One of life’s simple pleasures made with care.
There are some simple pleasures in life which never fail to hit the spot. For me, a home-made pan fried grilled cheese, onion and tomato sandwich on brown bread with...
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Artichokes – A life long love affair!
My love affair with artichokes is so well known by my family and friends that for my 21st birthday my mother painted me a painting of artichokes which now hangs in my...
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Long journey to Palak Paneer!
On Monday we had Palak paneer for dinner. For those of you who are not that familiar with Indian food, paneer is an Indian soft white cheese and palak is a spinach...
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My remedy for a horrible Monday… so far at least.
Earlier today I had just finished writings todays blog and recipe about the fantastic Beef Wellington we made this weekend and for reasons which are beyond my...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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