Maple Steamed Puddings in the Varoma

Domestic Diva: Maple Steamed Puddings in the Varoma

I love this dessert! It's failsafe, versatile, easy to make in the Thermomix and my kids love it! I usually have it cooking in the Varoma while we are eating dinner, and a batch of Thermomix custard is perfect to serve with it. I make it in 4 large …  [Continue Reading…]

Thai Pumpkin Soup with Prawns (not FS)

I love soups!! Unfortunately my kids do not share my sentiments. I have tried many a time and for some unknown reason they refuse to eat them. So I just make soups for my husband and I now. This recipe I pinched from my mum many years ago, I think it …  [Continue Reading…]

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with a Failsafe Aioli

I have adapted this recipe from one I found on Pinterest to make it suitable for the failsafe diet. My husband and I love this one, and surprisingly my 9 year old son did too. My 5 and 3 year old daughters were horrified when I served some on their …  [Continue Reading…]

Roasted Potato Stack

In a search to find new and interesting ways to cook the potato, I stumbled upon a picture of a perfectly made potato stack, it looked amazing and made me want to try it! After showing the picture to my husband, he decided to give it a go and did a …  [Continue Reading…]

Time Saving Hints – Making the most of your freezer

I love my freezer!!  It saves me so much time in the kitchen! I am sure a lot of this you have heard before or already do a lot of these... but if there is one or two out there that may find a new tip, then it was all worth it!  :-) There are also …  [Continue Reading…]

Chicken Enchilada’s

A failsafe recipe for my non-thermomix owners. Yes, I actually did this the traditional way! This is the main meal I served for dinner to go with the Honeycomb Cheesecake. Even though we had guests, I broke all the rules and cooked 2 meals I had …  [Continue Reading…]

Honeycomb Cheesecake

I am not a big cheesecake fan, but my dad is! So since they were coming over for dinner, I thought I would have a go at making my first cheesecake, especially when I had a bag of failsafe honeycomb that I thought would be lovely crushed through it, …  [Continue Reading…]

“Lemon” Tempura Chicken – Failsafe

Domestic Diva: Lemon Tempura Chicken

This is my "claytons" lemon chicken, the lemon chicken you are having when you are not having lemon. I wanted to re-create the lovely thick rich Chinese style lemon sauce and make it failsafe.  This gluten free Thermomix tempura batter is just lovely …  [Continue Reading…]

Caramel Mud Cake – Birthday Cake ideas

Since I am on a roll with cakes and parties... I thought I had better post my absolute favourite failsafe cake recipe, a Caramel Mud Cake! I even prefer this one over the White Chocolate Mud cake recipe. I have used this one for the majority of all …  [Continue Reading…]

White Chocolate Mud Cake with Dairy Free “Butter-cream” Icing

It's the 1st day of school holidays, and my kids put in a special request for these cup cakes! How could I refuse? So I had 3 willing helpers in the kitchen this morning. Since posting the Mermaid party , I have had lots of people asking me for …  [Continue Reading…]