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Thermomix: 300 Leckere Desserts und Getränke Aus Dem Thermomix by Mathias Müller (2016, Paperback)

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Cocktails mit und ohne Alkohol - 100 kunstvolle Cocktails aus dem Thermomix: Thermomix, #4

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Ein Cocktail in der Hand ist auch auf dem eigenen Balkon oder einer Gartenparty der Inbegriff für eine ausgelassene Urlaubsstimmung. Die bunten Farben und die anregende Wirkung des Alkohols sorgen schnell dafür, dass der Alltag für einen Moment in den Hintergrund rückt.

Für das Mixen perfekter Cocktails, deren einzelne Zutaten sich auf der Zunge entfalten können, ist natürlich auch ein ebenso vielseitiges Haushaltsgerät erforderlich. Diese Kriterien erfüllt der Thermomix mit Leichtigkeit, weshalb alle in diesem Kochbuch vorgestellten Cocktailrezepte sich nur auf die Zubereitung im Thermomix beziehen. Diese kann die Zutaten nicht nur zerkleinern und mischen, sondern bei Bedarf auch erwärmen, ohne dafür einen Herd zu benötigen.

Zubereitet werden können somit sowohl gekühlte Cocktails mit zerkleinerten Eiswürfeln als auch Cocktails, deren einzelne Zutaten oder die insgesamt erwärmt werden müssen. Mit der Zubereitung innerhalb von Sekunden ist es zudem sehr leicht, sich immer wieder einen anderen Cocktail zuzubereiten und auf die Wünsche der Gäste einzugehen.

Für die notwendige Vielfalt beinhaltet dieses Kochbuch daher gleich 100 Rezepten für Cocktails aus dem Thermomix. Diese werden aufgeteilt auf 10 Kategorien mit jeweils 10 Rezepten, die es auch unentschlossenen Gästen ermöglichen, sich anhand der Zutaten einen Lieblingscocktail auszuwählen. Die Auswahl besteht hierbei aus:

Cocktail mit Sekt und Champagner

Cocktails mit Fruchtlikör

Cocktails mit Farbverlauf

Cocktails mit Bier

Cocktails für Frühjahr und Sommer

Cocktails für Herbst und Winter

Die 100 vorgestellten Rezepte regen zudem dazu an, der eigenen Fantasie freien Lauf zu lassen und immer wieder von neuen Spezialitäten aus der Obstabteilung oder dem Spirituosenregal Inspirationen zu erhalten.

Dieses Kochbuch wird somit zu einer Basis für die Zubereitung und die Vielfalt an Cocktails aus dem Thermomix. Denn die Liebe zu Cocktail begleitet den Nutzer über die Jahre und bietet stets genug Spielraum den eigenen Geschmack immer wieder neu zu erfinden.

JETZT mit dem Thermomix leckere Cocktails zubereiten! Viel Spaß!

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It’s so Simple: Madame Thermomix’s Simple Sugar Syrup

Bottled sugar syrup is often used in cocktails

In my post called “Have Your Cake and East it, Too” several of my assiduous Readers noticed that I moistened the cake layers with a mixture of sugar syrup and lime juice. A few of you noticed that I used bottled sugar syrup that day but that I slipped into my recipe the fact that you can also make it in your Thermomix. Finally, a couple of you wrote to me to ask what it is and how to make sugar syrup. Madame Thermomix will always endeavour to come to the aid of her readers, so here is a description as well as the very simple recipe.

Epicurious.com’s Food Dictionary gives this definition of sugar syrup, which basically says it all:

“Also called simple syrup, sugar syrup is a solution of sugar and water that is cooked over low heat until clear, then boiled for a minute or so. Sugar syrup can be made in various densities — thin (3 parts water to 1 part sugar), medium (2 parts water to 1 part sugar) and heavy (equal parts water and sugar). Depending on the thickness, sugar syrups have various uses including soaking cakes (such as BABAS), glazing baked goods, poaching or preserving fruit, adding to frostings, etc. Sugar syrups are the basis for most candies and can be flavored with a variety of EXTRACTS, juices, LIQUEURS, etc. See also CARAMEL; CANDY. (© Copyright Barron’s Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD LOVER’S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.)”

100 grams of sugar and 100 grams of water

So there you have it. Sugar syrup is sugar and water. Simple, no? Yes!

I tasted the bottled sugar syrup that I bought for cocktails when I lived in France (the syrup I mixed with lime juice to moisten my Easter cake) and decided that I would make the heavier syrup with a 1:1 ratio. A 1:1 (one-to-one) ratio is simply one part something to one part something else; in this case one part sugar to one part water. In real terms that means equal weights of sugar and water.

I generally use about an espresso cup’s worth of liquid (juice, coffee, liqueur) to moisten a two-layer cake so I didn’t want to make too much simple syrup. I decided to use 100 g of each, to yield a bit more than 100 ml of syrup. Just nice with a bit of flavouring in a pretty little bottle!

Different Sugars make Different Syrups

I also had a choice of sugars to use: white granulated with vanilla beans in it; golden granulated fair-trade; and Demerara or raw, unprocessed granulated sugar. The darker the sugar, the darker the syrup (be careful if colour makes a difference) and the deeper the taste.

Madame Thermomix’s Simple Sugar Syrup

It takes just over a minute to get to the boil

1. Weigh both ingredients into the bowl of your Thermomix. Cook on Varoma Setting/5 minutes/Speed Spoon.
2. Pour carefully into a sterilised jar or a dish and let cool.

Done. Good. Simple.

Your Simple Syrup can be flavoured with juices, herbs, fruit, flowers, spices… the list is endless. I found some Chocolate Mint growing in my herb garden and placed a sprig into the bottle. For my Coconut and Lime Easter Cake, I flavoured the syrup with lime juice to ease up on the bitter acidity of the lime.

Pour into a sterilised bottle, here with chocolate mint

Simple Syrup is often used to flavour drinks and cocktails because it dissolves better than granulated or crystallised sugar. Add some mint and make a mojito. Flavour your daiquiris and Margaritas with a lime-flavoured syrup. Use your imagination and shake it up!

Lovely simple syrup to sweeten drinks and moisten cakes

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Madame Thermomix

Hi Melissa. No, sugar syrup is not the same as glucose and you cannot substitute one for the other. Glucose is really thick and sticky whereas sugar syrup is not. I haven’t yet found glucose here in France so I’ll be looking online to see if I can find it. Perhaps you can do the same where you are? Otherwise you should be able to find it from a pastry supply company or a good cooking shop.

Good luck and happy Thermomix cooking with Why is There Air !

Can you tell me is sugar syrup the same as glucose syrup? Im finding it hard to find a recipe for

Madame Thermomix

With the weather beginning to warm up, a Ti’ Punch (or three!) will be a welcome addition to my Thermomix repertoire. I think I feel a couple of blog posts coming on 😉

One of my favourite coktails is the Ti’ Punch: 3 or 4 parts of white rhum, 1 part of cane sugar syrup and a squeeze of half a lime. Divine! I’ve been looking for cane sugar syrup all over the place here, in Ireland, with no luck. Now I know how to make my own thanks to you, madame Thermomix!

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2.616 -thermomix cocktail Rezepte

Einen Shaker mit Eis füllen und den Ananas- und Limettensaft sowie den Grenadine Sirup dazugeben. Alles ordentlich shaken und in e.

schmeckt wie Solero - Eis, sehr erfrischend

klassisches und feines Rezept

mit und ohne Alkohol möglich

diesen erfrischenden Cocktail können Sie als Aperitif reichen, aber auch zum Dessert

Blue Curaçao in ein Glas geben und mit dem Pfirsichnektar auffüllen.

Ein Longdrinkglas oder Tiki Jar sowie den Shaker mit ein paar Eiswürfeln füllen. Dann alle Zutaten bis auf den Overproofed Rum i.

Lillet und Schweppes Russian Wild Berry in ein Weinglas geben und mit etwas Eis und den geforenen Beeren auffüllen.

Alle Zutaten in einen Mixer geben und pürieren, bis alles cremig ist, abgießen in eine Cocktailschale und mit der Erdbeere dekorie.

Der kleine Bruder vom Swimming Pool

leichte Sommer-Eigenkreation à la Janko

Einfach alles miteinander vermischen!

Der beste Cocktail , den ich je getrunken habe - paradiesisch!

Für die Dekoration pro Glas eine Spalte samt Schale aus der Mango herausschneiden, beiseite stellen. Restliche Mango schälen. Fruc.

mit Almdudler, Minze und Limette

Die Kumquats kurz mit kochendem Wasser überbrühen und abschrecken. Abgetropft in sehr dünne Scheiben schneiden. Dabei die Kerne en.

echt aus Hawaii - eine Mix aus Pina Colada und Strawberry

Alle Zutaten in einem Shaker mit einigen Eiswürfeln mixen und in ein Glas mit gecrushtem Eis geben.

Alle Zutaten (gut gekühlt) zusammen in einen Standmixer geben und etwas 1 Minute auf höchster Stufe aufschäumen. Ich serviere den.

Die Crème fraiche mit Ketchup verrühren, dann Weißwein und Weinbrand unterrühren. Die Sauce mit Meerrettich würzen und mit Salz, P.

sehr schmackhafter Salat, der gut vorbereitet werden kann, als attraktives Fingerfood reicht er für bis zu 20 Portionen

Orangen und Zitrone auspressen und mit dem Multivitaminsaft vermischen und kaltstellen. Zum Verzieren eine Orangenscheibe ans Glas.

Zuerst Eis in einen Shaker und das Longdrinkglas geben und dann alle Zutaten in den Shaker füllen. Alles ordentlich mit Eis shaken.

ThermoFun – Baileys Irish Cream Recipe

Thermomix Baileys Irish Cream – born out of a ThermoFun Facebook member asking me to convert this recipe for her and as a lover of Baileys I really couldn’t say no now, could I?! 🙂

The end result 🙂 Thermomix Baileys Irish Cream!

And if you enjoy Baileys™ make sure you check out my other recipes using it: ThermoFun Thermomix Baileys Recipes 🙂

Many thanks to Kirl too, from Kirls Thermo Updates for adding a few tweaks to my method and improving on it. 🙂

For this and more amazing cocktails and a few mocktails click here to get my cocktails and mocktails e-cookbook.

Yield: 2 litres + tester glass

• 200g milk chocolate melts
• 400g condensed milk
• 750ml evaporated milk (2 x 375ml cans)
• 300ml pure cream
• 1 Tbsp instant coffee, dissolved in 3 Tbsp boiling water
• 700ml bottle whisky, Jamesons is recommended

1. Place chocolate into TM bowl and grate 10 sec / speed 9 . Scrape down.
2. Melt chocolate 5 mins / 50°C / speed 3 . Scrape down.
3. Add condensed milk and mix 5 mins / 50°C / speed 3 .
4. Set TM 2 mins / 50°C / speed 3 and while blades are moving, add both cans of evaporated milk, cream and dissolved coffee.
5. Pour mixture into a 3 litre jug.
6. Pour whisky into TM bowl and 'clean the bowl' 5 sec / Turbo .
7. Pour whisky into jug and mix with aid of spatula.
8. Pour into bottles and keep refrigerated up to 3 months.

Contents of bottle/s will settle and give the appearance of 'splitting' - this is normal. Just give bottle a good shake to re-mix ingredients before each use.

Adapted from a recipe found in a Better Homes & Garden magazine

"Baileys" is a registered Trademark of R&A Bailey & Co.

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Reader Interactions

Can you please tell me how much this recipe makes. Thanks

It makes enough to fill 3 whiskey bottles with 1-2 serves left to pour straight into glasses 😉

Hi Dinky, about 2 Litres, don’t drink it all at once! Goes great in Bailey’s Ice Cream or Bailey’s Fudge too

Leanne Christensen says

Hi Leonie …. can you use the home made condensed milk ? …. and is there a recipe for evaporated milk ? …. thanks Leanne

Hi Leanne, yes you sure can use home made condensed milk in your baileys. Sorry I don’t have a recipe for evaporated milk. I’ll have a look around for you and let you know if I can find one.

Jocelyn Sharp says

How long does it last (if you don’t drink it all at once) in the cupboard?

‘apparently’ Jocelyn it will be fine for 3 months – it should be kept in the fridge though because of the cream in it.

Tracy Hammer says

Hello this looks amazing, I am sooo getting all the ingredients tomorrow 🙂 Thanks for sharing it. Can you drink it straight away? Or does it have to ‘sit’ for awhile?? 🙂

You sure can drink it straight away Tracy! 🙂

Jo Dransfield says

This recipe looks great I can’t wait to try it – thanks for sharing

I can’t wait for Christmas to make this for my friends, already made the baileys ice cream with some chocolate baileys yummy!!

I didn’t have any condensed milk so I used a can of caramel top n fill…perfect caramel Baileys

oh wow Linda. What an awesome idea! 🙂

Thanks so much!! Great recipe ! A bit sad I’m going to give it all away!! Might have to make a second batch! Recipe #367 on my road to 1000 🙂

Hi Just wondering if you can use other whisky or is jameson’s is the only one? I have a bottle of whisky in the cupboard I’d like to use up!

Hi Roxanne – yes you can use any whisky. Some people just have a preference for particular ones.

Hi just checking out your recipe and wondering what the purpose of the “wash” of the whisky? Thanks

Jenny the ‘wash’ just makes sure not a drop is wasted. 😉

Hi, is it okay to use normal Cadbury Milk chocolate instead of cooking chocolate? Don’t want to face the shops today!! Thanks for the recipe, Tracey

Yes definitely Tracey! 🙂

Can this recipe be halved?

Hi Nicki – I havent halved it – but it would work fine! 🙂

This is the best baileys recipe. Quick & early and tastes GREAT. Better than real baileys. Thank you!

Have just made another 2L batch of liquid gold!! Thank you for such a great easy recipe! Just thought I’d let you know that sometimes I sub in Butterscotch Scnapps for the whiskey and coffee to make a Caramel Baileys. Mmmm.. caramelllll 😉

What a great idea using Butterscotch Schnapps! 🙂

Am dying to make this but we don’t have any instant coffee in the house. Is there an equivalent for espresso?

Hi Lisa, I only have espresso too! I use one shot for each teaspoon. 🙂

Brilliant! Thank you 🙂

I got the grants whiskey- found it quite strong….do you think I should add more crewm & condensed milk

yes you could do that Belinda if you wish to make it a bit weaker. 🙂

Great I added another half a can of condensed milk and about 200ml of pure cream….was perfect on ice….

