Its been ages since I've waxed lyrical about how much I love my Thermomix and what a game changer it is - c'mon, I know you've missed my thermo-mixing ha ha - so here goes:

S was in Europe a few weeks ago for 10 days - lucky guy - and left me to fend for myself with the two tiny terrors underfoot. We survived and even ate nutritious meals every most nights with the thermomix saving my life a few times when the littlest boy ramped up his arsenic hour behaviour right on meal prep time.

One of the meals on my list while solo parenting was enchiladas - I love Mexican, the boys do too and enchiladas taste great for lunch the next day.
I defrosted the chicken breast and was all set to steam, season and shred the chicken as per the TRLMT Chimichangas steps with a few minor alterations (add grated zucchini and enchilada sauce) when I realised my pantry was bare of Taco seasoning! The horror! Seriously, I usually have at least 4 packets of this stuff floating around. I was ready to give up but then remembered the chicken had to be cooked and I didn't want to be wasteful.
Light bulb moment... why not mill my own Taco seasoning in the TMX? I googled blends, found one that I had the herbs and spices for and literally 30 seconds later, was back on track with my own Taco seasoning.
Seriously, how good is that!?

Lately I've whipped up the Egg & Bacon Pie from the 4 Blades magazine Budget Issue. Super easy, my only tweak is to whisk and combine the eggs with a little milk and seasoning before pouring it over the bacon ... I throw in some extra cheese too ;)
Its a quick tasty dinner or an easy lunch (served hot or cold as the weather warms) as we almost always have the ingredients on hand - even the day before grocery day.

Individual lasagnes have also been a big hit. I use a basic bolognaise recipe from the EDC with beef mince and lots of veg in the base, fresh pasta sheets and a dash of ricotta on top. S loves them cold for lunch at work and the boys scoff them for dinner. They're pretty fuss free to make although don't do what I did and try and form the uncooked pasta sheets ... they tear and break.!  If I read the recipe properly instead of skipping ahead, I would have realised they need blanching first.


And my favourite find recently was again from the 4 Blades magazine, the Asian Noodle Cakes with Bok Choy. Such a simple use of 2 minute noodles and tasty enough for the whole family. Also another perfect meal for Summer weather and packed cold in lunchboxes (if they last that long). They also freeze quite well so I keep a batch in the freezer for weeknight dinners and kindy lunches when I haven't got fresh bread on hand.

Do you have a Thermie (or a Bellini)? What are your go to recipes?

With the cold upon us, its time for warm comfort foods and easy options as its dark so much earlier in Winter and we all can't wait to snuggle in our nice warm beds - okay that's just me wanting early nights, the boys would be happy to play until they drop.

I am still thermo-mixing and loving my machine possibly even more than I used to. So much so I convinced my boss to buy one (and I've only been back at work a week) and my amazingly talented in the kitchen aunt when she visited for a weekend last month ... yep, I'm that persuasive when I love something.


Our favourite recipes on rotation at the moment come from my favourite Thermo-mixer, TRTLMT (The Road to Loving My Thermo-mixer). Peta has some of the most seriously amazing yet seriously easy recipes for our whole family and I use her list almost daily.

I have officially discovered one of the easiest Thermomix dinners to prepare during 'arsenic' hour with a screeching overtired toddler at your feet and a cranky baby strapped to you in the baby bjorn!

Honey soy sesame chicken ... and yes, it is delicious! So much so that even the toddler ate a few mouthfuls - which is a huge win here if you have been following along for a while and know about E's hunger strike.

You literally throw in a garlic clove and piece of ginger, blitz.
Add some olive oil & sauté for 2 minutes.
Add chicken and sauté for another 2 minutes.
Toss in soy sauce, honey, cornflour and water and cook for 15 minutes.

Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and serve with rice  and some greens - microwave of course (or a pre-cooked sachet) and you're done. Even the husband was impressed to walk in to dinner on the table and praised me for the effort... I may have omitted the ease of the recipe to him.

I also managed to whip up a batch of fresh baked roasted almond and choc chip cookies during nap time (yes, my one saving grace for my sanity is I can usually get both boys down to sleep at the same time) and sensibly gave half of them to my dad to enjoy and popped half the dough in the freezer for those days when the cupboard is bare and someone pops in.



Any other recipes this easy that other Thermomixers can share with me?

FYI - I did not leave the boys napping together like that, I put C in his bassinet after the photo.

So I've been slow to update on the Thermomix but after a couple of weeks/months, I am even more in love with my TMX ... and so is S!

I've noticed a grocery saving of around $50 a fortnight (we've always had a pretty low bill thanks to meal planning) but more importantly, a massive cut in wastage of fresh produce and a much healthier diet overall with less tinned/packaged food and more whole ingredients. I have to say, we are loving the one pot clean up too!