Samp and beans!
My love for samp and beans started long ago. My mother says it started when I was a toddler and I got a strep infection in my throat and mouth. Apparently, I refused to...
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Beware of the Butterfish!
Oh my goodness, I poisoned my housemate yesterday! I cooked butterfish for lunch and he had a really bad reaction to it. I did warn him before serving it to him as I am...
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Caesar salad
There has been loads of talk about Caesar salad in my life recently and then my cousin mentioned that she had a great Caesar dressing recipe where you briefly boil your...
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I’m back!!!!
Okay…. I’m back! Wow – what a whirl wind week… but what a fabulous experience. 29 eager eaters to feed with good solid family food, just the way I like it! Great...
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Cashew nut, fig, pomegranate bread pudding
Today is a mad rush for me as I’m prepping for a private cooking job, 29 people for 7 days out in Stillbaai, starting tomorrow. Man, I have a lot of shopping to do! I...
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Prawn Arrabiata Pasta in less than 10 minutes!
I have a love / hate relationship with sea food. I enjoy really well prepared sea food but I hate the fact that no matter how often I try I never seem to be able to...
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Monday guilt…
This morning I am having serious food guilt issues. I have not cooked once in 3 days… but I have stuffed my face all weekend with a long list of foods ranging from the...
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Chicken Tikka Masala ‘Lite’
I am inordinately fond of curry. I love it hot, mild, saucy, dry, piquant, mellow, robust… Thai, North Indian, South Indian, Cape Malay you name it, if I haven’t tried,...
Read MoreRustic scones with raspberry preserve and chantilly cream, hold me back…
I have grown up with my Mom’s scones (which she learned from her granny) and it has spoiled most other scones for me. Her scones are light and fluffy on the inside,...
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The unsung hero!
There are many foods which have a bad reputation for various reasons. Either we were forced to eat them as children or when cooked incorrectly taste like sulphur,...
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The Imam fainted!
Today’s dish, an Imam Bayildi recipe (a Turkish stuffed aubergine bake recipe), was prepared at the special request of my number one follower, Annika from Midnight Blue...
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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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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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