Awesome! So pleased it worked out for you! Yes ice is essential in my opinion too! 🙂

I’m finding it quite strong too.

I only have thickened cream left in the fridge. Can I use that or do I need to use the pure cream only?

Thickened cream is ok too Natalie – and yes just pour more cream in if you are finding it a bit strong.

Made this today for some Xmas gifts. Woah it packs a punch.

Thanks again Leonie for another amazing recipe!

Thanks Tara! 🙂 Remember to drink in moderation. 😉

Thankyou for a wonderful recipe – I made a batch of this today and it was delicious 🙂 Admittedly I’m not a huge drinker, so I only added 300ml of Jamesons which was enough for me – still got the whiskey kick, but didn’t overpower the flavours. Next time I might add a bit more chocolate, or experiment with some flavoured schnapps or Top’n’Fill and see how it goes 🙂

I was alerted to your Baileys recipes via The 4 Blades, and made a batch each of the Baileys and the cranberry/pistachio fudge to give away as gifts – the fudge especially was a big hit. So I just made my second batch of the Baileys but made some alterations …. the original recipe wasn’t quite chocolatey enough for my taste and I thought the evaporated milk flavour came through – so this time, I used dark chocolate, and switched the canned milks around, adding 2 of condensed and 1 of evaporated (omitted the cream, as The 4 Blades suggested) … and oh my! Hope there’ll be some left for the intended recipients! Thanks for such an easy, amazing recipe.

Thanks Judith! I’ll have to try it with 2 cans of condensed milk and 1 can of evaporated milk next time I make it. Enjoy! 🙂

Joanne T Ferguson says

What an AWESOME recipe Leonie! HOW excited am I to have FINALLY made this as the first of many recipes for New Year hampers I am making! Based on the above, I went with 2 cans of condensed milk 395 ml each, 1 can evaporative milk , 375 ml, used Plaistowe dark chocolate and 310 ml of Jamisons! PERFECT! This made 10 mini milk bottles approximately 180 ml filled! DELICIOUS!

Thank you Joanne – it certainly is a very popular recipe! Awesome for gift giving too! 🙂

Does anyone have a vegan recipe for Baileys?

There are 2 vegan liqueurs in the File section on an FB Group called “Thermo Xmas Gift Ideas”

Hi everyone just wondering if thickened cream can be used or shall I omit all together and add a bit more condensed milk ? Can’t wait ?

Hi Katie, I’ve only ever used pure cream so I’m not sure. I’d say the thickened cream would make it a slightly thicker consistency. Only one way to find out though!! If you do try we’d love to know how it goes.

How long does this last?

Three months Vic stored in fridge. 🙂

Shelly Brook says

Hi, what if don’t drink coffee – is there a substitute ? ?

Jennine Rayner says

If you don’t use fresh cream, as per one suggestion… can we store in the cupboard instead of the fridge??

Making tonight! Many thanks.

Jennine I’d rather play it safe and always store in fridge.

Some one suggested long life cream on another site….would that actually work? Has anyone tried that?

Melanie Hulm says

Delicious. One glass is never enough

lol! Yes totally agree Melanie! 🙂

Would Brandy work instead of whisky?

Hi Kelly, I haven’t tried with brandy. You could try half a batch and see how it goes. I’d love to hear what it’s like.

i used spiced rum, it was so yummy lol

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Minze-Limettensirup - Rezepte mit und ohne Thermomix

Ich habe bereits einen Pfefferminzsirup und eine allgemeine Anleitung für klassischen Sirup gepostet. Für der Haltbarkeit habe ich den Zuckranteil diesmal auf 500g erhöht . Keine n Schreck bei der hohen Z uckermenge bekommen - dieses ist schließlich ein Sirup, also ein extrem ergiebiges Konzentrat - der Zucker verlängert die Haltbarkeit enorm und ihr benötigt nur 1-2 fingerbreit Sirup pro Glas .

Minzeblätter von 10 langen Stielen (etwa 15 Gramm)

Schale von 2 Bio-Limetten

Saft von 5 Bio-Limetten

1. Minze in den Mixtopf geben und 10 Sekunden / Stufe 8 zerkleinern
2. Wasser, Zucker und dünn geschälte Schale der Limetten hinzufügen und 1 Min / 100 Grad / Stufe 1 köcheln.
3. Saft hinzufügen und weitere 5 Minuten / 100 Grad / Stufe 1 köcheln.
4. Anschließend im Mixtopf oder einer Schüssel abgedekt für mehrere Stunden ziehen lassen
5. Den Sirup durch ein Sieb in saubere Flaschen und Gläser gießen und verschlossen kühl aufbewahren.

1. Minzeblätter mit wenig Wasser pürieren.
2. 600 ml Wasser, zerkleinerte Minze und Zucker 1 Minute leicht köcheln lassen, dabei ab und zu umrühren bis sich der Zucker gelöst hat.
3. Die dünn geschälte Schale von 2 Limetten und den Saft von 5 Limetten hinzugeben und weitere 5 Minuten leicht köcheln. Anschließend vom Herd ziehen. Abgedeckt einige Stunden oder über Nacht ziehen lassen.
4. Den Sirup durch ein Sieb in saubere Flaschen und Gläser gießen und verschlossen kühl aufbewahren.

Von Maja aus moey's kitchen gibt es diesmal einen Ingwer-Zitronen-Sirup

Schaut unbedingt bei den beiden vorbei, die Rezepte sind großartig!

Macht es euch frisch und genießt den Sommer,

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Kommentare:

Ich liebe Sirups! Eure Rezepte werde ich auf jeden Fall demnächst testen. Ich bin deiner Einladung gefolgt und habe ein Rezept für Cola-Sirup mit und ohne Thermomix gespostet:

Spannendes Rezept Sabine! Toll, dass du so schnell einen Sirup beisteuern konntest.

Von dem Thermomix habe ich bisher noch nie gehört. Aber zum Glück funktioniert das Rezept auch ohne.

Alle Rezepte funktionieren ohne und einige Rezepte eben schneller oder besser mit Thermomix ;-)

Yummiiiiiiii :D Den werde ich mal ausprobieren & wenn es lecker ist ;) und optisch was her macht, hoffe ich ich darf es auf meinem Blog posten mit einem Link hierher!?

Hallo, ich bin Simone! Schön, dass ihr da seid.

Hier schreibe ich über Kochen, Reisen und Genießen, teile mit euch frische Ideen, kreative Rezepte und meine Leidenschaft für gutes Essen.

My Thermomix confession

I’m almost scared to write this post. I feel like I am talking out against the cult. I worry that I’ll be ostracized like a leper from a community that prays before the Thermomix, but I’m taking the chance.

I just don’t love the Thermomix.

Of course I’ve used it. I had to after I spent $2000 on it *bows head in shame*. I was even momentarily taken in on the night I ground and dry roasted my own spices. But I can’t serve roasted spices or even curries every night of the week.

Don’t get me wrong. The Thermomix is great at what it does. Other than the mashed potato (see below), the food that I have made in it has been great, it was tasty, it was easy to make and the kitchen was exceptionally clean on the Thermomix dinner nights.

But I am not finding it life changing. I wonder in awe what the people who say they use it every day are doing with it. What on earth do they eat every day? And don’t tell me they are making bliss balls or bread because I don’t want to change the way I eat just because I bought a new kitchen appliance.

I think part of my problem is I’m not a soft food lover. I like my food with crunch (apparently that means I’m angry but whatever). I’ve made outstanding porridge and mashed potatoes in it but a woman with teeth demands more substance to her meals. Plus that’s a lie. I even fucked up the fabled mashed potatoes because apparently I used the wrong potatoes. I’ve never had a problem making mashed potato before – even with the “wrong” spud.

The wonderful woman who sold it to me (and she is wonderful) is distraught that the Thermomix hasn’t changed my life. She’s urging me to make muffins and biscuits and all manner of baked goods. And I have. But I made all manner of baked goods before I had a Thermomix with much the same result. Plus I really, really don’t need an appliance to add more snack food to my life.

I can’t cook a soup big enough to entertain my extended family on a Friday night plus I don’t know that I have the heart to cook soup without love, where love may just mean intervention. For instance when Little Pencil was sick last week I made him soup before I even thought of administering Panadol (it’s the Jewish mother in me). But to give the soup the mother/anti-biotic treatment I had to fuss over it a bit, adding some love and tenderness as it cooked, throwing in some care and concern, scooping out the fat and nurturing the healing properties of the soup. I’m not the “leave the food to do its thing while I do something else” kind of person. I’m like to tinker. I find the Thermomix is not made for the person who likes to tinker.

I’ve joined the Facebook groups and the online communities, I’ve seen a bazillion recipes for breads and buns and muffins and sauces and sorbets and very soft foods but tell me people of the Thermomix cult, when you aren’t eating soft food and baked goods what are you eating?

Can someone please try make me fall in love with my Thermomix. Please.

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I know it’s not crunchy, but what about risotto? Have to admit I don’t think I’d be a Thermomix person. My love of cooking is in the creating, not the adding ingredients to a machine.

Exactly. I love creating food. And for me risotto is like soup – it needs love and attention during cooking xx

Yes, with a nice glass of wine in hand as you stir

Risotto. As the Kate’s say : ” dinner porridge”

if you love creating, perhaps try Dani Valent’s In the Mix books… degustation style dishes with the help of the Thermomix. very indulgent!

It cost $2000, just pretend to love it!

*repeats after Emily I love my thermomix, I love my thermomix, I love my thermomix*

Fake it til you make it!! ( Didn’t work for me, but you never know…… love the ‘mix,’ love the mix…….)

You really fail at cults, don’t you! 😉

Bloody hate Kool Aid

Thank God, there is someone out there who doesn’t love it. I really, really don’t want to spend $2000. I have a history of getting sucked in by these things. First I bought a Macbook because everyone told me it would change my life – it didn’t. Then I started doing Isagenix because everyone I knew was having a life changing “best I’ve felt in years” experience with it. I gained six kilos and felt so exhausted I could bared type while I was on it. And yet despite my history I have been seriously considering jumping on the Thermomix bandwagon. I’m stepping away from the Kool Aid now.

Your comment made me laugh! Let my experience be a lesson to you xxx

A MacBook is an effective and very good computer, but I can’t see how it’d change a life.

If you don’t love it, don’t buy it. It took me a year and a couple of demonstrations to make up my mind. I use it most days and I love it, but it’s not for everyone. I am very time poor and I am a pretty bad cook so it’s been wonderful for me in terms of whipping things up on a Sunday to put in the freezer for a week. Also, during summer I don’t use it much. Although I do use it for sorbets and smoothies (and cocktails… !)

I think that if you’re good at cooking and/or you enjoy it then maybe a thermy won’t be for you. It’s incredibly expensive and I did go through a few weeks where I thought “what the hell have I done?” Not only did it take me a year to make up my mind it also took me a year to save up for it. But it saves me about $50 per week in groceries and for me, in a single parent household, that makes it a good buy. But each to their own

I have loved the food at each of the several demos I’ve been to, but I just can’t part with the cash. I get what you’re saying about crunch too. I guess you can use it to mix things like bread sticks etc that will then become crunchy when you bake them! It’s nice to hear someone speak out against the cult actually, although I hope you do manage to find $2000 worth of good recipes as you continue exploring the forums. I think it’s a ‘lifestyle choice’ and it simply might not suit everyone. Good luck!

My lifestyle is very crunchy xx

The raw salads are very crunchy! I wanted a Thermomix so much I became a consultant to buy it and haven’t looked back. I use it for soft foods as you call them, baking, steaming (I even steamed a steak – try it before you knock it), making healthy snacks for the kiddies, stocks, sauces, pastes, castor/icing sugar, baking powder, flours, breads (pitta, naan, rolls etc) yoghurt, peanut butter, mayonnaise, fruit pastes for cheese platters (saves me about $60 a kilo), washing powder, body scrubs, dog biscuits and so on. The list is endless ☺

Thank goodness I came across this! I have started to question myself on whether I needed one. And now I’ve been reminded that I don’t. The South African in me tells me I also like to eat my food with crunch and also, if I make all this baked goods, I will just want to eat them before the kids even see them! Thanks for showing me the light!

Yes, you see that’s the problem with making baked goods – you make them you eat them. Especially with my will power!

I think it’s a shame your post is discouraging people from checking out the thermomix for themselves 🙁

You’ve angered the cult of thermomix

This is my fear. I’ve just purchased one. Waiting for delivery but I’m already second guessing myself. I’m hoping the theory it will save me time is very true especially with 2 children under 3. So to encourage that love I’ve already name it Rex to encourage the bonding before it arrives! Wish me luck!

Rex WILL save you money and time. And he will help you develop a taste for soft food. Seriously though, the things that it does, it does well – it’s just er, soft

Don’t second guess. It is a wondferful machine. Thermofun has meal plans all done in the thermo. Dont listen to others who say they didnt like it, thats their opinion. Get it, learn to use it…it took me a month to LOVE it. Go back to the reasons why YOU bougt it. Ease? Speed? Fresh Ingredients? Less additives? Its a fantastic kitchen helper. I use mine for meals every day. Plus prepping lots of other items. I even make my own clothes wasing detergent!

Totally agree. Part of the challenge for me was finding different ways to use it. So many awesome recipes out there. Go to a cooking class once a month. I did this for a while, and challenged myself to make one ‘new’ meal a week using thermi. I may not use it every day, but I feel NO guilt about that. Beats the other items in the house that have cost significantly more only to be rarely used. Now lets talk about hubby’s 7 bikes – and as a consequence I feel no guilt about my thermi.

It is your opinion too when you said it is a good machine?! Doh!

I’m guessing with two kids under 3 you’d want lots of soft food and not have a lot of time to prepare! So hopefully will be perfect for you:)

I was given the Kogan version of the thermomix for Christmas, and although I appreciate having it, I’m glad I didn’t spend $2k. I made profiteroles on the weekend, the choux pastry, custard and chocolate icing all in the Thermoblend, so it most definitely saves on dishes, but that’s about it. Would I buy another one? I’m not sure. I think the main reason it gets used more is because it sits on the bench.

Good point – the fact that it is on the bench makes it very accessible – and well done you on the profiteroles. I LOVE profiteroles

I have had the Kogan version (which we ended up sending back when it broke) and now own the Thermomix. There is NO comparison.

They are light years apart in design, engineering and features.

Thermomix is not the be-all and end-all of kitchen appliances, but as mentioned by many others above, what it does, it does very well.

I love carrot and apple salad, cada, pesto, sorbet type things. (& baked goods and soups!) I can’t help feeling that maybe it just isn’t a good fit for you. It wouldn’t be for everyone. I am a bit impatient, lazy and greedy so it is perfect for me! Maybe sell yours? Second hand market is thriving!

