Sia Aristidou, Author at FAYI

6 doTERRA Christmas Gifts Ideas for Teachers and Friends

November 21, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

6 doTERRA Christmas Gifts Ideas

With Christmas fast approaching everyone is looking for inspiration for homemade gift ideas. We love making pamper gifts with doTERRA Essential Oils. Here are six of our favourite Christmas gift ideas for teachers, neighbours, friends and family.

doTERRA Tissue Jar

1. doTERRA Scented Tissue Jars

These scented tissues are super easy to make. Just add a few drops of your favourite essential oils to the outside of the jar before adding in the tissues. For tissues, we love using easy air, eucalyptus, lemon or geranium. Add a “bless you” gift tag or card to the jar. Decorate the jar with a doily and a bow or Christmas decorations.

For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

2. doTERRA Body Scrubs

Body scrubs can smell so delicious! We love these flavours and blends:

Fresh Citrus Body Scrub by the Little Inspired Pot

Coconut Lime Body Scrub by the Little Inspired Pot

Lemon and Rosemary Body Scrub from the blog Yesterday on Tuesday

Peppermint Sugar Scrub by Balancing Home

For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

3. Bath Salts

Try this recipe for Bath Salts Ornaments from Shaken Together Life or this recipe for Super Soak Trifector of Bath Salts from Little Inspired Pot.

For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

4. Foot Soak with Pedicure Jars

Fill up a mason jar with items to indulge in a foot soak. This includes a toe seperators, nail file, socks, cotton pads, wild orange essential oil, food scrub and foot soak.

doTERRA Foot Soak

5. Foot Soak

Round ornaments can be purchased from craft stores or discount shops. The quality of the case will vary and may need sticky tape to hold it together. Mix epson salts with your favourite essential oils such as lavender peace, lavender, lemon and/or tea tree.

6. Pamper Basket

Place a bundle of homemade gifts into a basket to share with someone who will appreciate a bit of pampering time.

DIY Fizzing Bath Bombs

Try making your own DIY Fizzing Bath Bombs with your favourite essential oil with either this recipe from the doTERRA website or this recipe from The Inspired Little Pot.

Tips: We love using lavender in our bath bombs or citrus oils such as citrus bliss. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

MASON JAR LABELS

Check out these gift tags and mason jar labels from Simple As That Blog. They are a FREE download and super easy to print out and add to your gift jars.

12 Homemade Christmas Gifts Ideas You Can Give in a Jar – Thermomix Recipes

November 17, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

12 Homemade Christmas Gifts Ideas You Can Give in a Jar

With Christmas fast approaching everyone is looking for inspiration for homemade gift ideas. We love making homemade recipes in our Thermomix to fill up glass jars. It can be fun to get the kids involved to help with the cooking or to decorate the jars with ribbon or other Christmas decorations.

These jar ideas are great for Christmas gifts for friends, family and neighbours. They are also great to use for new home gifts, thank you gifts or teacher gifts.

Collect your glass jars throughout the year from pasta sauces, tomato paste or coconut oils. Or they are fairly cheap to buy from discount shops. They are easy to decorate and you can fill them with just about anything.

Here are 12 of our favourite Thermomix recipe ideas to fill up your gift jars:

Gingerbread Christmas Trees

1. Gingerbread Tree or Gingerbread House

Recipe link: Gingerbread Biscuits by Thermomix in Australia – featured on the Thermomix Recipe Community. This recipe is also published in the Festive Flavours Cookbook and Chip.

Facebook Group: A big thanks to the community on Thermo Gift Ideas Facebook page for the great Gingerbread in a Jar inspiration!

Tips: Try adding 3 drops of ginger doTERRA Essential Oils to the gingerbread mixture – For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

2. Macadamia Nuts

Recipe Link: Thermomix Roasted Macadamia Nuts

Tips: Add 2-3 drops of doTERRA essential oils to the nuts for flavour. Try adding cinnamon oil, pink pepper oil or black pepper oil. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

3. Honey Cinnamon Roasted Almonds

Recipe Link: Honey Cinnamon Roasted Almonds featured on the Thermomix Recipe Community

Tip: Try adding 1 drop of cinnamon essential oil. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

4. Sponge Cake In A Jar

Recipe Link: Our sponge cake recipe that we use to make the Avengers Birthday Cake.

