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!" 🤣

  • No-bake Cheese cake

    With our guesthouse now up and running, Marc has discovered a new love for baking. (He bakes and I eat it all- not too good for weight loss!). Yesterday he made a really…

  • Blue Cheese Pasta

    This is one of our favourite pastas! It’s so flavourful and also quick and easy to make. You will need: 500g Fettuccini 250g bacon (chopped) 250ml fresh cream (or long life cream) Blue…

  • Beer & Sweetcorn Bread

    This is such an easy bread to make! Ingredients: 500g self raising flour 1 tin sweetcorn 1 can/bottle (340ml) beer Mix ingredients together. Add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar…

  • Liver Paté – a healthy hors d’oeuvre

    Looking for a healthy hors d’oeuvre which is high in protein? Or just a tasty starter other than chips and dip? How about liver paté served with savoury biscuits, poppadoms or melba toast?…

  • Jane’s Easy Tuna Mould

    Summer is in full blast here in South Africa and with most people having “eating healthy” as part of their New Year’s Resolutions, here’s an easy-to-make, healthy tuna snack to impress your guests.…

  • South African Chakalaka Boerewors Rolls

    When we were in South America this is one South African food we really craved: Boerewors rolls! We had chori-pan which is similar but not quite the same. So one of the first…

  • Geetha’s Mint-Peanut Chutney (Paté)

    Geetha definately makes the best indian food! She spoilt us by bringing supper last night: curry, rotis, meatballs and this mint chutney with papadums for starters. Geetha gave us a cooking lesson the…

  • Lionel’s Cream Curry

    This is one of the first meals Marc made for me. It’s his dad’s recipe! I must say I was quite impressed! Since then Cream Curry Tortillas is one of our favourite meals.…