I am determined to find a way to use it more!

I felt this way about tHe Bellini. I loved the sauces it made, but felt the other things were bland and lacked crunch. I took mine back after it broke twice.

We need more crunch in our food!

Oh. I’m completely in love with mine. But I get it, I do. Have a look at Dani Valent’s 2 thermo books (in the Mix 1 & 2) for some of the cheffy recipes. I adore those. You could always sell it! xx @segoviasuz

Going to have a look – thank you x

for that sort of money, Give me a Kitchenaid Mixer any day. With all the attachments including the mincer and sausage maker, the pasta machine and the ice cream churn.

I’m so glad you wrote this, and it completely understand what you mean about tinkering. For me, it’s all about the tinkering, the tasting, the bits of this and dashes of that, the sipping, rolling, adding a bit more salt, the smell of cooking, the sound, the colour and movement. Cooking is a hands-on experience, with all the mess that brings.

I think this sort of gadget fetishises food. And you don’t want me getting in my soapbox about THAT.

I love that I feel the same way as you do xx

Im not a fan of the thermie either…..for my large family its simply not big enough.

I spoke to a friend, that “just makes dips” in hers, and regrets her purchase. Yup, heaven help you

if you criticize the machine. Ive been to two demo’s to make sure I wasnt being unfair. Its just not for me…good luck to those who love it

i’m with you, Lana. I am not a Thermomix lover… My mother has one and keeps casually dropping into conversation that I can borrow it whenever I want. I suspect that she is not a Thermomix lover either!

Even more controversially, I am not a slow cooker lover either. All that soft food… I still have my own teeth so I want to use them!

Second confession of the day – Cannot stand the slow cooker, not nearly enough flavour and absolutely no love xx

I thought I was the only one that thought the slow cooker didn’t have flavour!

Everyone went crazy about the slow cooker for a while. Yes it’s great that you just chuck and cook but nothing tastes the same as if you made it all up step by step!

I have to say, most people use their slow cooker incorrectly, having been told umpteen times to just plonk the food in and walk away while the slow cooker does its thing. Which is great but you don’t get the depth of flavour you seek that way.

I always advise you brown the meat and onions and garlic in a pan, the way you would start any other casserole, then add the sauce to the pan and bring it to the boil, scraping up all the baked on bits. Transfer the browned meat and sauce to the slow cooker then let it do its thing. Also, only use about 2/3 of the liquid advocated in most recipes. Depth of flavour and less liquid. Try it.

Oh, thank the lord, at last someone reveals the secret of the slow cooker…I know it’s one more pan to wash, but worth it for the flavour!

Yep that’s me Sandra Reynolds , I do love my slow cooker ,brown your goodies and so forth first.and I still tinker around ,ha ha . Yum. I have not tried the thermie yet but have tasted a few recipes,got to say nothing to write home about. My niece made a Xmas cake one year , that turned me way off yuk. Cheers.

I’m with you! You can’t cook a good steak & salad in the thing! Also, I have been invited to attend a ‘demonstration’ this weekend, obviously to try & get people to buy one, but the demonstrator is charging people to attend!! I can’t believe it! And there are over 50 people attending so she will make a fortune for her 2 hours!

Sounds like a cult to me!

I think you’ll find this is probably a cooking class and the cost covers the food and hire of venue etc. enjoy

The demonstration was what lured me in – they made very delicious food! But it was all a bit soft in hindsight

That will be a cooking class. There won’t be just one lady doing it all, and everyone who helps out gets no pay. It all goes to the venue & ingredients. I help at these reguarly :). It’s more a way of supporting our TMX owners to keep them inspired.

There’s no cost to attend a demo at all, but you might be referring to a cooking class. That’s different, and the $20 or so is just to cover part of the cost of cooking 10 courses for everyone

It’s ok,give yourself a break. You don’t HAVE to love it. Use it for what it’s good for. I used to be a consultant and I have 2, but I rarely use them to cook a main meal. I believe some things are just better done on the stove top with a wooden spoon and love and attention. BUT, I do love it for almond milk, smoothies, curry pastes, stocks, bread, pastry, tortillas, porridge, pancake batter, steaming veg and rice. The list goes on. If you feel like you need to justify it’s existence, treat it like a border collie trapped in a 3rd floor apartment and re-home it somewhere it’ll get more love and let go of the guilt!

I am going to learn to love my border collie and take him for long walks in open fields (ie find recipes with crunch)

Gotta say that I don’t often prepare full meals in it, but damn, I make fabulous yoghurt (which we eat daily), and my own butter & pesto, and hummous, and stock, and cook rice and quinoa in it, and prepare all the components of great “other food” meals. My food processor had died before I bought it, so the replacement was worth it. But, let’s just say there are different strokes for different folks – you have to enjoy doing what you’re doing!

I’m going to – just as soon as I find out what everyone is using it for – that’s not soft! 😉

I love it. I don’t find the food mushy, I just find it saves heaps of time and makes a lot less mess. I do make a lot of curries, pasta dishes, soups and juices (which upon reflection is pretty soft), but most of all, I think the thing we love best is the fudge (it’s almost a food group in itself.) I agree though, it’s not a machine for chicken soup, because that is best made by hand and made with love. However, I am tempted to try and make my own kneidlach in it… watch this space!

OMG fudge is my favourite food group! And can I just say that I loved that you mentioned kneidlach so much that I almost shed a tear! xxxx

Oh I love this post so much!! Lana…the ONLY good thing about the Thermomix is a Thermomix party…I mean “Demonstration”. There you get to eat all the yummy food and say, “No way in hell am I paying $2000 for that thing!!”

xx

I bought a bellini – a cheap thermomix knock off and initially I was taken- I had the summer holidays off work and enjoyed making all sorts of things I usually wouldn’t. But the novelty wore off – I still like that it can grind stuff and make smoothies but lots of stuff tasted better and was often easier to cook the normal way.

Mashed potato- faster and easier in a pot. Anything with onion Browns better I a frypan and has a better flavour.

I don’t really use it that much at all now,

I also loved mine the first week – and I have to agree with you, anything with onions requires a frypan! xx

I am so glad I’m not alone, though I haven’t bought one, I like my food crunchy to.

Crunch is good xx

If u want to sell it, im desperate for 1, just cant afford $2000

I’m desperate to learn how to love it!

i am a sucker for appliances. I have a kenwood chef major and adore it. It has all the attachments you want except a good food processor. I want a thrmomix to make those bliss balls and paté. That’s it! I am low carb high fat and i don’t do baled goods anymore.

Forgot to mention that this family of five big eaters would probably need 2 to get a decent feed out of it!! I use huge big staub pots to cook in cos we looove leftovers around here!

I also love leftovers! And I only have a small family but I don’t think it’s big enough to make a truly satisfying meal with leftovers (so that I don’t have to cook the next day)

I don’t use it as much as I should cause also don’t do sloppy.

But do a lot chopped salads with nut, seeds etc. 2 secs spd 5 …. no more! Puree salad, Yuk.

More than 2 seconds can easily lead to mush – I’m sticking with your 2 secs speed 5!

All I can say is thank you for this post, I to have a Thermomix that I had to spend all that money on thinking it was going to be the best thing out. Yet to discover that I actually enjoy old style cooking much more, my veggies in soups or stews chunky and like you always going back to check how it’s going. In saying all that I do use it for quick things like blending veggies to disguise for food, smoothies, quiches, icing, all that kinda stuff, made a lamb shank streamed with sauce other other day and it was so gross, the sauce was just mush.seed a waste of good shanks would’ve been better doing in slow cooker for hours, glad I’m not the only one out there who doesn’t rave about it, altho I do know a lot who do absolutely love it, so each to there own. I honestly wouldn’t part with it now cos it cost me so much, but would in hind sight not buy another one ..thanks for the good read..

In saying slow cooker I’m still forever at it (the occasional time I use it), checking it adding stuff taste testing it, so still adding lots of love to my slow cooker can’t help myself..can’t leave things alone for too long haha

You sound just like me – I don’t want to part with it as much as learn to use it better xx

Yah! I feel so much better now. I have one amd feel exactly the same way. I use it to grate my parmessan and to make smoothies. I love to cook and that is why I don’t like my thermomix.

I think that’s the common thread – people who like to cook a lot don’t love the Thermomix xx

I disagree, I love cooking and creating and the Thermomix gives me that ability as well as being able to not have to serve pasta every night just because I have kids! 😉 I love dishing up new feasts every month and there is certainly enough food handling still to be done! Peeling carrots, dicing meat, etc.

You can’t possibly need ‘crunch’ at every meal?? Are you a big fried food fan? Start thinking about what things you buy premade, and see if you can swap them. Do you buy mayo for your sandwiches? BEST mayo in Thermie! Do you eat bread at all? Saves you buying it! Do you buy icecream? Tomato paste? Yogurt? Almond meal? How about breadcrumbs!? Have you SEEN the ingredient list on a shop-bought packet. There is like 40 ingredients and one of them is TUNA! :-S Do you ever steam your veg or do you ALWAYS eat raw salads? Have you tried the Broccoli Salad from the book? Do you ever buy biscuits?

It may not be for you, but if you’re determined to love it… I’m just trying to help!

Its an over priced blender. $2000 theyre flogging a label and a self perpetuating myth. I cant believe they charge people to attend their flogging parties. Its a cult and just like the Emperor with his new clothes all the sheeple are being duped.

Thanks for making me smile once more Lana, oh and you are spot on about your soup making. Soup, especially chicken soup made without love is useless you might as well open a tin.

I’ve been to three demos (in Brisbane) – NEVER been charged to attend?! Maybe someone is having a lend of you.

Angela’s comment above.

I wasn’t charge to attend the demo but I did get a full meal – that said I can see the Emperor’s new clothing theme quite clearly 😉

Who told you that? They never charge for a demo. Ever. I’d imagine a (ex?) consultant would be in very hot water if they even tried

Angela’s comment above

I’d out money on it Angela is talking about a cooking class NOT a demonstration. Two very different things. You are not allowed to charge ppl to attend a demo.

They don’t charge for demos.

I don’t use mine as much as the fully converted, but I still love it.

My mum brought apple and apricot pie over with the cupboard custard. (which I love!) Opened the custard and it was off. What did we do? Sent the kids into the kitchen, (teenagers) and they made custard. Threw it all in and minutes later we had perfect custard. Sigh……….

I love the custard, mash potato, sticky date pudding, (THE best!), risotto, strog, icecream, broccoli pasta, salami pasta and it gets used every morning for 5 smoothies.

I don’t really mind that I don’t use it for other stuff. Mine is a combined effort for a milestone birthday. Would I have bought it on my own? Probably not. Did I get a ‘personal’ present the next year to make up for it? Yes!! But I’m still grateful for ol’ Thermie.

You could send it to me …? 😀 heehee

Still trying to learn to love it 😉

My advice? Gumtree! You’d probably get a fair chunk back for it.. Which you could use to buy delicious goodies with extra crunch!

I don’t own one but I’ve heard they have good 2nd hand retail value.

My friends tell me it’s the ability to make your own raw ingredients without the nasties too. I’m still on the fence, teetering at the thought of the risotto and sorbet.

I think the risotto needs more love to be really tasty!

Sell it, I’m sorry thermomix people but it totally takes the love out of making food!

I invested in an Ankarsrum Assistant it helps me make food but doesn’t take the process away from me, much better investment than a thermomix for the way I cook.

I have a Thermomix and consider it an excellent tool to make components of meals. I completely agree about the soft nature of the food prepared exclusively in it. But I have found that I am prepared to try more complex cooking because I know i can do some things more easily. But I have learned not to feel obliged to use it because of its price tag. If my Mixmaster gives me a better butter cream then I use that. But I know that whipping cream takes a fraction of the time in the thermomix. In my opinion, it is a luxury, and I love what it can do, but it goes away in a cupboard when I am finished until it next needs to help me (most days, but not all!).

Sounds very sensible!

Yes- I am a little ambivalent about mine for the same reasons, but like you, am determined to learn to love it. I make smoothies in it most mornings (but I didn’t need a 2000 blender for that). I made hot cross buns last weekend which was actually fun and they turned out really well (never having baked bready stuff in my life before). I have taken to making pizza dough once every few weeks, having healthy pizza nights and freezing the remains, turns out surprisingly well. It helps with the monthly family cook up (spag bol, curry, soups etc) but it’s not big enough for the actual cooking, so it just helps with all the chopping, prep etc, and it def does speed that up. I make Gwynth’s AMAZING banana ‘ice-cream’ in it – I would seriously rather eat this than real ice-cream. Yes – all soft. Sigh.

I’m off to check out Dani’s recipes….!

I also made hot cross buns and they were great. Going to try the pizza soon!

Do you follow The Road To Loving My Thermomixer? Not sure if I’m allowed to post links here, but if you Google it, it’ll come up. It’s a page by a woman who felt exactly the same way, was going to sell her TMX but challenged herself to use it more and see if she changed her mind. She did, and now she is a total convert! Her recipes are really good too – and some are even crunchy! 😉

Having said that, I have a knock-off (Kogan Thermoblend) and, while I love it, I don’t think it would be worth upgrading to a TMX – I don’t use it often enough to justify the price tag. But as you’ve already spent the money, maybe see if this site helps you get into it more! And if it doesn’t, you can sell it second-hand with no regrets.

Heard about her – going to give it a try. Thank you xx

when doubting the thermomix, just whip up a boozy jug of frozen margaritas in it, if the ease of making perfect frozen cocktails doesn’t change your mind, drink said jug and you’ll find you warm to it immediately

Best comment so far. xx

I was obsessed with buying a thermomix until i watched a whole lot of youtube thermomix recipe videos. It was so boring! And i love cooking shows. I love cooking – the process and fun of it. Yes, sometimes it takes longer but i tune out while i chop or enjoy music or talking with my partner while we cook together.

My obsession started after attending a demo and i do recall afterwards wanting to eat something crunchy for dinner as the demo was all soft (except for a raw beetroot salad, but a bit dry, needs dressing).

