So after Thursday’s speech by the President, I was just out of it. After he gave his findings and his plans, it was like the last little energy that was keeping my body running, just ran out. Two days straight. I just ate and slept and drank coke like it was going to be banned … Continue reading Pooniemas

I only discovered refried beans way back in 2017, thanks to Ree Drummond. You can’t exactly go to the local Spar or supermarket down the road from you and pick up a few tins. You have to go to a specialty store to get your hands on these. I landed up buying a bulk pack … Continue reading Curried refried beans

I remember my mother making this dish growing up. I never learnt to make it, well actually she never really gave me the recipe. This past week I attempted to make her a veggie bunny chow and well it turned out to be disastrous. I made this failed attempt on Tuesday and every day of … Continue reading Beans Frikkas

Every minute of every second of every day, I am dreaming about lock down being over and I can finally have a juicy steak or a big whooper burger with cheese and loaded fries. I do know that it is just a dream for now and it will most likely be months before I even … Continue reading Potatoe and chickpea burger

All I will say, is that it is a miracle that any food arrived on the table for lunch. I have lost track of the days and weeks at the moment. It seems like a life time ago since the President extended lockdown, when it fact it hasn’t even been a week. What is sleep? … Continue reading Onion, mushroom and spinach subji

I find it completely strange to cook a curry without onions. I am so used to adding the onions and sautéing it till I can add the tomatoes, but then when there are no onions. I just get lost along the way and land up following to recipe to the tee. I was not really … Continue reading No garlic beans curry

Today was one of those days. At the beginning of the year, I changed my sleeping routine and found out that if I get more than 6 hours of sleep a night I am sleep hung over the next morning. So I try to keep myself busy in the evening ensuring that when the clock … Continue reading Quick chickpeas and spinach

I hate Mondays with a passion. Simply because everyone else gets to eat left overs expect us. My dad takes Sunday left overs to work as lunch for him and his work buddies and well my mother eats Saturdays left overs for her Sunday lunch and then there is nothing for Mondays lunch. You catch … Continue reading Emergency beans curry

In our household Friday is a fasting day and its also the last day of the working week. Growing up my mum had a asset menu for this day. Sugar beans and potato curry. Come rain or shine every Friday she would have a pot of sugar beans curry on the stove and stand at … Continue reading Potatoe and chickpea curry

Courgette, or as I know it, marrow or zucchini, so many different names for one green looking veg that doesn’t actually taste that great. I very seldom by it, maybe now and then depending if I come across a recipe that contains it, otherwise you will never find it in our fridge… nope, never. Okay, … Continue reading Courgette and bay