Food and Recipes
We love eating! If life is a journey, what better way to enjoy the ride than with good "padkos!"(road food). Here are some of our favourite recipes and food ideas... Some are not necessary the most healthiest, but they are the "lekkerest!" 🤣
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Chocolate Blaze Sponge Cake
We had a blazing good time celebrating Leo’s birthday this year. I used Daleen’s chocolate cake recipe to make a “Blaze and the Monster Machines Mud cake.” It is really a yummy, fluffy…
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Lekker Butter Cookies
Peek-A-Boo here are some cookies for you! Here’s an easy cookie recipe. Similar to the one my mom used to make with us when we were kids. Ingredients: 250g butter 1 cup sugar…
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Pork Belly with Gooseberry Glaze
We made pork belly for our annual “Christmas in July” this year. The meat was soft and succulent and the crackling was very crispy. It was delicious! (And it wasn’t just me who…
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Hannes’s Tomato Soup
I haven’t put anything on this blog for a while… I was a little scared off by weird “outlook” followers. But this tomato soup is yummy! And easy to make. Ingredients: Thick (1cm)…
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Nobis’s Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
The day before her baby was born Nobis came to show me how to make her yummy chicken and sweetcorn soup. It’s a recipe I don’t want to forget… Here’s what goes in…
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Healthier Rusks
I’m excited because my parents are driving up to visit this weekend. So in preparation I’ve been baking a bit to have some snacks and treats in the house. I like these rusks…
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Jane’s Pancake Recipe
“If I tell you I love you, will you make me pancakes?” I always remember my mom’s pancakes on a rainy day….yummy!😊And they are delicious when the sun is shining too! Here’s the…
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Homemade Fudge
So we finally got Jeff to make his famous fudge for us. I think the last time he made this was at least 15 years ago! But he still looks like he’s in…
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Meringue with Caramel Yoghurt Topping
This is sort of a combination of meringue and a basic pavlova. It’s best to make these the day before you intend on serving them. You need: (To make 6 big meringues) 4…
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Jane’s Chocolate Cake Recipe
I eat cake because it’s somebody’s birthday somewhere.” This is one of the sweet things I remember my mom baking for almost every birthday or event. I think she originally got the recipe…
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Easy and Delicious Oxtail Recipe
One day it was still summer and the next day….bam…the cold was upon us and it’s winter. Well, that’s what it felt like to me! Although I’m more a summer type of person,…
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Biltong Paté
“Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la la la…” I can’t believe it’s December and Christmas time again! It’s really hot and dry here in the Free…
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Homemade Dulce de Leche
Dulce de leche which translates to “sweet of milk” is a heavenly treat. (Or an evil temptation depending on which way you look at it.) We ate a lot of this delight when…
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Make Stampmielies for Your Next Braai
Now that we’re back in sunny South Africa we’ve had a few lekker braais already, including a leg of lamb spit-braai with the family on Heritage Day.(Braai Day) This samp tart or stampmielie-tert/gereg…
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Watermelon Salad 2015
Happy 2015 to you all! 😄 Hopefully all the chocolates, sweets and festive season leftovers are now finished and you have formulated your healthy eating and exercise plans to start the new year…
