I love me a big fat juicy strawberry. I am however allergic to Strawberries, or so I am told. Normally I eat strawberries and I break out in a itchy rash that covers from head to toe and in every nook and cranny you can think of. But this tiny little detail doesn’t stop me … Continue reading Strawberry and Goat cheese salad

Golden garlic raita The only raita I am used to is the one with cucumber. To tell you the truth, it is the first one I ever attempted to make, not that it was very successful the first time around. I was lazy so I took the easy way out and skipped the step where … Continue reading Golden garlic raita

I love cucumbers, eating them whole as a snack, tossing them into a salad or even grating them and adding them to a raita. My mum says cucumbers are a great source of reducing water retention, not sure who she talking about, because I have soda retention. Thanks to load shedding, 8 hours straight at … Continue reading Spicy cucumber wedges

In our household, salad is some sort of raita or a patcha chutney. Anything that can be mixed with yoghurt and contains chillies is called a salad in our household. I tried feeding my dad a lettuce based salad once and he went around telling all his friends that I was feeding him rabbit food. … Continue reading Grilled halloumi with pomegranate salsa

The first time I heard the word cobb salad being mentioned was when I was watching Julia and Julie and I was intrigued. I went straight to google to find out what this salad was and what it contained. Boy oh boy it really is a salad of many things. It can contain anything from … Continue reading Cobb salad with basil oil

So I’m back in the kitchen, after a short break I am back. The past 3 weeks has been hectic, it has been a first of many things. From losing my uncle to attending my first Indian funeral as well as the 13 days of services that followed. I was given the task of preparing … Continue reading Cape Malay salad bowl

I love eating a light salad, especially with Sunday roast. My mother always wants a salad or at least a side dish to go with a meal she eats. Most of the times she eats the salad and forgets about the rest of her meal. My dad asks me straight out, does he look like … Continue reading Leaves, herbs and curds

I have been watching My Kitchen rules Australia recently. On the show, most of the mains served are always accompanied by a side, be it a salad or a sauce as Manu would say, it isn’t a main unless there is a sauce or in my case a salad. I love slaw, I love the … Continue reading Jaipur slaw

I am one of those people that when ever we buy KFC, I am the one that has to have a tub of coleslaw to go with it. The rest of my family eats the mash and gravy and then there is me, getting on everybody’s nerves by crunching the salad so loud. What can … Continue reading Coleslaw

Every other week, when I walk down the fruit and veg isle looking for inspiration, I always seem to hover around the apples and land up buying a pack. And every other week that pack goes bad, but I keep buying them and then I keep throwing them out. I might eat an apple now … Continue reading Apple and bean salad