Thermomix

[GGV8Cruza]

My wife went to a thermomix demonstration on the weekend. She came home raving about it, and told me she is getting one.
Had to pick myself up.off the floor when she told me the price........
"You want to spend how much on a kitchen appliance "
She gave me that look (guys, you know the one), and said "You want to spend how much on the Pajero!"
Touche!

For those that do have a thermomix, are they really that good? Do you use it enough to justify the cost? Do I upgrade the suspension on the Paj instead?
Cheers
Matt

We have one and I purchased it. it gets used every day and on the weekends it gets a good go as I prepare things for the week, this weekends jobs were

Orange juice both mornings
Strawberry sorbet
pizza dough
strawberry daquari for the adults
spicy capsicum dip
pork spare ribs and rice
sausage
rolls

All the other apliances now sit in the cupboard doing nothing, I think it may be time to move them to the shed as they have become just dust collectors. Also at the moment they have intrest free which is the way I purchased mine, just pay off an amount each month and its not as hard on the back pocket

GG

[brickiematt]

Thanks GG. You had me at sausage rolls 
I didn't realise you could do so much with them, thought they were just a fancy bamix!
Interest free helps as well.

[smartyingreen]

Yes they are worth it, had ours for five years now, still lives on the bench and used several times a week.
My wife used to be a TM consultant and the easiest sales were when the husband's were at the demonstration! You won't be disappointed.

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[Bird]

For those that do have a thermomix, are they really that good? Do you use it enough to justify the cost? Do I upgrade the suspension on the Paj instead?

Go the suspension... if you havent missed it yet, you wont miss it at all.

[brickiematt]

Go the suspension... if you havent missed it yet, you wont miss it at all.

True. Wife discovered today she works with a girl who sells these things, and organised for a demo at our place so I can see it in all its glory!
I'll reserve judgement 'til then.

[Hefty]

We've just ordered one and should take delivery at the end of the week.
We actually ended up doing the "poor man pays twice" thing and trying a cheap Kogan one first. Handy, fancy but annoying hot spots in the container that burn on and a terrible burnt plastic smell from the electric motor that just never went away. I was hesitant to throw good money after bad on the real thing but, it's true, being at the demo sold it for me. Bread/pizza dough, curries and stews, sorbets, daquiries, all sorts of goodies.

I wouldn't take it camping but I'm sure we'll use it to pre-prepare some meals for on the road.

Cheers!
Jono.

[gibbo301]

Don't buy one it will make you fat     (or in my case fater) 

[elle.mac]

I cannot seem to get keen on the thermomix - however what i have heading my way later this year is the Kenwood Cooking Chef...similar price but way better suited to bigger baking batches

[Jjw1234]

We have had ours for 3 yrs. we love it. As a large family it's an excellent way to save time and money.

[heath74]

My wife came home from the demo and told me the price. After I picked my self up of the floor, I was gently reminded how much I spend on the prado....

Suffice to say we have one, it gets used on average 10 times per week. Food is great, and 12 months on its one of the best purchases we've made.

Wouldn't take it camping in a fit.

[Hefty]

Well, ours arrived a few days earlier than expected! Our demonstrator is a friend of my wife and she dropped it around yesterday afternoon so we used it to make a coleslaw for a family dinner we went to last night and I made some biscuits for my kids lunches this morning, bewdiful!!

Cheers!
Jono.

[brickiematt]

You do realise that you lot aren't doing me any favours with all your glowing comments on this thing
Biscuits,  sorbet, pizza dough, daiquiris. ........the list goes on! And whipped up seemingly within minutes.
I'm this close to agreeing to getting one, so come on, who's going give me the clincher?!!!!!!............

[Bird]

You do realise that you lot aren't doing me any favours with all your glowing comments on this thing
Biscuits,  sorbet, pizza dough, daiquiris. ........the list goes on! And whipped up seemingly within minutes.
I'm this close to agreeing to getting one, so come on, who's going give me the clincher?!!!!!!............

yea, just keep telling yourself what you can buy for $2000 that isnt this thing that you wont take camping.

[brickiematt]

yea, just keep telling yourself what you can buy for $2000 that isnt this thing that you wont take camping.

Probably quite a lot of stuff! They'd better be bloody good daiquiris

[GGV8Cruza]

No pressure, just do it, I think its made life a lot easier, don't forget the cheesecakes with malteesers, chocolate mousse, and all the other great foods you can knock up. Just to keep it in line, I have taken dough made in it camping, and a couple of great dips which we froze and ate while in the Flinders.

The kids also get a kick out of it when you make the playdo 

GG

[brickiematt]

........ don't forget the cheesecakes with malteesers, chocolate mousse........

