The Salad Collection – ETA and Delivery Timeline

April 11, 2019 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

The Salad Collection Print Book is currently in printing production. Pre-sale for this book is opening today Thursday 11 July at 7pm.

A limited number of cookbooks will be ordered in the first round of printing. To ensure that you have a copy you can place a pre-order today. Anyone who orders during the pre-sale will receive a 10% Discount.

ETA – Delivery Timeline

This is the timeline issued to us from the printing company. Please note that the print book will not be posted until July 2019.

Order confirmation – 9/APRIL/19

Files received – 9/APRIL/19

Plotters in office – 23/APRIL/19

All are approved to print – 19/APRIL/19

Exworks date – 3/JUNE/19

Expected Departure – 10/JUNE/19

ETA Brisbane *Subject to customs – 4/JULY/19

Package and ship from Fayi Office Brisbane, first in/first out priority – 5/JULY/19

All pre-sale orders posted – 30/JULY/19

More Information

For more information please visit the Fayi Shop or contact Chrystalla via PM on Facebook.

Sia’s Goodbye…

March 17, 2019 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

It’s Sia here.

With tears in my eyes and a heavy heart, it is time for me to say Goodbye to Fayi. If you get a moment, please watch my goodbye video message on Facebook.

Chrystalla will continue to bring you amazing recipes, inspiration and passion for Thermomix cooking. She is a very talented recipe developer and extremely passionate about what she does. I will be cheering from the sidelines as I watch Chrystalla grow Fayi into the next phase of it’s journey.

But if it’s ok, I’d like to take a quick trip down memory lane and reminisce on some the special moments that we spent together building Fayi Cookbooks:

We published our very first recipe about 3 years ago and now have 4 ebooks, and two print books over 200 converted recipes on the Fayi blog….

There have been so many memorable moments… like the time we met George Calombaris gave him a copy of our Mezze Cookbook:

and the time that we won the “Best Baklava Competition” at Brisbane’s Paniyiri Festival:

Meeting and collaborating with lots of amazing bloggers including Cooking with Tenina, Bec & Joe from The 4 Blades, Life with Lailah Rose, Nikalene Riddle Skinnymixers, Jo and Tracey Additive Free Lifestyle, The Merry Maker Sisters, Jessie Reimers, Peta TRTLMT, Leonie Cavill ThermoFun and Tanya Halse Aussie TM5 Thermomixer. I know that there are few more amazing people who I want to add to this list… but I can’t find photos of us together. So I will PM you and thank you personally xx:

We hosted cooking classes together, live events, demonstrations, fate stalls, podcast, radio and video interviews:

We celebrated when our first book shipment arrived, and then spent hours and hours of packing, wrapping and shipping them all out to the wonderful people who purchased a book from us before we had even written it. Thank you to all of our amazing fans and readers who trusted us and supported us when we just had a simple vision and an idea. Through your support we turned our dream into a reality. Thank you..

Then, our Mezze Cookbook won bronze place in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2017. We were so proud of this achievement 🙂

And we did all of this whilst juggling two babies (each), family commitments, and our crazy busy life as mums…

It was so much fun!!

I will treasure every moment of this journey.

Thank you very much for supporting me throughout the years.

I will be eternally grateful for this experience.

Sia xx

The Best Thermomix Recipes of 2018

January 18, 2019 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

Happy New Year!

Did you make Vasilopita on the 1st of January?

It is so heartwarming to see so many people use our Thermomix recipe to make vasilopita this year. Thank you to everyone who shared a photo on our Facebook page. Here are a few snaps that we love…

Did you know that it was the Vasilopita recipe that started FAYI in the first place?

Chrystalla had an amazing recipe on the Thermomix Recipe Community and Sia asked if she could share the recipe on her blog. The rest is history. Fayi was born…

It has been an amazing journey so far with the creation of our print book MEZZE + the Christmas Collection ebook, the Easter Collection ebook and launching very soon the Salad Collection and Dr Sandra Cabot’s 15 Day Cleanse (formally known as the Trio Detox).

