Chai tea for one for breakfast

I love chai masala so much that the first thing I did with my new Thermomix cookbook (Fast and Easy Indian Cooking) was to make the chai masala.
Except that the recipe made 6 cups and there's only me.
And I like it spicy.
And not sweet.
And I hate heated milk with a skin.
And to reduce the volume of liquid meant I couldn't put the tea in the basket.
So here's my adaptation:

Chai tea for one
7 cardamom seeds or 2 pods
3 cloves
4 peppercorns
2cm cinnamon quill
350g water
250g milk
3tsp black loose leaf tea
1tsp raw sugar
2mm slice of ginger
1/4tsp vanilla
Nutmug + grater

Put the first 4 things into the bowl. Process on speed 8 for 10 seconds. Add the tea, sugar, ginger, water and milk to the bowl, and process at 80C for 9 minutes at speed 4 on reverse (cause this bruises the ginger but doesn't shred it - this'd make it way hotter though!). Add in a grind of nutmeg and some vanilla at the last minute. Strain to serve.

 Was enough for 2 generous mugs of hot spicy tea for me! A great way to start the day.

All Hallow's Eve thanks for Thermomix

I went to an All Hallow's Eve feast tonight that was mostly brought to you by Thermomix. There was rice in little carved capsicums thanks to TheHusband, spiderweb soup thanks to my demonstrator and her Thermomix, custard for a cake in only a few minutes, and lots of alcohol.

There was a sorbet without the sugar thanks to the latter but it was just very tart and the kids loved it strangely enough. The collective gaggle of them inhaled the soup, ate the bread right up and generally loved on the food.

*That* is one of the most amazing things about Thermomix - it gets the 10 year old in the kitchen, it gets the smalls eating soup and vegetables, it gets more fruit into everyone and with minimal fuss or mess.

Happy Beltane for tomorrow by the way.

Thermomix demo tonight!

Which means I get the Thermoserver and the awesome Indian cookbook tonight. I am a little anxious that no one is going to come though because the people I've invited have not rsvp'd or have to say no. Sigh. Which is a shame because so few people know about the littlest kitchen but would be impressed if they saw it!

I know I was. I was fully prepared to think that there was no reason to buy another machine for our kitchen. Our fully functioning kitchen by the way. But we did and it is fabulous!

ETA: Well be careful what you wish for! There were 10 people at the demo. And everyone went home happy full I think! The beetroot salad was a hit, the lemon/mint sorbet was yum, the vanilla custard was delicious and my demonstrator is still trying gently guide me to becoming one. Which I would love to do at some point when I have my life organised a smidge more.