A.K.A South African Comfort food! What I find really interesting in life, is sometimes people you meet you connect with on a simple level, they become “people you know” and then sometimes you meet people who become “Your People”. You know what I mean. “Your people” are the people you connect with, you click with,…
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Perfect Parsnips
I love Parsnips! Not just at Christmas time, but all through the Autumn and Winter season. This is my recipe for Perfect Parsnips. You can’t be bashful about using fats when cooking these perfect parsnips. They are not for those on a diet!! For a large side portion of Perfect Parsnips take 1kg of Medium…
Curry -vs- Pie
So the left-overs battle continued during the Christmas/New year break. We had friends over for dinner, and I could not for the life of me decide whether to do a Turkey & Ham Thai green curry, or a traditional “left-overs” pie. I do love some pastry post Christmas. Well, I decided that the battle could…
A Delish Fish Pie
4 days after the big day & we are still in the process of leftover usage. Last night (29th) was using up the poached Salmon from Boxing Day (December 26th for all my American friends!). So I decided on a fish pie. Not strictly just leftovers as I added some additional fresh ingredients, but you…
A Tough One!
It was pointed out to me recently by a good friend, that I hadn’t posted on here for a while! For the purposes of this post I shall call this friend Coriander. I realised that Coriander was correct I hadn’t and it took me a moment to think about why not. Well, some of you…
A Taste of Mexico
On a recent trip to Mexico, I discovered a liking for Tequila! Recently I came across a recipe for a Gin and Tonic Cake, which I really wanted to try, but sadly I had no Gin or Tonic in the larder, just some Duty Free Tequila and a lot of Limes in the fruit bowel….
A Classic Italian Dish
Following on from my Vegetarian theme, I decided to tackle a simple, classic recipe, which oddly, I have never baked before. A Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni. It’s a moderately easy dish and I took inspiration from the allrecipes website. I slightly adapted mine, which I found really easy to do. For my version I used…
Egg MF Muffins
Ok, I will probably get into legal trouble for the name of this post from some well known Fast Food(?) chain, so keep it our little secret OK! This afternoon, before it became too hot to have the oven on in the kitchen, I decided to try out a recipe I stumbled upon last night….
Soggy Bottoms
It seems I need to work on my meringues. I’m not sure whether its the oven temperature, or my whisking techniques, but they always seem to end up oozing, sticking, and generally having soggy bottoms. I had an idea in my head yesterday of large, piped meringues, lightly dusted with chocolate, huge and fluffy, crisp…
Bread – The Staff of Life
Those of you who me and know my baking will also know that bread is the bane of my life. I love the process of making bread, the measuring, the kneading, the fact that as the process happens, the bread becomes alive. Sadly for me, so far, no matter what process I adopt, my bread…
