At the height of the summer festive season, we all need a handful of quick, fuss-free recipes that you can whip up in a flash when you have friends over. …
seafood
Hake, herb and spring vegetable spaghetti
September is Heart Health Awareness Month and I’ve partnered with I&J and MSC to bring you this scrumptious, easy, #feelgoodseafood hake pasta recipe. In case you don’t know, the heart-healthy mark …
Mussels, the Duinhuis way
Over the past year, I’ve been in the privileged position to become acquainted with one of the doyennes of the Western Cape food scene, Isabella Niehaus. After being a magazine fashion …
Mussel & tomato stew
This is a recipe from my recently released cookbook, Cape Mediterranean – the way we love to eat (published by Penguin Random House / Struik Lifestyle). I’m publishing it …
Bouillabaisse
Our friends at Le Creuset South Africa just launched a brand new colour: Ocean. It’s a beautiful graded teal, perfect for flavoursome fish dishes from the deep. To celebrate …
Spicy atchar mussels with garlic & white wine
My friends at Peppadew invited me to participate in a recipe challenge using their brand new #AwesomeAtchar product range. Seeing that this is Heritage Month, it is such a pleasure …
Sesame crusted trout on rice noodles with an Asian broth
I’m constantly looking for new ways to cook with trout – new flavour combinations, new techniques, fresh approaches. Trout is such a fabulous choice of fish in South Africa as …
Roasted garlic prawns
There are 2 types of people in this world: those who eat crustaceans, and those who don’t. I consider myself chief of the crustacean-eating clan. Prawns are a messy affair …
Baked trout with minted pea risotto
Some ingredients are so brilliantly vibrant and inspiring that you have to let them speak for themselves. This was the case with the organic peas that I got from Genesis …
Beer battered hake with homemade mayonnaise
Sometimes life takes you on a bumpy ride. Not serious stuff, but enough to make you need a hug at the end of the day. Like breaking down on the …