Made Apricot Chicken in TM from the recipe in the Everyday Cookbook. It turned out fantastic, lovely colour as well as taste and texture.

Apricot Chicken

For dessert made a chocolate sorbet from recipe at Quirky Cooking

Chocolate Sorbet

I changed the espresso for Kahlua and it needed a bit more ice as was a bit runny. The next day after being in the freezer was more frozen and did not go too icy, stayed creamy and rich!

I made my own hollandaise sauce today using the amazing Thermomix! Never would have attempted this otherwise. It turned out fantastic, lovely hint of lemon, creamy and almost mousse like. Tasted lovely on eggs benedict with salmon and baby spinach. Used a Bodhi Bread gluten free bun which take the place of a toasted english muffin well.

4 egg yolks
130g unsalted butter
Juice 1/2 lemon
Salt and pepper to tast

Insert butterfly in TM bowl and place all ingredients into TM bowl.
Cook for 8 minutes at 90 degrees celsius on speed 3.

Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce

Can highly recommend the gluten free Orange & Almond cake at Cafe 140 opposite the post office in Bunbury. Yes this cake is in a lot of cafe’s as the gluten free option but this is well worth it and served with lovely cream and orange sauce. The Five Senses coffee is also great.

Gluten Free Orange & Almond Cake

Thanks Lorelle for the amazing Thermomix home demo tonight and thanks to Faye and Jen who came along to sample the great food! I cannot wait until mine arrives. Loved the fruit sorbet, dips, beetroot salad, pasta and lemon custard! Thermomix even publish a gluten/wheat free cookbook I will be trialling some of these recipes very soon and posting the results.

Lorelle doing Thermomix home demo!

If you would like to see Thermomix in action and how it can make healthy, gluten and additive free cooking easy contact Lorelle, Thermomix consultant on 0439 420 693 or dlrafferty@westnet.com.au

Thank you to everyone that came out for morning tea at Caf Fez today. The cafe had plenty of gluten free treats and good coffee. It was good to meet you all and hear plenty of information being shared! Let me know if you find a good place to eat or a recipe that would like to publish on my blog! Planning to have a dinner at Simply Thai later in 2010 and also arrange a get together for the kids at Big Swamp playground.

Had a go at making Soda Bread recipe from Cyndi’s “Changing Habits Changing Lives” cookbook and it turned out well, nice and dense bread with a smudge of organic butter. I did find the bread took more like 60 minutes to bake and for the skewer to come out clean. I used a mix of brown rice, besan, potato, arrowroot and maize flour but did not include soy flour as does not agree with my digestion! I also sprinkled top of loaf with some more sesame seeds and chia seeds.

2 organic free range eggs
400ml sparkling mineral water
2 tablespoons cold pressed macadamia oil
1 tablespoon tahini
3.5 cups gluten free flour mix (see above)
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
In a glass bowl combine eggs, water, oil and tahini, mix well.
Add flour, salt and sesame seeds and mix well.
Scrape into a lined loaf tin and bake for approximately 40 minutes.
Test with a skewer, if comes out clean the bread is ready.

Gluten Free Soda Bread

Kyle is on school holidays and has discovered Junior Masterchef. He helped me to bake a flourless chocolate cake today made with Green & Blacks Organic 70% Dark Chocolate. Served with King Island Cream and Raspberry Couli.

Queen of Sheba Chocolate Cake

Went along to the Cyndi O’Meara and Thermomix presentation last night and was impressed. Cyndi is inspirational and the Thermomix amazing. I could eat most things prepared including some gluten free bread based on recipe from Cyndi’s book which was fantastic with the butter made in Thermomix – will try and post recipes as soon as mine gets delivered!

Looking forward to this so can learn more about healthy eating and cooking with a Thermomix very soon – watch this space for some healthy gluten free Thermomix recipes! Event is booked out but will post a blog after the event.