Welcome to Odette's Kitchen

Hi there!

Welcome to my kitchen - well, figuratively speaking. My actual kitchen is desperately in need of an upgrade, but that's another story... 

I'm Odette and I love cooking. It hasn't always been that way. Don't get me wrong - I have always loved baking (sweet things that is). Cakes, slices, biscuits, muffins - they have always been my thing. Mainly because I love eating them. I had a bit of a fling with cake decorating a few years back (you can check out my work over on Facebook odettelovestobake). I really enjoyed it for a while, but lack of time and patience got the better of me.

Speaking of time and patience - I bought myself a Thermomix in December last year. Best. Thing. Ever. SAVING time! No NEED for patience! Renewed excitement in the kitchen. Now I love cooking all sorts of things! Meals, desserts, entrees, breads, breakfasts, snacks, stocks, dips, sauces, yoghurts, icecreams, sorbets - anything and everything! The biggest bonus - lots of these things are very healthy (and still extremely tasty of course)!! I still love my baking and sweets (as you'll see) but I am gradually phasing out all bought/packaged items in all other areas of our diet, and this is empowering. So now I'm the crazy busy lady who stays up late every night cooking and doing Thermomix demonstrations (oh yeah, did I mention I recently became a consultant?)...

This will not be purely a Thermomix blog. I do still love my slow cooker and my barbecue, so there will be recipes for these too, on occasion. But I won't lie to you, as the Thermomix is my most used (and most favourite) appliance in the kitchen, I will probably be writing about it a lot!

On this blog I'll be collating and storing my recipes, sharing any tips or new ideas I find useful and hopefully inspiring all of you - my family, friends and lovely customers - to use your TMs to their full potential!

If you have any questions, feedback, recipes or photos of your own creations, I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to comment below, send me an email or join me on Facebook!

What's your favourite kitchen appliance?

Happy cooking!

Odette