Recipes

One of the best uses for cast iron, enamel cookware like Le Creuset, is baking. I have never enjoyed baking as much as I have since I started making breads,…

Today’s recipe was inspired by a need to make use of a beer that is not quite to my taste. I was expecting something similar to my favourite tequila infused…

I got the idea to make a tomato jam for the first time, from a fellow PhD candidate at our faculty’s launch event / cocktail function in February. I had a…

I love hot, spicy food and of course growing lots of different types of chillies. Once of the easiest ways to use & store my hot pepper crops is with…

One of my favorite desserts is Peach Cobbler. This is not a very well known or widely available dessert in South Africa, so I’ve taught myself to make it, with…

Chilli bites are a great snack, but all that deep frying puts me off. Today I got the idea to bake instead of fry them in my cake pop machine.…

One of my favourite things about winter is all the comfort food we can make on the bitterly cold days. Winter is not my favourite time of year but stews…

I’m an unapologetic chocoholic but just about everything tasty and chocolatey is loaded with carbs & sugar. While I love pastries and carbs, I’m always trying to keep them to…

Today was really cold so I decided to make some dumplings. I love dumplings and I think they are the perfect thing to have in cold weather. Because I’m also…

This morning’s smoothie is one of my favourites because of the slightly crunchy texture. I’m not a huge fan of tiny pips in the raspberries but the taste is so…