Month: Aug 2017

Weekly Grocery Haul: 30 August 2017

Weekly Grocery Haul: 30 August 2017

This weeks grocery haul could not have come at a better time. I was running seriously low on fruit & vegetables and did not get a chance to go shopping earlier. It feels like I have been preparing for one event after another, with my 

South Indian Inspired Prawn Curry

South Indian Inspired Prawn Curry

There’s nothing better than those recipes you just come up with on the spot. I spent the whole day thinking of what to cook and this literally came about 40 minutes before hubby came home. I knew I wanted to make a prawn curry as 

Tips For Event Planning

Tips For Event Planning

It was my mum’s birthday this past weekend and I wanted to plan something special for her. She had a busy day so it wasn’t by chance that I ended up hosting her a *surprise* birthday brunch. Along the way I thought it would be 

Tomato Soup & Toasted Mozzarella Sarmies

Tomato Soup & Toasted Mozzarella Sarmies

Instagram is the best when it comes to daily dinner inspiration. Needless to say it can be bad when you are bombarded with images of delicious food and constantly have food envy. This next meal came about from Instagram…Someone had made tomato soup and toasted 

Fair Cape Dairies Product Review

Fair Cape Dairies Product Review


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When Fair Cape Dairies asked me to do a review and use their products in my recipes I was pleasantly surprised and obliged. I have been using the products they sent me for a few weeks now and in many different ways to make sure 

Lemon & Yoghurt Loaf Cake {Diabetic Friendly}

Lemon & Yoghurt Loaf Cake {Diabetic Friendly}

I have been craving this cake for ages, it’s the simplicity of a pound cake with the freshness of zesty lemon and the moisture from the yoghurt that make this cake irresistable. I adapted this recipe found here to make my own version of this 

Stuffed Peppers with Chunky Tomato Sauce and Broccoli Brown Rice

Stuffed Peppers with Chunky Tomato Sauce and Broccoli Brown Rice

If you read my Weekly Grocery Haul over here, you would have seen that I scored a bag of mixed peppers for R19.99 from Fruit & Veg. I usually just wash, cut and freeze them but this time I decided to stuff the peppers and actually 

How I Met My Hungry Husband

How I Met My Hungry Husband

The year was 2005, the number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 was “We belong together” by Mariah Carey. Lindsay Lohan was still an A-List celebrity and hip belts were in. It was my second year of University and I felt very alienated from 

Weekly Grocery Haul: 16 August 2017

Weekly Grocery Haul: 16 August 2017

I wish this was a Gucci Dionysus unboxing, but my fridge was empty and a girl has to have priorities in life. I didn’t go to Fruit & Veg last week Wednesday as it was a public holiday so I really had to stretch those 

Easy Breezy Butter Chicken

Easy Breezy Butter Chicken

Yoghurt and chicken should be best friends. In fact, I’m pretty sure they are already. This easy breezy butter chicken can be made in under 30 minutes. Serve it with rice, naan or paratha it is sure to be a crowd pleaser. The yoghurt has