Thai salad parcels
It must be at least 20 years since I first discovered Thai salad parcels at Wang Thai. Our family quickly made up their own version of the dish and have been making it...
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Cauliflower wraps with cheesy bean mash and salad
I’m on a health kick and will be till I shed these 4kgs which sneaked up on me. I like eating too much to restrict myself to small portions of boring bland food....
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Thai chicken meat ball salad with zesty coriander satay dressing
I am trying to collect as many low carb, high veg, high protein recipes as I can and last week I picked up an old Food & Home magazine (September 2007) and found a...
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Mini crustless quiche – so quick (and almost guilt free).
Low or no carbs seem to be all I hear about these days. But I am crazy for my carbs and shudder at the idea of cutting them out. I have however discovered a few recipes...
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Express Coq au vin
I have been so busy lately, I just have not had the time to blog and I feel terrible about that. I love blogging but it certainly is time consuming. So today I decided...
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Revisiting an old favorite
I have been craving and eating a lot of fish recently, which is odd, cause I’m not the biggest fish or sea food fan. This Sunday I spent a lazy day at home doing...
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Kids love chicken schnitzel (most adults too!)
I am teaching a lesson next week for a family with 4 kids. Each child and the parents have differing dietary preferences, hence the mom calling me in to train up her...
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Luscious lamb chops
I have recently been craving lamb chops. This is not normal for me. Most of my life I couldn’t have cared less for lamb chops. But this, I realise, is because...
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Sugar-free granola and going organic.
For quite some time now I have been erring towards organic products where it has been convenient and easy to do. But since last week, while being caught up in all the...
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Grilled Kabeljou with cauliflower mash
I recently had my brother in law staying with us for a few weeks. On his last day here, I realised I hadn’t treated him to a proper cape fish meal, apart from...
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Jerusalem!
Recently a client of mine lent me a cook book, as she wants me to interpret some of the recipes and teach them to her staff. The book is called Jerusalem by Yotam...
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Mini cup cakes for a truly inspired Domestic Goddess!
Cup cakes have never been my thing. Well, cake in general is not really my thing, but cup cakes especially are sooooo time consuming to make, and gone in seconds. Last...
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So what’s all the fuss about?
For the last few years I keep seeing red velvet cakes all over, in bakeries, blogs and magazines. Looking at the recipe it doesn’t sound like a particularly earth...
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Danish Hazelnut and Apple Cake
This post has been a long time coming. These pictures were taken in July 2012 in Norway and I have just simply not gotten round to posting about this fabulous recipe. I...
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My favorite soup of all time
When it is searing hot, like it is in Cape Town at the moment, soup is the last thing anyone feels like. For me however there are two exceptions; gazpacho naturally but...
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Thekla is a teacher and seeker, a foodie and a yogi.
Offering customized training in cookery and yoga, she aims at making your life healthier – the easy way.
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