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This chilli sauce is made when I have an abundance of chillies in my garden. Or when I bring chillies back with me from Italy. I am not one for very hot food as my sweat glands cannot take the heat. If food is too hot but still palatable I will eat it - but … Continue reading Chilli Sauce
I was recently asked to contribute to a magazine for a senior research project and give a story around a Nostalgic Food Memory. This recipe for a béarnaise sauce is quite nostalgic for me. Béarnaise sauce is my mother's favourite and it reminds me of her father. Here is my contribution: Skip ahead to the recipe for … Continue reading Béarnaise Sauce
This kiwi fruit salsa recipe forms part of the #Zespri Challenge I am taking part in. Today, the challenge for Zespri® 14 Day Daily Scoop of Amazing reads: Cooking is a great family bonding activity. Try out some of the new recipes from your thumb drive and share the experience with your readers. We were … Continue reading Kiwi Fruit Salsa
This chicken and kiwi salad was made for the Zespri Kiwi Fruit Challenge. Chicken And Kiwi Salad For the next 14 days I will be competing in South Africa's Zespri Kiwi Fruit Challenge. Together with 8 other bloggers I will be bringing you tips, ideas and recipes. These will feature here on the blog as well … Continue reading Chicken And Kiwi Salad
When I started submitting my avocado recipes for the Afrikado challenge - which I did not win by the way, one of my Facebook friends sent me her recipe for preserved avocados. Funnily enough, a few days later I saw it on another friend's Facebook page so I am not sure who 'owns' the original … Continue reading Preserved Avocados
This recipe for White Chocolate Pavlova was my submission to Freshly Blogged. As I was saying in my post for chicken liver terrine, this week's Freshly Blogged challenge had to be two dishes, both using cayenne pepper and cinnamon. We did not have to make a dessert but I chose to as given the ingredient … Continue reading White Chocolate Pavlova
I adore plums and the tarter the better. I could not wait to make Tom Kitchin's recipe for honey parfait with pickled plums and oat crumble while I have been reviewing his recipe book From Nature To Plate. It included pickled plums as well as crisps. I made enough to photograph the recipe as well as an … Continue reading Pickled Plums
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
Thanks again to Alex for his guest post. This time he shares his recipe for burger and chips. I'm back again.... The other day Tandy dropped a VERY broad hint that I needed to cater for the Canadian GP and that, furthermore, Burgers and Chips would be the perfect meal. I mean... huh? How is … Continue reading Burger And Chips | Guest Post
You may be familiar with the Southern Italian dish melanzane parmigiana which uses eggplant / aubergine. I am having a love hate relationship with aubergine at present. I think it has to do with the fact that for the past 6 months or so I have been buying baby aubergines. They look very pretty but I … Continue reading Fennel Parmigiana | Finocchio Parmigiana
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
Pickled Ginger Until I developed an allergy to an unknown substance, I never considered how many items are made in a factory that uses nuts. And if you are a label reader like I am, then you will know how many savoury products contain sugar. As a person intolerant to sucrose I have learnt to … Continue reading Pickled Ginger
A few weeks ago we were having friends over for dinner. It was at the same time that I was recipe testing in order to review James's Desserts. I had some lovely Italian onions in my pantry that needed using up and I decided to make a tart tatin with them. This to me would … Continue reading Onion Tart Tatin
When avocados are in season make this Coriander And Avocado Salad Dressing. This month I was given Kate's Kitchen as my Secret Recipe Club blogger. Kate is a financial planner by profession, who lives to eat and has therefore learned to cook. Her love for food comes through very clearly on her blog. We have many things in … Continue reading Coriander And Avocado Salad Dressing
Bread and butter pickles are a marinated variety of pickled cucumbers and onion in a solution of vinegar, sugar, and spices. Skip ahead to the recipe for Bread And Butter Pickles It is always a sad day when someone you know dies, and to be there when it happens is devastating. Ask me, I know. … Continue reading Bread And Butter Pickles
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
As I am sucrose intolerant I have a lot of bottles of things in my fridge that I have made from scratch. You will find sweet chilli sauce in there among all the other bottles of lovely goodies, including harissa and pesto and tomato and chilli chutney. What you won't find is marmalade as for some strange reason fructose does not work the same … Continue reading Piccalilli
I love it when The Secret Recipe Club challenge arrives in my inbox! Even when I am very busy and think I might not have time to get it all done for the month. This month I was assigned Melissa's Cuisine and I spent a morning reading through her blog. Melissa's husband Mike is certainly very lucky … Continue reading Pasta With Roasted Tomatoes
Shhhh, I have a guilty secret! I taste test so much when cooking that sometimes I don’t feel like eating when it comes to supper time! When that happens I make Tomato Pasta Sauce. I love to create savoury dishes as they are all about the process. They take time and most dishes can be left … Continue reading Tomato Pasta Sauce
A word that in my mind delivers exactly what it means is frikkadels. I cannot translate this for you, but when I say this Afrikaans word, or hear it, I know I am going to get baked meatballs. This is a traditional Afrikaans dish and I have adapted the recipe from Cape Winelands Cuisine to share with … Continue reading Frikkadels | A South African Meatball