I love love sweetcorn, from corn on the cob, smothered in butter or from the frozen section in the store. If it has sweetcorn in the name, then you can bet your last dollar that it will be in my shopping trolley. Without sounding biased, but when I have time on my hands, I only … Continue reading Shante Hutton’s chilli corn on the cob.
Chocolate cake milkshake
I am not going to lie to you. I have been craving the peace and quiet and me time to sit quietly in the corner and blog away. I have had zero luck with that. Load shedding is killing me, the time slots that I keep falling into, it is just soo dam draining and … Continue reading Chocolate cake milkshake
Eggless date rolls
So I have been absent for a while from this blogging plate from. I have been trying to live in the present moment and not in the past or the futire and it has been a challenge to try and not think too far into the future and not to dwell on the past. I … Continue reading Eggless date rolls
Thembi’s peach and custard trifle
In our household and friends circles, I am known for my killer trifles, from the plain Christmas trifle to chocolate birthday trifles to caramel trifles and every other trifle in between. So when I was looking for inspiration for this week’s food menu, I came across a recipe for a peach and custard trifle, it … Continue reading Thembi’s peach and custard trifle
Date and cucumber bites
The past few months I have had zero motivation to cook let alone blog, but my family got tired of eating the same meals over and over again and my dad got tired of eating take away. I finally got tired of being tired and lazy and dragged myself to plan a menu that would … Continue reading Date and cucumber bites
Cheddar, onion and spinach tart
I have had Diana Henry’s cookbooks from even before I wanted to learn to cook. I once read an article about her, where she informed the readers that she had over 700 recipe books that she had collected during her life time and she had published a few books of her. Her collection was impressive … Continue reading Cheddar, onion and spinach tart
Nimbu Paani
When I was deciding on what to study in university, my parents wanted me to study pharmacy. I outright refused. I already had a few family members in the field and it just didn’t excite me. Back in the day it just seemed like a job that one would expect women to do, like nursing. … Continue reading Nimbu Paani
Chetna’s Falooda milk
Growing up, Falooda milk was only make 2 places. The first one being the first of the last three nights for our annual Navarti prayers. The elders and founders of our youth society would claim that night as theirs for years and years. One of the elders of the youth society was our late Priest’s … Continue reading Chetna’s Falooda milk
Tik tok pasta
These tik tok videos are overloading my Instagram page. At first I had no idea what this fuss was all about, the reels just kept coming and coming and coming and at about the stage where I just had enough of it all. I went onto tik tok to go see what all this fuss … Continue reading Tik tok pasta
Pomegranate toast
So for some or other reason I landed up looking at Padma Lakshmi’s Instagram page. Don’t ask me why, as I have never really been a follower of hers, there has never been that appeal. Don’t get me wrong she has a killer figure and amazing fashion sense. Yes I see her in the headlines … Continue reading Pomegranate toast