With a barbecue loving husband who likes to fire up his Weber Smokey Mountain most weekends its my job to come up with salads to compliment the low and slow cooked meats. While I do enjoy my not so traditional cauliflower ‘potato’ salad sometimes you just want the real thing which calls for roasting some potatoes and including some bacon.

One of the selling points of buying a Thermomix is the ability to make delicious home made mayonnaise. While we normally use Kewpie (Japanese) mayonnaise for use in small doses if we need a lot of it for potato salad or a dipping sauce there is really no better option than fresh home made.

Coconut macaroons are a sweet, delicious biscuit perfect for an afternoon tea or a sweet treat. Crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.

If you are looking for family friendly, healthy, refined sugar free, gluten free and delicious recipes head over to The Fit Interest website or follow them on Instagram. After seeing these chocolate brownies posted over Easter Mr Messy Benches put his request in for me to get baking.

Gluten free muffins with the option to be dairy free and refined sugar free. These are made with coconut flour, a flour with a unique taste that requires some experimentation when it comes to quantities.

Brisket. The holy grail of barbecue. If you over cook it becomes dry, under cook it and it will be tough and chewy. But get it just right and it is out of this world!

Craving a sweet treat but want something on the healthier side? These little balls will hit the spot. They are also great for a breakfast on the run. The protein powder is optional.

No need to buy store bought protein balls or bars when you can make them at home. There are a variety of different textures and flavours available at local supermarkets, health food stores and at shopping centre juice bars but nothing beats homemade.

When we serve pork whether it be barbecued, smoked or oven roasted it is often sided with coleslaw. It is a great side dish for any meat or seafood that has been seasoned with aromatic spices such as cumin, coriander, fennel and five spice powder.

Delicious seed and nut crunch – so many flavours and so many different textures. This can be adapted to be FODMAPS friendly by replacing almonds with macadamia nuts.

I am a chocolate lover and a nougat lover. Toblerone is one of my favourite chocolate treats and I have discovered it is very easy to make it yourself.

Martha Stewart’s flourless peanut chocolate cookies were the inspiration for these gluten free biscuits and they taste as good as they sound! I have made them a few times with some minor changes to Martha’s recipe and converted the recipe for Thermomix.

Cashew, coconut, honey. Three ingredients blended for 20 seconds makes a delicious natural, no bake and gluten free slice with the option to be dairy free too!

A roast chicken with crispy skin is a family favourite. This time around I pitted my beloved Weber Q up against the kitchen oven, cooking one in each. Read on to see the results.

My favourite type of ice cream! Mint choc chip ice cream made at home with coconut cream. You can make it with regular cream or, if you’re on a dairy free diet, you can use coconut condensed milk.

I love a breakfast smoothie and a green smoothie is even better! By adding protein powder, spinach and baby kale to my smoothie there is no need for snacks.

I love making Easter chocolate treats for my family. My favourite chocolate is white chocolate and I have also been a huge cookies and cream fan. However since going gluten free I haven’t been able to eat it and it’s the one thing I haven’t tried to replicate. Until now!

One of my favourite salads to make in the Thermomix is a broccoli salad from the recipe community. Broccoli, apple and capsicum with a honey, mustard and vinegar dressing. It is the easiest thing to pop all the ingredients into the TM bowl and let the machine do the work. Over the years I have added to the recipe and made a few changes.

There’s nothing quite like getting your hands into a slow cooked lamb shoulder and pulling out the pockets of meaty goodness. I am a big fan of lamb and it often makes an appearance at our dinner table.

honey sesame bars I love buying these little sesame bars from the supermarket so I thought i’d try and make them myself. I have converted the recipe for the Thermomix. Original recipe and list of ingredients available at Lemon & Olives. Thermomix directions 1. Dry …