Herb and garlic dip

What can you make with these three ingredients; cream cheese, garlic and parsley? Well, I made a herb and garlic dip with these ingredients. This is great as starters for a party or an afternoon snack for the kids. I served it with some brown rice crackers and the kids loved it. You can make this in a food processor or a thermomix like I did. It only takes a few minutes. Homemade dips are better tasting that supermarket dips and no extra additives are added.

Ingredients

1 clove of garlic(peeled)

1 bunch of flat leaf parsley(washed)

250g cream cheese

Steps

1. Put the garlic and parsley in a food processor or thermomix. It took only 5 seconds at speed 7 on the thermomix. If using a food processor, blend until a bit less than final desired texture
2. Scrape the herbs and garlic down the sides of bowl.
3. Add the cream cheese and blend until your desired consistency is achieved. On the thermomix, it took 20 seconds on speed 4.

dNote: You can add some yoghurt or milk if you like a softer consistency. I did not add any as we like our dip that consistency. And you can try this recipe with any other herbs that you like.

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Raspberry Sorbet

This is a great dessert, so fruity and full of goodness. It is so refreshing on a hot summer's day. The original recipe(below) is published on frozen raspberries packaging. I've made this following the original recipe many times in a blender before and it is delicious. Now that I have a thermomix, I modified the recipe accordingly to suit the thermomix. A delightful dessert in matter of seconds. Even my 12 year old son could make this, which he does.

Ingredients
11/2 cups frozen raspberries
1/3 cup condensed milk
1/4 cup thickened cream
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp honey

Steps

1. In a blender combine all the ingredients.
2. Blend at high speed until smooth.
3. Transfer to a air tight container and freeze for 4 hours or until solid
4. Let stand a few minutes at room temperature before serving

This is my modified version for the thermomix. I omitted the cream and replaced it with an egg white which makes it creamy without using the cream. I omitted the sugar as I don't think that it is necessary.

Ingredients

180g frozen raspberries

100 g condensed milk

1 egg white

1 tbsp lemon/lime juice

160g ice cubes

Steps

1. Measure all the ingredients in the thermomix bowl.
2. Blend for 30 seconds at speed 9.
3. Serve with some fresh raspberries.

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