Recipes – South African

Peppadew cheese puffs – perfect Christmas canapés

Thumbnail image for Peppadew cheese puffs – perfect Christmas canapés December 7, 2011

  Just like living with other people, living alone is something every adult should experience for themselves.  Living with other people teaches you about compromise and consideration for others; living alone teaches you about self-reliance and liking your own company. The 18 month period shortly after we were married when Nick lived in the UK and I [...]

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Chicken, chorizo and Peppadew potjiekos

November 2, 2011

Synergy. It's a great word – like energy, only better (and despite the way it sounds, no hint of sin!).  It boils down to the notion that a cohesive group is more than the sum of its parts; that a group has the ability to outperform even its best individual member; and that teamwork will produce an overall better result [...]

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Boerewors mini sausage rolls

Thumbnail image for Boerewors mini sausage rolls July 31, 2011

  Have you ever had the feeling that your heart lives in two places at once?  I suspect anybody whose lover or child has ever lived far away from them knows precisely what I am talking about. Part of your heart lives where you physically find yourself, attached to things like friends, neighbours, pets, a [...]

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Biltong and feta cheese muffins

July 5, 2011

Summer means different things to different people.  To some, it means the beach and the smell of coconut suntan lotion.  To others, it means ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes from their garden; or Wimbledon; or partying the nights away in Ibiza's nightclubs till dawn; or backyard braais/barbecues; or cricket season; or asparagus season; or berry-picking; or picnics. [...]

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Beef brisket with braai (BBQ) sauce potjiekos

June 5, 2011

There is a great joke about diets that goes something like this: STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT: The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans of Britons. The French eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans or Britons. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer [...]

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Lamb sosaties revisited – and a BBQ event!

September 6, 2010

Please remember to vote for me in the South African Blog Awards where I am a finalist in the Best Food and Best Overseas Blog categories!  You can vote once a day till 17 September.  Thanks! Yes, I know it's Monday, not Sunday, but I had 25 people at my house on Saturday, a headache [...]

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Choc-kit cookies – a taste of home

August 16, 2010

Have you noticed how many good things come in sandwich format? Whoopie pies, for one – like the indulgent red velvet ones that my friend Mowie brought around to my house when he came for lunch (and foraging!) a couple of weeks ago.  Or macarons – like the raspberry tea & chocolate tahini ganache ones [...]

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