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Easy tortillas

Easy tortillas...

Tortillas are really great for anytime meals and you can really go to town with them. Fill them with chicken, meat or vegetables, add cheese, avo or anything you have in the fridge that grabs your fancy. A really great alternative is to fill them and then smother them in a tomato pasta  sauce and cheese and place under the grill to melt the cheese. They freeze well, so make 2 batches and always have a quick meal at hand. What...
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Sticky pork riblets

Sticky pork riblets...

I am a big fan of pork and pork ribs are amongst my all time favorite things to eat. These are seriously delicious and you will need a damp cloth or a finger bowl beside you, no mucking around with paper serviettes and you don’t want to use your good serviettes with this sauce… I had these with a sp[icy mexican rice dish that really complimented the spicyness of the pork. They are really simple to make and...
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Chermoula prawns

Chermoula prawns...

Chermoula is a Moroccan herb paste, a bit like pesto that is fantastic with seafood. Use nice large prawns and serve with couscous for an authentic Moroccan dish. The most time consuming part of the recipe is shelling the prawns, the rest of the recipe take just a few minutes. This is a great recipe for a dinner party that you can partly prepare ahead of time and then it is just a matter of a few minutes in the kitchen...
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Pepper cream vegetables

Pepper cream vegetables...

Vegetables have never been my favorite but we just have to eat them and this is a fantastic vegetarian dish that can be eaten as a meal or in my case as a side dish to a great steak. The pepper cream sauce was excellent and really made the vegetables morish…. and for a big time meat eater that is really saying something. It’s easy and well worth trying. (4 people as ameal) What you need Olive oil 1 teaspoon...
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Easter chocolate crunchies

Easter chocolate crunchies...

These are something a little different for Easter and are so incredibly delicious you will be hard pressed to find anything quite like them. Anything made is so much better than bought and these will be appreciated by anyone receiving them. They are really simple to make and the family will love them. What you need 280g plain chocolate 100g butter 80g crunchies (honeycomb chocolate bars) 80g digestive biscuits 100g white...
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Masala Prawns

Masala Prawns...

This is another of the amazing recipes from the Kerala region that is just a perfect weekend lunch. The recipe called for an earthenware pot which I just happen to have and along with my cast iron casserole pot is a thing I could not live without. It also called for cocum which I did not have but I tell you it is a real winner just like it this. This is not a saucy curry so prepare plenty. (good for 4 people) What you...
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Quick sausage stirfry

Quick sausage stirfry...

How often have you looked in the fridge or freezer, eyed that p[ack of sausages and had no idea what to do with it? Most of us don’t make anything exciting with sausages, just sausage and mash, which can become a litle boring or sausages with eggs in the morning, well now try this with some great mash or rice, it’s really brilliant, gets made in one pan in about 15 minutes and has a tasty gravy. It opens up...
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Kerala country chicken

Kerala country chicken...

Kerala country chicken A great friend of mine was recently in India and brought back a fantastic recipe book from the Karala district. This one really appealed to me, good straight forward home style chicken curry made in one pot, well just about. It is a real country style indian stew with a hint of coconut that gave it a really interesting flavor. For those who need a great Indian spice outlet, in Cape Town go to Atlas...
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Chocolate Vodka

Chocolate Vodka...

I saw this chocolate Vodka recipe on one of Justin Bonello’s programs and just had to try it. It’s very straight forward and promises both a sugar rush and an kick. It’s a great party shooter but beware, it really does have a serious kick in it. What you need 1/3 bottle Vodka (still in the bottle) 2 slabs chocolate broken into small pieces (your favorite chocolate, dark, milk or white) Hot water Cream The...
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Summer bruschetta

Summer bruschetta...

It has been so hot in Cape Town lately and last night when I got home I just could not face cooking anything so I made this really fantastic bruschetta with some great rye and wholewheat bread. It was just what the doctor ordered, cool with a little acid from the vinegar that left me satisfied with a clean fresh aftertaste. I had a few skewers left over from the Greek lamb kebabs I made on Monday that complimented well....
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Pineapple Carrot Cake

Pineapple Carrot Cake...

This has got to be one of the best carrot cake recipes I have ever come across and well worth the effort. It is very moist and you can use either the glaze type icing or the icing from the carrot cup cake recipe which makes it very rich and a perfect comfort food. What you need Step 1 ingredients 2 Cups sugar 1 Cup sunflower Oil 3 Eggs 1 Can pineapple crushed (420g) 2 Cups grated carrots 2 Cups sultanas 1 Teaspoon vanilla...
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Vegetables parmagiana

Vegetables parmagiana...

This amazing vegetable dish was the result of using some left over Matriciana sauce, you could just as easily use the Marinara sauce which is similar but without the bacon. The result was seriously tasty and not being a big veggie fan was a pleasant surprise. It turned out fairly rich with the parmesan topping but with the cottage pie made for a very simple and satisfying meal. (for 4 people) This is the kind of meal...
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