trying to get motivated for dinner...

where's your favourite place to look for dinner ideas?  especially if you have a thermomix?

even though I don't hang out there so much now, i still head straight for forum thermomix every time I want thermomix recipes :D

not sure if it's because i'm a creature of habit or it's just the best place to look! i love all the blogs and other sites around now but i just can't be bothered to look in a heap of different places. i will quite often google if i'm not sure where i might find a recipe, and often end up on a blog or on taste.com.au, but if i know i'll find a thermomix recipe there, i go straight there :)

so tonight i've got chicken and i'm thinking about..............

Honey Soy Chicken?

Salt and Pepper Chicken with a Thai Dipping Sauce? (could i make this without frying do you think?)

or maybe Chicken Moolie...

Quirky Jo's Dairy free cream cheese

IMAG0112, a photo by brazen20au on Flickr.

Finally got around to making this when i was out of avocado for my bagel - mmmm yum! Rora wasn't keen (it's also gluten free) but i really enjoyed it!!!

here's the recipe http://quirkycooking.blogspot.com/2009/06/dairy-free-raw-cream-cheese.html

Flourless apple & lemon cake (GF, TMX)

well, this is not a recipe (yet) as i didn't measure anything when i made it! next time i will write it up i promise!

however i just wanted to report in that I made this after a facebook friend gave me the link, and it was delish!!!!!

i reduced the amount of sugar to 2/3 cup (could possibly reduce to 1/2 cup) and used 2 apples.

basically i ground the chickpeas and added all the ingredients except the apples and mixed on speed 8 until smooth. then added the apples and chopped them on speed 5-6 until i couldn't hear any more big chunks in there.

YUM!

Gluten free links

as usual my bloglines is chockablock full of links of things i think look yummy or worth making. and then they sit there for months while i forget about them and they make it harder and harder to read the other blogs *cough*

so here are those i've been saving:

Breads etc
Crusty French Bread
Perfect Pizza (dough)
Foccacia
Improved GF bread
Wraps
Hamburger buns
rough puff pastry
crusty boule
dinner rolls
Indian Naan
onion sorghum rolls
amaranth soda bread
Jowar Roti (sorghum flatbread)
french bread
bajra roti (millet flatbread)

Cakes, slices, biscuits etc
Peanut Butter cookies
Chocolatey Peanut Butter Rice Crispy treats
Churros
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes
Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
Molasses Spice Cookies
Othellos (choc cookies)
cinnamon rolls
blueberry muffins with almond flour
brown sugar buckwheat cookies
pumpkin scones with maple nutmeg icing
quinoa breakfast bars with blueberries
chocolate seed bars

Mains
Vegetarian Tikka Masala
Vegan Eggplant Parmagiana
Thai Noodle Salad
Quinoa Taco Salad


Entertaining ideas
http://celiacdisease.about.com/b/2010/01/27/half-time-parties-winter-weekend-get-togethers-gluten-free.htm
Vegetarian Spring Rolls
olive oil crackers

Other tips
eating GF on a budget
GFCF shopping list (american)

Lovely Aussie GF board / forum

come and join us :) it's predominantly Australian, though there is a group for NZ'ers and I'm sure all are welcome.

Gluten Free Living

Links - Indian

oh dear, i have 133 links saved in my bloglines ! no wonder it's so hard to find the new posts if there's not more than about 50 lol so here are the Indian ones I had saved to try one day...

Curry (Leaf) Powder
cumin / jeera bread
GLUTEN FREE bajra roti

Palak Panir
moth beans spinach gravy (what are moth beans)
vegetable & egg pulav
egg biriyani
pulav with whole spices
sweet & spicy okra
tomato saar (have made this and it's nice, VERY quick)
paneer butter masala
quick chickpea curry
aloo methi
bean & potato stirfry
garlicky lentils with spinach
potato okra stirfry
brinjal potato stirfry
tomato paneer
potato cauliflower curry
chickpea curry
Channa hariyali (chickpeas with coriander)
black bean curry & potato curry
mock aloo gobi (tmx)

chicken biriyani & gravy
methi chicken
grilled chicken kebab
Hyderabadi chicken biryani
methi murgh - chicken with fenugreek
murgh masallam
chicken vindaloo
chicken masala

koftas

aam kulfi
doodh peda
aam khand

hmmm well that got rid of 32 links lol i feel likei need to hold an indian themed dinner party to try some of these recipes - who's in?!



posted by Karen at http://brazen20au.blogspot.com

Pancakes for Breakie (GF)

I didn't convert this to tmx as I wanted to test them first and make sure they were as yum as they looked! They were pretty good, a little eggy, geoff thought. I was bored of our usual buckwheat pancake recipe and wanted to try something different. I wish I had some fruit left to put in them! (must go shopping...)

