The heat was relentless for most of February 2026 and I did very little in my kitchen. We had one day of rain which was most welcome for my garden, and the water tank. On Valentines Day I prepared a meal I have been planning a long time. I made ravioli stuffed with burrata and served with prawns in a tomato sauce. Dave said it was delicious, and I was super impressed that the meal matched my memory.
Recipes from my blog in February 2026
I made polpette in salsa al limone and wished I had doubled up the recipe. I get home late on a Wednesday night, and this would make for a great meal to just warm up when we are ready to eat. For our end of year aqua aerobics class we had a drink and snack celebration. I made maître d’hotel butter and used that to make devilled eggs. One Saturday morning I baked kladdkaka which you might have seen here last month with the olive leaf gelato. I wanted ginger cookies for a recipe, and made a batch of almond cookies first so I had a recipe to adapt. For breakfast on two mornings I made a berry smoothie from Jan Braai Junior In The Kitchen.
One new thing in my kitchen
In order to make a recipe, I needed a squeezy bottle. I wanted a very cheffy one, but was not prepared to pay R100 for something I might use only once. A friend and I spent the morning together while I was looking. After our morning adventures, I went shopping with her and there was a squeezy bottle at the shop which she gifted to me. She is one of the first blogger friends I made and every time I use the bottle I will think of her.
This is my March submission to the #IMK series hosted by Sherry. Each month bloggers around the world gather to share what is new in their kitchens.
See the links below for blog posts I published on March 3:
- 2024: Holmes, Margaret And Poe
- 2021: February 2021 Showcasing In My Kitchen
- 2019: In A House Of Lies
- 2017: Speculaas Cookies
- 2016: Mozzarella And Tomato Focaccia
- 2014: March 2014 Showcasing In My Kitchen
- 2013: Eat Out Survey
- 2012: Food Quiz Number 11 For A Friday
- 2011: Flambé Strawberries
Love the story behind your squeeze bottle. What a special gift from blogger friend.
Very special, indeed!
What do you need a squeezy bottle for?
For my okonomiyaki recipe 🙂
I love squeeze bottles! Ravioli with buratta??!!!!! Wow!!!
That ravioli was so good, I could make it again 🙂
Never underestimate the joy that having the right tools can bring, no matter how basic! I certainly felt that way when I finally got a proper ladle, with a spout to make pouring easier and less messy. I love your squeeze bottle; may it serve you well for many years to come.
Oh, I need to see a pic of that ladle!
It’s always lovely to make new friends (not easy in our later years) so i was so happy to make blogger friends both real and virtual and also a group of Insta friends (IRL). THanks for joining IMK this month as ever.
sherry
Blogging has introduced me to so many amazing people 🙂
do you use the squeezy bottle to squeeze the sauce on top at the end of the okonomiyaki or is there some other tricky moment? anyhow I’ve been in a cookie mood recently too, I think they are kind of the perfect morsel to go with a cup of tea although I’ve put on so much weight in the last year that it’s probably not the perfect morsel.;;;
I used it at the end – but not as successfully as I had hoped! I am also putting on a lot of weight – but I can blame menopause 😉