How many of you have cooked with orange flower water?
Citrus Panna Cotta
Thursday, 26 August 2010 By 11 Comments
White Chocolate Panna Cotta
Monday, 5 April 2010 By 11 Comments
I am always a bit stumped when Easter comes around. What exactly do you cook when the time comes?
Chicken, Ham & Cheese Pasta
Saturday, 13 February 2010 By 5 Comments
The thought of eating leftovers doesn’t fill most people with enthusiasm but in these tight times it is one no-brainer way to save money.
Four Cheese Pizza A.K.A. Quattro Formaggi
Sunday, 18 October 2009 By 2 Comments
For once try to be adventurous with your toppings and enjoy this smorgasbord of Italian cheeses all on one pizza.
Butternut Squash Risotto
Monday, 23 February 2009 By 13 Comments
Older readers know by now I love butternut. I have posted recipes where it is used in two soups, a vegan meal, roasted and even in pâté. It was only a matter of time that I was going to use in classic risotto. The original recipe I found in olive magazine but adapted it slightly to make it healthier. Enjoy.
Globe Artichoke & Sundried Tomato Pizza
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 By 13 Comments
Hooray! Another savoury The Daring Bakers challenge for the month of October. This time round it was pizza. Why hasn’t anyone thought about this earlier? No darn layer cake (can you feel how relieved I was?). Please excuse the photos for this post, because it was literally a two minute job. As all food bloggers know, by the time you get to eat the food you’ve just done a modelling session with it is ice cold and there was no way I was going to let that happen to my pizza.
Broad Bean & Lemon Risotto
Thursday, 7 August 2008 By 13 Comments
Inspecting each packet at the vegetable seed stand carefully, broad beans immediately caught my eye. Not having a clue what I was about to grow didn’t matter much to me for as long as it came out of my garden I was happy. Strangely, the plants weren’t like the ordinary bean ones, i.e. needing poles and stood proudly on their own without the need for assistance of any kind. They flowered, and then the beans came. Since I have more ants in our garden than I would dare to imagine I came across something unexpected. One day when I looked a bit closer at the plants, I noted black patches at the top. Tiny black little bugs sat fixed to the stem and flowers. This was the first time I came across these little, disgusting plant lice; blackfly. The ants protect the blackfly, while the blackfly produce honeydew which the ants eat. It’s a match made in heaven for the two species and the pests from hell for me. The blackfly sucked every last drop of life from my beautiful green soldiers until they resembled the poor unfortunate souls captured by Ursula, the Sea Witch, in The Little Mermaid. (No, I haven’t watched the movie with Gabriel for like 10 000 times already. Oh dear, I’m not fooling anyone, am I?) I salvaged one meal’s worth of beans before they bit the dust and they tasted divine simply boiled. Year after year I keep trying to grow broad beans and every single time the ants/blackfly get to them! It leaves me feeling quite depressed…
Leek & Bacon Risotto
Saturday, 5 July 2008 By 10 Comments
The way I became skilled at cooking was to follow tonnes of recipes. Most of the time I made a little discovery while preparing a meal; whether it was how to use an exotic ingredient, a new method of cooking an ingredient or simply finding a match made in flavour heaven. Cooking is an exciting journey with no destination because it is impossible to know everything. Bottom line? Just enjoy the ride.
Gorgonzola & Pine Nut Pasta
Monday, 26 May 2008 By 7 Comments
Dieters, look away! Just staring at these pictures will make you put on a few pounds. Cheese, cream and nuts; it’s every fat-phobic person’s nightmare. And for the non-dieters out there? Heaven! This dish takes just half an hour to prepare, ideal for week nights. After devouring your bowlful and licking out the saucepan you will feel all warm and fuzzy inside with a spring in your step oozing of happiness. This is what good food is all about.
Gorgonzola & Spinach Spaghetti
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 By 21 Comments
Oh my, I haven’t posted any recipes for a little while, have I? Between answering emails, doing some admin on the website and having a stinking cold the time sure flew by. True to the name of this website I felt I’ve gone a bit too far, or should I say gone nowhere the past year. Let me explain. Gabriel was born almost a year ago and I haven’t moved ANY baby fat. Sure, I enjoyed the pregnancy ride and eating everything in sight but my short stature is struggling with the excess weight. Back ache, sore joints, not to mention clothes; you know what I mean. Tired of lugging around the extra weight I decided enough is enough. I’ve tried dieting “my” way, but it didn’t work so on one sunny day I signed up for Weight Watchers Online.