Healthy Pizza Bites Stay away from fast food joints and make your own pizza instead. The whole wheat crust and tuna chunks combo is the healthy difference! Healthy Pizza Bites Serve: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes · 12 pieces mini wheat pizza crust · ½ cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce … Read more
“I’ve injected some global flavor into this week’s repertoire of suppers. Quick and easy, they fly the good-nutrition flag, too” Shopping List · Apple juice · Avocado · Baby beetroot · Baguette · Beef fillet · Butter · Carrots · Cranberry-and-appellee · Crème fraiche · Cucumbers · Free-range chicken · Evench shallots · Fresh dill … Read more
Bring old-fashioned arts back into your urban lifestyle. Getting your hands dirty has never been more fun! Remember the time your grandmother made your birthday dress from scratch? Makeovers, the home and fashion kind, have again become the ‘it’ thing to do. People are bringing out their knitting needles and dusting off their tools. Not … Read more
Onion Tarte Tain I can’t take all the credit for this one. Scot Kirton, a.k.a. “Scottish”, put a dish onto The River Café’s menu while we were running it, which was a version of this, only he used a nice thin slice of Spanish onion and topped it with melting porcini mousse. Mine is a … Read more
Seared Beef Fillet Burger With Roast Tomatoes, Buffalo Mozzarella And Polenta Chips Serves 4 Preparation: 20 minutes, plus chilling time Cooking: 20 minutes · Tomatoes 3, halved · Olive oil 1 T, plus extra for frying · Sugar 1t · Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper · Beef fillet 400 g · Buffalo mozzarella … Read more
Toffie Food Festival’s Secret Dinners (Part 1) The Cow Shed at Spier was the dramatic setting for the first of the Toffie Food Festival’s secret dinners, where Taste’s Abigail Donnelly dazzled diners with a surprise feast When it launched three years ago, The Toffie Pop Culture Festival was a niche event with a sprinkling of … Read more
“Can you imagine a life without onion? Mealtimes would be monotonous, dishes dreary and every menu a minefield. So, let’s pay homage to the humble bumble bulb with recipes so delicious they’ll make you weep” . Onions are the unsung heroes of the kitchen: virtually everything you eat in a good European restaurant will be … Read more
A handful of heaven, an icon of layered finesse – it takes a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger. These gorgeous creations are so flipping’ good they’ll convert even the most die-hard vegans Harissa Chicken Burgers With Pineapple Relish, Aioli And Vegetable Crisps Serves 4 Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 20 minutes … Read more
Serves 8 Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 15 minutes Ostrich Tartare With Roast Garlic And Caper Foam, Parmesan Soil And Deep-Fried Quail Egg In A Rock Salt Dome · Ostrich fillet 500 g, finely diced · Horseradish cream 2T · Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste · Quail eggs 8, poached, crumbed and … Read more
Someone once told me if you can make a good soup, you can make a good sauce and if you make a good sauce, then the world is your culinary oyster. I stick with that One of the first jobs I got when I was a youngster was at a gentleman’s club called The In … Read more
Patience is the secret ingredient that sets a great risotto apart from stodgy rice porridge, says Liam Tomlin. Here, the renowned chef shows how it’s done in four easy steps Must-Have Kitchen Tools · Two heavy-based saucepans for even heat distribution and consistent cooking temperature · A non-stick, heavy-based pan that allows cooking with the … Read more
Giving kids time alone In recent years I’ve realised how easy it is to get caught up in after-school activities, weekend sport commitments, play dates and the various other obligations that come with having young children. All of this can result in overstimulated, exhausted children. It can also result in children expecting to be entertained … Read more
The Charms Of Puff Pastry You can’t blame girl for succumbing to the charms of puff pastry – rich, buttery layers of pure indulgence. And, with it available ready-made, it’s as easy to use as it is to eat Baked Mozzarella With Chilli Puff-Pastry Dippers It’s really worth letting this tomato sauce simmer for two … Read more
A planned approach to parenting We’ve taken a planned approach to parenting our kids. This doesn’t just mean planning meals, routines and the like. We also take time to think about the way we want to parent: which strategies we’ll use and how we’ll work together. As kids grow in bursts, so do the behavioural … Read more
Sweet Potato “Lasagna” Bolognese Meat and potatoes Lasagna without noodles? Surprise, surprise! Our local Kamote does a good job of subbing for them. Sweet Potato “Lasagna” Bolognese Serves: 4 to 6 Prep time: 20 Cooking time: 30 minutes § 6 to 8 sweet potatoes, peeled § 750 grams ground beef § 1 onion, minced § … Read more
Baked Apples With Bay Leaves, Dates And Honey Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes · Brandy ½ cup · Fresh bay leaves 4 · Crimson raisins 70 g · Dates 100 g, pitted · Lemon 1, zester and juiced · Walnuts 50 g · Honey ¼ cup · Butter 1 T · Gala … Read more
Beef Steak Omurice Steak and eggs Think omelets are only good for breakfast? Think again. You can have this tasty bister Tagalog and rice-filled version for lunch and dinner, too! Beef Steak Omurice Serves: 4 (makes 2 large omurice) Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes § 200 grams beef sirloin or tenderloin, sliced … Read more
“Deep amathyst-skinned root veg and the sweet, floral-scented leaves of the laurel tree are winter’s very own treasure. Harvest their aromatic rewards for everything from starters to sweets” Roast Garlic And Beetroot Salad Serves 4 Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 20 minutes · Medium beetroot 4, quartered or 8 baby beetroot · Beetroot leaves 300g, blanched … Read more
Two main ingredients are definitely better than one! We took popular food combinations – think steak and eggs, wine and cheese and put our own Pinoy-Inspired spin on them. The result? Six delicious dishes with flavors, that’ll dance away on your taste buds. Roasted Tomato and Ginger soup Soup and sandwich Nothing’s more comforting than … Read more
Fat-conscious, dairy-free Wine: Woolworths Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 (Grangehurst) Liza Brown’s Vaalboontjiebredie (Bean Stew) “Most of the old people lived on the farms in those days because they had their own land where they planted crops. They came to town only once in three months to buy provisions. My ma could work a shovel … Read more