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!" ๐Ÿคฃ

  • That’s a wrap! – A Healthy Egg Wrap

    So, you’ve probably heard of the Tim Noakes Diet and “banting.” It seems like the latest dieting craze but apparently this way of eating was prescribed for weight loss by medical professionals for…

  • Ginger Honey Mint and Lemon Health Tea

    Legend has it that the first person to make tea was the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong in 2737 BC. Apparently, while he was boiling water in the shade of a tree, a gentle…

  • Chocolate brownie Caramel Peppermint-crisp Mousse Delight

    This Chocolate brownie Caramel Peppermint-crisp Mousse Delight is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I’m wondering if we should rather call it the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious tart!?? It has a chocolate brownie base, with a middle caramel layer and a…

  • Jane’s Crunchies (Oats Cookies)

    So I know Spring is around the corner (for the Southern Hemisphere) and we all want to start losing some winter bulge. I’ve been leading you and mostly myself into temptation with the…

  • BarOne Peanut butter Cookies

    If you watch “How I met your Mother”, these are a variation of the “sumbitch cookies” that “the mother” offers Lilly on the train when they meet for the first time. Anyway, these…

  • Knoffel Bekerbrood (garlic bread in a mug)

    This is just a fun and different way to serve bread. We had this bekerbrood as well as broccoli-condensed milk salad with steaks which we braaied. What you need: Bread dough (buy from…

  • Lemon Meringue Pie

    This is our neighbour, Sharon’s, meringue recipe. It is really very yummy! Warning: to be eaten in moderation and as part of a well-balanced diet and regular exercise plan. (I have to put…

  • Pete’s Peanut Butter Bomb smoothies

    Pete made us delicious smoothies! This is one of his famous healthy smoothie recipes known as the “Pete”nut-butter bomb. Ingredients: vary ingredients according to your preferences 200g yoghurt 1 banana 1 BIG scoop…

  • Carol’s Carrot Cake

    This cake is absolutely delicious! And carrots are good for you. ๐Ÿ˜‰ What you will need: For the Cake: 1 and 1/4 cups sunflower oil 2 cups sugar 2 cups cake flour 2…

  • Easiest way to poach an egg

    What’s the easiest way to make a poached egg? We thought it would be the new egg poacher we bought… But actually the trick Lionel saw on Facebook works the best. You have…