As much as it excites us to share our story and the birth of FAYI, we will soon be sharing some sad news and some changes that will be happening around here. More about this soon…

In the meantime, let’s celebrate success and memories from 2018. Here are our “best of 2018” lists:

2018 Most Popular Blog Posts

1. How to melt chocolate in your Thermomix
2. How to mill almond meal and almond flour in your Thermomix
3. 9 easy ways to cook eggs in your Thermomix
4. How to attach the butterfly whisk to your Thermomix
5. How to make butter in your Thermomix
6. How to blanch almonds in your Thermomix
7. 25 Sweet Thermomix recipes to make for a school fete
8. How to access your doTERRA back office
9. How to peel garlic with your Thermomix
10. How to buy a whole cow for meat

2018 Most Popular Fayi Recipes

1. Super Thick Thermomix Pumpkin Soup
2. Merry Maker Sister’s Simple Beef Stew Converted For Thermomix
3. Greek Lamb Souvla Marinade Recipe
4. Thermomix Salted Caramel Fudge Recipe
5. The Best Thermomix Bechamel Sauce
6. Steam Fish in Your Thermomix
7. Loukoumades Greek Honey Puffs
8. Traditional Lemonade Scones
9. Zucchini and Potato Fritters
10. Creamy Garlic Prawns

Chrystalla’s “Most Cooked” Recipes

1. Boiled Eggs
2. Authentic Pad Thai from the Thermomix Recipe Community
3. Macaronia Me Kima
4. Mongolian lamb/beef from the Thermomix Recipe Community
5. Pizza dough from the Basic Cookbook and Chip
6. Bougatsa Greek Custard Filo Rolls
7. Black and White Marble Cake
8. Creamy Garlic Prawns
9. Quirky Cooking Chicken and Cashew with Coconut Satay Sauce
10 Vanilla Cupcakes (this is a birthday cake recipe, just baked in cupcake patties)

Sia’s “Most Cooked” Recipes

1. Salted Caramel Fudge
2. Rizogalo Greek Rice Pudding
3. Bougatsa Greek Custard Fingers
4. Hummus (coming soon in the Salad Collection)
5. Tahini (to make the hummus)
6. Chicken and Vegetable Stock from the Basic Cookbook/Chip
7. Chocolate Chip Cookies (from the Basic Cookbook/Chip)
8. Zucchini Slice from Everyday Cooking for Thermomix Families – Thermomix Cookbook
9. Macaronia me Kima (Greek style spaghetti bolognese)
10. Quick and Easy 5 Ingredient Mud Cake

What was your “most cooked” Thermomix recipe?
We would love to know, so please send a reply email or tell us on Facebook!

Christmas Collection Recipe List

December 20, 2018 by Sia Aristidou Leave a Comment

The Christmas Collection is a collection of 21 family recipes for Christmas and New Years that have been converted for your Thermomix.

Christmas Collection (Ebook Only)
$15.00 Add to cart

Ebook includes the following recipes:

Gift Ideas

Chocolate Christmas Balls
White Chocolate & Pistachio Christmas Fudge
Sweet Stall Chocolate Fudge
Rocky Road
Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Bark
Cinnamon, Nut & Berry Christmas Bark
Candy Cane Vodka

Chocolate Christmas Balls - Recipe For Thermomixer

White Chocolate & Pistachio Fudge Recipe For Your Thermomixer

Sweet Stall Chocolate Fudge - Recipe For Your Thermomixer

Christmas Rocky Road - Recipe For Thermomix

Candy Cane Vodka - Recipe For Your Thermomixer

Family Recipes

Curry Flavoured Cheese Balls
Macadamia Flavoured Cheese Balls
Lemon & Peach Jelly Mousse
Port Wine Jelly For Christmas Trifle
Vanilla Sponge Cake For Christmas Trifle
Sia’s Mum’s Christmas Trifle
Chrystalla’s Mum’s Christmas Trifle
Blanched Almonds
Kourabiethes – Greek Shortbread Biscuits

Curry Flavoured Cheese Ball - Recipe For Thermomix

Vanilla Sponge Cake - Recipe For Your Thermomix

Port Wine Jelly - Recipe For Your Thermomixer

Peach & Lemon Jelly Mousse - Recipe For Your Thermomixer

KOURABIETHESGREEK SHORTBREAD RECIPE FOR THERMOMIXER

New Years Recipes

Pomegranate
Pomegranate Juice
Pomegranate Lime Water
Vasilopita -New Year’s Day Cake

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.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE PRINTABLE

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 – 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