When making a charcuterie /cheese board, you know you’re going to spend a pretty penny. You buy the cured meats and fancy cheese that you regularly don’t purchase and you make sure that each element is really well presented. I wanted to build a list of the essentials for a serving board. Let’s pretend we…
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My secret love pairing: Red wine and Mac n Cheese
I was going to only share my love for mac n cheese with red wine, when I came across some interesting facts about this particular red wine from the popular Four Cousins brand. After the alcohol restrictions in lockdown were lifted (before they put them back on again), I quickly headed online to re-stock my…
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…
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…
The best braai bread recipe
We just celebrated heritage day in South Africa and in the past couple of years, braai’ing has become a tradition on this day. To braai is to cook something on an open flame and there are many people who claim to know the best way to make a fire! My hubby knows best, by the…
Its Lady Vera 