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…
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Must Read for all Online Restaurant reviewers
So, while scrolling down my Twitter feed, I found this piece from http://crushmag-online.com. It obviously resonates with me because I love doing online reviews, in fact my blog comprises of a lot of reviews and my opinion on restaurants that I hope are not offensive to restaurant owners. I know I have written a blog…
The tastiest quickie sandwich
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…
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…
Crowd Pleaser: Rustic Pizza
Sorry for the hiatus, but I figured if Hollywood can withhold my favourite series, I can withhold my food adventures. Okay, it’s not the same thing considering I am a rookie blogger. I wish that my full time job was going out into the big bad world and exploring what cuisines life has on offer…
Cheat Sheet: Hake and Bake
What do you do when you have frozen de-boned fish, and have no intention of breading it and frying it? You bake it! I love frying my fish, chicken and even ham. I am a huge fan of egging it, breading it and frying it. On a very odd occasion, I had left the fish…
A tuna Affair
While grocery shopping with my family over the weekend, I had a huge craving for Norwegian Salmon. I then saw the price which gave a mini heart attack. Right next to it was a giant tuna steak at half the price so I decided I was going to cook my first tuna steak. I…
Unlikely obsession: Brine
On my way to the coal mine with my colleague last week, after some pretty intense conversation, I was quite shocked to find out we had cooking in common. It started off with us boasting about our meals, which every home chef does, then it went to him talking about preparing meat. He asked me…
Its Lady Vera 