Lol, you sound just lie me, I love the process of cooking which was probably an indication that the Thermomix was not for me xx

I totally agree with this. I’m so NOT in love with my thermomix. I haven’t used it for months. I’ll still use it for some things, but definitely not used every day. Its the disconnection from food and the process that I don’t like about it and having to re-learn how to cook everything

Exactly. I don’t want to re-learn what I already know and love

My suggestion is have a look around and the different thermomix sites and you willing find a whole heap of not soft food. I do use mine everyday but took some time to train myself on how to use it. I do have 2 young children so the ease of letting it do its thing is helpful for me. Yesterday we had eggs Benedict for breakfast, sauce made in thermomix. Lunch was homemade baked beans for the children. Dinner was a roast chicken cooked in the varoma so it was ultra tender and then in the overn for 10 mins for the crunch. Dessert for the children was mangos bed Orange sorbet as I had heaps to use up.

Sounds good. I think I need to use the varoma more!

Lana you should subscribe to the 4 blades magazine through the App Store: or look up the road to loving my thermomix or the 4 blades website for the link to subscribe. Has different recipes on a theme each month. Last month was the varoma and steaming, others have been lunch boxes, healthy eating, teaparties etc. it’s really really good and heaps of ideas you could use. The lady that writes he road to loving my thermomix used to be like you and she trained herself to love it after seeing the potential of what it could do. Highly recommend

I’m happy to take it off your hands for you!

I will put it to good use!

Just make me love it 😉 xx

It honestly sounds to me like you’re really not their target market – I mean, you’re complaining that the food is soft and that you prefer to cook by hand, over the stove top. So DO those things, but if you insist of keeping your TMX you could just work out where it fits in to your life and saves you time/money.

I too love to cook by hand, so I often make cakes, etc, with my Kitchenaid mixer but use the TMX to mill the flour and sugar, etc, for me – so it’s healthier with less processing/preservatives. In saying that, I have made their awesome carrot cake and chocolate cake in a matter of mere minutes on the days when I’m in a rush and need to something quickly for a morning tea, etc – so there’s that! Even when I’m making my soups, etc, on the stove top and use the TMX to chop the herbs and veggies for me.

You mention your disdain for soft foods A LOT, and I get it – the thought of soup and casserole every day turns my stomach, but, as suggested here, you could use it to make salads/chop CRUNCHY coleslaw, cooking/baking ingredients, shakes, butter, juices/smoothies, pastry for pies, risotto to be fried in to arancini balls, sauces to go on the food that you are making on the stove top. So many ways to use it! Just look for what works for you. Start making your way through the cook book, saving recipes from the recipe community.

People on here moaning about the price and how it’s a rip off, etc – don’t buy it then! There will always be haters but I didn’t think that was the purpose on your article, since you’ve mentioned clearly that you want to keep it?

Also forgot to mention how awesome it is for making stock – that I then use to create crunchier dishes in the oven!

I never wrote the article to express hatred. I don’t hate it at all – just want to get recommendations on how to use it better – which you have given me, so thank you xxx

Yes, sorry for the confusion, I wasn’t calling you a ‘hater’ (hence saying I didn’t think that was the point of your article) I was referring to the people bagging the TMX in the comments on this post. Might not have made that clear enough though. I hope you’re able to make it work for you and hope the negativity around your blog post doesn’t put you off similar articles in the future!

I have had my Thermomix since October last year – and I do love it! It’s not for everyone though, and I don’t use mine every day (working full time, studying 4th year full time and raising a family really doesn’t leave me much time!). But I have come across some brilliant recipes that are quite left of field but suprisingly good! On the weekend I made Gary Mehigan’s Sous Vide Sirloin Steak, and also made some mini Angus Steak Filet Mignon’s all of which were huge hits with the family. I find half the adventure for me is finding ways to use the Thermomix that goes past the basic recipes you find in the cookbooks. Best of luck with finding you thermojo! 😉

Thanks Mel – your finds sound great – going to look for those!

I always thought that for that cost I would expect that someone comes with it to do all the cooking for you. I think is a ridiculous price and seriously not worst it. I love cooking, I know it takes time but love doesn’t have a price and that what it makes meals so tasty and fulfilling, that machine is not a ‘soul cooker’ we women who enjoy their cooking are…

Ps: Does it make GREAT coffee? If not just sell it and go on a holidays or just buy something nice for you ;-))

I doubt it make coffee – but it’s worth researching it. I read about a woman who makes her own laundry detergent in hers.

Yes it does coffee lol! Grind the beans, add water and perculate to just the right temp (90C). Then use a plunger to get the grains out while you make a bowl of hot frothed milk.

We cook a lot of asian foods. Noodles with mince and sauces, lots of thai, malaysian and Indian curries from scratch, steamed hainese chicken rice (awesome!), wontons/dumplings for steaming/frying, pizza dough, homemade sauces and marinades for meat, salads etc. I use it to help any meal, whether oven, stovetop, bbq. Look outside the world of baked goods!

Hainanese Chicken rice *

Happy to look as Asian instead of baked goods. I love Asian food – but I can’t eat curries eevery night. Loving the idea of wontons and dumplings

tyr the sous vide cooked whole fillet of beef

or the BEST ever meat balls

what about a whole steamed chicken

the crunchy fresh colslaw with Asian dessing

as well as the best aid ever to any other cooking you do, like chopping stuff in a flash

Thanks for the suggestions – will try them!

I had the exact same thoughts as you. I love slaving over my food, adding a little more when needed. I never felt right about caving into the pressure to buy one not when I have everything I need in my home to cook large meals which is a need in an extened family. Soft food for little ones is a steamer pot & bar mix…. Easy when you add extra to the dinner your already cooking. Soft foods for me not a fan. & if I need to do a risotto or a stew quickly I bring out the pressure cooker (gift I didn’t spend)

I like the way you think!

If a kitchen appliance costs $100 or even $300, it doesn’t have to change your life. When a kitchen appliance costs $2,000, it had better change your life. I mean, isn’t that what you are paying for? It’s not like going from a hole in the ground to an electric or gas oven. It’s not like going from a washboard to a washing machine with enough computing power to launch a space shuttle. I have gone the other way. Apart from my toaster and beloved espresso machine, I have eradicated all other gadgets from my kitchen. It was a splendid garage sale! I have now been doing everything manually, from first principles. I love the satisfaction and workout I get. I have a demanding full time job. I have three children and a partner and I get them involved in preparing and producing every meal we have at home. To me, it’s not about saving time. I mean, what am I going to do with time I save? As a family, we talk and debate and do all the things a family does in the kitchen. I also reckon our electricity bill has declined significantly and that can’t be a bad thing.

Love the point you made about saving time – if you are preparing food with and for your family it’s hardly wasting time! xx

Hi Lana – I’ve been reading the comments and wanted to share with you. I consider myself a pretty advanced cook. I come from a family of keen cooks and we all own TM’s. I have found that it’s allowed me to be more creative.

Sure I don’t use it for everything but I use it for most things. Yesterday alone I made tortillas, pita pockets, onion jam flan, tahini and breadcrumbs for schnitzel.

I had the top of the range KitchenAid products but found that the TM was much faster, gave a better result and less cleaning time. If you were to buy all of the products that have the same functions as the TM it would cost you in excess of $2000 and has a shorter lifespan. For example a decent stand mixer is around $600. If you get a KitchenAid the pasta attached is an extra $200 or so. It made more sense to me to buy a product that is maintenance free, the blade never goes blunt and I can keep it forever.

I don’t really understand the comments about people using traditional methods of cooking when they all use machines for one thing or another. The TM has been around for 40 years so it’s not exactly a new appliance.

Anyways, here are some sites I use for recipes:

The Road to Loving my Thermomix

Super Kitchen Machine

Cooking with Tenina

Good luck with your quest xx

Also I wanted to add. If you want to taste as you are cooking just pause the TM, take the lid off, dip your spoon and have a taste. I do that all the time.

Thank you thank you for that great list!

I’m very similar to you, I like to tinker and I like to add love to my cooking. I use my thermomix for a lot of prep work, and I love it!

Things like homemade burgers – I use the thermomix to mince the chicken breast and finely chop onion and herbs – some of the salads in the everyday cookbook are great, and raw so full of crunch, ricotta style fillings to go with baked chicken and sauces, dressings etc. It’s very rare these days that I cook a full meal in the Thermomix.

Maybe I was just expecting too much in terms of main meals? xx

I know you’re in NSW but if you’re ever in Melbourne, you should come to one of our Raw Food Classes/Workshops – http://www.buttermafia.com.au/classes.

Plenty of “crunch” in our foods, all made with love and we’ll teach you how to “tinker” when cooking with your Thermomix!

I was one that bought my thermomix because I love kitchen appliances (like some love their cars, boats, porn whatever). I was never going to give away any of my other appliances that I have already – just add them. For me with 3 little children the ability to make food without being totally involved is fantastic and helpful (partner works over 80 hours per week).

I do a number of chopped salads in it – the coleslaw is good (I add horseradish, celery, white wine vinegar to spice it up), the beetroot one ion the chip is good as well. One from thermoflavour on the recipe community does a magnificent raw Brussels sprout salad with crispy bacon, almonds and parmesan which have converted many of my friends on the wonders of the sprout!

I love food with texture too, and it was never going to change everything I cooked it just makes a number of processes easier.

With your mashed potato I never fuss about the correct potato. For the ‘wrong’ potato I just cut it smaller, give it longer and with butter and cream at the end no one here has ever complained! I hope you learn to love it – just like my icecream maker (great huge heavy thing) I love what it does but couldn’t live on icecream/ gelato/ or sorbet every day. Its just a tool in my kitchen

maybe I haven’t really joined the cult either

I love your ice cream maker analogy – maybe I was just expecting too much xxx

I have to disagree PASSIONATELY that people who love to cook don’t love their Thermomix. Anyone heard of Jo Whitton? As in the Quirky Cooking blogger & author? She ADORES cooking, and her 3 (yes THREE) Thermomixes. I also adore cooking, and have owned a Thermomix for 4 years & love that too. To the point that my scales have broken & I bought a separate set of digital scales because I cannot bare to send it back to have them fixed. I still cook steak on the stove, & do a roast in the oven, and onions on the stove top, and I too would prefer to cook a soup or a curry on the stove where I can tinker with the flavour & put more love in the food. BUT I think where our difference is that I specifically bought the Thermomix to change how we eat, whereas you say in your post that you don’t WANT to change how you eat. My then-2 year old son (now 6) was diagnosed as coeliac & I sought out a Thermomix specifically to help me with making gluten free baked goods, including bread. I knew I didn’t want to feed him commercial gluten free food because there are SO many additives to give them shelf life & keep them soft, and gluten free breads & baked goods often require a variety of grains, nuts & seeds to work effectively, which if you buy them in flour form is EXPENSIVE. By using my Thermomix I can use whole grains/nuts/seeds from my cupboard & grind them into flours within seconds – soooo much cheaper. My husband & I also eat a lot of paleo food (not strictly, but as I’m dairy intolerant & we are both gluten intolerant, & we both work in sedentary jobs so don’t need tonnes of carbohydrates, the recipes work for us) & it just helps so much with that sort of thing. And yes I make Bliss Balls… but if I don’t make the bliss balls, I’m at the Paleo Café down the road paying $4 each for a bliss ball! So this works for us. I make my own nut milks which would be difficult without a Thermomix, I’d need to buy another powerful blender like a vitamix which doesn’t heat up so it’s pointless. I won’t use commercial nut milks because of the carrageenan & other additives. And I do use my varoma a lot – cook rice in the rice basket bottom, steam veg & often fish in the varoma, then use the remaining water from the rice (which becomes lovely & viscous) to make a sauce. I find making my own mayonnaise which I do weekly a cinch in the Thermy & while others would say you can do that in any food processor I ALWAYS mucked it up before I got my Thermomix. I do agree though, that if I hadn’t wanted to change how I cook, I probably wouldn’t love my Thermomix either.

Sounds like you made all the right choices with your Thermomix. I think when you bring something like an allergy or intolerance into the equation it changes things a lot. xxx

One word – Dacquiri

oh so good at that.

Very interesting subject, thank you for posting.

Of course I have tried that 😉 xxx

Tell us what you ate today… and all this week for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and we’ll try and tell you how Thermie could have helped/made it easier/saved you money. Yeah?!

For dinners I made teriyaki chicken (marinaded and baked in the oven), laksa (Ottolenghi recipe), Jamie Oliver mustard lamb, grilled fish and steak on the bbq. Happy to have any Thermie dinner suggestions – but please let them have texture 😉 xxx

OK this is what you should do . Make a omelette with a hand whisk 3 eggs and some grated parmesan oh and a little salt

whisk eggs and salt in your favourite bowl put a tablespoon or two of butter in a pan cook the butter on medium for a few minutes to get that nutty taste than pour in the eggs sprinkle the cheese on top cook for a few minutes this is love you have been missing .Sell that over priced soup bowl and get back to basics and remember eat the food you love and love the food you cook.

I love omelettes!

We have a Thermomix. It’s a clever machine alright, but they’re not a device for people who like to stir things. They’re for people who don’t like to stir things, or don’t even like to cook at all – and that’s what my wife and I are. We read the recipes, buy the ingredients and make things exactly as the book (or website or whatever) says. Start the machine, go and watch the news and wait for the beep. Serve and eat. You won’t see us on MKR any time soon. It’s not a religious artefact to us, it’s just an appliance.

We do have a kitchen device that changed our lives: the dishwasher.

LOVE your comment!

The thing with the Thermomix is, just like any other appliance, it can’t do everything. Sure, it can do a lot of things, but it’s not a complete kitchen. I’ve had one for around a year now, and I love it, but I don’t expect it to be able to do everything for every single meal.

I love cooking too – sometimes I feel like standing over the stove, stirring, adding, smelling, tasting. And sometimes I just don’t have the energy for it & am happy to throw everything into the TMX and let it do its thing (Quirky Cooking’s chicken & mushroom risotto is a great one for this).

I don’t often use it for full main meals, and sometimes I use it multiple times a day, and sometimes I don’t use it for a week. What I have found is that it’s given me the confidence to make things that I’d never made before, or would usually buy. Some of the best things I’ve made in it are pizza dough, bread rolls (Tenina’s soft buttermilk rolls), mayonnaise, custard, chocolate custard, ginger & lemon cordial, apple & berry crumble, flavoured butter, craisin & pistachio shortbread (another Tenina recipe – which have always been devoured by friends, one even saying they were the best biscuits he’s ever eaten), yellow curry paste, apricot jam.

I’d 100% recommend you check out Cooking with Tenina – I also have a couple of her cookbooks, and her “For Food’s Sake” gets a lot of use here. A lot of my favourites that I’ve listed above have come from Tenina’s book or website. Her Umami paste is amazing added to spaghetti bolognese!

