I came into this world as the last female grandchild on my mother’s side… actually also on my dad’s side I think. Any way all I know is that on both sides I am the baby. I never met my father’s mother, but from the pictures and what my dad tells me, she seemed like … Continue reading My Gran’s 2 ingredient vetkoek
Category: Bread and rolls
Cheese sandwich loaf
Cheese sandwich loaf I have an old Betty Crocker recipe book. This was the first thing I bought when I discovered Amazon online and this was also the book that started my obsession with collecting cookbooks. I have never tried a recipe from this book, not because I am not a huge fan but because … Continue reading Cheese sandwich loaf
Feta and herb flat bread
I very seldom make flat bread, actually I never make flat bread. When I make naan I add a lot of dough, ensuring that the mixture rises like a cake, when in fact as per my parents, naan is supposed to be a flat bread. From my days I can remember Uncle Kishore from Spar’s … Continue reading Feta and herb flat bread
Basic bread dough
I have had Lisa Clark’s recipe book on my shelf since the day it was released to the public to purchase. I have 1 or 2 recipes from there but I have never sat down and really read through the book and looked at the recipes, until this week. WOW am I blown away the … Continue reading Basic bread dough
Eggless hamburger buns
I have grown up eating hamburger rolls every other day. It is the side effect of having a parent that works with bread, thank goodness I am not on a gluten, carb free, bread free diet, that would have been disastrous. Since I have my own bread machine, I try to stay away from store … Continue reading Eggless hamburger buns
Tumeric and cumin bread
I love homemade bread… the aromas that float around the house while the bread is baking. I managed to get my on a copy of Chef Peter Ayub’s cook book “ Sense of taste.” I was paging through the book last night when I came across a recipe for an East African dish served with … Continue reading Tumeric and cumin bread
Chapati
I have never tried making a chapati before in my life, apparently it is the most easiest and simplest Indian bread to make and yet, I have never tried making it. My mum made it once many many moons ago, but seeing as it is a drier form of roti, it never stuck around in … Continue reading Chapati
Roti
In our household, roti lasts about 3 seconds. We eat roti, like people eat bread. This was the first thing my mum taught me to make from scratch… okay well I tried it myself and failed hopelessly. I bought a book where the lady was showing you how to make roti. I couldn’t find … Continue reading Roti
Bagels
I love a good bagel, but no stores in our neighbourhood never seems to stock any. If I want a bagel, I have to drive into town and if you know me well, I do not like driving in town and especially not with all the holiday traffic we are currently experiencing. But sometimes the … Continue reading Bagels
Yorkshire pudding
So the other night, I was watching Mary Berry’s on BBC Lifestyle and she was making Yorkshire pudding. I have heard and seen that name so many times, that I convinced myself it was part of a pudding. I saw it being made on The Great British Bake off, and they made it seem so … Continue reading Yorkshire pudding