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Bread was the basis of our school lunches. Brown sandwich loaves, sliced thin and filled with cheese, lettuce and tomato, sometimes filled with fish fingers or Monday’s staple, Amma’s braised baked beans curry. It even served as the subject of many Show and Tell’s at school, ‘How to Make a …
The bland taste of cauliflower makes it the ideal canvas for creating different flavour sensations. My personal favourite being Amma‘s cauliflower and pea curry. I have to admit I was much less accepting of cauliflower as a substitute for pasta during childhood. My older sister once made cauliflower in white …
I have used more frozen food products during the past year than I have during the last decade. Their convenience has grown on me, especially vegetables which require very little preparation. Most surprising is frozen raw seafood. This New Years‘s Eve, I discovered that you can bake frozen prawns! It …
Roast leg of lamb was a typical New Year’s Day dinner, growing up. Over the years it evolved from Amma‘s lamb pot roast to more elaborate creations by my older sister. Lamb roast recipes which included the use of red wine both in cooking the lamb itself and in making …
There are so many reasons to love this cake. Fragrant ingredients like orange and cardamom and no flour, butter or oil. A cake with a dense, pound cake-like texture, made without flour, butter or oil? Sounds impossible right? this whole orange and almond flour cake is just that. A cake …
I have a few recipe variations for making stuffed mushrooms. This chutney and cheese stuffed portobello recipe is my favourite because it reminds me of a childhood favourite – Amma’s tomato chutney. This recipe is portobellos drizzled with a bit of olive oil, baked in the oven then topped with …
We did not celebrate Christmas in the religious sense of the word, but childhood in South Africa was marked by a few Christmas traditions eg. sending and receiving Christmas cards, having a Christmas tree, making Christmas cake and spending the day with family. This meant ample time at the dining …
Whole Wheat Roti vs White Flour Roti The South African soft butter roti I grew up on, is typically made from white flour or even cake flour. Delicious as they are, they are not a friend of blood sugar levels or heart health. With more readers and myself making homemade …
Pancakes are usually a Sunday treat, but my son has been home, sick this week and without much of an appetite. He usually loves oat porridge for breakfast, so it was not too difficult to convince him of oat pancakes! I began making oat flour at home about three years …
This easy Broccoli salad makes for a light transition to clean eating after indulging in Diwali sweets. I assure you, even if you are less of a fan of broccoli than I am you too will love this salad. It is steamed broccoli florets doused in a coriander and mint …