I think once you stop expecting it to be able to do everything, and start discovering what it does do well, you might learn to love it. Despite the price tag, you don’t *have* to use it for absolutely everything. I have never really been an anti-additive campaigner, but I’ll admit that I do really like knowing exactly what goes into a lot of what we eat now. Also, I live in Switzerland (I’m an Aussie though) and the food available here is dull at best – so I like being able to easily make a lot of different things.

Thanks for your comment Jody – going to check out Tenina’s website now xx

Although you say you have joined online communities , obviously not the right one s. Try thermofun.com

Thanks – will try that one. Am currently being hauled over the coals on some of the communities for expressing my opinion

Awesome write up. We have had ours for 4 months and used it 5 times. I can make better food in my saucepan. Anyway, we got it out to clean it up on the weekend so we can sell it and the damn thing is broken down. Error messages on the handle getting stuck. Hunk of junk. Made good hollandaise sauce though.

I’ve been thinking about this today and something else has struck me. There are millions of people around the world who are starving. I’m part of a group that helps a village in Uganda and $2000.00 would feed all the kids in this village their one hot meal a day of porridge for 6 months and we blow it on a stupid blender which has been marketed to within an inch of its life.

To coin a phrase from Steptoe the worlds gone bloody mad.

And I’m sure none of us ‘need’ the type of car we drive/clothes we wear/make up we buy/footy memberships we have/weddings/birthdays/presents wepay for or wine/beer/food/restaurants we partake in and could otherwise donate.

My point is, those in glass houses……

No glass house for me. I drive a practical Mazda 6 diesel wagon, economical and carries the children and fulfils the role of taxi very well. Clothes well if you can find me anything cheaper that wont fall apart than two pairs of rivers jeans a few t-shirts two pairs of slacks for work and a few shirts and ties well that’s good let me know. Footy or indeed any memberships you’re joking right, sorry not me. yes I eat well, I buy fresh vegies and meat and as much as a I can from farmers markets yes the occasional restaurant trip with my children at modest prices. Presents well I’m a reasonable photographer so weddings etc I usually give a framed print. No I don’t wear a hair sack and I’m not a wowser or puritan I just think about the value of things and their relative worth. This Thermomix is a triumph of marketing over substance. It is a label that so many sheeple just “need” in a year or two you will see them all for sale for a few dollars at garage sales and trash and treasure markets. Just like all the other kitchen miracle worker utensils before them. Its a great con. Create an item talk it up price it to the moon to create a sense of exclusivity and that a person who buys one becomes a different sort of special being and flog, flog, flog. Then when the market is saturated after a couple of years create a new model without anyone even your sales reps knowing and repeat the process and laugh all the way to the bank. Its a cult , its a con and its sad.

Like I mentioned in my first post on this there is a story by Hans Christian Andersen called The Emperors New Clothes. It tells the story of how an Emperor and his kingdom were duped by a charlatan and like a heard of sheep allowed the charade to continue and grow. Until an innocent child burst the bubble and they all realised they had been fooled. Read it and see if the company that has created this product hasn’t used the thrust of this story as their business model.

PatrickC, you seem to have a lot of opinions about something that you’ve never seen in action or own. Firstly, Thermomix don’t charge for demonstrations. They do charge $20 for cooking classes to cover the cost of food.

Secondly, people are entitled to spend their money on whatever they like. I happen to be really passionate about cooking and find the Thermomix a really useful tool to assist with that. Thermomix has been around for 40 years so I hardly call it a fad.

I find it quite insulting that you call me and everyone else that own a Thermomix a sheep when all they are doing is trying to put healthy meals on the table for their families. I know someone that until owning a Thermomix wasn’t even able to cook as they were blind. The Thermomix has helped them to be able to cook as they can memorise the buttons.

Another friend of mine has an Autistic son who until owning a Thermomix was spending hours in the kitchen trying to put gluten free and dairy free meals on the table. She nows whips up nutritious meals in half the time so she can spend more time with her son.

I don’t judge you on your lifestyle choices so I don’t think it’s fair that you judge others.

Furthermore, did you know that Thermomix recently donated $1,000,000 to the Murdoch Foundation to assist in research for childhood allergies?

For a company that has sold a little over 200,000 Thermomix’s in Australia since 2001 I’d say that’s pretty amazing.

Forgive me for being a cynic but I bet that donation came off their taxation liability. I’d be very interested to see them declare what tax they pay or are they another Apple et al.

I have seen it “in action” as you call it two of my cousins got suckered into buying them. They rave like born again religious zealots. The so I know enough about it to make a basic judgement.

I’m really glad that it has helped your friend with her autistic child prepare him meals. I do a lot of work with families who have children living with Autism or Aspergeres. That’s good.

I’m not judging your lifestyle choice I just think that its a fad and pretty soon the next one will come along and so on and so on. You know like the George Forman Health Grill, The Vertical Health Grill, all the multitude of bread makers etc. They might have been around for 40 years but they’re marketing was as intense as it is now.

So sorry but its just another consumer object.

I’m glad you enjoy and hope that you continue to do so.

Blast the auto correct. Remove the the before the So in sentence 3 para . remove the e from Aspergers. Finally its their marketing was never this intense.

If you want to support fair labour and supporting third world countries then you shouldn’t be shopping at Rivers and should be buying products that treat their labour fairly and pay decent salaries.

Just because there is a good product that people like to use and enjoy making food from scratch doesn’t mean you have to diss it.

If you didn’t buy a car and gave the money to the village in Uganda they would have enough food for a lot more than 6 months, you could get bicycles instead and donate the petrol money you are spending, win win by getting fit at the same time.

People earn money and spend it on what they want, that is the point of it really, why not enjoy what you work hard for every day, I donate to people in need but if I want a $2000 appliance I have worked for then I deserve it.

It’s a great appliance, it won’t change the world but it will help you make food without preservatives in it. It’s not a fad, it’s a blender and steamer and mixer, with new technology I’m sure we will get new products, that is part of evolving as human beings.

I’ve watched this discussion turn from general commiserations & suggestions post to nasty finger pointing & name calling & I think it’s sad. I think it’s perfectly ok that some people love something & some people don’t. What I don’t think is ok is pointing the finger, making assumptions & generally mouthing off. I own a 2002 Hyundai Getz car worth about $3000. My husband & I both have very low incomes. I am not inclined to follow fads, or spend even $5 without careful consideration, let alone $2000. I had a friend buy a Thermomix in 2009. I went to several demos & watched the craze take off as my much more affluent friends bought their Thermomixes. In 2012, after attending at least 10 demos (none of which I paid for), joining many Thermomix websites, going

To friends houses & using their Thermomixes, borrowing a friend’s Thermomix for 4 weeks while she travelled overseas, doing an enormous amount of spreadsheeting of our grocery lists & working out what we could save if we bought a Thermomix, we jointly decided this was a good investment for us & we bought one. We haven’t looked back, for us it has been the most useful and best thing we have ever bought for our family. It’s ok if you don’t love it, or don’t want one, or would prefer to spend all your time cooking rather than spending time with your family, but there is no need to get so nasty & make such wild assumptions as over-affluence, trend following, cult members, calling people “sheep”, accusing them of not caring about the less fortunate… I mean this is a huge jump, from buying a kitchen appliance to “You don’t care about starving children in Africa”. I don’t own a microwave. Never have, never will. But I don’t judge people who own them, I don’t care if they use them or what they use them for. I have 2 children & anotjer due in 8 weeks & was told before having kids that I “couldn’t survive” motherhood without a microwave. Well my eldest son is 6 & I still can’t work out why I would need a microwave. I will never be convinced that I need one & that’s ok. But I’m not about to start calling people names & being a jerk to microwave owners/users, telling them they’re lazy or can’t cook or are giving their family cancer or whatever else may be said about microwaves. For heavens sake, just stop being jerks.

Nat and indeed anyone can buy what ever you want. All I’m asking is that people think about what theyre buying and its value. Unfortunately all I can see with thermomix is slick marketing. Sorry if that offends or is cynical but that’s how I see it. Enjoy your product.

Whoops mine was meant to be a new comment – not sure how it got under here. Oh well.

Lisa, If I could get by without a car well id sell it straight away. Living in a semi rural area unfortunately I cant. True about Rivers re the wages they pay for their overseas manufacture but at least their Ballarat factories abide by laws here.

As I said its about thinking a bit about things a bit more deeply. I truly believe that its slick marketing over substance but if it works for you so be it.

PatrickC, the more you write, the more I know you don’t know much about the Thermomix. You’re what Hamish Blake calls a “Rejector”. He wrote an excellent article about them in today’s paper. I think this sums you up perfectly:

“The Rejector views the existence of any new piece of technology they don’t own as a personal insult against their ability to purchase and possess the appropriate products for their life, and will make it their mission to tell the world why they don’t need said product, and NEVER will. (Somewhere between Early Adopters and Rejectors is you, Normal People Who Can Weigh Up Purchases Without Emotion. But where’s the fun in writing about you guys?)

A common form of Rejector is the person who went out of their way to buy a non-iPod MP3 player and made sure everyone knew they’d shunned Apple. Then the iPhone came out and these people pretended THIS was the product they were waiting for, and it proved they were right to shun the iPod”

Megan, I’m sorry I’m not a rejecter, I’m actually an evaluator I embrace technology where its appropriate for me and provides a tangible benefit to me. The Thermomix doesn’t provide a tangible benefit to me. An Ipod did because I could use it when walking and riding my bike and I accept the trade off in the lower quality of sound for the convenience of having some music whilst doing physical activity. Which paper did Hamish write his article in. I’d like to read it in full. I find him most amusing.

I feel very fortunate in that I have been able to donate to charity as well as own a Thermomix

Lana that’s wonderful and I’m glad that you are able to do that. I’m not casting negative aspersions on people per say just asking them to think about what we purchase. I truly believe this product is marketing over substance but obviously many people love it. I wonder how many people will experience buyer remorse over the course of the next few years and question the purchase.

It’s like anything – for everyone I know with a dusty treadmill or weight bench in their garage I know someone else who uses theirs daily. Approaching 4 years with my Thermomix, no buyer remorse. My girlfriends & I get together monthly to do a bulk cook up and all bring our Thermomixes to the same location. Sometimes we have 6 on the go at once. Some of those women have had their Thermomix for 6 years. No one has buyer remorse. I’m not suggesting no one does, but seriously, do your homework & work out if it will work for you. I did 3 years of research & careful planning before I got one & it has not disappointed. I use it daily, often 4+ times.

Well if it works for you Nat that’s great.

I’m pretty much a throw back sort of bloke. I like to do things the older ways I suppose. I’m tactile with my cooking, I prefer physical books to e books, I like my music in a physical form not a down load and I write before I type documents, using a fountain pen in notebooks.

I like to feel the ingredients etc.

I suppose in relation to the thermomix I struggle with the thought of that sort of financial outlay and that is a big barrier to me ever purchasing it or indeed any other appliance. Life is busy but when it comes to weeknight meals in particular I try and plan around that. Especially when I’m working to deadlines. But I’m OCD and planning helps me get through my days and meet my deadlines. That’s not the way for everyone I suppose.

I’m sorry what? I have a Thermomix so I don’t meal plan? I plan 7 days in advance for my family’s meals. I spend Sunday morning meal planning, grocery shopping to said plan & then all Sunday afternoon cooking for the week. I’ve never downloaded a movie in my life, I don’t even own a computer (unless you call an iPhone a computer). You don’t know me. You think you know all about people that own or buy or love Thermomixes but seriously every single thing you have said, every nasty assuming remark, every judgement, is virtually the total opposite of who I and many other people who own thermomixes are. Before my thermomix I made my own curry pastes by crushing spiced in a mortor & pestle which took at least 30 minutes. I now have 2 children (with a 3rd on the way) & I don’t want to spend time doing that. I also work 30 hours a week, so I don’t use my Thermomix out of laziness. Tonight my family is dining on roast chicken with roast potatoes, made in my OVEN. I have TINKERED with this meal for much of the afternoon, & the reason I’m making this meal tonight is my Thermomix has been occupied to make cauliflower rice, coconut flour muffins, date balls, almond milk, and several other things I will remember when the white hot anger from reading your comment subsides. I will use my Thermomix to steam the green veggies but I will make the gravy in the roasting pan the old fashioned way. I’ve also had my dehydrator (yes another appliance) running to make raw flaxseed crackers that will last for the next 2-3 weeks. If that’s not “careful planning” I don’t know what is. I don’t care if you don’t love this appliance, or anyone else, but don’t sit there and judge me.

Nat I think your last post was a bit of an over reaction. I didn’t judge you or call you lazy. I simply said what I do. I didn’t judge you personally I just said that as I am OCD I need to plan out my week. Many people say that they have purchased this product as a time saver. From my perspective I said I, not you or anyone else plans my meals for the week as best as I can to get everything done. I said that yes I’m a throw back I did not pass comment on you. Perhaps you need to re read my comment because I wasn’t judging you. Wow.

I have one that my sister is looking after while I’m overseas and I have always used it but never had the obsession other people have. I find it is best for nut butter and a much better price or preparing things like risotto but then I still chop veggie by hand to add in to it to get the crunch. The varoma is great for fish and steamed veggies that still have the crunch. I find baked goods are often easier in a bowl as it’s easier to clean and even easier to buy them made at the shop.

Shows like masterchef have them too they use them for prep but you can still cook. Great if you buy herbs and want to chop them all up and freeze. I once bought a massive bag of garlic and had enough for months for way cheaper then those jars you get.

Like other people have said, it doesn’t do everything, it never will, get over that fact and use it for what it does best, make a pesto for your pasta and crunchy veggies, make an interesting sauce for your salads or chop something fine to add some extra nutrition into your normal salad, try a breakfast smoothie or banana icecream (just banana, cocoa powder and a bit of water to get it moving.)

I do think there are diehard fans but also a lot of people who just use it to help them with normal cooking and it does help to move away from packaged foods.

i don’t think you need to love an appliance just use it for what it is good for, then have some strawberry margaritas!!

Great comment – thanks Lisa xx

What about Salad Master? Any thoughts about it?

Wow Lana you hit a nerve with this piece didn’t you?! Nothing like an expensive kitchen appliance to get people talking.

I’ve had my Thermomix for 2 years now. And while I do love it, I go through phases with it. Sometimes I’ll be using it multiple times a day, sometimes a week will go by where I don’t use it. Like anything, sometimes I get in a rut using it for the same things over and over. And there are still many things – risottos, grilled meat, stir-fries – that I prefer to do on the stovetop. At the moment I tend to use it more for prep and baking than all-in-one meals as we tend to eat a lot of salads and grilled things in summer.

