Friday was 3 different dips... gherkin, tzatziki & herb/garlic... another batch of chocolate balls, and a lemon cheesecake (yum!)... total, 5 uses on Friday = 16 uses over 3 days, which is just over 5 x a day
Saturday... a day off... pan & oven cooked breakfast and then gone for the day - 16 uses over 4 days which is 4 uses per day.
Let's see what Sunday brings!
PS: Psst! Actually, I chopped 3 onions for a casserole on Friday too... and the casserole had a home made BBQ seasoning in it, that had previously been made in bulk, in Thermie :-)
I won't count the BBQ seasoning... but with the onions, lets bump that up to 17 uses over the 4 days. LOVE not having to chop onions by hand!
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Thermomix Usage #2
Today I chopped 4 jumbo onions...1 at a time for about 1 second each, and chopped 2 zucchini PERFECTLY on about speed 4 for a few seconds... I've been doing them too fast till now which makes the pieces too small AND leaves a couple of chunks not chopped.
What we didn't use it for...chopping a whole bunch of celery for soup... I like sliced celery... and 2kg of carrots for the soup... I prefer them chopped on the chunky grate setting of my old food processor...one of 2 reasons I've held onto it, post TMX...the other reason being citrus juicing!
Bonus...I still didn't chop celery & carrots... hubby did the celery and Nj peeled carrots, them Melinda fed them through the food processor. If I wasn't so fussy, or didn't have the food processor still, TMX would have been just fine!
So let's call today 2 uses, even though the onions were for the equivalent of 4 batches of soup!
11 uses over 2 days...5.5 uses a day
What we didn't use it for...chopping a whole bunch of celery for soup... I like sliced celery... and 2kg of carrots for the soup... I prefer them chopped on the chunky grate setting of my old food processor...one of 2 reasons I've held onto it, post TMX...the other reason being citrus juicing!
Bonus...I still didn't chop celery & carrots... hubby did the celery and Nj peeled carrots, them Melinda fed them through the food processor. If I wasn't so fussy, or didn't have the food processor still, TMX would have been just fine!
So let's call today 2 uses, even though the onions were for the equivalent of 4 batches of soup!
11 uses over 2 days...5.5 uses a day
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Thermomix Usage
Everyone uses their Thermomix a little bit differently, depending on food choices, and family size, mostly. I commented on the weekend that I probably use mine an average of 3 times a day...the reply being "That's 3 meals a day!".
Well, no, sort of, maybe... it all depends on HOW you use it...
So, I thought I'd track my usage for a while, so you can see what OUR experience of this amazing machine is.
Yesterday... I made a loaf of bread. That was it in Thermie for the day
Today... so far... a loaf of bread, 2 batches of chocolate balls, and 2 Jelly slice. 5 uses so far.
I intended adding to that 2 batches of apricot slice, and 2 batches of chocolate date slice. That'll be total of 9 uses in the day. Oh, and tonight... I'm making up a double Taco pie... with the chemical free mexican seasoning mix, made in TMX... so make that 10 uses in the day.
Stick with me... it's a busy week!
Well, no, sort of, maybe... it all depends on HOW you use it...
So, I thought I'd track my usage for a while, so you can see what OUR experience of this amazing machine is.
Yesterday... I made a loaf of bread. That was it in Thermie for the day
Today... so far... a loaf of bread, 2 batches of chocolate balls, and 2 Jelly slice. 5 uses so far.
I intended adding to that 2 batches of apricot slice, and 2 batches of chocolate date slice. That'll be total of 9 uses in the day. Oh, and tonight... I'm making up a double Taco pie... with the chemical free mexican seasoning mix, made in TMX... so make that 10 uses in the day.
Stick with me... it's a busy week!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Cheese for dinner
That was just last night, not every night. It was good though! Camembert.
Yep, just Camembert!
Which got me thinking... I hadn't shared my 'avoiding grain' conclusions.
(I've been avoiding grain with varying focus and commenting about it on FB for a week or so from July 23)
so... after 5 days of avoiding grains almost completely, I had a couple of wheat based biscuits... and had stomach pain within 20min. That was fascinating and unexpected. Sugar cravings also kicked in.
Then on the Sunday, I had cous cous for dinner and felt generally 'heavy' for the rest of the evening.
I ditched grain almost completely again and the higher levels of energy returned. Sugar cravings disappeared.
Mid-end of that second week, I had spelt grain in muffins for breakfast and felt okay but sugar cravings kicked back in.
Conclusion: Moving forward with the assumption that modern wheat does not agree with me. Spelt is better but still triggers sugar cravings if a main part of a meal - possibly less so when served with larger volumes of healthy fats ie butter, coconut oil etc
This next week: I'm going to be quite strict for the next 5 days (M-F) and not have grains as a main part of any meal and will adapt our family meals to suit... I need to spend some time planning and making notes of what a bunch of good meals are for this way of eating, especially as hubby is keen to give the no grain thing ago, as soon as I've got my head around higher volumes of food needing to be provided, without the grain!
Yep, just Camembert!
Which got me thinking... I hadn't shared my 'avoiding grain' conclusions.
(I've been avoiding grain with varying focus and commenting about it on FB for a week or so from July 23)
so... after 5 days of avoiding grains almost completely, I had a couple of wheat based biscuits... and had stomach pain within 20min. That was fascinating and unexpected. Sugar cravings also kicked in.
Then on the Sunday, I had cous cous for dinner and felt generally 'heavy' for the rest of the evening.
I ditched grain almost completely again and the higher levels of energy returned. Sugar cravings disappeared.
Mid-end of that second week, I had spelt grain in muffins for breakfast and felt okay but sugar cravings kicked back in.
Conclusion: Moving forward with the assumption that modern wheat does not agree with me. Spelt is better but still triggers sugar cravings if a main part of a meal - possibly less so when served with larger volumes of healthy fats ie butter, coconut oil etc
This next week: I'm going to be quite strict for the next 5 days (M-F) and not have grains as a main part of any meal and will adapt our family meals to suit... I need to spend some time planning and making notes of what a bunch of good meals are for this way of eating, especially as hubby is keen to give the no grain thing ago, as soon as I've got my head around higher volumes of food needing to be provided, without the grain!
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