Just Easy Recipes

Mini Crumpets

These Mini Crumpets are soft, fluffy and made from the simplest batter that comes together in just a few minutes. Cooked until golden and dotted with those classic crumpet holes, they’re perfect for slathering with butter, jam, honey or syrup.

These crumpets pair perfectly well with strawberries and crispy bacon! The batch makes around 35-40 mini crumpets and one batch will happily feed 6 hungry teenagers. In fact I made a breakfast for 6 hungry teen boys a week or so ago and they inhaled this batch of mini crumpets along with 1kg of crispy bacon and a punnet of strawberries. It was a real hit, especially when drizzled with syrup!

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Homemade Garlic Bread – Classic South African Recipe

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A staple at braais all around the country, Homemade South African Garlic Bread features a baguette sliced into bite-sized sections (without cutting all the way through), then generously smothered with garlic butter and wrapped in foil before being roasted to perfection. The result? Golden and crunchy on the outside, soft and buttery on the inside,…

Sticky Gochujang Chicken

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Sticky Gochujang Chicken is a Korean-inspired chicken dinner with a sweet, spicy and savoury sauce. It comes together in 30 minutes, is a firm family favourite and makes the perfect easy weeknight meal that can be served with rice or noodles. I first made this Sticky Gochujang Chicken a few weeks ago and it was…

Easy Creamy Red Lentil Curry Recipe

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This Easy Creamy Red Lentil Curry is one of those cosy dinners that makes you wonder why you don’t cook lentils more often. Rich, creamy and packed with flavour, it’s the perfect meatless meal for busy weeknights. There are some recipes that just make vegetarian eating ridiculously easy. Right? Because let’s be honest, when I…

Mini Cinnamon Rolls

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These easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls are soft, fluffy and filled with a buttery cinnamon sugar filling before being topped with a smooth cream cheese icing. Ready in just 90 minutes, they’re perfect for breakfast, brunch or an afternoon treat. Or basically anytime you’re hungry. Or not even hungry. Let’s just take a moment everyone to…

Homemade Protein Bars

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Crunchy, chewy and chocolatey homemade high-protein bars packed with nuts, seeds, oats and whey protein. Each bar delivers approximately 16g of protein, making them perfect as a post-workout snack or for anyone intentionally trying to increase their daily protein intake. As someone who trains regularly, I know just how difficult it can be to hit…

Chakalaka Recipe – A Classic South African Dish

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Chakalaka is one of those classic South African dishes that has been around forever — and somehow, I completely missed it. It seems it wasn’t popular amongst all demographics in South Africa – I was never really exposed to it much growing up and we had braais regularly. I am however making up for lost…

Crispy Rice Salad with Tinned Tuna

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This is an easy weeknight dinner idea for the whole family – in fact it works well for lunch too. All you need is leftover rice, tinned tuna, salad ingredients and a few pantry staples. And definitely do not forget the addition of the chilli crunch, it is SO yummy!

Easy Teriyaki Chicken (Homemade Teriyaki Sauce)

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This quick teriyaki chicken dish is a quick weeknight meal that the whole family enjoys – hooray!! I love that it uses basic ingredients to make the teriyaki sauce and doesn’t call for you to have Teriyaki sauce itself on hand! A couple years ago, I posted a Teriyaki Chicken recipe that used store-bought Teriyaki…

Easy Meatball Pasta Bake (30 Minutes)

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This easy Meatball Pasta Bake is a lifesaver and the perfect weeknight dinner idea for the whole family!! You can use store-bought meatballs or make your own ( if you have time), and the rest of the recipe uses basic pantry staples and one pan, and it’s always a hit with kids and adults alike. So…

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