Bran and Honey loaf

Bran and Honey Loaf

March 5, 2020 Melby 2

Tiggers don’t like honey. ~ A A Milne ~   Hmmm, I am not surprised, Tigger. I also don’t like honey. It’s got too much […]

Slice of chicken pie with flaky pastry

Chicken Pie

March 4, 2020 Melby 0

Life is too short for celery sticks and cheap wine. ~ Anonymous ~   There are few things as comforting and delicious as Chicken Pie. […]

Hot Water Pastry

Hot Water Pastry

March 1, 2020 Melby 2

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. ~ Jonathan Swift ~   A flaky (pastry) start My granny’s pastry recipe has been the pastry […]

Milk tart slice

Milk Tart

February 23, 2020 Melby 0

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ~ Virginia Woolf ~   To say South Africans get obsessed […]

Eggplant Parmigiana

Eggplant Parmigiana

February 14, 2020 Melby 0

“Never eat more than you can lift.” ~ Miss Piggy ~   Eggplant = aubergine = brinjal = melanzane Let’s face it – eggplant is […]

Falafel with sweet chili sauce

Falafel

February 8, 2020 Melby 0

The greatest dishes are very simple. ~ Auguste Escoffier ~   Falafel Confessions I will admit to finding falafel in a desperate search when faced […]

Malva pudding with custard

Malva Pudding

February 3, 2020 Melby 4

“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” ~ Ernestine Ulmer ~ Malva must mean “lekker” I am actually not a dessert person. If there is a […]

Mexican Rice

Mexican Rice

February 2, 2020 Melby 0

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention […]

Drunken Beans

Drunken Beans

February 2, 2020 Melby 0

Life without Mexican food is like no life at all. ~ Anonymous ~ South Africans eating Mexican? South Africa has it’s fair share of Mexican […]