Righto, that's the clincher!
Damn you GG

[phatassphairy]

Probably quite a lot of stuff! They'd better be bloody good daiquiris

Daiquiris are DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEvine

yesterday .... for my steps sisters fam.. I made a linseed focaccia topped with my secret sauce  (which is sweet chilli sauce made in thermo, a dash of BBq sauce, garlic and fresh basil all blitzed then painted on with pastry brush) topped with onion rings, pumpkin slivers, shredded baby spinach sprinkled with small amount of cheese. we also had fresh mango daiquiris, and fresh pineapple and midori slush .....then later for desert ...caramel and hazelnut baileys cocktails....

this morning made a tropical juice punch for the boxing day breaky. oh with perfect hollandaise sauce to top off the eggs

And before you say .... there are no pics .... Barrabart is still at work and we won't actually have our xmas until the 3rd of jan ... so I will be repeating the bread at least and maybe a daiquiri/cocktail or 2

And I agree .... I wouldn't take it camping ... just do the prep before hand and freeze and store.

[KieranR]

my wife makes our own dishwashing powder and clothes washing powder in it also, all nasty chemical free apparently, the only thing it doesnt do so far is brew beer and vacuum the floors......so i bought her a robot vacuum aswell.

[Barrabart]

Barrabart is still at work and we won't actually have our xmas until the 3rd of jan ... so I will be repeating the bread at least and maybe a daiquiri/cocktail or 2

Roll on 3rd of Jan.......... this bigfella is hungry!!

[nab]

For those that do have a thermomix, are they really that good? Do you use it enough to justify the cost? Do I upgrade the suspension on the Paj instead?
Cheers
Matt

I did both! Got a 2" lift on the Pajero and got the missus a Thermomix as a surprise Christmas present (brownie points galore). Got to thank the taxman for that this year.

The suspension is awesome, even the missus has noticed that it "drives better". Not sure about the Thermomix yet, haven't even plugged it in but the missus seems to think our lives are about to change haha!!!

The $$$ thing is just the same as the cheap vs expensive camper. They effectively both do the same thing but do it in very different ways.

[phatassphairy]

I did both! Got a 2" lift on the Pajero and got the missus a Thermomix as a surprise Christmas present (brownie points galore). Got to thank the taxman for that this year.

The suspension is awesome, even the missus has noticed that it "drives better". Not sure about the Thermomix yet, haven't even plugged it in but the missus seems to think our lives are about to change haha!!!

The $$$ thing is just the same as the cheap vs expensive camper. They effectively both do the same thing but do it in very different ways.

Oh Nab ... what a man     ..... not only will you get some brownie points ... but you will get fed like king .......


My tip for the beginner is ..... if it says speed 3 .... only do speed 3 .... there is a huge difference between each speed .... it is not like a food processor/ blender where you can go speed 2/3/4 if it states speed 3 .... it will mean the different between coleslaw or vegie juice ...lol

Another tip ...... i now make my own mince ...... lasagna/ spag bol/ sheps pie  now taste so blurt if i eat it anywhere else ... just cant do store bought mince ....but watch for small bones in the meat ....i have actually stripped my blades ..... i was absolutely shattered....i almost was sick at that the thought that i had broken thermie ..... so i called the company directly ... and got a replacement set for free .....AWESOME..... even though it was my fault.

and i have also got the Veroma bowl, thermo server and the thermo scrubbing brush (as a package when i bought mine) ...... so if you are looking for add-ons .. i would suggest these as they are great too.

[Hefty]

my wife makes our own dishwashing powder and clothes washing powder in it also, all nasty chemical free apparently, the only thing it doesnt do so far is brew beer and vacuum the floors......so i bought her a robot vacuum aswell.

Funniest part about that comment is that technically you can brew beer in it!! But only 2 litres at a time :| Not worth it!

[Redcherokee]

Got the Aldi version just before Christmas.  So far I haven't used it at all. Still trying to find something I want to cook in it.  All the recipes seem to involve gluten or dairy.  Very hard to find clean recipes.

If you have any good recipes for this time of year (no, I don't want to make soup or stew), then post them up.

And btw, the Aldi cookbook and video are very light on!  Maybe a dozen recipes, the first of which seemed to involve little more than opening a couple of cans....

[DaveR]

I have never heard of it until now, I am sure the wife hasn't either. Is it something that can only be bought from a Tupperware party type thing, or from a shop?
Perhaps, I may just say nothing about it to, that $ value finishes all the CT Mods, and fixes the rear diff in the troopy, plus some beers for my work.

[fishfinder]

Went to a demo last week and the salesman was huge had to use a porta power to get him through the front door I took a step ladder to climb over him as it was a lot quicker than walking around him - so I decided no on first glance at the bloke that had his own post code ....  I am struggling to get rid of my verandah for my old fella as it is ---  this thermomix will just make it bigger