At the end of 2020, we spent a relaxing family day at Boschendal. We started with a scrumptious lunch at the deli, checking in at one of the Orchard cottages …
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Breakfast
3 Seed granola with pecans and olive oil
Since my husband started following an almost wheat-free lifestyle more than a year ago, his breakfast choices changed from regular toasted bread and wheat cereal to other options like rye …
Pilchard & spinach shakshuka – breakfast of champions
Lucky Star recently launched their fourth cookbook in a series of cookbooks published by Tamsin Snyman Publishers, Seven Colours with Fish. This book captures a sense of colourful occasion without …
10 water wise recipes that’ll help you save
We’re all looking to gain smart new habits for coping with the little water left in the Western Cape. Hoping to avoid “day zero”, let’s adjust to a new …
Mushroom, spinach & cheddar frittata with sage butter
Frittatas are so unfussy – just comfort food in a pan. They’re super easy to make and can be eaten for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Choose a pan …
All-in-one breakfast rusks
I’ve published the recipe for these winning rusks twice before – one of my first posts ever on this blog in 2011 and again on Die Kos Vos last …
Weekend brunch with Poetry Stores
During the month of April we are blessed in South Africa with not only one but two long weekends! That usually means family time and slower mornings – perfect for …
Granola with almonds & cranberries
With summer reigning supreme in South Africa, I am welcoming every chance for an early morning run before the heat sets into full swing. After runs like these, all I …
Croque madame
Still wondering what the big difference is between a croque madame and a croque monsieur? An egg. And the egg is placed on top of the croque madame – not …
Nigella’s rum & raisin banana bread
For one of our monthly food shoots last year at Tasha‘s house in Elgin, she greeted us with the seducing smell of something exotic yet strangely familiar. It was a …