Tag: cooking

Julia Child’s Top 20 Cooking Quotes

Julia Child is the doyenne of cooking, bringing the art of French cooking to millions of people across the world and doing so with good humour and a lovely insight into human nature. Her perspective on life is best summed up by her quotes about cooking, I think we can all turn to one of…

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Win! in our #DelishonDisplay Competition

The Delish on Display competition will give away a Delicake Rectangle Master Pack – including the Rectangle Master, Master knife and spatula – valued at $94.85. It’s very easy to win, entrants just need to follow both Instagram accounts (@chopcookserve and @delicakeware) and like the competition post. The competition kicks off on Friday 5th August and closes…

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What is the Optimum ThermoCook?

Once, there was just the Thermomix, and then suddenly there were a whole raft of thermal cooking options on the market with varying features and of course prices. Here, I’ll talk you through the features of the Optimum ThermoCook, another thermal cooker option sitting in between the Bellini and the Thermomix in price. What Functions…

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Top 10 ingredients for Thermomix Baking

I love to bake, it’s definitely a soothing activity for me and feeds my very sweet tooth. The great mixing capabilities of the thermal machines mean that I am doing more baking than ever – woo hoo. There are some essentials that I find I turn to time and time again for baking and some…

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Tmix+: Reviewing the new Thermomix magazine

There are a lot of Thermomix websites out there (including this one) and they have spawned a great number of beautiful cookbooks and e-books (including mine) but Tmix+ is the first print magazine. I read and tested out a selection of recipes from the first three issues and I am definitely impressed. What is Tmix+ Magazine?…

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What is a Bellini Intelli Kitchen Master?

The Bellini Intelli Kitchen Master or BIKM for short is the poor man’s Thermomix. Another thermal cooker, this one has been sold through Target stores in Australia for a few years now and is a much cheaper option than the Thermie. This is a great machine and is the one that I own. It does…

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Kate’s Thermo Cookbook

I refer to my cookbook a lot in my posts and that’s because its a great cookbook (no bias here), full of useful, easy to make recipes for your family. But what recipes are they? Here is the full list of the 50 recipes included in Kate’s Thermo Cookbook. There you have it. The full…

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What is a Thermomix?

For some the word thermomix brings immediate recognition, for others a vague awareness of something your neighbour mentioned with a fervent slightly cult-like glint in their eye. I thought I would give a quick overview of what this ‘wonder machine’ is and does and why people all over the world are paying out the price…

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Four ways with Bananas

Bananas are the endlessly adaptable fruit. They are incredibly popular with small children and work amazingly well in stacks of different recipes. For me, I also quite often misjudge the amount to buy and so end up with a cluster of rapidly browning fruit on the benchtop. So if this happens to you too, here…

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