Hot and Juicy
Today I'm up early enough to take my meds and drink a healthy juice straight from the thermie. My Carrot and Orange Juice gets my day off to an awesome orangey start! I've got a feeling that today [Read More]
Fabulous Felafel Salad
Serves 6 This is probably our all-time favourite salad. Fast, fresh and full of Middle Eastern promise! Ingredients 1 iceberg lettuce, finely chopped 2 punnets of cherry tomatoes, [Read More]
Smoky Mexican Meatball Stew
Serves 4 If you imagine a chilli con carne in meatball form, this Smoky Mexican Meatball Stew would be it. Think delicious homemade meatballs in a chunky tomato and bean smoky sauce. It makes me [Read More]
The Fun of Floriade
Today I finally get to go to Floriade - Australia's Premier Spring Festival. This is the 25th year of the event, and Canberra's Commonwealth Park is turned into a celebration of style and [Read More]
Canberra Capers
Call me crazy, but I really feel that my first anniversary of losing my thyroid is something to celebrate. In the 12 months that have followed my second surgery, I have stayed happy, healthy and [Read More]
Chilli Beef with Cornbread Dumplings
Serves 4 (very generously) If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life it would definitely be dumplings. They feature in so many of my favourite cuisines and they're always downright [Read More]
Thermomix Chickpea Soup
Serves 4 This tasted just as good as I remembered from my Varoma demo. You can view the original recipe here. Ingredients 2 medium onions, peeled and quartered 20g olive oil 170g-200g [Read More]
A Fond Farewell
Today's the day. I'm going to see the Prof. It's been a year and a day (not that I'm counting!) since he took my annoyed thyroid and six months since we last met. As there's little else left in my [Read More]
Double Chocolate Shortbread
Makes 24 (+ 24) Bake a double batch of this dark 'n' delicious shortbread so that there's always some ready and waiting when you want to indulge! If you want to whip these up in your Thermomix, you [Read More]
One Year, No Thyroid
So it's official, I've survived a whole year without a thyroid! It's so hard to imagine that this time last year I was under the knife. It seems like a distant (bad) dream. So near to now, but yet so [Read More]
