Chef Brad from our regular chef club, shared this recipe with us recently and it’s title, yes you guessed it “moms chocolate cake”. Now, you know whenever a recipe title is preceded by the word “mom’s” it’s a going to be a winner, don’t you?! If it’s created by a mom, and it has made…
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No-Bake Nutella and Coconut Squares
Decadent and addictive, these Nutella Coconut Squares require no baking at all and you can whip them up in 30 minutes flat – perfect for a last minute tea-time treat when Aunt Mabel pops around. These would even make a fabulous foodie gift – imagine opening a box of these babies! They don’t even require…
Watermelon Sorbet
Perfect for these hot days, Watermelon sorbet is a wonderfully light and refreshing after dinner treat. Typically sorbet is served between meals to cleanse the palate and prepare you for the next meal. If you are having multiple courses, then you can serve it between a starter and main or however it best fits into…
Beer Battered Hake and Chips
Beer Battered Hake and Chips is soul food if you ask me. Especially if you’re at a seaside village and it comes wrapped up in newspaper. Aaaah love that!!! I’ve finally added a really tasty and really easy beer batter recipe, as well as a homemade chips recipe and a tartare sauce recipe. I made…
Our Top 10 Most Popular Recipes of 2013
Starting at No. 10 – The delicious Chocolate Brownie Pudding! I have made this so many times this year – It’s easy and so yummy and can be prepared the day before! Booyah!! No.9 – Chutney Chicken Oh yes, a big winner in my household over the winter months, a fantastic one dish wonder. My…
Easy Roast Gammon
A Roast Gammon can seem a little daunting to cook – perhaps it’s because they look fancy with all the pineapples and cherries and the talk of this glaze or that glaze. I’ve always delegated the gammon to an older, wiser person in the family with more cooking experience. BUT, I have now learnt exactly…
Chocolate Salami
A few weeks ago, my friend Bonny told me about this this famous “chocolate salami” recipe. Chocolate Salami? That sounds a bit weird, I thought. Nevertheless, she went onto explain how it was made and how she divides the mixture into smaller batches and then gives it away as a hostess gift or a fun…
Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
I’ve always wanted to make a Chocolate Molten Lava Cake (also known as Chocolate Fondant) but have always been too daunted to make one. They regularly make the contestants on MasterChef whip them up and there is always that tense moment just before they break the cake apart to see if the inside is soft…
Nutella Chocolate Milkshakes
It was about 35°C in Durban yesterday. I didn’t feel a thing. Air-conditioning is fantastic. Until you step out of it of course. And then you find yourself pulling your clothing away from your skin just so that it can breathe, you kick your shoes off, grab a magazine and start fanning away to get…
Lemon Mousse
After a heavy meal, sometimes you just want a light dessert – something not too sweet or rich but something just to finish everything off. Well this is it people!! A fantabulous summer dessert that is so easy to prepare and has only 5 ingredients! Also there are so many variations to this recipe, you…
Lemon and Coconut Bars
I just discovered (and bought) a beautiful vegetarian cook book called “The Cake the Buddha Ate”! I LOVE it! And not surprising it came out of KwaZulu Natal’s very own Buddhist Retreat Centre, which I have been lucky enough to visit many years ago with one of my special friends, Amanda. So this recipe has…
S’mores Cake in a Jar
What in the world is a “S’more” you ask? Well, since you asked, it is an extremely popular campfire treat in the United States, which seems to have gained popularity throughout the world, thanks to Pinterest! It usually consists of roasted marshmallows and chocolate sandwiched between a sweet biscuit called a graham cracker (kinda like…
