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Easy Airfryer Calamari – crispy not greasy

Posted on November 29, 2021 by in Uncategorized

Easy Airfryer Calamari

My Easy Airfryer Calamari is as crispy and delicious as the real deal. By the real deal, I mean, deep-fried calamari. My family loved to order fish and chips and sometimes also calamari and chips. I have just never had success with making my own calorie rings. Well, I think this have changed. The Easy […]

Slow-Cooked Moroccan Leg of lamb

Posted on April 29, 2021 by in lamb

Slow-Cooked Moroccan Leg of lamb

Slow-Cooked Moroccan Leg of lamb with all the trimmings is what long lazy lunches are all about. A meal full of flavors, textures and interesting little bites – a feast and it takes very little effort to prepare. Slow-Cooked Moroccan Leg of lamb is full of bold flavors, cumin, ginger, coriander and smoked paprika. The […]

Pumpkin Fritters with Amarula Sauce

Posted on April 26, 2021 by in baked goods, vegetables

Pumpkin Fritters with Amarula Sauce

Pumpkin Fritters with Amarula Sauce…… is it a side dish or a dessert? Actually unfair question. Eating these delicious little fritters should never have to be a choice. Just make them, your family and guests will absolutely love them. Pumpkin Fritters with Amarula Sauce is a spin on an old classic South African recipe. Pampoen […]

Trout Cooked in banana leaves

Posted on October 30, 2020 by in Christmas, seafood

Trout cooked in banana leaves

Trout cooked in banana leaves? I can see my father’s face…… total disbelief and confusion. Firstly, what is wrong with tinfoil and the oven, even better, just roasting on the grill? Well, trout cooked in banana leaves is a strange concept, I agree. Yet, I have been tempted to try this forever. With Christmas, New […]

Mexican Grilled Chicken

Posted on March 28, 2019 by in Chicken

Mexican Grilled Chicken

We had a Mexican Grilled Chicken Feast – sticky fingers, messy plates and lots of yummee in our tummies. The Mexican Grilled Chicken is the easiest thing to make and think about it…… you can have chicken and veg (boring, boring) or you can have this feast. I made the chicken in my oven last […]

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles – All they cracked up to be!

Posted on May 5, 2018 by in baked goods

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are all they cracked up to be! Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are chewy, deliciously fragrant with winter spices and the crunchy sugar coating is just a perfect balance for the otherwise soft cookie. Winter is slowly but surely creeping up on us and so does the late night cravings. The children are prepping for the […]

Crackling Pork Belly Roll with Bacon wrapped apples

Posted on November 30, 2017 by in pork

Crackling Pork Belly Roll

This Crackling Pork Belly Roll should be at the center of each and every Christmas Dinner table this year. It is that easy and that delicious! My Crackling Pork Belly Roll is already prepped and in my freezer, In fact I actually have a few ready for the silly season. By now, regular visitors to […]

Oven Roasted Ratatouille with Goats Cheese

Posted on August 24, 2017 by in vegetables, vegetarian

Oven Roasted Ratatouille

Oven Roasted Ratatouille is for me the new way to eat vegetables. Oh my gosh it is so moreish and literally no effort at all. To make the Oven Roasted Ratatouille literally takes minutes. You can sit back and let the oven do the magic for you. Ratatouille, traditionally, is a French Provençal dish of […]

New York Strip Sirloin – how to cook it perfectly!

Posted on August 16, 2017 by in beef

New York Strip Sirloin

A New York Strip Sirloin, cooked to perfection is ideal to feed crowds. Whether you slow roast or grill as steaks, it will never let you down. Smoking a New York Strip Sirloin is next level stuff. I have done it a few times now for catering and hosted dinners and every time my guests […]

Lipsmacking Lamb Ribs – Liplekker Skaapribbetjies

Posted on May 23, 2017 by in lamb

All Purpose Spice for Meat

Lipsmacking Lamb ribs made with my all purpose spice mix, definitely a winner every time. Eating these Lipsmacking Lamb Ribs, you need little more than a wedge of lemon and a warm cloth (jammer lappie) to get the dripping fat off your face and hands. Yesterday I posted a recipe for my All Purpose Spice […]