Lunch & Dinner

Who loves the chicken "Duets" you can buy in the freezer section of the supermarket? My best friend loves them and challenged me to see if I can create them. Challenge accepted. My biggest concern was the sauce for the filling and how would I shape the chicken around it. Turned out it was so easy and tastes amazing. The sauce is so full of flavour. Its a yummy broccoli, cheesy, garlicky flavour hit. This recipe makes a little extra sauce then you need for the two serves in the recipe. I served left over with some chicken on pasta and inside pies the next day. Delicious. The sauce is [...]

This is delicious and can suit lots of different tastes. Use any topping you like! My partner had ham, capsicum, onion and garlic. I had capsicum, onion, garlic, mushrooms and pineapple. Baby spinach, deseeded diced tomato, olives, sun dried tomato, roasted capsicum etc are all yummy toppings. I use my Tomato and Bacon Sauce for this recipe for an extra flavour kick. It's not a complete tmx made meal but the tmx helped.  

This was delicious and I don't like red meat generally. The meat was surprisingly tender. Swap beef for lamb or chicken if desired. Use any vegetables you like. Bok choy, broccoli, sugar snap peas, baby corn and bean sprouts would be scrumptious. This would be just as yummy with no meat. It doesn't get much easier than this! I have used my own garlic seasoning mix which can be found here.

Originally posted on our Facebook page 16th December 2013. Yum! My partner is in charge of cooking these. This is his meal. They aren't a full thermo mixer meal but different components are made in it very easily. Store bought is fine too though if you have it in the pantry. We use my Tomato Bacon Sauce so we only occasionally add a slice of bacon or ham on top.    

Originally posted to our Facebook page 14th December, 2013.   Tonight was a "use the odds and ends from the fridge" dinner. Thankfully it turned out to be a winner! Will cook this again.      

Originally posted on our Facebook page 11th December 2013. Chicken Kievs are a big hit in this house and a regular. Tonight I thought I'd try cordon bleu. Normally when I make things like this I use a whole chicken breast however people mentioned making chicken mince and using that instead so I gave that whirl tonight. I think I'll stick to chicken breasts though when making this in the future as I prefer them. Mincing is a good option though as you can make more and extend the mixture. I think the trick to this dish is using flavorsome ham and cheese. We used triple smoked ham and a [...]

Originally posted on out Facebook page 6th December 2013. Im not a huge risotto fan but this was yummy. I love asparagus!

Originally posted to our Facebook page 16th December 2013. Well I had a recipe in front of me to follow from an old cookbook of mine but of course I ended up just winging this. I don't know why I bother getting the cookbooks out! It's delicious. I used a store bought chicken stock concentrate pot as I have run out of veg concentrate. In the recipe I have written veg or chicken stock concentrate. Either would work. The stock used will determine the taste of this dish. There is quite a bit of yummy liquid in this dish so what I have done is poured most of the chicken [...]

Originally posted on our Facebook page 21st November 2013. Vera, a liker of my fb page, asked if I could try converting her favourite meatloaf recipe to the Thermomix. Well I tried but I wasn't successful in cooking the whole thing in the tmx. I should add, you could cook this in the tmx but you wont have the nice BBQ sauce absorbing into the meat or a nice thick sauce happening on top of the meatloaf. The temperature just isn't high enough and the steam creates too much moisture. This is a weekend recipe. It takes some time to cook and baste but its worth it. I am not [...]

This recipe belongs to my beautiful best friend and has been a favourite of mine for many years. It's normally a stove top dish but she recently tried it in her Bellini and tonight I tried it in the tmx. I do prefer it done on the stovetop but the tmx version is very nice as well. This can be served on rice instead of pasta if you prefer.

We are loving tmx "fried rices" at the moment. Its so easy and makes a lot. I thought I would experiment last night. I'm not sure why I do as it often ends in disaster but this was surprisingly a success! The flavours were quite subtle. I was worried it would be too powerful or hot but it wasn't. The lime made it very refreshing.  

Originally posted to our Facebook page 1st November, 2013. After a lot of trialling I have found a risotto recipe that everyone likes. My partner in particular likes this one and it is full of flavour. I always use store bought chicken stock and I find that it gives it a real flavour kick. You can vary what you use of course. People rave about thermomade chicken stocks and pastes. I'm yet to try making these myself. I add asparagus and spinach to this also if I have some in the house for extra veggies. Peas would work well too.  

Originally posted on our Facebook page 30th October 2013.   Everyone kept talking about "fried rice" in the Thermomix so I thought I better see what I was missing out on. I searched a few different recipes but was worried there wouldn't be enough flavour so I experimented. So glad I did because I found a new favourite. Everyone had two bowls full and my partner had three! There is plenty left for lunch today for two people too. The flavours in this recipe are a hit in this house and inspired this creation.      

Originally posted on our Facebook page 19th October 2013 Well I have found my new favourite meal! I've seen this popping up all over Facebook in the last week and thought I would try making them with the help of my tmx. I just used bought butter to make the herb and garlic filling but next time I'll make the butter from scratch from the EDC and then add my garlic and herbs. I made my own breadcrumbs and baked this in the oven. It was extremely delicious.  

If you are looking for a dish that feeds a huge family, this is it! The meatloaf is large and filling and served with a steamer tray full of veggies really makes the meal go further.  Meatloaf is always a hit in our house! I thought I would try a potato topped one instead of having mash on the side. It was delicious. I have cooked this meatloaf in the oven for ease. You can cook it in your steaming attachment if desired however you will need to transfer it to the oven once topped with potato.  

This was an experiment of mine that actually turned out well. I cooked everything in the tmx and steaming attachment. I was able to cook the angel hair pasta in the basket whilst cooking the sauce below in the bowl. It worked but I'm not sure if it was a fluke. For this recipe I'm going to advise you to cook it on the stove whilst everything else is bubbling away. If you are feeling adventurous give it a whirl in the basket. I recommend only cooking the pasta in the basket if doing the bake version where it has extra time cooking away under the grill/oven. Be sure to [...]

 All I'm going to say is YUM!