Tip: Use Christmas sprinkles and flavoured icing to decorate the jar. Tie a wooden spoon to the cake jar so that the gift can be eaten immediately. Try adding doTERRA Essential Oils to the cake icing. Try lemon, lavender, spearmint, lime or peppermint. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

5. Chai Mix

Recipe Link: Chai Latte Mix and Chai Latte featured on the Thermomix Recipe Community.

Tip: To make this recipe dairy free, use coconut milk powder. Try making chai with water and a blend of “chai flavoured” essential oils. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

If you like the recipe tag attached to the chai jar, then please download them from us for free. Click the button below to ‘download the free printable’ and we will email the template to you.

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6. Two Ingredient Dark Chocolate with Fruit and Nuts

Recipe Link: Two Ingredient Dark Chocolate trial mix featured on the blog Simply Tara Lynn. We converted this recipe using our Thermomix instructions for melting chocolate.

Tips: Try adding doTERRA Essential Oils to the chocolate such as peppermint, wild orange, cinnamon and cardamom oils. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

7. White Chocolate Pistachio Fudge

Recipe Link: White Chocolate Pistachio Fudge from our ebook the Christmas Collection or try this recipe for Salted Caramel Fudge.

Tip: Fill a jar with small squares of fudge or wrap up with cellophane and Christmas decorations.

8. Christmas Rocky Road

Recipe Link: Christmas Rocky Road recipe from our ebook the Christmas Collection.

Tip: Fill a jar with small squares of rocky road or wrap up with cellophane and Christmas decorations.

9. Coconut Ice

Recipe Link: Coconut Ice Thermomix Recipe

Tips: Use red and green food colouring to make the Coconut Ice Christmas themed. Or try soaking beetroot in water for pink/red natural food colouring. Another cool recipe to try with beetroot is the Musk Sticks featured on the Thermomix Recipe Community.

Thermomix Butter Biscuits Biskota Voutyrou | Fayi Cookbooks

10. Butter Biscuits

Recipe Link: Butter Biscuits from our Mezze Cookbook

Tip: Use a Christmas tree or star shape cookie press to shape the biscuits.

11. Gliko – Greek Spoon Sweets

Recipe Link: the Grape Gliko and the Quince Gliko recipes are both featured in our cookbook Mezze.

Tips: Fill up a jar with one of the Greek spoon sweets and serve with a spoon.

Peppermint Chocolate Bark

12. Peppermint Bark

Recipe link: Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Bark

Tip: Try adding doTERRA Essential Oils to the bark for flavouring. We like: peppermint, wild orange, cinnamon and cardamom oils. For more information about doTerra Essential Oils please contact us on our Facebook Page: Fayi Essential Oils.

MASON JAR LABELS

Check out these gift tags and mason jar labels from Simple As That Blog. They are a FREE download and super easy to print out and add to your gift jars.

Thermomix Roasted Macadamia Recipe

November 17, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Macadamia Nuts

Ingredients

480g macadamia nuts, whole, raw
250g rice malt syrup
1 tbsp salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees, fan forced. Line a baking tray and set aside.
Add macadamia nuts (480g) and rice malt syrup (250g) and salt (1 tbsp) to the bowl. Mix for 30 seconds/reverse/speed 1.
Spread the macadamia nuts over the lined baking tray in a single layer. Roast in the oven for 10 minutes.
Use a spoon to mix the nuts to turn them over. Roast for another 1 minute until golden brown. The nuts will roast really quickly towards the end. Watch the nuts and remove them from the oven when you think they are ready to ensure that you do not burn them.

Notes

Add 2-3 drops of doTERRA essential oils to the nuts for flavour. Try cinnamon oil, pink pepper or black pepper.
This recipe was inspired by Quirky Jo’s Sweet n Salty Macadamia Nut recipe however we have made a few variations to suit our preferred taste and preparation method.

Quick Chicken and Vegetable Soup – Thermomix Recipe

October 31, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

I whipped up this super quick chicken and vegetable soup tonight and the kids loved it! Got a “yum” from both kids…. yay!

