Teatime Today: watermelon lime juice

With Thermomix, I can turn veggies and fruit into juice or smoothies with true ease.  We had so much yellow watermelon this week, so mason jars of juice came outside to pool with us to combat the Houston heat.  While Boys put their swim suits on, I blended watermelon with fresh squeeze lime: 1 minute, speed 10.  I infuse with fresh herbs.  No complaining in the heat this way!

Little Brother is curious to give it a try

Back to red watermelon.  Thermomix can do most anything, this is just one of them.  And since Thermomix is always on your counter, and virtually self-cleans, you can make things one after the next. And you can make this juice on the way out the door.

Teatime Today: coffee frappe

Today for tea time, Papi made us coffee frappes. I requested something icy.  I only occasionally drink coffee these days. Today was one of those days. It’s summer. It’s hot.  He added to TM bowl: 200 grams ice cubes and 200 grams frozen coffee/milk cubes, leftover coffee from the morning and a drop of maple syrup. He blended the mix for 45 seconds on speed 9 and then topped with some raw cacao powder.  After a moment of relaxing, rinsed the Thermomix bowl and made some hummus. 

Tea time today: iced cacao latte

350 grams homemade almond milk, 4 cubes of ice, raw cacao powder, cinnamon and cardamom. All blended on speed 9 for about a minute or so.
My Thermomix is my personal coffee shop, playground, source of creativity and nourishment. Cheers to 10 years of living well with Thermomix!

Teatime Today: hot chocolate

325 grams of half homemade almond and half homemade coconut milk.
Heat 80 degrees, 4 minutes, speed 4
Froth by slowly turning up to speed 9 for 20 seconds
Today I added cinnamon and cardamom

Teatime Today: homemade Thermomix coconut milk smoothie with raw cacao and cardamom

Today I made a bi-weekly batch of Thermomix coconut milk.  Instead of rinsing the Thermomix after making the coconut milk, I continued with an afternoon cold beverage.  250 grams of freshly made coconut milk, raw cacao powder, collagen, cinnamon, ice and a drop of Doterra cardamom oil. Refreshing and energizing! In the same Thermomix bowl where I made coconut milk and a beverage, I'll make grass-fed meatballs and steamed sprouted rice.  And before bed I'll grind my own flours and make waffle batter for tomorrow's breakfast. I love you, Thermomix!

Teatime Today: Green Juice

It's gloriously simple to prepare juice in the Thermomix.  Today I needed some green juice. So in went into the Thermomix bowl: kale, dandelion greens, red apple, cucumber, celery and lemon juice along with a handful of ice cubes.  I blended on speed 9 for 15 seconds. Then I added room temperature water, the same quantity that I wanted to drink.  I blended the juice on speed 9 for 1-2 minutes.  And with very little effort, I strained the juice using the Thermomix basket into this glass.  Cheers! This all took 4 minutes.

Teatime today: Tumeric Latte

What you need:
250-300 grams coconut or almond milk
1 teaspoon Gaia Golden Milk


What to do:
In TM, heat for 4 minutes, 80 degrees, speed 4
Blend for 20 seconds, speed 9 until frothy

Homemade Almond Milk

mixed in some cinnamon and one date for afternoon playtime beverage

Place 100 grams of Trader Joe's organic, unpasturized Spanish almonds (soaked overnight) and 1 liter of pure water in TM bowl. Blend for 1 minute speed 10. strain the milk through a nut milk bag.  return pulp to TM bowl and blend 30 sec/speed 10 with 1 liter (or less if want cremier milk) of water. strain again. 

*check out tebasilekitchen.blogspot.com to see where I learned to make my almond milk