One of my favourite bloggers is Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial and if you read my blog on a regular basis

Time is not my friend most months as over and above work commitments I also have blogging commitments. This al

Since I have been blogging I have come across a lot of queries for dishes that I consider run of the mill. Chi

I am busy reading through my copy of Tom Kitchin's first recipe book and slowly making my way through the reci

I cannot stress the importance of eating properly before training or exercising. Over a year ago Dave and I st

I am submitting this recipe for Sourdough Ciabatta to Fresh From The Oven which is being hosted this month by

The I MADE IT challenge for this month was to make monkey bread. Some days I feel like this monkey bread must

I can remember as a child making shortbread for my dad. I seem to think he loved eating shortbread and so I de

Cherry season is short lived in South Africa and as soon as I see cherries in the fridge at our local supermar

This month, my assigned blogger for The Secret Recipe Club was Sara from Cook with Sara. Sara loves to cook a

I absolutely love rye bread and decided very soon into my sourdough journey to make a loaf. Based on Celia's t

Recipe adapted from Preserve page 104

A few weeks ago we were having friends over for dinner. It was at the same time that I was recipe testing in o

Adapted from 80 recipes for your bread maker page 33

I set the challenge for this month's I MADE IT based on two criteria. One, I had never made a sabayon before a

There is something about a scoop of sorbet that cools you down. We were having our typical December weather. T

My December / January leave period is all about indulgence for me. It means eating lots of wonderful foods, en

A while back Jane-Anne tweeted asking a question about her sourdough. Celia, from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial, is

I loathe the word diet, and really believe that a change to our eating thoughts and plans make a far better lo

I love the Hebrew word for jam doughnuts. Sufganiyot somehow sounds better in my mind than the English word "d

Adapted from Kitchen Aid recipe book page 10

In his autobiography, A taste of my life, Raymond Blanc tells us how he has modernized his mother's recipe for

I love it when a concept in my head translates perfectly into a meal. When I went to the launch of Checkers Si

When I was younger I had an Italian friend Rosanna, and I spent a lot of time at her house. We would often enj

In my mind there are always two things I associate with Italy and that is espresso and gelato. Not a day goes

I made banana crumpets as my choice for The Secret Recipe Club. At the end of January, two things happened whi

Nope, I am not talking about money! What I am talking about is the lovely French cake that makes use of egg wh

Eat Out DSTV Food Network Festival 2013 When Hannerie Visser invited me to 'come and get dirty' for the launch

I was in Johannesburg in January, spending time with my nieces and my sister before they went back to Sydney.

This seed and oat daily loaf is perfect for school and work lunches. Bread is not something I eat every day as

I've yet to taste commercial frozen yoghurt as it has sugar in it, but I've longed for it for quite some time

I can remember climbing over the wall of our next door neighbour when I was about 7 years old so that I could

I've wanted to make chocolate pasta for quite some time now and when I saw this month's We Should Cocoa challe

Belonging to The Secret Recipe Club means that once a month I get to read a whole lot of new blogs. Some of th

If you couldn't guess it from my blog name let me tell you how much I love limes! I especially love them with

These orange berry muffins are the perfect snack for before you go to gym. Or after training. Or even just bec