I do most of my magazine reading at gym while I am on the treadmill or the stepper. We do not have fancy televisions where I train and so to break the tedium I read. However, I am very far … Continue reading
One of my favourite bloggers is Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial and if you read my blog on a regular basis you will know two things for sure. The one is that I specifically thought of Celia when … Continue reading
Time is not my friend most months as over and above work commitments I also have blogging commitments. This all has to fit in with going to gym, running a household, being a good wife and having a social life. … Continue reading
The May issue of Women’s Health has a feature on butternut using recipes from South African celebrity chefs. The four chefs that contributed their recipes are Reuben Riffel, Pete Goff-Wood, Luke Dale-Roberts and Margot Janse. I was offered the opportunity to blog … Continue reading
Since I have been blogging I have come across a lot of queries for dishes that I consider run of the mill. Chicken stir fry is one of them. If I had not seen a query for one, I would … Continue reading
I am busy reading through my copy of Tom Kitchin’s first recipe book and slowly making my way through the recipes. It is a seasonal book, and as I have had it a year I am nearly done with the … Continue reading
I cannot stress the importance of eating properly before training or exercising. Over a year ago Dave and I stopped eating carbohydrates at night. We were given an eating plan by our gym owner which I tagged on to our … Continue reading
Each weekend I try to bake a new type of sourdough loaf in order to get the feel for how the dough works and to change things up a bit in my house. I am not a huge fan of … Continue reading
The I MADE IT challenge for this month was to make monkey bread. Some days I feel like this monkey bread must feel when people start eating it – all torn up in different directions. I set last week Sunday aside … Continue reading
For April the Fresh From The Oven challenge was set by Jen over at Blue Kitchen Bakes. The challenge was to make Knackerbröd which is literally a crisp bread. Dave and I have a nightly ritual of ending our meal with cheese and … Continue reading