A dinner with basic pantry ingredients, this cream of chicken soup recipe really is soup for the soul! My kids love the simplicity of it and I love the fact that it comes together in 20 minutes. And I generally just love soup and the reason I have a whole section dedicated to it. The real secret of this recipe though, is…
20-Minute Meals
20-Minute Tuna Fish Cakes
Quick and easy, this delicious 20-minute tuna fish cakes recipe is a winner all round and is a regular feature on our menu plan. They are made from tinned tuna and other basic fridge and pantry staples. I am always surprised at how quickly these fish cakes are made, cooked and ready to eat. You’ll never look…
20-Minute Creamy Tomato & Bacon Pasta
In December we did a camping trip around South Africa and the intention with meals was to keep them SUPER simple, trying to use the least amount of pots and dishes as possible! Anyway, this 5-ingredient, 20-minute recipe was one I made up on the way with a few basic supplies. I think they were…
Tomato and Basil Chickpea Pasta
It’s not everyday that I come across a really easy recipe with simple ingredients that doesn’t require a lot of editing from me. And sometimes I think I come across them – on paper they appear promising only to be let down by the flavour in the end. And that is why I am SO…
Bacon & Basil Pesto Pasta
Try and say Bacon & Basil Pesto Pasta fast 3 times. That’s your basic brain workout for today. Now try and say it backwards. That’s your advanced brain workout for the day. It’s a pleasure. This recipe is again a 5-ingredient recipe. I am LOVING cooking with just 5-ingredients (okay we’re not counting, salt, pepper…
20-Minute Chicken Teriyaki – With Only 5 Ingredients!
I am totally hooked on 5-ingredient meals. HOOKED! After browsing through a friend’s copy of Jamie Olivers 5-ingredient meals, I was so inspired to create meals with only 5 ingredients. It just makes so much sense! This isn’t one of Jamie’s recipes but it does use some of his common combinations like teriyaki and chilli….
20-Minute Creamy Smoked Salmon and Lemon Pasta
This you guys. This is your best friend in a recipe format. It is a creamy pasta full of smoked salmon, lemon (juice and zest), fresh Dill, cream and creme fraiche (I did say it was a creamy pasta!!), a dash of Chilli (which just adds flavour) and then a little salt and pepper. Let’s…
Easy Thin-Base Pizza Crust Recipe
My boys LOVE pizza, I love pizza. Our family loves pizza. We eat pizza a lot. After a visit to my sister in Australia, she showed me how easy it was to make homemade pizzas. She used a recipe out of one of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks. The kids loved it. So, as any mother of…
Bacon & Broccoli Salad (Yum!!)
Let’s talk about this salad. We first met in a home industry shop. Unlikely place to meet the salad of your dreams, I know. And funnily enough it was just sitting out on the counter as though it were a piece of cake or something. It looked healthy and I was SO hungry and I…
Easy Thai Green Chicken Curry – Make it in 20 Minutes
Guys. Guys. Oooooh guys. My website. She was down for almost 48 hours last week. I am really hoping you didn’t even notice but if you did, phew, I am SO sorry. I have been snowed under doing all these technical things like creating new databases and installing CDN Networks and changing nameservers and uploading…
15 Minute Mushroom Alfredo Sauce
Following on from last week’s Creamy Smoked Salmon, Lemon and Dill Pasta which was so easy to make because, well, you just add everything to the pasta and stir through, I thought let us continue the trend! So…Tadaaaaa…..a 15 minute Mushroom Alfredo Pasta Sauce. It is a girlie dish I will admit. This means there…
20-Minute Leek and Potato Soup
I’m not getting out of bed today. It’s cold and misty and raining in Durban and I have absolutely nothing else to do today besides drink tea, page through magazines whilst toasting my toes next to the fire and writing a blog post and then possibly going for a little nap. Hah hah. I WISH….
