Saturday 14th January

What a busy working week!

This weeks thermomix meals have been great!

The creamy fettuccine and salami is so quick and easy, and the kids all enjoy it now.

We had the spiced chicken and sweet potato as well. This is quick to prepare, but takes 40 minutes to cook, I added more water than the recipe suggested, and the sauce was perfect consistency.

Last night we had a new meal - Chicken Taco's (omitting the corn which my kids will not eat). This was sooooo yummy, and so easy. I like being able to put meals on the table that the kids can do some of the preparation work themselves.

Today I have made Bill Granger's Cinnamon Snail Rolls. The cinnamon smell has overpowered the whole house, it is wonderful! They are a nice (once in a while) treaty!

Day 2!

Very excited thinking about all the things to make today!

Started the day with porridge, but that recipe needs some tweaking. I think I need to blitz the oats first.

Then Nigella Lawson Choc Banana muffins from thermomix forum. These were sensational. Best muffins I have ever been able to make. I only had choc melts, so blitzed then first for a few seconds (took 2 attempts, the first made chocolate sprinkles, not choc chips!)

Apricot chicken Risotto style (EDC) was next, this meal has been frozen for a mid week dinner. Tasted good before it was frozen, will have to see how it defrosts.

Bolognaise (EDC) next, which I used to make lasagne, again for freezing.

I had a whole heap of parsley left over from the vegetable stock, so I pureed this and placed it in some ice trays.

For dinner we had the creamy fettucine with salami (EDC). So easy, so tasty. E ate it, the boys not so keen, but pasta has always been a hard sell to them. Otherwise it was fantastic. One pot dinner, done in 20 minutes with minimal fuss and effort. Love it.

Once kids went to bed, I used the earlier choc sprinkles to make hot chocolate. 5 minutes, 500g milk, 60g chocolate. Best hot chocolate ever!

Impressions so far is that this is going to be awesome! I am not convinced of the self cleaning function yet, perhaps I need a little more time to work it out. I have still had to give it a scrub between meals. More practice time tomorrow!!