The best thing I’ve done is go to cooking classes with Dani Valent and get her In The Mix books. Then a friend and I organised a girls’ weekend away where we cooked lots of recipes from the books (including cocktails!). We used the Thermomix to do things like temper chocolate, make crumpets, whip up a divine mousse, mill spices and salt to cure salmon, make tortillas, experiment with raw desserts, make a strawberry gazpacho etc. It was inspiring and a lot of fun. Of course you could do many of these things without the TM, but it makes it so fast and easy – with 3 TMs on the go we made a huge amount of food (bubbles in hand!).

I think there is a quote along the lines of “what you say, so shall be”.

I think your problem in a nutshell is your expectations simply because you spent $2000. My oven is worth 5 times that amount and doesn’t get used daily. In fact, I can go weeks without using it. Does that then mean I don’t love it? Absolutely not! Another example, my car is worth 30 times more than my thermomix, during holidays it often sits unused in the garage for weeks, doesn’t mean I don’t love it!

If you are a cook who has lots of time and passion for slaving over a hot stove, the thermomix is not going to change your life. For me, I love cooking but also like attending to my children, having long showers, quickly vacuuming the floor all whilst dinner is cooking in my thermomix. Living in QLD there is absolutely no joy in slaving over a hot stove in the summer.

If you sincerely don’t like it, sell it and move on. If you wish to learn to cook using it, spend 5mins searching fb for thermomix pages and blogs. I do however suspect, it’s just not your cooking style so you should cut your losses, sell it and get back to slaving over a hot stove and loving it.

Determined to love it….. Just need to find ways to use it more !

Breads, pizza bases, toppings, jams, muffins, health bars, homemade sauces, freshly milled spices, perfect rice and so much more !! Pick up some of these items off the shelf and taste … then make your own … the difference in quality is like night and day. I cannot eat artificial anymore. Love my Thermomix (for 2 plus years).

I guess I just THOUGHT I would be making more meals and less snacks and sauces …

I’m a crunchy food lover too, so I mostly use thermie for making and stirring dressings and sauces into salads/ veggies in summer and easy soups in winter. That’s value enough for me, because our alternative on a cold winters night is http://www.crust.com.au !

Yup, dressing and sauces I got covered. Now I need to try the Varoma. I think.

Interesting reading. An honest account, without being disrespectful which is a breath of fresh air. Many who wish to air their difference of opinion seem to have the need to be rude at the same time. So Tq for that.

I am a TMx owner of 2 years and advisor. I have always had a love / hate relationship with cooking, but more importantly I just love eating. Prior to purchasing a TMX I googled and surfed the web for a better understanding of the product and I too wondered just how it would “change my life.” Now After reading your post and others comments I have looked back to see if it has actually changed my life, and if so in what way.

I guess I think of my TMX as you would think of or use a mixer, or hob, or scales, or food processor, or grater, or whisk, or steamer or even a knife etc. so it is all these things with the added bonus to me of the following…

– It has freed up cupboards of kitchen appliances I rarely used as I hated getting them out, setting them up, cleaning the multiple parts and then trying to fit them back in a cupboard or drawer.

– it has helped me eat healthier as I cook really easily from scratch so I know what goes in my food. Avoiding additional fat, preservatives, msg, aspartame, salt, sugar and other chemicals I really want to reduce or avoid.

– I can see where my ingredients are sourced, unlike when you just buy a sauce. And I know i could buy organic but it’s just so expensive. So I try to buy from local reputable suppliers helping the local economy and it’s certainly better than some imports covered in preservatives or from some countries that use pesticides the UK has banned.

– it’s easy to take apart and clean, (when it’s not self cleaning or in the dish washer) a big win for me

– is the food tastier? No I can honestly say YES to this. I think I forgot how food used to taste and should taste. I think I got used to mass produced food and sauces etc. All cooked for an average flavour for people, manufactured as easily and economically as possible, and to my taste buds, so it’s how salty, spicy or sweet as I want it. ….Now could I have done this without a TMX , yes definitely, but it would have taken me longer, it wouldn’t have been so easy to do and I always had trouble simmering without burning or even forgetting something was in the hob. So to be honest I wouldn’t have bothered

– Has it made me love cooking, NO not really but I don’t mind cooking the usual weekday and every day meals that sometimes get a bit boring to make.

– it has saved me money and less trips to the shops just by cooking from raw ingredients I have a well stocked store cupboard of ingredients instead of gadgets.

– I use it at least twice a day, from porridge to gravy, smoothies to custard, steamed fish to muffins sausages to veg. Etc.

I always suggest anyone wondering if they should buy one, to spend a week or two asking themselves (or me) if what they make can be made or prepped in a TMX. And if the answer is no for the majority of tasks then the TMX might not be for them. I would prefer to sell to someone who will get the most out of a TMX than someone who regrets buying one.

One of my customers is disabled with Fibromyalgia so standing stirring pots or just grating cheese hurts, and I know with her tiny kitchen she had no room for steamers, processors, mixers, scales etc and it has changed her life. She no longer has to try and lift different machines in to place to do different tasks, and certainly wouldn’t get a food processor out just to grate cheese, but does use the TMX as its always ready and cleans itself after so it’s never a problem to use it for the most simple of tasks.

So in answer to your post. It has made my life easier and healthier and saved me time, money, effort and space……. Which may be classes as life changing to some.

What a bloody awesome comment. THANK YOU xxxx x

Nothing like hands on personal cooking and love for a home cooked meal. if you want a life changing experience take some quiet time to look within rather than following a fad that generally puts your money in someone else’s pocket

Here are 10 reasons I hate my TM and related bits and pieces:

1. Only saved me $5 a week on total food expenditure (supermarket, fruit n veg, etc)

2. It can’t deep fry, nor churn and freeze.

3. The thermo bowl is not insulated enough for me to do away with wrapping the thing in 2 towels to make yogurt

4. It broils meats

5. The Veroma bowl is hard to clean (food keeps getting stuck into the oval holes)

6. It cannot seam rice evenly

7. I have had to amend most of the recipes to make them taste ‘right’ for me (including about half of the baking ones)

8. The spatula is over-engineered. They missed the most important thing for that: flexibility

9. It acts like a blade juicer which adds heat in the process of ‘juicing’ and that heat destroys the enzimes contained in fruit and veg.

10. It would be wonderful as a slow cooker, but the timer maximum is 1hr

Here are 10 things I like about my TM and related bits and pieces:

1. It makes dough with such high hydration I would not be able to kneed by hand (pizza, bread, etc). This allows the correct end result (soft fluffy breads)

2. I can make jams for about 15% less cost than my favourite brand.

3. I have amended the chocolate spread recipe so it tastes like actual Nutella that has no palm oil.

4. The ice cream recipe with eggs is perfect, better than the ones from my ice-cream maker

5. It cuts up to 1.2kg of onions quickly and evenly. We make curries for 14ppl on a regular basis. Ha, but only the bases can be made in the TM… the rest on the stove.

6. I love using it to wash the starch off rice and off raw lentils prior to cooking in other appliances.

(I put the rice or lentils in the bowl where the blade is, then put the steaming basket on top, fill with water and turn to reverse speed 3 for 5min. After that I hold the steaming basket in place and tip the whole bowl upside down. Love not having to keep stirring by hand and doing multiple washes with careful pours in between.)

7. Love grating parmesan in it.

8. Love making my own icing sugar

9. Saved a packet making my kids play dough for years

10. it’s the only appliance I have that allows me to make pandoro (Italian Xmas cake)

I love cooking by hand, with as little appliances as possible.

I can make better risotto in the pan in less time and without stirring it at all. (btw, the correct water to rice ratio is 300g Arborio rice : 750g water)

I use the TM nearly every day, but my verdict is that it is a great preparation appliance and a bad cooking one!

What a gorgeous, well thought out and brilliant comment. I could learn a lot from you xx

wow, lots of ‘opinions’ Lana you are an amazing cook so will never get the benefits some do who are not so yours is the time and efficiency factor same as mine (not that I am a good cook) my top faves so far are pizza bases, mashed potato, custard, steamed cheesecake, curry bases, quick risotto, sorbet, frozen margaritas, mayonnaise, using it for juicing as love getting the ‘whole’ fruit and yes baking of all things but thats about it..

Thanks Tessa – you had me at cheesecake! xxx

I borrowed a friends thermie for 2 weeks after going to a demo and being a little sucked in by the hype. The first night I had it I cooked the worst meal I have ever cooked for poor hubby in 14 year’s, it even surpassed the sausage pie incident from 2004. I used it a few more time to make bliss balls, custard and ice cream but really I was happy to hand it back at the end of the 2 weeks secure in the knowledge that’s my 2k will be better spent on a holiday or just anything other than a thermomix.

I want to hear about the sausage pie incident. x

Woah! I think you were right to be scared to speak your piece, Lana. W T actual.

Just wanted to let you know that I felt exactly the same way about the “Thermie” when I was left in charge of my friend’s when she went OS for a few months. It was good, it did the job, but I didn’t LOVE it and it definitely didn’t change my life.

My theory is that if you are already a competent cook (and you, my dear, are a FANTASTIC cook), it’s not $2000 worth of wow. It’s just not. The fact is, most cooking is MUCH easier than non-cooks think it is. x

Thank you Maxabella. I want you to come over to my house and eat more of my food xxx

Don’t have one, don’t intend on getting one… I just can’t justify the expense…. Wait a couple of years and there will a brand new fandangled machine out there that will do our grocery shopping for us too…I’m hanging out for that one!! It will probably be cheaper too……

Never heard of it. Not sure I want to know any more about.

*Keeps $2,000 for a new computer*

I stood up against joining this cult a few years ago (before it was truly a massive cult like today). Needless to say that I was immediately ostracized from said group of “friends” and to this day I have spoken to none of them. They all loved decrying how it made their life easier as they were so time poor.. but I am the one that works full time and they are all stay at home mums – you know the ones that just “do coffee” and get their nails done while kids are in daycare/school.. so how time poor can they be? I also have kids the same age as them so that was no excuse.

Call me bitter? Sure feel free, but I just didn’t see how it could be beneficial in my life.. I can still knock up a risotto in a short space of time because one does not need the thermostatussymbol sitting on ones bench to make hot wet rice… with no crunch. I too enjoy the creation and experimentation of food. It’s where all the enjoyment when eating it actually comes from!

Wow – that’s odd. That seems like more of a problem with a group of people than any thermomix. Fighting over a kitchen appliance – in real life. That is so strange.

Hi Lana, thanks for your blog post. I have been thinking about buying a thermomix for about a year but haven’t been able to bring myself to shell out $2,000 for it. My confession is I don’t love cooking, i wish I did, but I resent every minute i spend doing it. I do however LOVE food – the wholesome, healthy, tasty, homemade variety. I like the idea of a thermomix because I don’t have a huge family to feed and theoretically, you can chuck everything in there and the food will cook itself. That is a miracle to me. So if a thermomix can enable me to cook wholesome, healthy, tasty meals will minimal cooking and cleaning effort, then i’m sold and I’d be happy to buy yours from you

I find the discussion over Thermomixes fascinating. My first thought was no way too much money. But then my friends kept saying look into it. I was a mother of two working full time and I am a make from scratch cook and they all said it would be great for me. I am a researcher by nature so I researched for about six months before attending a demo.

We have food intolerance issues with gluten and milk (but not butter or cream? Haven’t worked that out yet). The Thermomix is the best thing I have ever bought. Most gluten free and dairy alternative food on the market is rubbish filled with terrible ingredients. Even basic nut and rice milks have carrageen in which my son reacts to. I love the challenge of taking non TM recipes and converting them.

My boys two most favourite dinners are the red Thai chicken curry from the basic cookbook but I exclude bamboo shoots and add sweet potato and cabbage instead and the Nasi Goreng from the quirky cooking cook book which is divine! The chicken is cooked in the frying pan – lots of crunch- but the rest in the TM & the sauce is so yummy.

I can quickly make cashew cheese, gluten free pizza bases which are awesome, milks, flours from nuts, legumes and sorghum and tonnes of other items.

The price argument is what I find fascinating. Yes $2K is a lot of money. When my husband spent $5k on a theatre system with a screen that covered an entire wall everyone was queuing at our door at grand final day and talking about how awesome it was. There is no health benefit whatsoever to my family having a theatre set up at home yet no one made any negative comments about it or the cost, quite the opposite. When he bought his Harley no one had a go at him about that either, very cool they all said and that was a lot more than $2k. And he is the only one that benefits.

But when I spent $2k on a machine that helps me make healthier food for my family, and let’s be clear there is nothing more important to our health than the food we put in our bodies, I got bagged out. I wasn’t offended, I had done my research and was secure in my knowledge that this was the right purchase for me. Other people’s angst was for them. But I find it fascinating.

I now buy less food ingredients and I am at the point where I am now almost entirely buying raw ingredients. I make my own sauces, mayonnaise, tartare etc.. I don’t make my own icing sugar as I don’t use it, I don’t make lots of breads and muffins etc. I do make icecream but I cheat as I only use two ingredients. I blitz frozen fruit then put the butterfly in and whip cream or egg white into the frozen fruit and serve immediately. Leftovers go in pop stick moulds.

I still use my slow cooker and my pressure cooker. The Thermomix is just another tool in my kitchen. I no longer have a bread maker, ice cream maker, blender, food processor or mixer as I use the Thermomix for all those functions.

I do think too many people buy them because everyone else has one and then expect miracles. It is just a machine. A well engineered, good quality machine. And yes I think it is worth the money. It will not change your life. Only you can decide to do that if you decide the change is necessary.

I would suggest as a society we need to change our priorities and stop admiring frivolous items like fancy TVs, flashy cars, expensive handbags, upgrading to the latest iPhone – ridiculous waste of money – and stop ridiculing people who make choices to support healthier lifestyles.

Chocolate! Forgot to mention chocolate. Love making my own. Raw cacao butter, raw cacao powder, rice syrup and coconut cream and sometimes add a few drops of orange oil. Never buy shop rubbish now. So yummy.

I think this is hilarious. I love to cook and a cooking appliance has never changed my life. I don’t even like to tinker … But I find good knife skills, decent pots, some time and a willingness to cook are more than enough for me … As I said. I think this post is hilarious.

So, I came to your blog today because I read another blog explaining how badly you’ve been treated by the TMX lovers after posting this blog. That makes me so sad! I have a TMX and I love it, but no way would I speak negatively about or to someone who didn’t! I promise that there are sane, non-obsessive people out there who own thermomixes. I’m sorry you don’t love yours, that would be awful after spending so much. Good luck with it all and I hope you can either use it for what it’s worth, or sell it to someone who will love it.

