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Light and fluffy pumpkin fritters (pampoen koekies) with caramel sauce. This recipe handed down to me by my gran is nostalgia on a plate.   Whenever my gran brought a tray of these delicious [...]

As a proper Afrikaans girl, I find complete comfort in the smell and flavour of cinnamon. I’m not sure why it is but most of our (Afrikaans) comfort foods has cinnamon as an ingredient. [...]

If you consider yourself a food purist / food snob or someone who only eats at fine dining restaurants, look away now. Because what I’m about to share with you, might shock you. Over the [...]

This delicious bacon and corn bread is a fantastic, easy recipe. It is perfect served at barbecues or with a pot of steaming chili. There’s not much to be said about this bread. I mean [...]

This meal is for all the South Africans who are either already back at work or going back to work within the next few days! I am one of the lucky ones who will only be ‘back at work’ on the 17th [...]

I’ll come right out and say it. I don’t like Steak. Yes, once again, I expect to be thrown with rotten tomatoes. I seriously would rather eat a juicy lamb chop or a nice fatty pork [...]

I know that the meat is the most important part of the braai, and I don’t know if this is just because I’m a woman, but my favourite part of the braai has to be all the side dishes. [...]

Kedgeree is great for easy dinners.Fragrant jasmine rice with spices, peas and smoked snoek topped with a perfectly fried egg and some chopped chillies. Kedgeree is said to have been brought to [...]

Proudly South African and absolutely delicious, this condensed milk tart is the ultimate sweet treat and the perfect dessert. Milktart is yet another one of those proudly South African [...]