Food

Baked Camembert Wrapped in Vine Leaf

Whenever we have a really special occasion, I like to pull out the stops with snacks starters. I have a few of these snacks dishes up my sleeve – one being my Smoked Salmon Starter. And now (*drum roll*) I’m going to share with you a really great, crowd pleasing snack or starter. The recipe […] Read more…

Smokey Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

Smokey Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

Growing up, I used to think that a healthy soup was my mom’s watery veggie soup or my granny’s bean soup.  A truly delicious soup, however, was creamy & thick – like mushroom or butternut soup with loads of cream added to it. What do you think? Does creamy equal more delicious? I’m a big […] Read more…

How to make an awesome no-bake Candy Cone cake

Baking (& eating) cakes are so fun, right? Sometimes I am less about the actual baking & more about the decorating. That is exactly where this Candy Cone comes in.  This ‘cake’ is guaranteed to put smile on your face!  It looks great, it is fun to assemble & can be a lovely activity to […] Read more…

Chickpea & Butternut Curry

I discovered this delicious vegan Chickpea & Butternut Curry in my quest to add more veggies to our diet. There isn’t too much else to say about it, other than it is so satisfying – even for meat lovers. It also gets better with time so eating it two days in a row makes perfect […] Read more…

Make Marbled Sugar Cookies with Embossed Lettering

  A while ago I wanted to make marbled sugar cookies with embossed letters. Luckily my friend Karen from Lovilee had a set of letter stencils. And so we got together for a morning of seriously exciting marbled-biscuit-making! I find that baking & decorating is double the fun when doing it with a friend. If […] Read more…

Moreish Mixed Mushroom Risotto

Risotto was not in my vocabulary until about 8 years ago. Yup. That’s right. I had my first bowl of Risotto when I was already three decades old. I feel like I have to say Ag shame to myself at this point. The thing is that growing up in an Afrikaans family in the 80’s, exotic […] Read more…

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