. thermomix reviews 201
4. costco canberra 158
5. low fat thermomix recipes 134
6. thermomix carrot cake 129
7. thermomix pumpkin risotto 111
8. carrot cake thermomix 104 
9. pumpkin risotto thermomix 100
10. gluten free canberra 98

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from jan1 2010 to jan 1 2011 i had 16015 visitors with 55524 page views

where do people go first up 2010 - 2011?
12.42% go to the page to find more Thermomix recipes
11.57% of all my hits come straight to the front page
9.27% go to my thermomix review
2.31% go to my very out of date list of MY thermomix recipes
and 1.11% go to my carrot cake recipe

the next 5 are the cyndi o'mear GF bread review,  the pumpkin risotto for the thermomix recipe (the original EDC terrible one!), my gluten free tag and then my low fat butter chicken recip


so how do people get here 2010 - 2011?
* 32.45% Search Traffic 7,679 Visits
* 59.41% Referral Traffic 14,061 Visits
* 7.99% Direct Traffic 1,890 Visits

the top traffic sources (2010-2011):
1. google / organic 7,211
2. superkitchenmachine.com / referral 3,081
3. forumthermomix.com / referral 2,247
4. essentialbaby.com.au / referral 2,162
5. (direct) / (none) 1,890
6. thermomixmagic.blogspot.com / referral 1,578
7. thermorecipes.blogspot.com / referral 1,353
8. blogger.com / referral 533
9. yahoo / organic 241
10. google.com.au / referral 225


top keywords people use to get here 2011-2012:
1. thermomix review 639
2. thermomix reviews 328
3. honey roast parsnip soup 96
4. carrot cake thermomix 87
5. thermomix carrot cake 70
6. honey roasted parsnip soup 59
7. foolproof scones 56
8. brazen butter chicken thermomix 50
9. neapolitan cake 47
10. thermomix recipes 47

Emelia and I just made these brownies for vacation care next week.  Based on Amanda's Fudgey Brownies
(my recipe is doubled, converted to GF and less sugar though i suspect i could lower the sugar further next time...)

280g gluten free plain flour (or 90g brown rice flour, 90g maize / corn flour and 100g tapioca starch)
10g salt
300g brown sugar
300g castor sugar (or low GI raw sugar)
95g cocoa
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
420g rice bran oil
8 eggs
110g cold water

1. Heat oven to 140’c. Grease and line 1-2 slice pans (depending on size).

2. Place everything in thermomix and mix on speed 7 for about 20 seconds.

3. Scrape down sides and mix for another 20 seconds speed 7

4. Pour mix into pans and bake for around 30 minutes

5. Cool in pan then cut into squares.

Who would have thought it would be so hard to find gluten free food in campbelltown?

I'm too scared to count how many links I have on this list now, i'm sure it must be getting close to 100.  It seems hard to believe - it seems like just yesterday that I would google and come up with my blog, Thermomix-er's blog and well, that was nearly it! I'm sure i'm not even close to a full list of what is out there either...

so, if you are here looking for thermomix recipes, and you can't find what you want on my blog, please check my list of blogs, sites and forums! http://brazen20au.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-can-i-find-more-thermomix-recipes.html