My go to soup. It’s a budget soup with a bougee twist. You can have it chilled in Summer but it tastes oh so delicious in Winter. This is the fresh batch I made today and am currently enjoying. The tomato needs to be chopped, salted, add pepper and olive oil. Then you have to…
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Slide into sliders #recipe
Correct me if I’m wrong but sliders aren’t that common here in South Africa. In fact, the first time I heard of them, I was an innocent 15 year old watching ‘Harold and Kumar go to White Caste’ all this build up only to have them chew on these tiny birgers!? Not much made sense…
#Recipe: Tasty Oven Mash
My recipe for mash potato always changes. Sometimes, I add tiny pieces of onion, sometimes, I substitute milk for cream but one thing always remains constant: Butter. I love adding butter (not margerine) to my mash and finishing it off in the oven allows for the melted butter caramelize to the point that it creates…
#Recipe: Hash Egg cups
Eggs and potato are among my most favourite things. Of course that list is pretty long since I love food and wine so much. But this is how I like my breakfasts warn, eggy and with something extra to make my heart super happy. While this sounds all cryptic, let me just cut to the…
Chicken cordon bleu
Chicken breasts are sometimes so bland so I thought of this and decided to try it. It came out so amazing. Here’s how it went… And this is how I made it What do you think?
Brandy for the ages
As you many know: 1. I love wine 2. I love gin 3. I love rum 4. I like vodka 5. I like whiskey No where on that list do you see Brandy. What I’ve found is the Afrikaans community in South Africa love their Brandy and coke so getting to know a lot of…
Jalapeño Scramble
Before I start the story behind this meal, I have to get the pronunciation of this word out the way. You order it at a restaurant and the waitress is like: “what? You mean ja-la-pe-no” and I’m like: “no, it’s ha-la-pe-no” I would like to say that a real Spanish speaking Mexican confirmed it so…
Eggs Benny in the morning
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…
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…
Another anniversary
My plan was to take today off and just relax. It’s a Sunday, my sports teams knew yesterday and my throat hurts so I think I’m getting sick. But then Google reminded me that I have an anniversary today and I knew that I had to post something. Having this blog has provided me with…
Its Lady Vera 