Meringue

What do you do with extra egg whites after some recipe that only call for the egg yolks like Kaya (coconut jam), my daughter (candy addicts) sure would suggest it to pair with sugar and that make it into meringue. Obviouly this is a pure white sugary naught, though I must confess it was once my own fantasy to make those delightfully cute treat, well I thought maybe I can do it like a craft, admire it, take photo shots and throw them off the window later, yup! Let's do it!
But not quite, my children attack them like a wolf! Thank God I brought some kids over to share the risk!
This recipe do not use cream of tartar, I was told it will not work, somehow it did! Maybe it helps to hold the shape better, but I am happy to go with one less chemical. Sugar is real bad enough by itself.


Ingredient:
5 Egg Whites
200g White sugar (Ouch!) Will try brown sugar next time.
1/4 tsp salt
Lemon Juice 1/2 tsp
Beets juice 1tsp

1. Pulverize sugar, set aside
2. Put egg whites and salt into TM bowl, 50C/7min/speed3
3. Add in sugar SLOWLY and juice for another 2min
4. Bake at 120-150c for 30-45min.
5. Turn off powder and leave the merigue in the oven for 1-2 hours for it to completely dry and crunchy, especially in humid country. 
6. Store in air tight container (if it can make it to storage)
7. See a dentist immediately!

Sweet Story

Sweetness Without White Sugar............

 Palm Nectar Sugar from Indonesia, bought from an Indonesian villager who home made

this sweet hearts, I have them air flown in to Penang and cost me an arm and leg! that will ensure to put my sweet tooth into control!

 Medjool Dates from Middle East, they are naturally sweet, unlike chinese red date which has a little sourish taste, medjool is also sticker and softer than red dates.

 Stevia is now the king of sweetener! the sweetness index is like 300 times more than normal cane sugar, and it has zero glycemic index and perfect for diabetic people and zero calories.

If all these still aren't sweet enough for you, you can have my

Brown "Sugar"(my dog)

Beef Pasta Bolognese

I impressed myself with what I can do in one hour! Well, not quite 30min meal or something, otherwise it will be me not Rachel Ray, ha!
I dropped my daughter to music class, went to grocery to pick up ingredient, went home, wash, chop, boil, drain, cook with my Thermomix (of couurse).....then, DINNER is ready! One hour is up, went picked up my daughter home for dinner! Beef pasta balognese for the kids, fresh salad and soup for myself. NO Canned pasta source, not even tomato puree ok!

Balognese sauce Ingredient:
Ground Beef   500g
Roma Tomato   8 (seeded)
Sun dried tomato 8pc (soaked)
Red pepper 1/4 (optional)
Fresh button mushroom 8-10, sliced
Onion  1
Italian herbs  1/2 tsp
Parmesan Cheese some
olive oil  10g

1. Chop onion (5sec, speed10), add olive oil, saute (100c/30sec/speed2)
2. Add tomato, red pepper, sun dried tomato, herbs, cook (V/20min/speed2), or cook till your desired thickness.
3. Blend 6sec/speed10
4. Add beef and mushroom, cook (V/10min/speed2)

serve over your pasta of choice with parmesan cheese. You can also use this recipe for lasagne red sauce.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Indredient:
Fresh Coconut Milk 1/2 cup
Almond Milk 1 cup (homemade)
Egg Yolk 1
Palm Sugar 40g (or Medjool dates, or stevia)
Cocoa chocolate (85% cocoa solids, I used Lindt) 50g
Organic Raw Cocoa powder 1 tsp
Vanilla bean
Salt pinch

Method:
1. Put all ingredient into TM bowl
2. Cook 90c for 5min at speed2
3. Pour into stainless steal container and freeze
4. Blend in Thermomix for 15sec before serving, or put back into freezer immediately for later enjoyment!

To make almond milk:
soak 1/2cup organic raw almond for 4hours.
 Add 1cup of water with almond in TM bowl,  blend at speed9 for 20sec, strain with cloth.

Multi Grain Vegetable Risotto

Ingredients:
mix-grain rice 1c (soak overnite, drained)
Water 2c or vege stock
Vegetable: zucchini, asparagus, mushroom, brocolli
Seafood (optional: prawn, squid etc)
Parmesan Cheese
Salt, pepper - pinch

Method:
1. Pour grain and stock with some salt into TM bowl
2. Cook at 100C for 18min at speed 1 reverse
3. Add in all other ingredients except cheese, cook further 2min and add cheese last.
4. Remove from bowl and serve!

Baby Spinach Avocado Salad with Thai Dressing

Having a thermomix do not mean I have to cook my food all the time right?  Most enzyme will be lost when food are heated beyond 40C.
After having a 80% raw diet for the past 3 years, I do crave for some hot staff, but after eating too much hot staff, especially after owning a Bimby, I now crave for some fresh crunchy salad! Well, I quess I am having the best of both world, depending on the mood of the day!

Ingredient:
Baby spinach
Cherry tomato
Button Mushroom
Lettuce
Avocado
Cucumber
Anything!

Thai Dressing:
Olive Oil  2tbsp
Palm sugar 2tsp
Fish Sauce a splash
Lime juice 1tbsp
Garlic 1 glove
Salt pinch

Mango Ice Cream

This is the first thing I made from the newly opened thermomix!  How easy is that just to cut and freeze up some fruits and fresh ice-cream any time, anyflavors! All natural and sugar free!

The thermomix calls for some sugar and condensed milk, I assure you can do without them and it still taste creamy and sweet, just make sure you choose the very ripe mango!

Sole Ingredient!

2-3 Ripe mango (I prefered 'lily' mango)

Method:

1. Peel and cut into 1x1in cube, freeze well.

2. Put into Tm bowl, dial up to speed10 for 10-20second.

Watch out it turn from flaky ice to creamy in split second, serve immediately or store in fridge.