STEAMOVENCOOKING with Tenina

OK…after umm-ing and ahh-ing I finally did it! I don’t know why I waited so long! WOW, what an amazing device. It is food processor, steam oven, induction all rolled into one. Of course there are things that can be done in both the steam oven and on the induction that cannot be done in the Thermomix, but by crikey, I’m in gadget love!

The Thermomix is only available through a consultant and frankly that’s going to be my next move…so if anyone would like me to come and cook at your house, have Thermomix, can travel!!! From egg custard, to ganache, to risotto, to sorbet and bread dough, from curry to steamed rice and the best mashed potato I have ever tasted…all in seconds…well minutes in some cases. I have cooked up a veritable storm in the last 2 days.

• sour dough rye bread
• yoghurt
• smoothies
• mashed potato
• orange julius (recipe to come)
• garlic cheese rolls
• egg custard
• apple tea cake
• mushroom sauce
• icing sugar from Raw Sugar!!!
• cornflour from whole wheat!!!

Frankly my kids are unappreciative and I now have a pile of left overs…just cos I can’t stop cooking. Thermo (for short) looks at me so invitingly…I just can’t help myself!

Tomorrow I will do porridge, more bread, a lemon chess pie and maybe cookies or profiteroles. I am at work tomorrow night, and may just have to take Thermo with me! Anyway, like I said, if you live in Perth, want to see the Thermomix first hand (and taste my delectable food first hand) just comment here and I will email you privately.

Oh the recipes will flow, so stay tuned!

You know as someone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen, I certainly have come to know what works, what saves me time and what gadgets I can’t live without! So I thought I’d give you a heads up on a few definites that no good kitchen should be without!
Firstly I am passionate about perfect eggs. I can’t swallow a hard boiled egg without a lot of mayo and some potato salad wrapped around it! So when it comes to eggs with ’soldiers’ they have to be soft! So along comes this magic egg timer that you simply drop into the water with the boiling eggs and when the right color is reached, ‘voila’ you have either soft, medium or hard boiled eggs! I promise you, you will wonder what you ever did before!
Magic Egg Rite Egg Timer
Then there is the whole drying salad thing! Not being able to imagine soggy salad myself, having owned a Salad Spinner, I bought one of these for my sister recently and she seemed so underwhelmed at the time, but oh so grateful now! Truly life WAS meant to be easy and this is just another little gadget that makes you think, “Yay, I live in modern times!”
Now last but not least, how badly do you hate it when your carefully prepared ingredients get stuck in the baking process? There are plenty of dipsoable papers on the market, but how about saving yourself money and effort by getting yourself one of these pronto!
Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat This one has the added advantage that it can be used as a pastry board…thus saving you clean up time apart from all it’s other virtues! You will add this to your list of wonder products and once again will wonder what you ever did without it.
SO dear readers! There you have it, three of the best! Don’t venture into your kitchen without them!