I have been to 2 demonstrations and have not bought one yet, apparently since everyone knows I love to cook and I am quite good at it, they think I would love this gadget so they keep inviting me to their demonstrations.

Thing is I manage to cook tons of great stuff, always from scratch and quite fast without it.

I did however purchase a very nice food processor, it did make a big difference, instead of spending 30 min grating mozzarella or 30min kneading dough every time I make pizza for 30 people (which happens often enough), I now grate cheese in 30 sec and make dough in under 10 min.

So if something cuts down on my preping time great, but I am hands on when it comes to cooking.

Besides the thermomix doesn’t peel, chop or shop for me so I don’t think I will be purchasing for now.

It would also cost me 2 months pay so its not even an option.

I wonder: Do people gain weight after purchasing? I rarely eat cookies, cakes, or anything with butter and cream and the thermomixer users seem to do a lot of that stuff.

Thanks for your post.

I love this post – for the effort put into making this work, and for all the tips in the comments.

How are you going with your TM now? Do you love it or hate it or something in the middle?

Read all these comments. I am not in love with my thermomix either. I liken owning one to giving birth to a child. Some days not so good and you can’t admit to not liking the child and certainly can’t give it back or sell it. I am finding it is convenient for some things and not so successful for others. Risotto, no luck whatsoever. Am pedalling on as I don’t want to admit I made a mistake. I enjoy experimenting with it and not having lots of dishes to wash. The jury is still out.

Hope you have more success than I did xx

I don’t have a thermomix I have one of the cheaper models and I love it. No i don’t cook in it everyday and somedays I cook 8+ things in it.

Have a look at Skinnymixers (curries, chicken kievs, laska, all in one meals, Nik has everything, lots of grain free, dairy free, lactose free recipes)- THE butter chicken is to die for

Thermobexta is great as well (vegetarian too)

The road to loving my thermomix is great for recipes and advise

Quirky cooking is healthy and has a range of different recipes

Thanks Stephanie – will keep searching

You are not alone! *Looking both ways sheepishly* (Fellow Thermomix owner here)

Your blog post came up in a google search I did for “Biggest CONS of cooking with a Thermomix”, (Con as in negatives, I just realised that could be taken as a pun lol)

My cousin is famous (literally, she has thousands upon thousands of followers), for her Thermomix recipes, it is her passion and it is wonderful seeing her create all of these lovely meals but her and I are like chalk and cheese. I am a throw-it-together-this-will-go-with-that kind of cook, so I find cooking with a thermomix somewhat challenging, having to follow everything in the recipe to a tee, otherwise you end up with curdled cream looking burnt brown scrambled eggs.

Much to my Thermie owning friend’s horror, I am still yet to find the amazing Thermomix created mains meal that I can make with absolute ease that is supposed to change my life forever.

I am not a big fan of soup and don’t care so much for risotto (it hates me actually quite literally, my body doesn’t process starch properly), or other goo like foods like quinoa.

So until that day arrives, I will be over here, *quietly* using my Thermomix for making slush foods for my kids and hubby and prep in chopping vegies and such for cooking on my stove!

Okay confession time, I do use my Thermie for 1 ridiculous food creation….I am an evil mother and I grind green dehydrated vegetables into a powder that I can then sneak into all manner of foods….(insert mwahh ha ha right there).

Happy cooking, thanks for sharing!

Ha! Sneaky powder mum – I salute you. I have also found another very good use for the Thermomix. It is an incredibly expensive but accurate scale!

I am so glad I have found this blog…Thermomix. I only found out about these 3 weeks ago at my daughters in Melbourne she was raving about the one her motherinlaw has I very politely asked what was it I had in my minds eye that thing that stacked up that cooked whole meals….Sorry don’t know what that’s called either..anyway she explained all be it in this wonderful I’m ecstatic world in which they come from I want one now type of voice what they did…well still not really sure when I returned home to Perth I looked them up ok they sound ok they do all this stuff I MIGHT look into getting one for her and hubby next Christmas. What about me would it be beneficial to me……well Im the lady who’s under 50 just whose kitchen appliance list goes like this hand mixer, bar mixer and attachments, juicer, bread mixer and the new acquisition slow cooker which apparently the knob on the lid is not meant to go in the oven, these I own these I use my cooking teacher, My great Grandmother yes born in 1898 would be horrified I own a bread maker but in all fairness it was a present. I don’t’, nor have I ever owned a food processor and the only reason I bought the attachments for the bar mix crumbing biscuits in a plastic bad and with a rolling pin became a danger to my bench top..So would a Thermomix do anything for my lifestyle in just 2 weeks I have researched them and have come to the staggering conclusion no not really but everywhere I turn everyone I ask all harp on about how great they are how they make all these wonderful things for their families and I think great now you can stop coming to my house…you see I gave up smoking and I became bored never realising how much time smoking took but also the brain energy required to logistically have a ciggy while still getting dinner on work finished and clothes either on or off the line in 45min. So I dusted off my recipe books and started cooking which has been good because I have not put on any extra weight as I don’t snack on junk and walk 3km most days..I look at the Thermomix and think I could make more stuff but no where in any of my recipe books does the method state add to Thermomix and I do have some wonderful recipe books some dating back to the early 1920s yes my Nanas, would I never be able to use these again would they go back to my draw and slowly disintegrate again, But all this aside I can justify having one to myself if I truly want one but the price of them is something I’m not sure I could justify to my family, for what they do and what I know I can do with just a bit of elbow grease and in the 11 min extra in the 45 min it took to have those 2 ciggies I can do it maybe not a well but my family will never say. I used to waste an awful amount of time in my busy busy day smoking. Plus not sure if someone who has never used a food processor should really think about having something that requires more than an on off switch. Thankyou for making me feel sane although you all knew what one was before I did…

Hey, dont worry, I dont love it either!

I’ve owned 2 of them and I’m a bit over it. This isnt real cooking anymore.

I love it for whizzing and grinding and mixing.. But I can do that in any other machine just as well.

As for steaming, well, I can do that in the microwave or wok.

All I do in it these days is make butter and whiz the odd thing up. Its a dust collector.

At the start I was using it 100 times a day. But then, I was making things I wouldn’t normally have made. I started eating more / worse things, because I felt the urge to use it and use it and use it to justify it.

Anyway, its gone. And I dont miss it. Also, I’d be keen to hear who liked the TM31 better than the TM5? I missed the simple knob on the front and the faster lid action…. Just my opinion of course.

But if were to offer advice, I’d say get a decent wok, a slow cooker and a good blender. You’ll be doing just as much, if not more, with less cost and more flavour.

Well, if I was like you I would not love it either, and I would not worry about it!

But I happen to be the opposite: I love healthy-fast food. I actually care for nutrition balance, healthy calorie count and organic food as much as for investing as little time as possible in making it when it comes to the daily routine (meaning, I can just have one plain lettuce with tuna for lunch) Porridge sounds like a great lunch to me, let alone risotto! Also I enjoy low-fat creams where I can throw all my fresh veggies in. I enjoy doing anything else while my food just cooks on its own, such as talking with my daughter about our things, helping her out with whatever she needs, and doing my own things (work, study…) too, of course. And Thermomix ensures that something much more proper and tasty will come out instead of just throwing on the plate a bunch of plain raw vegetables with some lean protein and a few nuts for healthy fat.

And I also like pampering my little one when she’s sick. I always take out my herbs and things before reaching out for stronger chemicals if they are ever needed. But I rather spend my time taking her temperature to control how she’s doing than taking the soup’s temperature.

“But I happen to be the opposite: I love healthy-fast food. I actually care for nutrition balance”

Eh? So you’re saying that others don’t care for healthy food or nutrition. Just you? Ok

The rest is just rambling about your daughter being sick? How often could that conceivably happen?

I get what your’e saying. I’m starting to think that a lot of people with thermomixes have never cooked/ hate cooking. So I’m taking the comments on recipes with a grain of salt and when they rave about them and how delicious they are – I make it and think meh…..very similar to what it tasted like when I cooked it without my machine (magimix cook expert)

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Hi, I bought mine in 2007 (Germany). I am not using it every day though. Mainly I use the Thermomix for baking. A yeast dough pretty ready made in under 3 minutes convinced me.

Moving to the US couple years ago was a culture shock regarding the stuff they call “bread”. Since then I make my own bread. I used recipes I found in the online forums and started to experiment myself a bit. You can create your own stuff with the Thermomix. Just be a bit more creative and accept failures. An “artisan bread” in Alaska costs around $8. I do mine for maximum $2. Same with cakes…and mine taste even better than the boxed or bought cakes from the supermarket.

Every weekend we meet with our Asian friends in our home and cook traditional food on the stove. Since I am “banned” from the kitchen during the cooking sessions it never occurred my mind to tell them about the Thermomix, until one day they were looking for a scale. I don’t have a scale anymore. That’s how they saw my TM in action for the first time. 😀 Later the evening I made strawberry soft ice cream with the TM and their interest was peaked. The last couple weeks we surfed the Asian Thermomix recipes sites and cooked a bunch of Asian meals with the Thermomix. I love the worldwide recipe community and try yummi looking meals and baked goods.

The greatest benefit I see for myself,

During the wintertime I love the German Gluehwine. Back in Germany I would by the spice for it and heat it up with red wine. Well, you don’t get that spice in the US. So I searched online for an recipe. Voila, I do my own Gluehwine spice, garam masala spice, chai tea powder, bread dough enhancer and more.

For all the health nuts baking their own bread…store bought flour is usually processed. I buy the grains and grind them with the TM, adding the rest of ingredients, knead for 8 minutes with the TM and have my perfect bread dough. Made in one machine. I can cook/ bake healthy and do not have to stand on the stove for long. However, for someone who enjoys the time on the stove to relax and create, the Thermomix for sure is not a tool to use.

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Classic Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe

• 3 mins
• Prep: 3 mins,
• Cook: 0 mins
• Yield: 1 Cocktail

The Gin Fizz is a classic mixed drink that is much like a Whiskey Fizz, the main difference is found in the base spirit used. These two drinks are not alone as a number have taken the 'fizz' name over the years (see below the recipe).

The Gin Fizz has a very light, sour citrus flavor that allows the gin to shine through. Because of this, I would recommend using a good, quality gin. It doesn't have to be ​the best gin in house, though it's important to be aware that there is little in the drink to mask a cheap gin's undesirable notes.

You have options when making this drink:

• Instead of the juice and sugar you can use either juice and simple syrupor a fresh sour mix.
• The choice between lemon and lime is a personal one, though I have found that I prefer lime with the really dry London dry gins and lemon with those with those that have a lighter juniper profile.
• An egg is often used in a Gin Fizz and some of the variations below switch up the portion of the egg used. Though it is optional, an egg white Gin Fizz (sometimes called a Silver Fizz) is just a little bit better and more interesting than one made without it (which makes the drink, essentially, a Gin Rickey). Try this one with an egg and see what you think. Read more about using eggs in cocktails.

What You'll Need

• 2 ounces gin
• Dash of​ lemon or lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon superfine sugar
• 1​ Egg white (optional)
• 3​ ounces Soda water
• 1​ Maraschino cherry for garnish

How to Make It

1. Pour the gin, juice, sugar, and egg white into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake vigorously. More than usual if using the egg white to ensure it is mixed thoroughly with the other ingredients.
3. Strain into a chilled highball glass with ice cubes.
4. Top off with soda water.
5. Garnish with a cherry.

Variations on the Gin Fizz:

• Royal Fizz - add an entire egg
• Golden Fizz - add an egg yolk
• Silver Fizz - add an egg white

• Diamond Fizz - use sparkling wine instead of soda
• Green Fizz - add a dash of creme de menthe

More Fizz Cocktails:

'Fizz' can be used to name almost any carbonated drink, but these particular recipes use the name and are great variations to this classic mixed drink.

The Thermomix Epidemic: How To Protect Yourself

NOTE: Just a quick comment to say that I have done a small edit on this post. Those who may have seen an earlier version would have noticed that I used the term “Thermie Tourettes” and I was quite rightly called out on it. I have a son with a disability myself, so I should have been more sensitive and if I ever thought anyone was even in the slightest way mocking him I’d go all Tiger-Mom on their asses. Consider myself slapped on both cheeks, and the appropriate changes have been made. Apologies for being an insensitive jerk.

Over the last twelve months there has been a global outbreak of a devastating virus, an outbreak which is now reaching epidemic proportions. It’s called Thermomix, and it’s coming to a kitchen near you.

Please read the following fact sheet carefully, so that you can protect yourself and your loved ones from this threat.

What is the Thermomix Virus?

Thermomix meets the clinical criteria for a virus: they are non-living, infective organisms that cannot reproduce without a host. The host typically assembles groups of potential agents and holds them captive for several hours, feeding them mushroom risotto and fresh custard while the virus spreads to new hosts. These hosts will then go on to infect others in a systematic and thoroughly organised manner

Once established, Thermomix takes over the host’s functions, cooking all its meals from scratch and rendering the host redundant; all the while continuing to reproduce itself. Contagion is rapid and widespread. Thermomix attacks the digestive system with targeted food vectors and – though we are still unsure of the exact mechanism – attacks the parts of the brain involved with rational decision-making and impulse control.

Researchers are unable to make a close study of Thermomix, and so much about this virus remains shrouded in secrecy to the uninfected. We have limited information about what Thermomix actually does, and at this stage there is no way of collecting the relevant data without exposure to “Thermomix Parties”, with the subsequent risk of infection. Infected persons are notorious for their secrecy and their refusal to disclose basic information about Thermomix outside of these host parties.

Symptoms of the Thermomix Virus

1. Loss of financial inhibition; a propensity for reckless spending on fad appliances

2. An uncontrollable urge to talk about their fad appliances; the clinical term for this is “Thermie Verbal Diarrhoea”.

3. Manic social activity; affected persons exert significant amounts of energy assembling groups of potential agents to facilitate the spread of the virus

4. Promiscuous behaviour, often with random strangers; affected persons engage in reckless and compulsive recipe-swapping behaviours

Prevention and Treatment of the Thermomix Virus

There is no known vaccination or cure for Thermomix. The current advice is to avoid all known sources of infection and to steer clear of so-called “Thermomix Parties”. If you think you may have been exposed to the Thermomix virus it is vital you contact your bank to take immediate steps to disable your credit cards and place all available funds in lock-down. A prophylactic course of hard liquor is also advised.

If you know anyone who has Thermomix, the current advice is to stay away from them until the virus has run its natural course and dies out. This may take years. Be prepared to lose friends and family to this insidious disease.

