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If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that I am a meat eater. What you might not know is that I used to be a vegetarian. I was not a very good vegetarian as I did not really eat fruit and vegetables. Today, I love my fruit and vegetables but … Continue reading Laniéres De Poulet | Chicken Strips
The moment I got my email for round 2 of Freshly Blogged I knew I was going to make beef dumplings served in broth. I have wanted to make Chinese dumplings for quite some time now, and this challenge presented the perfect opportunity. Dumplings are traditionally served in a broth and given that it is … Continue reading Beef Dumplings Served In Broth
Alex Wheeler is a great friend and a fantastic cook. He has agreed to share his recipe for duck on my blog. Duck While Tandy and Dave are away, Tandy gave me the keys to her blog. They are in Italy looking at motorbikes and Ferraris and lovely Italian girls in little summer dresses (well … Continue reading Duck | Guest Post From Alex Wheeler
I used crayfish for my tom yum soup. What protein would you add to your version? Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Tom Yum Soup ♥ Many, many years ago I worked in a restaurant in Rivonia, Sandton. After work, all the restaurant workers from a lot of the local places would gather … Continue reading Tom Yum Soup
This recipe for chicken stir fry is one that you can easily make at home, without having to put too much effort into it. Just be sure to have everything prepped before you start cooking. Chicken Stir Fry Since I have been blogging I have come across a lot of queries for dishes that I … Continue reading Chicken Stir Fry
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
In my endeavor to make everything at home I found myself waiting patiently for my store bought tomato ketchup to run out. This is not an ingredient I use often as I only really have ketchup with my hotdogs. I like a traditional sausage with sauerkraut, mustard, mayonnaise and tomato ketchup between a soft wholewheat roll. … Continue reading Home Made Tomato Ketchup
This prawn broth recipe makes for a great soup base for any shellfish. I love making broths for supper. It has been a long and wet winter and on a cold night, nothing seems to warm the soul as much as a hearty dish of warm something! Most often than not, that something is a … Continue reading Prawn Broth | Soup Recipe To Use As A Base
This recipe for orange marinated duck breasts has been adapted from the Food & Home Entertaining Magazine. Each and every one of us will at some stage in our cooking and blogging lives take inspiration from what we read. I very seldom read an actual recipe, but I will if the name of the recipe … Continue reading Orange Marinated Duck Breasts
I made Braised Oxtail With Peanut Sauce (Karé-Karé) for the Eat For The Earth initiative. The Eat For The Earth initiative from Yuppiechef is being held for the second year running. I hosted a meal on World Environment Day and made a donation to Soil for Life. If you would like to make a donation of any … Continue reading Braised Oxtail With Peanut Sauce
We have had a LONG summer and it has been a very hot one. Our heatwave season normally is in February, but this year it started in January and it was still in full force in March. These hot evenings usually mean we eat salad as a side dish for supper. As we are on … Continue reading Asian Salad Dressing
I am submitting this for recipe for Fettucine With Ground Beef And Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo Sauce to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Juli of Pictures of All My Princesses. When I joined The Secret Recipe Club, my first post was a slight let down, as the person I was … Continue reading Fettucine With Ground Beef
Sambal kacang or peanut sauce is a very popular sauce served with all kinds of satay in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. I have an addiction to reality TV. This started off with Survivor and has moved on to Top Chef, MasterChef, Iron Chef, Chopped and The Restaurant. I love watching the challenges and the different … Continue reading Peanut Sauce | Sambal Kacang
This month I have been assigned Plain Chicken for The Secret Recipe Club. I am in a new group as I wanted a later posting date, and so I am about to meet a whole lot of new bloggers, Steph being the first. Steph is from Alabama - a place I remember well from my trip to … Continue reading Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo Bake
Green curry paste is known in Thai as kreaung geng geng gwio warn. It is a fragrant, fresh curry paste made with fresh herbs and some spices. If I could categorize my personality by using flavours, then I would be a citrus person. I love all things citrus, whether in fruit, scent or flavour. My … Continue reading Green Curry Paste | Kreaung Geng Geng Gwio Warn
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
Chicken noodle soup is known as Jewish penicillin for the natural antibiotics found in it. The health giving properties are meant to come from the bones. This is why I make my own chicken stock from scratch. I make a bone broth to ensure the best for the stock. And use the stock for my … Continue reading Chicken Noodle Soup
When I was first diagnosed as being sucrose intolerant cutting sugar out of my diet was easy. I read the labels of everything in my fridge and pantry and threw out all the food I could no longer eat. Since then I have become a label reader. I had to toss my favourite provitas and … Continue reading Barbecue Sauce
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
This recipe for mixed mushroom ragu is from a friend of my mom and dad's. My mom's friend has become my friend on facebook. It is quite a thing this social networking. I am slowly becoming better at it. However, I have hidden my facebook profile so that ex school 'friends' cannot find me. I … Continue reading Mixed Mushroom Ragu Recipe From Carol