This easy breakfast spread for a group of kids and teens is simple, generous and stress-free. Serve mini crumpets with crispy bacon, strawberries, cereal, yoghurt, juice and a few easy extras for a crowd-pleasing morning meal. If you’re feeding a group of hungry kids or teenagers in the morning, this is such an easy breakfast…
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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…
Homemade Garlic Bread – Classic South African Recipe
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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…
Creamy One-Pot Alphabet Tomato Pasta (Ready in 15 Minutes)
The quick tomato pasta dish my kids frequently ask (beg) me to make! The beauty of this dish is how effortless it is. Everything cooks in one pot, using simple pantry staples, and it’s on the table in under 15 minutes. No juggling multiple pans, no complicated steps, no long simmer times. Just easy, creamy,…
