Home Food // Spanish-Style Chicken Bake

To be honest, I’m not exactly sure how Spanish this chicken dish is, but let’s not let the details distract us from the fact that no matter how you’d like to nationally classify this chicken it is absolutely delicious and incredibly versatile. I have made it as a weeknight dinner for just my husband and …

Home Food // Chorizo Shakshuka

I am increasingly of the opinion that breakfast entertaining is not done often enough and is incredibly underrated. Generally having friends or family over for breakfast is much easier to cater for – no starters and dessert for one and you can often get away with putting up one dish. And then breakfast can be …

Home Food // Chargrilled Corn w Harissa

There is not much recipe to this dish, but it is just so delicious that I had to share it. I had it for the first time last weekend at a friend’s house when we were there for a braai (South African word for barbeque). It was so tasty and moreish that I just had …

Home Food // Coffee & Pecan Cake

I have to admit that, while I love eating cakes and pastries, I’m really not much of baker. There’s something about the precision and chemistry of baking which I can’t quite seem to get a handle on. I also like to allocate a bit of blame to the fact that I don’t have a KitchenAid …

Home Food // 3-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

This chocolate mousse is one of my favourite desserts, especially for weeknight entertaining. It only requires three ingredients (which you probably have in the cupboard), takes less than ten minutes to prepare the mixture and can be made the day before and set overnight if needed. My guests always love it and it requires far …

Home Food // Butternut & Sweet Potato Risotto

People – I just love risotto, or any Italian food for that matter, but especially risotto. It is not by accident that this is already my second risotto recipe in just a few months. Brace yourselves – there are many more to come! This recipe is originally from ‘Feast with Sababa’ although I’ve tweaked it …

Home Food // Lemon Chicken Tray Bake

This lemon chicken tray bake is a perfect weeknight dinner as you can just pop it in the oven and forget about it for 45 minutes while you get on with whatever else demands your attention. It can also be made a day or so in advance and then heated up in the oven before …

Home Food // Ottolenghi’s Lentils with Aubergine

As I said in my post a little earlier in the week, I have become an Ottolenghi fan in recent months as I begin to discover just how much I enjoy Middle Eastern flavours. I recently purchased his new book ‘Simple’ which has some really great recipes which are easy to follow and the fantastic …

Travel Food // Ottolenghi Spitalfields

In recent months I have become a serious Ottolenghi fanatic. This is, in part, due to recently developing the taste and appreciation for key Middle Eastern ingredients (chickpeas, aubergine, tahini, sumac etc) and the release of his new book ‘Simple,’ which makes these flavours incredibly accessible to cooks at home. I’ve always loved his recipes …

Travel Food // Coffee in the USA

In 2013 I spent six months in Australia where my coffee snob rating scaled off the charts. Those Aussies know how to make a good flat white and bad coffee just does not exist. Cape Town has, over the years, also developed a love for a good brew and it is now fairly easy to …