Lasagne al pesto!
I have five good reasons for making lasagne al pesto on a Monday morning. It was Monday and Mondays suck so one needs comfort food to ease the pain. My basil bushes are...
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Grilled black mushrooms topped with Camembert.
The fact that I am a mushroom fiend is no secret so writing about them a lot is going to be part and parcel of this blog as I eat them as often as I can. I had them for...
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Spiced winter fruit with vanilla and lemon zest creamed cheese
100 apologies for the lack of blog yesterday… this is officially my 100th blog post and I had planned to post it yesterday but I had a chaotic super spoiled day...
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Roast beetroot and chickpea bake with rosemary and feta
Last week I mentioned having a craving for my Dad’s roasted beetroot and chickpea bake. Well I found the beetroot and have made the dish twice already. On Friday I made...
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Sage and rosemary aromatic salt
Last week I bought a 30g box of fresh sage for my meat ragu. 30 grams doesn’t sounds like a lot but a little sage goes a long way. I used it to season a fabulous...
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Traditional meat sauce with pork, sage and plum twist
A very good friend of mine just had her first baby and I, as one does, decided to make her a lasagna so at least one or two meals could be taken care of while she and...
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A juicy topic!
The first time I brought up juicing in a blog I got surprisingly positive feedback and yesterday I had a call from someone desperate to start juicing and needing...
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Roast chickpea and sesame hummus
Yesterday I had a craving for a dish my Dad makes – roasted beetroot and chickpeas with rosemary, olive oil and feta. But alas after soaking and cooking my dried...
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Pancakes make people happy!
I have a few excuses for today’s immoderacies. I have a sick fiancé at home today and while checking twitter this morning, Eat Out asked what our favourite pancake...
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Aromatic Thai inspired fish cakes
Fish cakes have never conjured up much enthusiasm in me. I have always associated them with a seriously boring way of using up left over fish. But over the last decade...
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Super quick salmon, sour cream and sweetcorn jacket potato
My blog today has to be super quick too as I have an uber crazy day! I love baked potatoes but when I am in a hurry, I confess, I either par microwave and finish them...
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Healthy Greek Pasta Salad a la Woolies
Last week a client asked me to teach her housekeeper how to make (amongst other things) a pasta salad like the Woolies healthy Greek pasta salad, as her kids are crazy...
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Slow braised beef goulash, lentil and smoked paprika soup
Yes, I know I blogged about soup yesterday, but it’s really cold and wintry at the moment in Cape Town. I have in fact made four soups this week already and will be off...
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Express Chicken Soup
The comforting and healing properties of chicken soup are legendry. My mother told me that this stems from the mild antibiotic properties found in the skin of chicken....
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Ratatouille inspired heavenly hot pot
This last month has been rather crazy. I’ve hardly been home and have had very little time to cook at leisure, or to experiment. Consequently, this morning I was...
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Offering customized training in cookery and yoga, she aims at making your life healthier – the easy way.
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