INGREDIENTS

1cm ginger, peeled
1 garlic clove, peeled
10g flat leaf parley, fresh
100g carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
100g celery, roughly chopped
100g button mushrooms
100g brown onion, peeled and halved
35g olive oil
1000g water
2 tbs vegetable or chicken stock paste
50g tamari
25g worsetershire sauce
1 tsp chilli sauce, or to taste
500g chicken, cut into pieces
150g corn kernels, either frozen or fresh
150g frozen pea

STEPS

Add ginger (1) and garlic (1) to the bowl and chop for 2 seconds/speed 7.
Without scrapping the sides, add all the herbs and vegetables: parsley (10g), carrot (100g), celery (100g), mushroom (100g) and onion (100g).
Chop 5 seconds/speed 5.
Scrape down sides and add oil (35g). Cook for 2 minutes/100 degrees/reverse/speed 1.
Add to the bowl: water (1000g), stock paste (2 tbs), tamarin (50g), Worcestershire sauce (25g), chilli sauce (1 tsp), chicken (500g). Cook 10 mins/100 degrees/ reverse/speed 1.
Add the corn (150g) and peas (150g) and cook 5 mins/100 degrees/ reverse/speed 1.
Serve the soup in a bowl with fresh bread.

NOTES

Make your own chili sauce with the recipe on the Fayi blog.
Bake fresh bread using the recipe in the Mezze Cookbook.
If you have children who don’t like to see vegetables in their soup, blend on speed 6 to chop finely.
A 2.2 litre bowl is required for this recipe. If using a smaller bowl, reduce the amount of water and chicken. Do not overfill your bowl and follow instruction manual for your machine. Read more here: What you need to know about our Thermomix recipes.

Healthy Thermomix Cake Recipe – Greek Halva Fourno Made Gluten and Dairy Free

October 10, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

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Halvas Fourno – Gluten Free, Dairy Free & Refined Sugar Free Cake Recipe

Halvas Fourno is a delicious, sweet cake that we love to make in our Thermomix. In fact, it was the very first recipe that we posted on this blog! However we are always thinking about how to make our traditional recipes a bit healthier and a bit more allergy friendly.

This recipe is similar to the traditional halvas fourno, however it has been adjusted so that it is gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free. When we are trying to be “healthy” we prefer to serve this cake without the syrup.

We hope you like it!

INGREDIENTS

BATTER

orange zest, rind with no white pith
50-80g orange juice from 1 large orange
150-210g rapadura sugar, to taste
400g blanched almond flour
15g or 3 tsp baking powder
150g olive oil
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

SYRUP

170g water
80g rapadura sugar
1/2 cinnamon stick

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STEPS

Grease a 35cm x 25cm cake tin and preheat oven to 180 degrees, fan forced.
Wash orange well, then dry and peel the zest. Add zest to the mixing bowl and use the rest of the orange to make orange juice.
Weigh in rapadura sugar (210g) and mill for 10 seconds/speed 9.
Scrape down sides, then add all other cake batter ingredients to bowl: orange juice (50-80g), blanched almond flour (400g), baking powder (15g), olive oil (150g), eggs (5), vanilla extract (1 tsp). Blend for 10 seconds/speed 5. Scrape down the sides and repeat.
Pour cake batter into cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake stand for 5 minutes, once cooked.
While the cake is in the oven, make the syrup: In a clean bowl, add syrup ingredients: water (170g), rapadura sugar (80g), cinnamon stick (1/2). Boil for 5 minutes/98 degrees/speed 2. Take the lid off and allow it to cool.
Put the steaming basket into bowl and use it as a strainer to hold back cinnamon pieces. Slowly pour the syrup over the cake and allow it to absorb.
Allow the cake cool for 30 minutes then cover with cling wrap. Refrigerate the cake for about 2 hours or until ready to serve.

NOTES

This is a gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free version of halvas fourno. Here is the link to the traditional recipe made with semolina: Traditional Halvas Fourno Greek Semolina Cake
This cake is traditionally very sweet. To reduce sweetness, try reducing quantity of rapadura used. The cake may be served without any syrup. Alternatively, serve the cake with a small jug of syrup on the side and use as needed.
This cake still tastes delicious (and it is healthier) without the syrup.