Gluten Free Fluffy Pancakes

conversion next time i make them :)




posted by Karen on http://brazen20au.blogspot.com/

Happy Boxing Day!!

I've decided to set myself a challenge to blog every day for a month :D i figure dh will be home for most of that time so I will have a little more to myself and have no excuse ;) At least once he gets over the gastro Ryan shared with him for Christmas Day i will LOL

I just had this link come through on my blog reader and had to share it - for a gluten free gingerbread house. Not something i'd have the patience for but looks great! Speaking of gluten free lollies (sweets / candy) what ones do you know of / use and where do you buy them? Here's a list of gluten free lollies we know of / buy (NOTE: please always be sure to double check labels in case these products are no longer GF):

• the We Love Coles brand of smarties - in individual packs. From Coles obviously ;p
• Mr Mallow marshmallows, available in places like the reject shop and Toys R Us
• Natural Confectionary Company - check ingredients but about 4 of the fruit flavoured jellies are GF
• Jelly Belly jellybeans (mmmm)
• Minties
• some (most?) lifesavers
• most flavours of Chupachups (this is tricky as it's hard to read the label on individual ones - check on the mixed packets)

Chocolate:

• some Cadbury - the plain, and Snack are definitely
• some toblerone - the fruit and nut is - the regular one with nougat is NOT
• most cheap chocolate is
  

I'm having a total mind blank as to more!!! I will update as more come to mind :)

I know that I find the best places to buy GF lollies are the $2 shops - the Reject Shop, GoLo etc :) and also a lot of the homebrand lollies, especially in IGA





posted by Karen on http://brazen20au.blogspot.com/

Links - Gluten Free

Web site for kids (have not checked it out myself yet)

Freezing Gluten free Food - ideas, recipes, tips

Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Golden Chalice Carrot Cake
Carrot Banana Muffins
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Sugar Plum Vol au Vents
Mixed Berry & Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Cherry Blueberry Vodka Strudel
Banana Nut Cake
Quinoa Breakfast Brownies
Blueberry Corn Muffins
Blueberry Crumb Cake
Almond Pie Crust


Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Macaroons with Godiva Buttercream Filling
Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gingerbread
Spicy Molasses Cookies


Garlic & Sesame Crackers


English Muffins
Almond Buckwheat Batard
Millet & Sunflower Naan
Pizza Base
Brioche
Proscuitto & Provolone Bread
Millet & White Bean Bread
English Muffins
Herbed Flatbread
Multigrain Sandwich Bread
Karina's Delicious Gluten free Bread
Yeasted Quinoa Cornbread
Butternut Pumpkin Bread

Potato Gnocchi
Lasagne (homemade pasta)
Gnocchi

Coconut Chicken Soup
Chinese Chicken Salad
Asian Salad Dressing
Homemade Ranch dressing (also dairy-free)
Quinoa with Summer Vegetables
Salad Dressings & Vinaigrettes

Where can I Find More Thermomix Recipes?

UPDATE 17/2/13 I won't be updating this page at all now, there are just too many blogs out there these days. it's great in most ways but does make me nostalgic for the days when mine was one of few. seems everyone's on the buy a thermomix and blog about it wagon these days!

WOW! i cannot believe i have nearly 60 links below! i remember the days when thermomixer and i had pretty much the only tmx blogs around (well, english speaking anyway). tmx has really come a long way...

