If you don't have time to soak/activate your cashews, soak nuts in boiling water for 30 minutes, then drain and use as directed.

Remove frozen cubes from ice cube trays and keep in a zip lock bag in the freezer for easy use in recipes.

You may replace the skewered ingredients with any ingredients of your choice.

Serve with crackers and vegetable crudités of choice.

There’s no end to recipe options with this pesto! Stir through soups, or toss with vegetables, mashed potato or pasta. When using with pasta, we recommend loosening the pesto with some of your pasta boiling water.

Serve with spaghetti or other types of pasta. If you prefer a thinner sauce, add 1-2 tablespoons of cooking water from the pasta and mix before serving.

This sambal can be used in dishes like stir fried sambal kangkong, four-angled beans, long beans, ladies' finger etc.

Bragg's® liquid aminos is a gluten free liquid seasoning made from soybeans. It contains essential amino acids. You can replace with soy sauce, to taste, if desired.

For a lighter version with a finer texture, replace pork belly with 1000 g minced meat in step 3.

You can replace the roasted unsalted peanuts with raw peanuts.

Making this sauce in the Thermomix® means that you can rely on the result to be the same every time.

Béchamel sauce is a basic white sauce that can be used alone as a white sauce, or flavoured with other ingredients such as cheese, onions or paprika.

Béchamel sauce is a basic white sauce that can be used in lasagnes, gratins, mac 'n cheese, or flavoured with other ingredients to make it a serving sauce.

Dip can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

You can replace the chives with dill in this recipe, if desired.

To increase the nutritional benefit, add 1 tablespoon acidophilus (available at most chemists and health food stores) when adding garlic.

Butter can be easily made in Thermomix®. Search for the Butter recipe on Cookidoo®.

Serve with crackers and vegetable crudités of choice.

For the Vegetable stock paste recipe, please refer to Cookidoo®.

Mature white Cheddar or Emmental cheese can be used instead of Gruyère if desired.

Try serving this dip with falafel (please refer to the recipe on Cookidoo®) or serve with grilled or steamed fish.