The month of October brought a lot of changes in the MHH household. I started the first month of P90X3 and hungrybae and I started eating a lot healthier. What do I mean by healthier? Well I started making salads every single day and paired it back to a protein instead of basing every meal […]
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I really wanted to bake something with pineapple and carrot and so my hunt for a cake/loaf/bread began. It ended once I found this Hummingbird Slice from Food To Love. I used fresh pineapple instead of tinned but make sure you squeeze out the excess liquid. Mine was a bit too liquidy and moist because
I’ve been trying to eat healthier and curbing the bad snacks have been a huge part of that. No more chips, biscuits and chocolates! But everyone now and then I do want to have something sweet and these are just sweet enough to get over that sugar craving. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup grated carrot, water squeezed
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Approximately two weekends ago I hosted a lunch for my Mother’s birthday. I ran a poll on instagram to see if you were interested in just the recipes only or wanted to know more about the process, how I plan my menu, control my budget etc. It ended up being a really long post but
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It has occurred to me that in all the time I have had my blog, I’ve never made choc chip cookies. I like to bake but mostly muffins, cupcakes, banana bread loaves etc. as I find cookies to be “too much effort”. I put those in quotation marks because you all know I am lazy
I whipped these up on the morning of Eid for breakfast! These are such a nice change from sweet scones, serve them with caramelised onion or tomato jam and a variety of cheeses. INGREDIENTS: 225g self raising flour 1/2 tsp salt 50g butter 1 tsp mustard sauce 3/4 cup finely grated cheese (gouda, mature cheddar)
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I saw something similar to this on an episode of First We Feast (on YouTube) and wanted to replicate it. The maas/buttermilk helps to tenderise the chicken, its simple, quick and easy with much less fuss than trying to breadcrumb the chicken. I have another variation of this recipe on my Instagram Highlights under Buttermilk
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This is my fourth recipe using Fair Cape Dairies Amasi, and it comes in time for Eid! I love how versatile this recipe is. These little chocolate clouds can be topped with bar one ganache, dark chocolate and candied orange, aero bubbly, caramel treat or good ol’ fashioned strawberries and cream! INGREDIENTS: I adapted this
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I’ve wanted to make these for so long but a few things always stopped me; I don’t have a stand mixer, I don’t want to wait 2 hours for dough to prove and I don’t want a super sweet cinnamon roll that is going to send me into a sugar coma. *phew* This meant I
By now you would know that I am on an Amasi cooking and baking journey! Fair Cape Dairies sent me some Amasi to try and I’ve used it to make the following recipes: Cinnamon Pancakes and this Khuri Kitchrie Thali. When I posted the first recipe on Instagram, @carmen_in_pe shared with me how to make cream
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