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When Dave's sono was younger he showed very little interest in food, other than eating it. One holiday we encouraged the boys to choose a vegetable to eat with the meals I was preparing and the vote went to sweet potatoes. We ate so many sweet potatoes that weekend I could not face them for … Continue reading Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes | Cari Ga
These Chickpea Crêpes are vegan, and suitable for all sorts of meals. Chickpea Crêpes This month we were challenged to make pathiri, which are rice flour pancakes traditionally eaten during Ramadan. I am sure I must have tasted them when I was in Dubai over Ramadan, but I cannot remember that far back ;). I … Continue reading Chickpea Crêpes
I am not good at breakfast! I tend to eat fruit to stave off the hunger until I really feel like eating a bowl of granola or making myself two soft boiled eggs with my egg boiler. Then the other day I took rusks to work and I decided that it was a great snack to have … Continue reading Coconut And Cranberry Rusks
The next recipe book I will be reviewing is Jackie Cameron Cooks At Home. Now that I have a plan of action on how to tackle my reviews by making the cover recipe, I feel a lot less daunted by the huge pile of amazing books I have on my bedside table. Jackie has three photographs … Continue reading Raisin Filled Rusks
I was sent two bottles of liqueur by Four Cousins in order to take part in this challenge. This recipe for Strawberrylicious Cup Cakes is in line with my blogging policy. I tend to bake every weekend if I have the time. It is mainly because I love to have something sweet after dinner every … Continue reading Strawberrylicious Cup Cakes
Blog-checking lines: Inma of la Galletika was our Sept. 2013 Daring Bakers’ hostess and WOW did she bring us something decadent and delicious! Pastel de Tres Leches or Three Milk Cake, creamy yet airy, super moist but not soggy.. just plain delish! I have often heard the term tres leches when watching American cooking shows but I had never given … Continue reading Pastel De Tres Leches | Three Milk Cake
This recipe for Tanqueray Gin Breeze Cocktail is the most pinned one on my blog. One of the most common questions in an interview is what would you take on a desert island? or some form of that question. If I had to choose one person it would be Dave. He is not only my husband … Continue reading Tanqueray Gin Breeze Cocktail
These Soft Sugar Free Jelly Sweets are my submission to the I Made It Challenge. When Tami set the challenge this month for I Made It I was really worried. Even though I have a sweet tooth, I am not a sweetie person. I love chocolate and when it comes to sweets the only thing I … Continue reading Soft Sugar Free Jelly Sweets
I have wanted to make an avocado based chocolate mousse ever since I watched Skye make one on Masterchef Australia Season 2. So when Linda from The Squashed Tomato sent me an invitation on behalf of ZZ2 to participate along with 13 other bloggers in their "More than just guacamole!" Afrikado Blogger Challenge! I knew straight away what I … Continue reading Avocado Chocolate Mousse
These Mussamam Curry Pork Chops were made for the What's In The Box challenge. One of my favourite TV shows has to be Chopped. Here, contestants are given a mystery box of ingredients in 3 rounds and they have to come up with a starter, main course and dessert. Four contestants start the first round and … Continue reading Mussamam Curry Pork Chops
I've yet to taste commercial frozen yoghurt as it has sugar in it, but I've longed for it for quite some time now. I love yoghurt but in an attempt to reduce my dairy intake I've had to come up with some alternatives. When I mentioned to my friend Kim that we could get green … Continue reading Frozen Yoghurt
There are many things that I love about Europe, but one of them is the seasonal availability of asparagus, straight from the farmer. These organic asparagus cost us in the region of €4.50 a kilogram and we always buy a bundle when we are travelling. When we were on the Midi Canal we walked past … Continue reading Recipe For Asparagus Soup
These date bars are made using raw ingredients and are perfect for when you are craving something sweet but want it to be healthy as well. Skip ahead to the recipe for Date Bars A small little part of me is not feeling the blog love this month. It is the part that issued a … Continue reading Date Bars
I wanted to have a good blogging schedule where I could take part in the challenges I love every month. And I was doing well, until June and then the wheels fell off the bus. For various reasons I just did not get around to last month's mingle which was hosted by the founder Meeta. It … Continue reading Granola Muesli Rusks
Looking for a healthy cake? Then look no further than this beetroot cake with a cream cheese frosting. I think that sometime in the past ten years I became old fashioned. I am not sure if this has anything to do with getting married and settling down - or in my case, settling down and … Continue reading Beetroot Cake With A Cream Cheese Frosting
This tuna green curry uses my own homemade green curry paste. Dave and I have been very busy after work each night doing the wiring for the house we are building. It has been quite a task as the electrician we paid to do the work did a really bad job. We have had to … Continue reading Tuna Green Curry
I had some left over chicken breasts and decided I would make a stuffing of roasted red pepper with a tomato sauce. But, after a walk on the beach I really did not feel like the whole process and turned my mind to making a green chicken curry. Alvin Quah gave us a lovely recipe … Continue reading Chicken Curry
Using sustainably caught and locally fished hake, I made this hake curry. This post has been sitting in my draft folder since May. Sometimes I have so many words and no recipes, but at the time of writing this recipe, it was the opposite. Life has moved in an amazing direction since May that it … Continue reading Hake Curry
Cindy's Crayfish Curry I just love mystery ingredients! I think I would do well in a mystery box challenge (which gives me an idea...) but, back to the challenge Cindy gave me. She gifted me these three mystery ingredients and so I made Cindy's Crayfish Curry. Kefir lime leaves are unique in flavour and if you … Continue reading Cindy’s Crayfish Curry
It sounds so wonderful to be thought of as the first South African Master Chef. Ben introduced me as a possible contender for the South African production when I cooked with Jonathan Daddia. For those of you who have watched or are watching, Jonathan is a contender for Master Chef Australia season 2. I love … Continue reading Recipe For Crayfish Curry