Every year before we went on our annual December holiday to Keurboomstrand on the Garden Route, my Mom would bake “holiday cookies”. But my Mom was not your average cookie …
Apricot jam
In the last month of my pregnancy in 2010, I joined an aqua aerobics class. The class was filled with older ladies, gracefully exercising in the gym pool with their …
Meatballs with fresh herbs in rosa tomato sauce
I have a list of 5 pantry essentials that I cannot live without. They are: Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil – the best I can find. Fresh garlic – …
Hearty chicken and mushroom pie
I know summer is creeping up on me, so I’m sneaking in the last of winter’s comfort food. Ag, who am I kidding, I can eat chicken pie any time …
The flourless chocolate cake that broke my food processor
While watching “The Delicious Miss Dahl” the other day on BBC Lifestyle, I jotted down Sophie’s recipe for a decadent flourless chocolate cake. For those who haven’t had the pleasure …
Spinach and feta quiche
It has been 9 months since I started this blog – the same time it takes to grow a baby in your womb. And I think I finally reached the …
Peppermint crisp tart
If there was ever a truly feel-good food, it simply has to be peppermint crisp tart. This fridge tart favourite is a South African classic, and I don’t know a …
Chocolate Eclairs
There are a few deceiving “so-called basic” dishes in the food world. Deceivingly difficult, that is. Take a béchamel sauce for example: only flour, butter and milk, but it can …
Really crispy chicken strips: perfect rugby food
The Rugby World Cup has officially started today and my husband couldn’t be happier. As far as I understand it, it will be weeks and weeks of endless rugby matches, …
Quick and smooth butter bean soup
To make a great soup, you need to start with great home-made stock. You also need time, because the ingredients need to get comfortable with each other in the pot, …