What do you get when you take a tired mother who just got back from holiday, add some leftovers from the fridge, add some thin chicken breasts and a screaming family? A sandwich!! No jokes. We bought this no egg mayo that was on special before our holiday. It was so delicious that I craved…
Category: Food knowledge
New years eats 2017 Part 1
Staying on the theme of bacon bacon bacon, after a really crazy new years eve celebration and waking up at noon, you need something delicious and salty to cure you of the previous festivities. With minimal effort, I made bacon egg toast cups. These are great if you don’t want to dirty dishes and be…
Fit for new years
I have fallen way off the healthy food band wagon and indulged my sense in the tastiest food you could ever think of. One of them consisted of my Christ’s bucket list which was eggs benedict. Last night after a long day in the sun, I chomped on like 5 French fries throughout the day…
Festive Meals: 5 meal challenge
The festive season brings some of the craziest behaviour you have ever seen. People flood the malls and it becomes the most claustrophobic experience having weird people bump into your shoulders or hit your with trolleys. People willingly go into debt to ensure that they get buy all the specials or get everyone gifts for…
Lifelong tip
I’m not one to post short blogs but here is something I just had to share. check out the below on peppers.
Another Meet up with Wine
This last Thursday I went to another one of Wine Connects Meet up at Gorge Krammerville. One this lovely warm evening, we were invited to sit on their upstairs area which overlooked the whole of Sandton, if you were sitting at the right spot. This wine connect was hosted by Simonsig and Jack Black beer…
Kitchen life hacks
I just saw the most exciting post on Facebook. As a home cook, striving to up her skills all the time, I usually love hacks like this to help me in the kitchen. Here they are:
Review: AJs in the Park
Zomato South Africa holds a competition every Friday afternoon at 3pm called #FoodieFriday on Twitter. They have a theme as a hint and you need to answer 10 questions correctly and in the quickest time to win. I have been playing this game for 5 weeks straight when it finally paid off! I WON! What…
Wine Pairing Basics
I recently attended a Food and Wine pairing which happened to be one of the most educational experiences of my life. It was hosted in Zio G Craft in Sunninghill by chef Philippe Frydman who I reflected on in my first meetup. Everything was so well paired that I completely lost the fact that I…
Lesson Learned: The Art of Baking Fish
A while ago I published a piece on baking a piece of hake and making it taste amazing. Last night, my parents came over and I wanted to WOW them with that meal so I headed off to the grocery store to get the ingredients. The fish was frozen so I left it out for…
Its Lady Vera 