Christmas eve dinner
Last year we spent Christmas with my in-laws up in Pretoria. I offered to cook us a Christmas eve dinner at Grandpa Joe’s house. I decided to go all out –...
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Chicken Piccata
This is not a new recipe. I blogged about it about three years ago first but I have so many new followers now and it is such a winner of a recipe I felt I just had to...
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Grilled kingklip recipe with Mediterranean vegetable
I was craving grilled fish yesterday and spotted some lovely fresh Kingklip. I had my nieces coming over for a quick lunch before their extra maths class so I thought...
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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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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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Meaty samp & beans stew
My husband has been traveling a lot recently, leaving me aaaall alooooone at home… poor me! I try to make the best of it. I watch all the chick flicks and series I need...
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The yummiest stew I’ve ever eaten!
On Friday night I was invited to have dinner at the home of one of my oldest and dearest friends, Danielle Raubenheimer. She is an outstanding cook and hostess, so I...
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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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Aubergine concoction with a story
When I say story, it’s less of a ‘once upon a time’ and more of ‘a Frenchman an Indian and a South African meet in a bar’ kind of story....
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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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Confession and fish cakes!
Okay, so I haven’t been blogging. I have however still been eating (duh, obviously), cooking and teaching some exciting things; and I have so many things I would still...
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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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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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