Saturday, September 29, 2012

Roasted Beetroot Dip

Roasted Beetroot and Sun Dried Tomato Dip

Ingredients
140g Sun Dried Tomatoes
4 Beetroots
100g Raw Cashews
1 Red Chilli
1 Lemon
Pepper

Method
Top and Tail Beetroot and add to a roasting pan with 4 tbsp of oil and 4 tbsp of water. Cover tightly with foil and roast for 60 mins.

Add SD Tomatoes, Cashews and Chilli to the TM Bowl and chop for 4 seconds on speed 7.
Add peeled Beetroot, Lemon and lots of cracked pepper and mix for 4 seconds on speed 5.

Serve

This is a favourite of mine, I love this dip. Alternatively it works nicely as a salsa with fish as well!


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

This recipe was all too easy in the Thermomix!

Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients

5g fresh Ginger
400g Chicken Thighs
3 Spring Onions
1 Onion
2 tbsp TM Vegetable Stock Concentrate
800g Water
1 can Creamed Corn
1 Corn on the Cob
1 tbsp Tamari
1 Egg, whisked
1 tbsp Oil

Method

Cut chicken into thing strips
Place ginger in TM bowl and grate for 4 seconds on speed 7.
Place in onion, peeled and quartered and chop for 3 seconds on speed 7.
Add oil and saute onion and ginger 2 mins  100 degrees speed 7.
Add creamed corn, chicken, spring onions, tamari, stock and water. Place corn into Varoma and put in place. Cook for 15 minutes, Varoma temperature, Speed 2 on Reverse
When cooked, take off Varoma Tray, turn to speed 1 and pour in the whisked egg (10 seconds). Quickly put MC back on and stir on reverse for 30 seconds more.
Cut off corn kernels and add to soup and serve!



Friday, September 14, 2012

I feel I have neglected this blog lately! Today I started a Friday bootcamp with the girls and came home and whipped this up for extra energy to get through the day!

After Bootcamp Smoothie!



1 Banana
2 Kiwi Fruit skins on
2 tablespoons Chia Seeds
250ml Water
Handful of Spinach

Blend 1 minute on Speed 9

Very Tasty!