I went on a seafood buying mission
I went on a seafood buying mission yesterday to Breco’s Factory Shop, with my aunt and fellow foodie and came home with a bag of prawns, calamari, smoked salmon trout,...
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One plus one equals – mushroom soup
I love mushrooms, I love soup – one plus one equals – mushroom soup. I have been making a particular mushroom soup for at least a decade and a half but...
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Super Satisfying Substitutions
I have a salmon pasta dish I love to make, but smoked salmon even salmon trout can be hellishly expensive and I tend to reserve it for special occasions. But I love...
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Roast tomato and lentil soup
If you live in Cape Town I’m sure you will agree that it is officially soup weather. I LOVE soup. I could eat soup every day and often do. I also find it handy to make...
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Eggs Provencal a la Mama
I’m on a bit of a comfort food mission at the moment. Think it’s the change of seasons and hopefully the change of pace which will go with it. Slower more leisurely...
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Decadent mushroom pasta for the ‘whole’ family
My family has recently grown by two very cute super naughty grey kittens who have taken over our house and already have us firmly wrapped around their tiny paws. On...
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Lemony chicken
If I haven’t said it before, you must have guessed by now, my cookery style is all about how to make cooking quicker and easier, while not loosing flavour and hopefully...
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Autumn flavours
Last night was cold! I got the winter duvet out and my sheep skin slipper placed next to the bed for the cold I knew was coming this morning. I’m not complaining...
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Roast butternut, broccoli and barley salad
I first encountered this salad as a recipe entered into a magazine competition. I have kept it for ages always wanting to try it but never getting around to it....
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Grilled Fillet Balsamico
A dear Italian friend of mine and awesome cook taught me many years ago how to do this super simple and simply delicious, melt in your mouth fillet. It is a dish all my...
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Reclaiming ricotta
I resurrected a pasta salad recipe I had learned many years ago from an Italian friend of mine, for a training session I did this weekend. There’s not much of a story...
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The Ultimate Roast Chicken Stuffing
There are few foods as satisfying as a good roast chicken. Aside from a few twists and tweaks you can add, it is also pretty straightforward and the simplest methods to...
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Risotto myths…
For reasons completely obscure to me people think risotto is difficult, time consuming and tricky to make. This is simply not true! There are some traditional methods...
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Sepia tinted thoughts and Karoo farm flavours
I have a list of firm family favourites which I often suggest when I set up a cookery training plan for a family. The one recipe which almost all families choose is...
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Granny Sybil’s Baked Bean Pie
I know this sounds shocking but trust me. It’s not fine dining but rates pretty highly on my comfort food dishes and not just because my granny used to make it. Another...
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Thekla is a teacher and seeker, a foodie and a yogi.
Offering customized training in cookery and yoga, she aims at making your life healthier – the easy way.
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