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Oct 09

amazing technicolour dreamcakes

And no, these aren’t Joseph’s but are the very, very clever product of my friend Sam’s warp-speed creativity – she is to home industries what Leonardo was to the renaissance; completely unstoppable. Anyway, she happened to see (read full article)

baking, cupcakes, Dish of the Day, Multicoloured, recipe, Recipes, Sparkles, Sweet

Oct 09

amazing technicolour dreamcakes

And no, these aren’t Joseph’s but are the very, very clever product of my friend Sam’s warp-speed creativity – she is to home industries what Leonardo was to the renaissance; completely unstoppable. Anyway, she happened to see (read full article)

baking, cupcakes, Dish of the Day, Multicoloured, recipe, Recipes, Sparkles, Sweet

Oct 07

caramel croissant pudding

This is yet another post inspired by my friend Jenty (no, much as it may seem like it, I’m really not stalking her, we just talk about cooking quite a lot these days). Anyways, she was looking to buy a new cookbook the other day, and I persuade (read full article)

caramel, croissant, Dish of the Day, Nigella Lawson, pudding, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Oct 07

caramel croissant pudding

This is yet another post inspired by my friend Jenty (no, much as it may seem like it, I’m really not stalking her, we just talk about cooking quite a lot these days). Anyways, she was looking to buy a new cookbook the other day, and I persuade (read full article)

caramel, croissant, Dish of the Day, Nigella Lawson, pudding, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Oct 01

country loaf

I think I’m coming down with flu, so am not really feeling up to writing a scintillating post tonight – frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever felt less scintillating in my life! So, instead, herewith a simple recipe for a country-s (read full article)

baking, bread, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes

Oct 01

country loaf

I think I’m coming down with flu, so am not really feeling up to writing a scintillating post tonight – frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever felt less scintillating in my life! So, instead, herewith a simple recipe for a country-s (read full article)

baking, bread, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes

Sep 29

rooibos cheesecake

Some months ago I found a fabulous recipe for a rooibos cheesecake in a House & Leisure magazine and, as I’m want to do, I made it over and over again and then (for some peculiar reason that I can’t remember) I forgot all about it. Un (read full article)

baking, cake, cheesecake, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes, Rooibos, Sweet

Sep 28

tarragon & lemon roast chicken

I’ve hummed and hahed (odd expression) about including this recipe, as I have no doubt that many of you will find another recipe for roast chicken about as exciting as reruns of a test-pattern, BUT part of me also thinks that this might equally (read full article)

Chicken, Dish of the Day, lemon, Meat, recipe, Recipes, roast, savoury, Tarragon

Sep 28

Fig Jam and Foxtrot: Tales of life, love and food in the Karoo

When my colleague, Janet, heard the name of this blog, she said, “Ooh I must lend you one of my favourite recipe books – it’s called ‘Fig Jam and Foxtrot’”.  And a few days later, there on my desk was the book, its title “Fig jam a (read full article)

book, Books, Karoo, recipe, South Africa

Sep 24

tomato relish

Okay, although in this instance this recipe is intended to be a tomato relish to accompany the boerie rolls that I posted earlier, it can (very easily) be adapted to make a tomato base for mince, a tomato sauce for pasta, in fact almost anything that (read full article)

basil, Dish of the Day, onion, recipe, Recipes, savoury, tomato, Veg

Sep 23

wicked boerie rolls

In honour of the fact that tomorrow is National Braai Day – okay, more correctly it’s Heritage Day, but for some reason (I forget quite what) it was ordained braai day, and as the new moniker has the blessing of the Arch himself (the one, (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Meat, recipe, Recipes, savoury, South Africa

Sep 22

risotto-inspired rice pudding

As you may know if you’ve been following this blog, I tried to make this recipe last week, and although it was delicious, it took me 90 minutes of solid stirring before it was done. Now, to many of you that may seem like a good reason to write (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Nigella Lawson, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Sep 22

risotto-inspired rice pudding

As you may know if you’ve been following this blog, I tried to make this recipe last week, and although it was delicious, it took me 90 minutes of solid stirring before it was done. Now, to many of you that may seem like a good reason to write (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Nigella Lawson, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Sep 21

slow cooked shoulder of lamb with roasted vegetables

Today’s dish of the day is inspired by the beautiful photography of my friend Janette. Every day she posts photos that she’s taken on her blog, and Saturday’s post was of her supper. Normally, photos of someone’s random supper (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Jamie Oliver, Lamb, Meat, recipe, Recipes, savoury, Slow, vegetables

Sep 21

slow cooked shoulder of lamb with roasted vegetables

Today’s dish of the day is inspired by the beautiful photography of my friend Janette. Every day she posts photos that she’s taken on her blog, and Saturday’s post was of her supper. Normally, photos of someone’s random supper (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Jamie Oliver, Lamb, Meat, recipe, Recipes, savoury, Slow, vegetables

Sep 18

kahlua-drenched tiramisu

This is the third, and final, installment in today’s edition of the Fabulous Friday Feast. I know that tiramisu is not exactly earth-shattering these days, but it is still lovely, nevertheless. I hope that the rich creaminess of the desert is t (read full article)

cream, Desert, Fab Friday Feast, italian, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Sep 18

kahlua-drenched tiramisu

This is the third, and final, installment in today’s edition of the Fabulous Friday Feast. I know that tiramisu is not exactly earth-shattering these days, but it is still lovely, nevertheless. I hope that the rich creaminess of the desert is t (read full article)

cream, Desert, Fab Friday Feast, italian, recipe, Recipes, Sweet

Sep 18

paper-wrapped roast chicken

This is the second installment in today’s edition of the Fabulous Friday Feast and is meant to be served alongside the paw-paw and avo salad. I think that the fresh, slightly exotic taste of the paw-paw in the salad, perfectly offsets the comf (read full article)

Chicken, Fab Friday Feast, Meat, recipe, Recipes, roast, savoury

Sep 18

paper-wrapped roast chicken

This is the second installment in today’s edition of the Fabulous Friday Feast and is meant to be served alongside the paw-paw and avo salad. I think that the fresh, slightly exotic taste of the paw-paw in the salad, perfectly offsets the comf (read full article)

Chicken, Fab Friday Feast, Meat, recipe, Recipes, roast, savoury

Sep 18

paw-paw and avo salad with tamarind and lime dressing

This paw-paw and avo salad is the first installment in this weeks Fabulous Friday Feast – I’m sorry that I’m posting it so late, but as I only thought of the Feast idea today, I didn’t have much time to prepare. Next week, I (read full article)

Avocado, Fabulous Friday Feast, Paw-Paw, recipe, Recipes, salad, savoury, seasonal

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