Fresh tomato sauce
This recipe is so easy, it is almost silly to post it. But then, I would be denying the enjoyment of this simple fair to so many… The first important tip when working with...
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Sausage rolls from scratch
Ok, so baking is not so difficult after all. I have been dreading the pastry and the bread and the baking thing, as it involves recipes and I like to follow my own way....
Strawberry Swirl Ice cream
My friends’ birthday was coming up and as I sifted through the things that would make a really great birthday present I came across the perfect gift – ice cream. Who wouldn’t be glad...
Ice-cream season, vanilla flavoured
Ah, as the days get longer and the morning chill turn from frosty white to dewdrop diamond, the mental menu adapts. It’s ice-cream season. Over the weekend, Lara had an ice-cream stand at the...
Puff pastry
We love cooking shows like Masterchef. It intrigues me how the guys (and gals) get things done in an hour and make the most interesting dishes using different doughs and techniques. For this reason...
Pickled bell peppers
Sometimes a little innovation can go a long way. When you stay on a farm, you get used to preserving things. The tomatoes ripen at the same time, so you make tomato sauce. The...
Spinach and Apple Salad
Ingredients: 1 pack Baby Spinach, washed 1 Granny Smith apple, halved, cored and thinly sliced 1 Star King / Golden Delicious apple, halved, cored and thinly sliced ¼ cup Red Onion, thinly sliced handful...
Red Onion Marmelade
Ingredients: 500 gr Red onion, thinly sliced 30 ml (2 tblsp) Butter 120 gr Brown Sugar 125 ml (½ c) Red Wine Vinegar 45-50 ml (3 tblsp) Balsamic Vinegar To taste Salt and fresly...
Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
With all three children now teenagers they are not keen on doing an Easter egg hunt any more. In the past we made quite a do of our Easter egg hunt. The kids had stiff...
Zingy Crumbed Chicken Burgers with chillimelet
Recently Heidi made a recipe with bay leaves blitzed into breadcrumbs. The taste was exquisite. We are so used to bay leaves being thrown into the pot or added to the bobotie, but we...
