Finally… I must apologise for the delay in getting this recipe out. I have been rather slack in getting blogs done, but it’s been swirling around in my mind. This is a recipe I just have to share! This recipe is mostly easy. The only hard part is to actually put the stuffing in the [...]

I like curry. I have a mouth like a baby, but I like the spice combinations, not the heat! Thankfully there are more and more recipes that are coming out that are flavourful without feeling the need to blow the roof of your mouth through your brain. My mother grew up with Indian style curries, [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was hosting two tables at a ladies breakfast. Along with the decorating and being there on the day to make sure that the ladies were comfortable and happy we also had to provide a plate of savoury and a plate of sweet eats. The sweet plate was easy. Some [...]

My first official wedding booking for a wedding cake and some other areas that I’m trying to help with where possible. This being the first official wedding cake or cakes (there might be 3 of them), I of course decided to do trial versions and also to practice some different versions of the icing/decorations. Firstly [...]

So the Silwood Icing Course part 2 is now over. Fingers crossed that we will soon be enjoying another part time class with Silwood centering around Christmas. We learnt how to make marzipan roses as well as chocolate moulded roses: These were incredibly fiddly and the chocolate roses were very sticky. All in all, I [...]

We recently had a Children’s service at our church and I offered to make some yummies for tea. I wanted to practise my butter cream icing roses so I decided to delve into my recipe books and try something new. I found a German Chocolate cake which required a little extra effort, but was demolished [...]

I have recently subscribed to Ina Paarman’s monthly newsletter. It’s a bit of a lucky draw in terms of recipes, but every now and then you get one that just makes your mouth water… Steak with red wince sauce, sounded nice, the picture looked good and we have some fillet steak in the freezer which [...]

I have been seriously slack with the blogging of late due to a number of reasons, but I have steadily been storing up recipes to blog about.  One that I have made a number of times and caused ridiculous problems on the first few attempts is the classic Tuna Fish Pie. A lovely easy pie [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last night we were out again at Bible School and so needed a meal that could be warmed up easily. I pulled out another Whats For Dinner recipe, this time the Cheesy Chicken Bacon and Spring Onion Pasta. Recipe as follows:

Week 2 of the Icing Course – plastic icing This week we used the buds that we made last week and continued with our plastic icing roses. We were given homework which I finished this morning, hence the blogging about it now. I’m definitely one of the slower ones in the class, but thankfully not [...]