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…
A red blend that’s for everyone
In the mid-1990s Hennie, Bussell, Phillip and Neil Retief – famously known as the Four Cousins – joined the family business and today run the company side by side, having made it South Africa’s leading family-owned winery. From the cousins in the Cape to my rack in Joburg came the Retief Reserve, another brand under…
The perfect cauli rice meal
It’s rare that I load so many recipes in a row, however being locked up in the house has gotten my creative juices flowing. Breakfasts have been my favourite be Use I wake up with a new burst of enthusiasm every sunrise, however, this supper meal was just so good, it deserved its own highlight….
Make your own wraps
It’s so easy, I have to share! Prepare your delicious fillings because you’re about to impress your family with delicious wraps that look at taste store-bought. You will need: 2 cups of cake wheat flour, 2 tablespoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 20ml oil, 1 cup of water. Cut the dough into 8 equal…
Oh so delicious tomato soup #recipe
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…
#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…
Vegetarian Thursdays: 05072018
Another Thursday has come and gone and in true Vera fashion, I served a fully meat-free dish for supper. Remember, my foods are not meat by-products free like cheese, cream, milk etc, unfortunately I am not that brave to attempt vegan cooking… yet. This week was probably the coldest week I have experienced in a…
Hosting 101: Puff Pastry Poppers
In an effort to get something out to my guests as quick as possible, I used the first ingredients I could find in my fridge: Puff pastry, Cherry tomatoes and some dried thyme. You can view the entire process on my cookpad profile: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/828956-puff-pastry-tomato-poppers
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