Country Living

Welcome back to my blog! I have always been a suburban girl, born and bred...but a couple of months ago I left suburbia behind and moved to the country with my man and our furbaby. And it was the best thing I ever did! I absolutely love where we live in country Victoria, but it has been a very big adjustment for me. Most of my friends and family are 1.5 to 2 hours away now, so no more impromptu visits and catch ups! Now I have to plan it a week in advance and bring a packed lunch for the road trip! And I just can’t quite get over how EVERYTHING is closed on Sundays in the country! But I have made friends with one of our neighbours, who I have nicknamed Freddie...! You don’t get this in the burbs!

In preparation for the arrival of Uma Thermie this week, I have started to stock up on organic goodies that I can use in my cooking. I found Aldi to be surprisingly full of organic options, whereas our local Coles has very little to offer. And sadly there is nobody that can deliver fresh organic fruit and veg to our little country town (without charging an exorbitant delivery fee) so I’m still on the lookout for that. My fiancé doesn’t really understand my fixation with organic products, but as someone who suffers from an autoimmune disease I am trying really hard to eradicate pesticides from my diet and lifestyle...and hopefully he will benefit from this too! One thing I’m really excited about is knowing exactly what I’m putting into my food, by cooking from scratch with the Thermie.

Hopefully my next post will actually involve a thermomix (considering that was the whole point of this blog!)... Thanks for visiting!

My first blog post!

Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Simone and I have decided to create a blog about my adventures with a Thermomix (TM5). I will also include other tidbits about everyday life I’m sure. Now to be fair I don’t actually have a thermie yet...! I have ordered one and will be collecting it in the next week or so...so excited! I am NOT a very good cook at all and having recently moved in with my gorgeous fiancé I have decided that I really need to lift my game and start making delicious healthy meals for us both (#sweatingforthewedding!) and that is where Uma Thermie comes in!

I have cleared a space on the kitchen bench in preparation for Uma Thermie’s long anticipated arrival...nothing like being prepared!

My fiancé and I had a small barbecue to celebrate our engagement last weekend and our family and friends very generously contributed to our Thermie fund, which is the only way I’m able to afford this machine. They are definitely not cheap but I’m hoping Uma Thermie will be worth every penny. To be honest one of the reasons I have created this blog is to encourage me to use the Thermie as much as possible. Even if nobody ever reads this, it will help me feel like I have achieved something!