These mini vanilla Crème Brûlées are next-level indulgent — creamy, custardy, crunchy-topped perfection. The recipe is so simple and straight-forward, you need just 5 ingredients and there is nothing scary about it! Even blow-torching the sugar is fun. Just look at that custard, the cracked sugar topping and the little vanilla seeds! Heaven in a…
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How to Make a Hot Toddy for Colds and Flu
Hot Toddies are perfect to make when you’re feeling a little under the weather or if you feel like your body is fighting off some bug or other. Hot Toddies are however considered a cocktail, you can ask for one at a bar! This is because a traditional Hot Toddy contains whiskey. You can easily…
Easy Homemade Yoghurt Recipe (without yoghurt Maker)
This is an easy to use step-by-step recipe (with photos) for making homemade yoghurt without a yoghurt maker. It is quick to make and tastes delicious. You need a digital thermometer or candy thermometer and a heavy-bottomed pot with lid, milk and half a cup of store-bought yoghurt as your starter culture. It was during…
Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe (with Ice Cream Maker)
The best recipe for homemade vanilla ice-cream, ever! This recipe has no eggs and is made with an ice-cream maker. The ice-cream is super creamy and tasty and comes together very easily with just 5 basic ingredients. I am a mother of 3 boys and every month we have a full moon ice-cream tradition. I…
Cream of Chicken Soup
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 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…
Mom’s Homemade Chocolate Ice-Cream
So this recipe is for those of you with ice-cream machines, which I realise may not be a lot of you BUT, I can tell you that an ice-cream maker is worth the purchase. We make this chocolate ice-cream recipe every full moon. My boys love the tradition and they now know the meaning of…
5-Ingredient Butternut Soup
Probably the easiest soup you’ll ever make. In fact, no, it IS the easiest soup you will ever make. There are not frills to this 5-ingredient butternut soup but the taste is amazing and it’s perfect for a quick weeknight meal idea for the family. I always maintain that adding more ingredients to a dish…
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….
Cheesy Garlic Bread
What is a braai without garlic bread? Really? A braai is just not a braai without this little nom nom side-dish now is it? Add cheese to that and well, you’ve got real happy people at your braai. Braais at our house are always accompanied by garlic bread and mushroom sauce and that is just…
