I love chocolate cookies… actually I love cookies on the whole. Growing up my mum never made cookies that required an ice cream scoop, her cookies were either made using a biscuit gum or shaped by hand. Me on the other hand, I can’t make a perfect circle cookie to save my life. The I … Continue reading Chocolate brownie cookies
Homemade cough mixture
I am forever lasting coughing. As soon as one person gets the flu at work or at home, everyone and I mean everyone gets it and it goes from one person to the next and somehow I always land up with the cough that never seems to want to go away. I kept hearing and … Continue reading Homemade cough mixture
Baking gadgets
I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE kitchen and baking gadgets. I can never have enough and I don't think I will ever. I had draws fulls, cupboards fulls of colourings, powders, decorations, essences and tools. I love collecting rise per size gadets. There is even a shelve in the freezer that is dedicated just for my seeds, … Continue reading Baking gadgets
Mint mixed meat burgers
I am currently going through this craze, where every shopping trip, I literally fill the basket with all the mince in the store just so that I can try every possible burger recipe combination there is out there. This week’s shopping trip resulted in a burger combination of beef and lamb mince with mint leaves. … Continue reading Mint mixed meat burgers
The wonders of a spice shop
Before I began on this culinary journey, I was never a fan on the spice shop. I would take my mum and chill in the car as she shopped. I found that I was being over powered by all the spice smells and its just gave me a headache. I dabbled a bit a in … Continue reading The wonders of a spice shop
Carrot round cake
This is the first thing I learnt to bake, the original recipe got lost along the way as different spices were added. My mum was my spice taste tester in this beauty. It was also the first time I attempted to cut a round cake and not thinking at the time I cut the … Continue reading Carrot round cake
Sunday lunches
What day of the week do you like the most? Mine would definitely be Sunday... I love Sundays so much. I get up super early in the morning... the sun isn't even out yet to get cracking on lunch. I just love having the house slowly wake up to the smell of the chicken roasting … Continue reading Sunday lunches
Chicken pie with puff pastry
I just love watching The Food network… I give up sleep just so that I can watch show after show and all the best shows are either on super late at night or when I am at work, so when I do get the chance to watch, you bet your last dollar I am glued … Continue reading Chicken pie with puff pastry
Homemade hamburger rolls
Seeing as I am really into making my own hamburgers at the moment and bread sometimes just doesn't go with a burger especially with all my toppings. Store bought rolls are another thing all together, some are burnt, some are raw, some are stale and sometimes the plain rolls are old sold out. To put … Continue reading Homemade hamburger rolls
Homemade mutton burgers
Seeing as I made crumbed chicken burgers the other day, I thought seeing as I had a kilo of mutton mince just laying around in the freezer just waiting to be used, why not make lamb burgers???? And that is what I did... it was even easier than the chicken burgers and seeing as I … Continue reading Homemade mutton burgers