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Fayi Salad Collection – Recipe List

October 4, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Fayi Salad Collection – 36 Healthy Recipes To Make in Your Thermomix

We are getting ready to launch the new Salad Collection ebook. If you want to be the first to know when this cookbook is ready, then please register your know on our waiting list. You will receive early bird access and a 10% discount. Click here to register your interest: Early Bird Access

Here is a list of some of the recipes which will be included in the new ebook:

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Pomegranate Molasses

Miso Salmon Salad

Basil Pesto

Pomegranate Brown Rice Salad

Guacamole

Apple, Raisin and Walnut Salad

Beetroot and Horta

Fennel and Cabbage Salad

Tamari Coleslaw

Rocket, Pear and Feta Salad

Green Beans, Balsamic Dressing Topped with Feta

Sundried Tomatoes and Lentil Salad

Tabouli

Greek Salad with Potato

Turmeric Chicken

Watermelon and Ricotta Salad

Cashew Cheese

Balsamic Reduction

Ginger, Garlic and Chilli Chicken

Tahini

Sweet Green Salad with Cranberries

Honey, Thyme and Garlic Balsamic Vinegar

Miso Sesame Paste

Dukka

Hummus

Creamy Mayonaise

Pasta Salad

Spicy Mayonaise

Potato Salad

Quinoa and Kale Salad

Tahini Balsamic Dressing

Pumpkin and Broccolini Salad

Greek Salad Dressing

Snake Bean Salad

Fermented Cashew & Dill Dip

Thermomix Vanilla Submarine Greek Banilla

October 2, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Honouring Childhood Memories at Yiayia’s House

Thermomix Vanilla Submarine – Greek Banilla

This white spoon sweet is called a vanilla submarine because you serve it ‘under water’. When making Greek coffee, it is tradition to also serve a glass of water and a spoonful of vanilla. The sweetness from the vanilla balances out the bitterness from the coffee.

As children we can vividly remember yiayia pulling out her jar of white vanilla from the fridge. We were too young to drink coffee but were allowed to have a glass of water and the spoonful of white vanilla. We would put the spoon in our mouth and suck on it for ages.

The recipe for vanilla is exclusively featured in our cookbook MEZZE. For that reason, the quantities and steps are not listed in this blog post. However we have provided a list of ingredients to help you with your shopping list and meal planning (especially helpful if you use the paprika recipe app) and also some Thermomix cooking tips.

MEZZE – EBOOK ONLY
$15.00
Add to cart

INGREDIENTS

Here is a list of ingredients you will need to make this recipe.

glucose
sugar
vanilla powder
mastiha

THERMOMIX COOKING TIPS

Serve with Greek coffee.
Authentic mastiha is produced on the Greek Island of Chios. It is usually available to purchase from European delis.

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Thermomix Rice Pudding – Greek Rizogalo

October 2, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Honouring Virginia Mavris

Thermomix Rice Pudding – Greek Rizogalo

My mum makes the best rizogalo. It is a recipe that her mother passed down to her and now she has passed it onto me. When rizogalo is made the traditional way in a saucepan over the stove, you have to stand there for an hour and stir the rice with a spoon so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom or burn. When I make it in my Thermomix, I can turn it on and walk away. It is so much easier and the recipe tastes exactly the same as my mum’s!

The recipe for rizogalo is exclusively featured in our cookbook MEZZE. For that reason, the quantities and steps are not listed in this blog post. However we have provided a list of ingredients to help you with your shopping list and meal planning (especially helpful if you use the paprika recipe app) and also some Thermomix cooking tips.

MEZZE – EBOOK ONLY
$15.00
Add to cart

INGREDIENTS

Here is a list of ingredients you will need to make this recipe.

eggs
vanilla extract
milk
semolina
sugar
ghee
filo pastry
icing sugar

THERMOMIX COOKING TIPS

Alter the recipe if you are not using a 2.2Ltr bowl. Instructions are provided in the Mezze book.
To get a really creamy rizogalo, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to the bowl before serving.

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Thermomix Custard Filo Rolls – Greek Bougatsa

October 2, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Honouring Patricia Tapinos

Thermomix Custard Filo Rolls – Greek Bougatsa

Bougatsa is one of my mum’s signature desserts that she has passed on to me. Every time we go to a party, the first thing that people say when they see the dessert table is “is that one of your mum’s?” I would literally blink and the whole plate would be gone.

The full recipe for bougatsa is exclusively featured in our cookbook MEZZE. For that reason, the quantities and steps are not listed in this blog post. However we have provided a list of ingredients to help you with your shopping list and meal planning (especially helpful if you use the paprika recipe app) and also some Thermomix cooking tips.

