thats good to know! I went to a demo a few years ago out of interest. I thought it was amazing but I didn't particularly want one as I love the cooking process and I want my kids to having cooking as part of their life while they are growing up. I try to make all our food from scratch but lately I am just not getting the time at all. At the start of last year I borrowed my friends spare thermomix for a week to give it a run. It was great and did the sort of stuff I was after, but I didn't feel I needed one enough to buy one - especially given I had the food processor. However since then, life has been topsy tuvy and I find myself saying this would be much easier in TM or if I had a TM I could do this....Now that my food processor has died, I do need to replace it but thermomixes are just so expensive!! we are pretty frugal through necessity so I am genuinely having trouble knowing if I can justify it or not. Lol. I am probably just a coward with anything more then $200....
I would not be using it for meals so much as sauces, jams, curds, bread, grinding spices, making curry pastes, soups, kneading, chopping large quantities of dates and I can see the stuff like making meals in a hurry, sorbets, custard etc would be a total advantage as I am so time poor at the moment. Last summer a lot of my produce went to waste as I just didn't get the time to do anything with it - I thought maybe the TM might help me out in that regard....
Really appreciating your comments! xxx