Do you know anyone who is obsessed with their Thermomix? Feel free to ‘fess up if it’s you!

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I would love a darn Thermomix. I really would. Owning one seems to put you in a social club doesn’t it? I am hanging back for about twenty years. By then, every Australian home will contain one and you will be able to purchase them at Kmart on sale for $99. Wishful thinking?

A very funny post!

LOL, thanks Jody! Definitely not part of the club here, but I probably should be because I am literally the worst cook ever. I don’t think my ego could cope living with an appliance that makes a better parent than I do.

I wouldn’t worry, it can’t turn on the TV…. yet.

LOL. Actually, I’m kind of thinking now that it might be a good idea if it could. If it made jam toast and had a built-in DVD player I’d be sold.

I’m a thermonerd. I use mine most days, and am listening as it makes seafood marinara for my dinner.

You can say it’s a fad appliance, but what I don’t own is a SodaStream, pie maker, pizza maker yada yada yada. I have the best blender I have ever owned.

So… Big fat raspberry to the writer of this article, for want of a better word.

That would be me! Thanks for stopping by and thanks for leaving your comment, even if it is a raspberry 🙂 I hope it was prepared in your Thermomix. Cheers 🙂

This is a great post! Alas I am not a part of this exclusive club either. I’ve been tempted a few times, but when I tell my husband how much a ‘thermie’ costs he almost passes out.. I’m with Jody, I will continue to live with the hope they one day will be sold at K-mart!

Bahahhahahahahha to your husband almost passing out! Men seem so much less susceptible to this virus in general. LOL.

Mine would not even watch a demo at our school market nigh. And he loves to cook. Even at half price he would balk. Deb xx

Heh heh heh…. I have to admit, I am soooooooo curious to see what all the fuss is about. I keep waiting to get invited to one, but alas, no such luck as yet!

Hilarious! I love my thermomix but you are so right. It’s like a cult! And even though I adore it and use it all the time I still feel slightly ill when I remember how much it cost.

It’s funny you mention that because the original working title for this post was Thermomix: Virus, Cult or Pyramid Scheme. I obviously went with the virus angle, but I’m pretty sure I could have riffed on this for days. I find it really fascinating!

My husband loves it even more than me. That’s man-flu for you.

I belong to the cult and love it, it improved our cooking and meals so much, but you are right I feel a little too much hype and enthusiasm over an appliance!

It’s kind of cute in a way, seeing people get excited about this kind of thing. I like to have fun with that!

Hahaha…too witty! I don’t have a ‘thermomix’ per se but I have recently purchased a soup cooker and blender (all in one!) that I’m rather excited about. Tragic really…

BAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA! I have to admit, I do get a bit “squeeeeeeeee!” when I see all the pretty coloured retro-inspired appliances but then I slap myself because I know they would just sit there looking pretty and collecting dust.

HA! But being the shallow person I am, I do rather enjoy gazing at them on my kitchen bench, looking all retro and tres elegant… But then I like the minimalist look too and hate dust – such stressful decisions!

Hahahaha I am so on Team Shallow!

A funny post! I’m in the club! Yes us Thermie owners love to chat about what we cook and swap recipes! I couldn’t live without it! 🙂

You know what? There’s even a tiny little part of me that feels like I’m missing out on something! Like I’m not in the cool club, and it’s all a big awesome secret and I don’t get it. LOL.

Great article…I suffer from the virus and now that my daughter lives with me we are a 2 Thermie family! Best investment EVA.

Wow, you guys must have fun in the kitchen together – The Thermie Wars! Thanks so much for your comment 🙂

As much as the promise is there, I don’t think even a Thermomix could make me a decent cook 🙂

BAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA! I totally get this. I reckon it would be the worst $2000 I ever spent. I would live the rest of my life still eating food that is utter crap and fantasising about what I could have done with that money.

I am totally addicted to my Thermione and your entry made me laugh a lot. Thanks.

Thanks Joy 🙂 I’m ao glad you enjoyed reading it because I really enjoyed writing it!

Hmmm. ..I can smell jealousy only.

Mmmmm, no, I think that’s just the smell of me burning another meal. OK, you have a a point. I AM jealous of people who can cook and eat yummy food. There! I said it. I really like yummy food. LOL.

Alas I also belong to the “club”… It’s only a recent addition but my what a corker it is…I love it as much as I’m intimidated by it..

I’m starting to want in on this club!

LOL 🙂 I also have the virus and loved it so much I am now spreading the disease. Fantastic blog. made me laugh too hard! Liz x

Thank you so much Liz, glad I could give you a laugh!

I kind of like the thermomix evangelicalism. I don’t cook but I kind of enjoy the mad positivity that converts exude…

I’m kind of in awe of it actually. LOL. I wish I was that mad keen on cooking myself because, alas, I am pretty crap at it!

Lol, I don’t need to avoid it – my financial status ensures I’ll never catch it! I fear if I had one it’d die a sad and lonely death in the back of a kitchen cupboard just like the bread maker, slow cooker and food processor did. Clearly Im not the right person for this gadget (or maybe my lack of desire to cook makes me the perfect fit?).

I love the term thermie tourettes!!

Thanks Toni! I am finding the number of comments from people who aren’t in their element in the kitchen very validating, because it makes me feel less useless and alone. LOL. I mean, I could afford one I guess, but I’d rather by a piece of nice Eames furniture or something.

I bought mine because I am a crap cook and felt bad that my kids had to eat my food. My husband was a little unsure about it at first but now he loves it and the kids are glad I used last years tax return to buy it:)

Yes, I feel for my poor kids too! God bless them, they are troopers, but I can’t help feeling that they are being short-changed in the meal department. I’m no Masterchef contestant, that’s for sure. Glad that the Thermie helped solve your kitchen problem. If someone could guarantee my two year old would eat anything I cooked in it I would rush out and buy one tomorrow!

I have a really dirty, but roll on the floor funny comment on the tip of my tongue but I’ll refrain for now… Great post!

GAH!! You’re killing me. I sooo need to hear. Any chance you can whisper it to me?

I’m counting the days until delivery of my Thermie – already named ‘Ernie’. I fully get what you’re saying. I did do months & months of research, comparisons to the cheaper brands and saved, saved & saved. So I may be infected by the virus, but it was a long incubation period.

LOL, once it gets a hold it’s pretty powerful stuff 🙂 I love that you’ve named him – Ernie was my favourite ever Sesame Street character so naturally, I think that is a very cool name!

You’re a cracker! I haven’t got one, too expensive for me and not sure I need something to make me even less lazier in the kitchen than I already am! Em – visiting as part of #teamIBOT (but you know I’d come anyway)

Thanks Em! Still working my way through all the awesome IBOT posts – looking forward to catching yours. Thanks again for the support 🙂

LOL. We have been recently afflicted with the Thermovirus. Must say over the last couple of weeks I have baked cakes and biscuits. Made it to 45 having never baked before. There is definately a virus going on in our house 😛

LOL. I have the biggest sweet tooth of all time, so I would be a total baking tragic if I had one. Enjoy your sweet, yummy virus 🙂

I am so glad I have come across your blog. What a classic of a post. Will be sharing this, I know a few people who will get a kick out of it!!

I do not and will never have this affliction. 2k is a hell of a lot of cocktails and massages when I go on holidays!!

Bahahahhahaha! I will be right there beside you with those cocktails! *pulls up deckchair* Two Mojitos, thanks. My shout! And thanks for sharing. Much obliged 🙂

I got the virus about 4 years ago and only a selected few had it sooooo happy with the epademic – I don’t feel so alone now feel I have support and don’t feel I’m speaking an unknown laguage – love my thermo can’t live with out it and love the fact that I have an appliance with my family name on it Vorwerks make all things great – you only have to look at me and my 2 sister unfortunately only 2 of us have the virus

Yeah, it’s quite amazing how much they have taken off. I’ve seen so many blogs and FB groups around where people are able to share tips and swap recipes. It must be cool to have so many people who share your passion 🙂

I went to a thermomix party, so did mum. we sat there eye rolling at each other haha. My SIL is obsessed with hers. I do fine without one 🙂

LOL!! I hope you got to eat some good free nosh at least!

I got invited to a Thermomix party last year and really wanted to go and see what all the fuss is about but I was busy. They do sound very pricey and I am sceptical of them being just as wonderful as everybody says …

Yes, I am secretly dying for one of my friends to invite me to one but I think they know I’m not really a party-plan person, and especially not after this! I am soooooo curious too!

If I am ever invited to a Thermomix party I will immediately cease all social contact with the host.

If more people had your resolve we’d not have gotten ourselves into this mess in the first place. LOL.

I just bought one and seriously, I must be the only person on the planet that really dislikes it. I have gone from being an excellent home cook to a terrible one. Save your $$$$$ I wish I did, it was 3rd of a family cruise!

Oh dear, if there is one thing this post has taught me, them’s fighting words! It’s nice to hear though. Some things just aren’t for everyone 🙂

Yep another person who has a Thermomix (even bought a second bowl & blade) and I already owned a Vitamix. And I use both… Go figure. Love love love it. Also LOVE your article!! I know heaps of thermomix people and none do the cultish behaviour I hear about – & all use their machines a lot. $2k is loads to spend but well worth it if you use it. But seriously, speeding that much int he kitchen means you do have to expect people to poke fun & you have to laugh at it. My brother in law gave me so much grief about how he would never ever ever eve con side the possibility. Then…he had custard. In minutes. With no standing and stirring at all. With no lumps. Perfect. Most expensive custard ever… That was all it took – he’s a goner.

Bahhahahahhah! I reckon I’d be convinced by the perfect bowl of custard as well! Thanks so much for you kind comment, and for giving me a laugh 🙂

I have no desire to own a Thermomix which I thought possibly made me the craziest person in Australia. I’m so glad I’m not.

For the record I also don’t own a rice cooker, a bread maker or a food processor. I’m considering also getting rid of the stove and purchasing a cauldron, and going totally old school. Then I know I’ll be ok when the zombie apocalypse hits. 😉

Mmmmm, using me as the baseline for the “not-craziest person in Australia” may be the fatal flaw in that argument…LOL. Your talk of cauldrons and zombie apocalyse is intriguing though. You win the award for “Best Non-Sequitur in a Comments Thread”.

I have another strain of the virus…. Called Bellinitis

LOL. Ooooh, I’ve heard of that. Much milder than the Thermie virus, and without the Tourettes aspect.

Bellini itis here too…. I contracted it from my local target store. It doesn’t render you incapable of finically managing money because it’s only $400 when not on sale.

I have wanted to host a few parties for my ‘ Bella’ …..you’re welcome to come…. (Coughs on hand and holds it out for a hearty handshake)

Bahahhahhahahhha! *pumps hand in firm but friendly handshake* Deal. I’ll bring the champagne.

I think even if I had a thermomix I would still suck at cooking. There really is no helping some people 😉

*puts hand up* LOL, that would be me too!

Wish I has or but mostly because I am holding out for the promise of cooking salvation. I want it to make me want to cook! In the meantime no deal in the dad household lol deb xx

LOL. Yeah, for that kind of money I’d want the Cooking Fairy to pop out of it and do it all for me.

Just saw my bazillion ipad typos from late night blog reading. Thanks for replying to my gobbledy gook lol xx

LOL, that’s OK, I hdkwie;aks;a you.

I’ve never even been in physical proximity to the virus, nonetheless it seems an attractive idea to own one, despite having no budget and zero clue what I’d do with one!

You know what I’ve never actually seen one either. Maybe it’s like the worlds biggest episode of Punk’d and Ashton Kutcher is hovering around in the bushes somewhere. Surely that’s it.

Hilarious, I absolutely loved this. They’re crafty the thermomix consultants. Because if you go to a party, then you will want one, and if you don’t buy it then and there, you most likely will down the track!! And guess what I don’t even use mine all that much, I quite like baking by hand, grilling and sautéing in my pans (don’t tell my husband!!)

LOL, thanks! It’s funny you say that because they seem to have a very high rate of conversion at those demos, which is kind of what led to this post. It’s a running joke in my mother’s group that every one of them who goes to one of these parties comes home having bought one, even if they were totally not interested to begin with!

I’m a Thermoluddite. I’ve never heard of, let alone seen one of these infective pathogens. Perhaps they have not yet crossed continents, or more likely, a strong immune system due to ownership of a sturdy Kenwood chef from an early age has prevented our people from succumbing…… Africa please contain your Ebola, Australia please contain your Thermothingy. We Brits need neither. Thank you.

LOL. Well, here’s the thing Julie. I think I recall one of the earlier commenters here saying that this thing has been circling Europe for years before making it here, so frankly, we should be the ones blaming you! You can keep them, along with Simon Cowell, chavvies and Black Pudding. We will keep Jon Snow, however.

So glad I wars infected! Life changing.

I bet your breakfast is so much yummier than what I am eating too!

Never heard of it. Has to look up what a Thermomix was 😀

LOL, and I hope your life was suitably changed by the revelation 😉

Love my Thermite! Best infection ever.

LOL. Sure beats the flu and gastro I bet!

I think I am immune to the thermomix bug because I can’t contemplate spending $2K on an appliance and am more than happy to take a bit of extra time to chop, mix, cook etc. for the sake of saving that money for something else!

Totally! I have my eye on some really awesome mid-century furniture that could make a nice dent in that kind of money!

Reblogged this on Drizzle of Life and commented:

Have you been infected?

Apparently there is a plague of epic proportions… And I too have succumb to the illness.

Check it out for a good laugh

How would you rate your thermomix (or similar affliction) on a scale of 1-10?

I’d say I’m about a 8/10. I love it, I get great use out of it, it saves me time and gives me freedom in the kitchen. I still use my slow cooker and the BBQ.

But that’s ok with me.

When I first bought my thermomix I felt the pressure to use it at every meal, everyday. But now I’m ok with not needing to do that, I see it as another appliance or goods that is a long term investment. So for me I know I will get good value from my thermomix.

They aren’t for everyone, which is cool too.

How do you rate your thermomix infection on a scale of 1-10? Mild cold like symtpoms? Full blown flu?

I love my thermie we’ve been together for nearly 4 years is not the be all and end all

Happy 4 year anniversary to you!! LOL. Thanks for reading, and thanks for your comment 🙂

TOO FUNNY. I actually really want one, but of course I do. I’ve been infected with the virus after eating the fruit only gelato that was served to me by the host! AHHHHH! I have to share this on the PKM wall, and with the Thermomix hosts and whores.

I think I’d throw myself willingly into the fire for a really awesome gelato as well. I’m such a sweets-whore.