MEZZE – EBOOK ONLY
$15.00
Add to cart

INGREDIENTS

Here is a list of ingredients you will need to make this recipe.

eggs
vanilla extract
milk
semolina
sugar
ghee
filo pastry
icing sugar

THERMOMIX COOKING TIPS

Make one big pie if preferred.
Store bougatsa in the freezer and cook when people come over or to take to a party.

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Thermomix Grape Spoon Sweet – Stafyli Gliko

October 2, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Honouring Yiayia Aspasia Lathouris

Thermomix Grape Spoon Sweet – Stafyli Gliko

The first time my yiayia Aspasia made stafyli gliko, it was a disaster. This is her story exactly as she told me:

“I found a box of grapes at the fruit market and it was only $5 for the whole box. I took it home to make a gliko the same way that my mother-in-law used to do. She had passed away by then so I didn’t have a recipe to follow. They say you only need a cup of sugar for a cup of grapes, but no one told me how much water to add, so I just filled it up to the top. The bloody thing came out like a soupa. Now I know that there is enough water in the grapes. All the liquid comes out when the pot heats up on the stove. Back in those days we didn’t have the computers to tell us what to do. We had to learn from our mistakes.

The full recipe for Stafyli Gliko is exclusively featured in our cookbook MEZZE. For that reason, the quantities and steps are not listed in this blog post. However we have provided a list of ingredients to help you with your shopping list and meal planning (especially helpful if you use the paprika recipe app) and also some Thermomix cooking tips.

MEZZE – EBOOK ONLY
$15.00
Add to cart

INGREDIENTS

Here is a list of ingredients you will need to make this recipe.

grapes
sugar
lemon juice
vanilla powder or vanilla extract

THERMOMIX COOKING TIPS

Either red or green grapes can be used.
The sweet will last for at least 6 months or longer if kept in the fridge.
Serve a spoon full of the sweet to guests when they come over for “sweet” conversation.

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6 doTERRA Christmas Gifts Ideas

1. doTERRA Scented Tissue Jars

2. doTERRA Body Scrubs

3. Bath Salts

4. Foot Soak with Pedicure Jars

5. Foot Soak

6. Pamper Basket

MASON JAR LABELS

12 Homemade Christmas Gifts Ideas You Can Give in a Jar

Here are 12 of our favourite Thermomix recipe ideas to fill up your gift jars:

1. Gingerbread Tree or Gingerbread House

2. Macadamia Nuts

3. Honey Cinnamon Roasted Almonds

4. Sponge Cake In A Jar

5. Chai Mix

6. Two Ingredient Dark Chocolate with Fruit and Nuts

7. White Chocolate Pistachio Fudge

8. Christmas Rocky Road

9. Coconut Ice

10. Butter Biscuits

11. Gliko – Greek Spoon Sweets

12. Peppermint Bark

MASON JAR LABELS

Macadamia Nuts

Ingredients

Steps:

Notes

INGREDIENTS

STEPS

NOTES

Halvas Fourno – Gluten Free, Dairy Free & Refined Sugar Free Cake Recipe

INGREDIENTS

STEPS

NOTES

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Fayi Salad Collection – 36 Healthy Recipes To Make in Your Thermomix

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Pomegranate Molasses

Miso Salmon Salad

Basil Pesto

Pomegranate Brown Rice Salad

Guacamole

Apple, Raisin and Walnut Salad

Beetroot and Horta

Fennel and Cabbage Salad

Tamari Coleslaw

Rocket, Pear and Feta Salad

Green Beans, Balsamic Dressing Topped with Feta

Sundried Tomatoes and Lentil Salad

Tabouli

Greek Salad with Potato

Turmeric Chicken

Watermelon and Ricotta Salad

Cashew Cheese

Balsamic Reduction

Ginger, Garlic and Chilli Chicken

Tahini

Sweet Green Salad with Cranberries

Honey, Thyme and Garlic Balsamic Vinegar

Miso Sesame Paste

Dukka

Hummus

Creamy Mayonaise

Pasta Salad

Spicy Mayonaise

Potato Salad

Quinoa and Kale Salad

Tahini Balsamic Dressing

Pumpkin and Broccolini Salad

Greek Salad Dressing

Snake Bean Salad

Fermented Cashew & Dill Dip

Honouring Childhood Memories at Yiayia’s House

Thermomix Vanilla Submarine – Greek Banilla

MEZZE – EBOOK ONLY

INGREDIENTS

THERMOMIX COOKING TIPS

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Honouring Virginia Mavris