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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 review. I adapted one of his recipes to make this roasted butternut soup. His calls … Continue reading Roasted Butternut Soup
I cannot stress the importance of eating properly before training or exercising. Over a year ago Dave and I stopped eating starchy carbohydrates at night. We were given an eating plan by our gym owner which I tagged on to our current eating regime. I mentioned to a friend that we were not eating starch … Continue reading Sweet Potato Muffins
I absolutely love rye bread and decided very soon into my sourdough journey to make a loaf. Based on Celia's tutorial, I tweaked and tweaked until I could get it right. The only time I have ever used rye flour to bake breads with is when I have used my bread machine so I was … Continue reading Sourdough Rye Bread
This seed and oat daily loaf is perfect for school and work lunches. Bread is not something I eat every day as it tends to find its place on my hips far too readily. I spent a lot of time in my December holidays experimenting with different bread recipes for my bread maker, and I … Continue reading Seed And Oat Daily Loaf
I think I am starting to sound like a stuck record. It is still winter in the Western Cape. It is not nearly warm enough in my kitchen to prove bread, and even if I could sit the dough outside, it is raining. We have had snow before in October but for some reason this … Continue reading Nut And Seed Bread
This recipe for cream cheese pastry is one of the easiest pastries I have ever made. Baking a cake does not a baker make! I have had this saying going through my head for a while now. It started when I mentioned to a friend that anyone can write a blog but that not everyone … Continue reading Cream Cheese Pastry
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
I love the challenges set for us from Fresh From The Oven. I am baking breads I would never try otherwise. This month was no different with us having to bake bagels! Now, being of Jewish descent, bagels have formed part of my diet for a long time, usually served with cream cheese and lox. … Continue reading Bagels
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
My friend Cindy sent me foodie gifts and this inspired my carom seed curry. I have a troll, a person who reads my blog, from start to finish, and then leaves me really horrid comments. The great thing is that I am able to control who comments on my posts, and so Mr Allan Trollface, … Continue reading Carom Seed Curry
I had mixed feelings with the first month of my participation in The Secret Recipe Club, on the one hand the ups are all the lovely new bloggers I met, and who I am now following. On the down side was the fact that the person whose blog I was given did not leave a … Continue reading Chicken And Sesame Noodles
My friend Kim has sent me this recipe for Coriander Pesto which is a good heavy metal detox. As it is a heavy metal detox, Kim recommends that you only eat a couple of teaspoons a day. Coriander Pesto One of the ingredients in this recipe is dulse. Living in the little village of Gordons Bay, … Continue reading Coriander Pesto
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
I am submitting this recipe for cabbage salad to Scintillating Salads, which is the theme for Monthly Mingle, being hosted this month by Divya. I love the crunch of fresh, raw cabbage, but I would never consider cooking with this vegetable. That is not to say that cabbage cannot be cooked, it is just not … Continue reading Cabbage Salad
To me, no summer salad is complete without sprouts. When I was in primary school, one of my closest friends was Italian. Lunches at her house were always a treat of pizza home made by her Nonna. Her Zia (Aunt) was forced to stay at home, and she was a vegan. This was my first … Continue reading Sprouts For Salads
I have never had Dukkah before, even though I have seen it on the shelves in various deli's and Woolworths stores. When we went to Sofia's my dad ordered the dukkah spiced petit poisson. Inspired to finally make some, I went shopping for hazelnuts which sat in their brown paper bag on my kitchen counter … Continue reading Dukkah
I have posted this recipe on my food24 blog and it does not work if you tweak it too much, as my friend Zabwan discovered. I was not going to use this recipe again for the challenge, as the aim is to make something new. But, yesterday I tried a recipe from the Vital Club … Continue reading Berry Bars
As I am sucrose intolerant I find it easier to make my own breakfast cereal than read all the ingredients on all the packets of muesli's available in the supermarkets. This granola is by no means the cheaper option, but it is the healthier choice. I have been making this granola recipe for so long … Continue reading Granola | Easy To Make At Home