If you follow me on Twitter @ladyvera06, you’ll know that I have a love/hate relationship with this breakfast. I love eating it but I hate making it. English muffins. They’re so hard to find in my area but they are the foundation if this perfect breakfast. The salmon. So expensive. Only after payday can I…
Category: Food knowledge
My first shakshuka
I’ve wanted to make this meal for a very long time. I’ve watched videos, seen different variations and finally the situation presented itself where I could make it for my family. With everyone waking up late, I hurried to the kitchen to prepare this. I saw this variation online and because I have been looking…
One pot mac n cheese
You know when you promise your child you’ll make a certain meal and the end of the week comes and you ha ent made it. Then you think of all the dishes it will make so you decide to take a shortcut? Well this is how it all started for me. In my mind I…
Steak anyone?
For a very long time I’ve tried to create the perfect steak. I’ve served it overcooked and no one ate it. I’ve served it undercooked and everyone was best friends with the microwave. This to. E I served it perfectly and this is how I did it. The perfect steak, regardless of the cut needs…
The #Gin revolution in #SouthAfrica
The coolest thing in town these days is GIN! Look left and right and all you see is gin. As a self-proclaimed wine snob, I tend to check out whatever else is out there and it’s really hard to ignore the Gin-revolution that is currently going on out there. Now Gin is not exactly the…
Trends in wine and food tourism
A good read into a 2019 forecast! Thanks to Bizcommunity The swinging doors to kitchen culture was first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our…
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…
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…
Its Lady Vera 