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!" 🤣

  • Healthy Butternut Soup

    This is my favourite soup to make in winter. It contains vegetables which are healthy and garlic, ginger and curry powder to keep germs (and maybe some people) away… This recipe makes about…

  • Chicken & Bacon Wraps

    I often wonder what I can make for supper. I sometimes forget about them but wraps are a good idea. My friend, Bianca, made wraps for us when they invited us over last…

  • South African Ice Cream Pudding

    My mom makes this ice-cream pudding when we go visit. It is impossible to resist! This is a simple and absolutely delicious pudding especially for someone with a sweet tooth. It sounds like…

  • Mauritian Granadilla Shooters

    We discovered a local restaurant in Mauritius with a very smooth waiter who, after much pleading on our part, revealed his secret “Granadilla Shooter” recipe to us. We’ve made it a few times…

  • Melktertjies (Milktart shooters)

    These “melktertjie” shooters are too delicious! For part of our dessert at our wedding we had these. We served the drink in a chocolate shooter glass. So when you have had enough shots…

  • Honey-Drizzled Chicken Breasts

    Needed: Frying pan, 2 tablespoons butter, garlic salt, Cayenne pepper, Meat tenderizer, 4 chicken breasts, honey Turn stove to medium heat and allow plate to reach stable temperature before starting. Melt butter. Place…

  • Channa Masala

    I tasted this for the 1st time while traveling in India.  I was amazed at how flavourful their vegetarian dishes are! Needed: Pot, Olive oil, 1 Onion, 3 chopped tomatoes, 2 cans chopped…

  • Very Easy Chicken Pie

    Need: Stove, Oven, Pot, oven-safe glass dish/tray Ingredients: Ready-made Puff Pastry 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 egg yoke 1 punnet chopped chicken breasts 250mls cream or plain yoghurt (healthier alternative) 1 Onion Knorr’s…

  • Carol’s Easy Guocamole

    Serves 2 really hungry people or 4 not so hungry people Needed: Square glass container ( or someting similar ) 1 can red kidney beans 1 onion Tabasco sauce 4 medium Avocados Crushed…

  • Quick Paleo Fudge

    This fudge is quite addictive and real easy to make. It contains no bad refined sugar. We bought the ingredients at Dischem for about R170 for everything and could make 3 batches of…