Save Time With Thermomix

What could you do with an extra 6-8 hours per week?

On average, adults in the UK spend 6 hours a week cooking. Younger adults spend less time cooking with an average of 4-5 hours a week, but older adults and families spend a larger amount of time with 7-8 hours. That's a full day's work per week that you are losing to cooking, and you aren't even getting paid for it. This is time that can be more beneficial and fulfilling if spent elsewhere. Especially with the busyness of working life, households just don't have the time anymore to spend their few precious hours at home, cooking.

With Thermomix, you pre-set the time, temperature and speed, whether manually or within a recipe, and once you've loaded the ingredients in, you can do other activities whilst the Thermomix does the cooking for you.

No need to watch over it. No need to stir constantly. No need to stop the machine when the food is done.

You can also save time in the preparation stage of cooking. With the chopping, peeling and grating modes, you are able to prepare ingredients for recipes in record time, shortening the time and labour required even further.

It's reported that 1 in 5 people eat ready meals regularly due to their convenience and time savings. Not only are ready meals often unhealthy, but they also become expensive.

UK annual stats on pre-made food:

£4 billion - ready meals

£2 billion - pre-made ingredients and meal kits (chopped vegetables, pre-seasoned meats and meal prep boxes)

£700 million to £1 billion - sauces and condiments

This makes a total of around £7 billion annually that can be saved by cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients, and with Thermomix you can do it without sacrificing the time and effort that cooking from scratch often requires.

Here are some recipes that the Thermomix make to perfection that usually require a lot of time and effort:

Risotto

Renowned for requiring constant stirring, a Risotto could easily take you 30-40 minutes to make traditionally, but with Thermomix's constant heat and stir, you could have a Risotto from ingredients to table in 20 minutes, and without the need for hands-on time.

Bread Dough and Pizza Dough

From scratch, bread and pizza dough require 10-15 minutes of kneading before you can leave it to prove, but with Thermomix this kneading can be done within 2-4 minutes, meaning you could have the dough in a proving bowl and ready to sit within 5 minutes.

Soup

Usually, you have to boil the ingredients down on the hob before transferring to a blender, or manually blending it yourself with a hand blender. With Thermomix, it will sauté, cook and then blend your soup all in one bowl, saving you time, effort and washing up.

Custard and Sauces (e.g. Hollandaise, Béchamel)

Traditionally, custards and delicate sauces require careful and precise stirring and temperature control to prevent curdling, but with Thermomix you can easily create these in around 10 minutes, without having to watch over it, and it will come out perfectly every time. Did you know Thermomix is hugely popular with chefs and restaurants for aspects like this?

Cookidoo

Another issue that people find when cooking is that they spend more time trying to decide what to cook than actually cooking. With Cookidoo, you have 100,000 recipes at your fingertips, with seasonal collections that can help you choose new and creative recipes to try. Gone are the days when you stick to the same rotation of meals because they're easy and you know they will never go wrong. With Cookidoo you can be reassured that every dinner you choose will be delicious and successful, without the stress of having no idea what to make.

Ultimately, Thermomix can be a great addition to any kitchen, whether you want to spend less time in the kitchen and more time on other activities, or even have a whole host of recipes at your fingertips to inspire you to expand your usual cuisine. You don't have to sacrifice quality, all Thermomix recipes are tried and tested by our in-house chefs, ensuring that all the recipes taste amazing and come out perfect every time.

So the question remains, when you get your Thermomix, what will you do with your extra 6-8 hours a week?