A Canadian Foodie
A Little bit of Thermomix Magic
A Starseed's Bimby Kitchen Adventures
A very foodly diary (mostly raw recipes)
Aussie in a Swiss kitchen
brazen's culinary adventures - my tmx recipes only
Bush Gourmand
Chook woman
cookingbase.com (links to other blogs)
Cooking with Tenina and her facebook page 
Daily Mixes
Failsafe cooking with the Thermomix
Farah's Thermomix (Malaysian)
Food.com (Recipezaar)
Foodie Mum
Forum Thermomix (busy forum)
Frozzie Gourmande (French Aussie blog)
Gasparini (Spanish based blog, not all recipes are tmx)
Gluten Free Geek (i am so excited, not only tmx, but also GF AND weightwatchers suitable!!! wow!)
Happy HINKS Thermomix
Home Cooked (Mama Bel)
Inner Solace
Inside the Rainglow Grotto (from NZ)
In the Mix Tricks
Joy's Thermomix Recipes & Modifications
Kitchen Vivacity (Vegan)
lobstersquad
Make it Perfect
Making cents at home
Mish Mash of Food & Thermomix
Mixing it up in HK
My Little Thermomix
My Thermomix Hints
My Thermomix Recipes
Not Just Cake
Quirky Cooking
Real Meals (Failsafe)
Recipe Blog (Bonney cook)
Recipes on Rails (Warren's US recipes)
Rick's Thermomix Blog
Sarah and Carlos' Kitchen
Simone's Thermomix Essentials
Simplify My Life (raw food)
Stephberg.com
Tenina.com
Surprisingly Domestic
Tebasile's Kitchen
Teralba
The British Larder
The Bush Gourmand
The Kitchen Playground
The Opies : Family Food
The Passionate Cook (she doesn't have them tagged but search for thermomix in the search field, top left)
Thermominx
Thermomix Blogger in Canada
Thermomix Forum (very quiet forum)
Thermomix in Australia
Thermomix in North East Victoria
Thermomixer
Thermomix Meals
Thermomix Recipes - Just another blog for Thermomix (mainly for TM21)
Thermomix Recipes and low carb treats
Thermomix Recipe Share Australia
Thermomix Tarif Defterim (Turkish & English recipes)
Thermotalk News and recipes for Thermomix users - Home
Thermovixens  
Tick of Yum
Trissalicious
UK Thermomix's recipes
Vee's Thermomix Adventures
Weird, Wild and Wonderful (Canadian)
We love our Thermomix (Canadian Demonstrator)
Why is there Air? (UK blog)
Winos and Foodies

free PDF (Australian)

please post below or email me if you'd like a site or blog added to this list :)

Links - Vegetarian / Vegetables #3

link to last post #2


palak tambli (spinach dish)

mixed bean palya

eggplant cauliflower & chickpea curry

sweet potato soup with haloumi & seeds

Santa Fe Huevos on Polenta Recipe aka Eggs Ranchero

100 blogs for the frugal gourmet

i know a few of you will love this!

thanks kazari for sharing it :)

100 blogs for the frugal gourmet

Links - Gluten Free Sweet stuff

snickerdoodles

and more links...

yes, that lot before wasn't all - i just got sick of doing it lol

date crumble slice

Mukkala Pulusu (Bellam Pulusu) - Sweet Tangy Vegetables Stew

Gobhi Parantha & Palak Methi Paneer

Cider Braised Chicken

vegetable enchiladas

Dutch Caramel Cashew Cookies

Rugelach (cookies)

Mocha Toffee Bars

Pumpkin Sage Dinner Rolls

Cauliflower Crepe / Dosa

spicy carrot chutney

Yoghurt Cake

random links

i need to clear out my bloglines and i don't have the time or patience to put these into my othe rlinks posts, so just posting the lot here! thanks to all those who've shared these yummy recipes!

apple pie

black & white chocolate bark

Eggnog Bread Pudding with Bourbon Cranberries

Mocha Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Covered Homemade Marshmallows

Sour Cream and Green Onion Biscuits

CrockPot Chai Tea Latte Recipe

CrockPot Roasted & Spiced Nuts Recipe

Asian Coleslaw

Hummingbird Cake Recipe

Capsicum and Tomato Relish Recipe

Pasta alla Vodka

Polenta Casserole with Fontina and Tomato Sauce

Sauteed Kale with Smoked Paprika

curried pork empanadas

vietnamese baguettes

caramelized onion dip

brown butter brown sugar shorties

pie crust 102
pie crust 103

parmesan grissini (tmx)

Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake
cream cheesecoffee cake
Chili Cheese Souffle
Spiced Apple Cider
French Breakfast Puffs
Strawberries and Brown Sugar Cream

garlic cheese biscuits (scones)

peanut butter pinwheels

mexican meatball soup with rice & coriander

wheat-free banana loaf

white chocolate holiday bark

cranberry cinnamon rolls

lemon shortbread
brown sugar shortbread

sweet & sour grilled pumpkin

buttermilk cranberry scones

sweet potato biscuits with bacon and thyme (scones)

rosemary garlic sweet potato fries

panforte (tmx)

Bandh Gobhi Massallam (a whole cabbage smothered in a nutty curry and baked until tender)

Mughlai-style Indian tomato soup

Lasuni Dal Palak (daal)

Dahi Wale Aloo (potatoes)

Links - Biscuits & Cookies #2

link to first lot!

chocolate biscotti

chocolate chip cookies

Koulourakia (Greek Cookie Twists) with cardamom

spicy chewy molasses cookies

sunflower butter cookies

spiced holiday biscotti

cheese biscuits

Links - Meat Dishes #2

link to first lot

homemade breakfast sausage

asian peanut butter pork - slow cooker

Chicken & Cider Stew w/ Apple & Potato Mash

five spice pork belly

gosht do piaza (lamb with double onions)

dal gosht - spiced lamb with lentils

mongolian beef

chicken stewed in wine, garlic & cinnamon

caldo gallego (spanish soup with bacon & chorizos)

honey ginger chicken

truman capote's chicken hash

chicken with bacon, rosemary and lemon

leek and cheese (and mince) soup

Links - Sweets (cakes, slices, pancakes etc) #3

first lot of links
second lot of links

apple pancakes

big batch banana trail mix bread

buttermilk sweet potato pie

chocolate almond bars

chocolate cheesecake brownies

chocolate cream pie (aka chocolate bavarian pie)

pumpkin pie with pecan crumble topping

sweetened condensed milk cake

buttermilk lemon bars

lemon cupcakes filled with lemon curd

lemon torte

sweet potato muffins

Mandarin cranberry bread

apple fig & walnut bread

chewy chunky blondies

lime yoghurt cake

snickerdoodle blondies

ginger cherry chocolate chip bars

Shortbread (TMX)

time to start making some goodies for christmas gifts...

step one was to try this shortbread recipe. posted on Forum Thermomix by CarolineW, it originally came from lobstersquad (though i can't work out how to go back to her older posts to find it there). oh, silly me, caroline already had posted the link

300g flour
100g sugar
200g butter (cold)
pinch salt

Preparation: Put flour into TM bowl first, add everything else on top, including any extra flavourings you want to use, eg lemon rind, pecans, etc. Blitz for 20 seconds on speed 6. Turn out crumbs and either press into a cake tin (loose bottomed or lined so can get it out again) or wrap in cling film and leave to rest in fridge for 30 minutes, after which you can cautiously roll it out and cut simple shapes.

Bake for 20 mins at 170 degrees C, until pale gold colour. DO NOT TRY TO TAKE OUT OF TIN until it's cooled for at least 10 mins. I say this from bitter experience! After that you can carefully transfer it to a cooling rack.

brazen's notes: i added macadamias but next time i will add them at the end on reverse as they just became powder and didn't add a lot of taste or any texture.
I will also try ann's idea of replacing 50g of flour with rice flour (which you can make in the tmx of course) as i always preferred shortbreads with rice flour in them.
when you line your tin i suggest leaving overhanging ends to make it easier to get out of the tin, and leaving it in the tin til it's cold! otherwise it is very hard to get out!

it's been very popular in my house with everyone except ryan (who loves bought shortbread biccies but won't even touch it to taste lol). think it will look lovely in cellophane with ribbon tied on it.

some more recipes i plan on making for christmas...
chocolate biscotti
German cookies

i won't be making the rocky road til the last minute to minimise chances of it being eaten before then lol

Links - really sweet treats / gifts, fete & party food

apple dip

chocolate marshmallows

granny's fudge

crockpot gingerbread latte

peppermint meringues

sugar & spice candied nuts

mother goose popcorn

peanut butter fudge

peanut butter truffles

doodh badam - nutty milk