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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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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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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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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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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Pear and berry crumble
I am a big fan of hot apple crumble with vanilla ice cream. It has that tart, creamy, crunchy thing going on and I love the contrast between the hot pie and the cold...
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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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Breakfast muffins
My parents popped past yesterday midmorning for a quick visit to meet my new kittens (sooooo cute) and I wanted to offer them something with their coffee. I didn’t feel...
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Fool proof tomato tart
When I say fool proof, I mean it. I baked this tomato tart for a baby shower I attended yesterday and I managed to forget to put the heat gage on when I put the pastry...
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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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Freshly baked bread
So I came to my senses and instead of baking a cake I baked bread. Eating a slice of bread just out the oven with butter, is just about as satisfying to me as eating a...
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Send me the perfect excuse to bake this again!
I’m neither a cake fan nor a sweets fiend but today all I can think of is the chocolate cake I trained yesterday. I am blaming my hormones for this mess, as no other...
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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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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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