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Food and Water Security – Save the PHA 20 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
They say that future wars will be fought over water, not oil. Or maybe I’ve been reading too many post-apocalyptic YA fiction? Whether that’s true or not, what is very true is that we need to protect ...
A Spicy Chocolate Meringue Intrigue 12 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
A light and chewy cinnamon meringue with a luscious splodge of white chocolate cinnamon cream, bound together with fine ribbons of chilli chocolate and of course a strawberry perched on top for a burs...
Hot Tuscan Crostini or Finely Chopped 11 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
If you’ve been following my blog you may have noticed that I’ve been somewhat caught up in the Freshly Blogged challenge for the last six weeks. Every week a new list of ingredients, every week a sho...
Winter 9 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
Winter in the Western Cape: at this time of year it seems like you blink and you’ve missed it. Having grown up with those long grey English winters which linger for endless months with depressingly sh...
Chocolate Pear Tarts with Amarula Ice Cream 5 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
After the challenge of cooking with mealie meal and pilchards of the previous two weeks, last week’s Freshly Blogged ingredient list was a joy to read through. Who wouldn’t be happy to cook with Amaru...
Creamy feta fish cakes on buttered cabbage 29 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
These pilchard fish cakes were the surprise hit of the Freshly Blogged competition so far with my family. A surprise because I’d never served them pilchards before and never would have thought the kid...
Fruity Mieliepap Muffins for Freshly Blogged 23 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
I was really excited to see waterblommetjies on the ingredients list for Week 3s challenge; slightly more intimidated by the mielie meal (corn meal). Waterblommetjies are a winter delicacy local to th...
Potato salad with creamy avo-nnaise dressing 21 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
It’s only in the last few years that I’ve really started liking potato salad. Up till then I was always put off by the vats of bought mayonnaise too often slicked over it. When I eventually started ma...
Aromatic Beef Pie Recipe 15 Jul 2013 | 02:45 pm
Week 2's Freshly Blogged challenge had many of us in a twitter . Of a generation that has never cooked with suet and grew up to regard any saturated animal fat with deep suspicion, it was a mystery. E...
Chocolate Avocado Parfait Recipe 11 Jul 2013 | 01:07 am
I’ve always loved avocados. I remember as a teenager growing up in England the occasional visit to a smart restaurant, where I would always order an avocado cocktail as my starter (this was the early ...
