A handy guide to different types of CHILLIES

If you love to cook with a little heat then read on because we’re talking about all different types of chillies – from the very mildest piquant peppers, right through to the hottest of the hot. THE CHILLI CHALLENGE Chilli challenges have been sweeping the internet of late, with crazy folk of the world filming…

[RECIPE] Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta

This dessert is great for someone like me. I have never been a strong dessert maker-person, however, if you don’t challenge yourself once in a while, you’ll never know what you can achieve! This dessert is simple, delicious and you will not leave a lot of dishes to clean (yes, I am that lazy). Please…

9 Amazing Facts About Cheese You Need to Know

Warning: Don’t read on an empty stomach! Enter the competition to win 2 tickets to the Annual Cheese Market in Johannesburg 1. Cheese was created over 4,000 years ago-by accident Amazingly, one of our favorite foods might never have been discovered if it weren’t for a mistake. Legend has it the first cheese was created…

WIN! 2 tickets to #AnnualCheeseMarket2018

It’s competition time!! The Joburg Cheese Market features local cheese stalls exhibiting and showcasing cheese in South Africa.The event includes wine , whiskey & beer pairings, mouth watering cheese dishes, arts & crafts and more!!   I am giving away 2 tickets to the #AnnualCheeseMarket2018 hosted by @Jhbcheesemarket. The winner will be chosen on Friday…

The best scrambled eggs recipe

Making eggs has been the common breakfast for most South Africans for decades. We love our eggs. Yes we do. Apart from being a relatively cheap protein, there are so many ways you can make them that it’s times like these that I get so excited. Growing up, making scrambled eggs was an easy and…

Less of the fish smell and taste #Pilchards

You know that one thing that you absolutely hate eating because when growing up, your mom made you eat it all the time? It could be any occasion: “Hey, we’re broke so we have to eat this” or “Hey this is good for you” or “Hey you’ll eat anything I put on the plate for…

Slurp, slurp slurp! #Oysters anyone?

On the N2 between Sedgefield and Wilderness is “Oysters R Us”. While on holiday in Knysna this past week, I looked for the most unique things to do. I came across this giant sign “Oysters R Us” and being a liker of things and a lover of seafood, had to enter this place. A quick…

The best braai bread recipe

We just celebrated heritage day in South Africa and in the past couple of years, braai’ing has become a tradition on this day. To braai is to cook something on an open flame and there are many people who claim to know the best way to make a fire! My hubby knows best, by the…

11 Light and Delicious Wine Cocktails

A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine, into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the various alcohols. Whether it’s for a dinner party or a…

#Spring into action: Foods for warmer days

Stock your fridge and pantry will all the freshest. Here’s my prediction for this season’s most used foods. Proteins: Parma Ham (Proscioutto) Lamb Chops All of chicken (de-skinned) Rabbit Beef Fillet Kingklip Salmon Tuna Fruits & Vegetables: Apricots Asparagus Avocados Carrots Chives Fennel Mangoes Peas Pineapples Baby corn Potatoes Spinach Fresh Herbs Grapefruit