Since I started growing tomato, chilli and spinach in my garden, I started thinking of ways that I could firstly increase the quantity of what I’m growing and secondly, design my garden in a way that I can start planting different plants. Pinterest has flooded my brain with a million ideas that I can’t even…
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The Great SA debate: Rump vs Sirloin (part 1)
In South Africa, a meal is not complete without a great cut of meat. We love to braai, roast, grill and poach our meat and frankly speaking, South Africa has some of the best meat in the world. Putting my pride aside, I wanted to focus on beef. Whenever I am craving a good grilled…
Little hidden gem: Pizza
Took my daughter to the zoo for the first time today. All day she ran around so excited and impressed other people with her knowledge. I was so glad we ate before because the price of food there was so expensive. I understand they have a lot of tourists coming but damn, you don’t go…
A guide to champagne glasses
So we just missed champagne day and I have posted so much about wine glasses that I realised that I never posted anything about champagne flutes. As an fyi, you know all the sparkling wine and mcc produced anywhere else but in Champagne in France cannot be called champagne and since like a million wine…
Second harvest… Swiss chard/ Spinach
It’s an exciting day in my household. I started planting random things in my garden like veggies, fruit and herbs. So far, my garden loves tomato, swiss chard what we call spinach in South Africa, and chilli. Some things are like an investment like my lemon tree. It probably will take another 5 years to…
OBSESSED: Anchovies
I was first introduced to this amazing fish when I was in pre primary and for lunch they served us anchovy paste (fish paste) on bread. I will not even lie. I absolutely hated it. It was a weird shade of pink, had an odd smell and it probably doesn’t help that we were forced…
#Vaalwineroute day 2
Even though it was a Sunday, we will still drank wine in the am. Here’s a summary of our day two.
#Vaalwineroute day 1
Last year we went to the amazing wine route and we decided we’d bring my cousin and her husband this time! A more in depth review to follow!
Your Winter Wine and Food Pairing Guide
Again, winemag has come to the rescue with this brilliant piece that will warm us up for this winter. When the weather cools down, it’s time to heat things up in the kitchen. If you’re anything like the editors at Wine Enthusiast, you’re craving the soul-warming comfort food and wine pairings that bring family and…
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