Ina Paarman has a website full of recipes and information. I delved in and discovered Chip Chicken. Every now and then I get a craving for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not often and I usually find something else to eat and soon get over it, but this seemed like a recipe that was worth a try. [...]

I actually made this meal about 3 weeks ago, but due to unforeseen circumstances and a little procrastination I am only blogging about it now. It could also be that it has taken me this long to recover from cooking the Breyani! My goodness, what a lot of effort and I even had a pre-packed [...]

Have you ever made your own breadcrumbs? Well, meatballs weren’t the only things I was making for the first time yesterday. This recipe proved to be rather difficult, purely because I battled to find the ingredients that I needed. Both Woolworths and Pick n Pay proved to be rather difficult…although I did finally find a [...]

The last month or so, the Muslim community in Cape Town have been going through Ramadan which is ended by Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday and celebration. Ramadan is a month of fasting and, as with many celebrations, Eid al-Fitr involves a lot of food. This year Eid al-Fitr is coming at the end of [...]

One of the cookies on my list is the Gobble Biscuit. I finally remembered to take a photo before packaging them all and so this is what they look like: This is an old family favourite and lovely for a tea time treat. It is a chocolate coconut biscuit with chocolate icing.

Despite a rather nasty bronchitis/sinusitis illness this week I made it to the final class of the 3 part Silwood Cake Decorating Course Part 1. I was really looking forward to showing off my flowers that I had done for homework and putting them onto a completed cake. Thankfully, the Silwood students baked the cakes [...]