Lentil bobotie with spekboom sambal
I was recently lucky enough to attend the launch of Earthling Food, the new vegan cookbook by Isabella Niehaus and Louis Jansen van Vuuren. Their previous plant-based book, There’s a Vegan on my Verandah, was utterly brilliant, so much so that it won them the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2023. Their latest offering promises to do just as [...]
A wonderfully different chicken salad
Summer in Cape Town is always about a month behind the rest of the country, but at long last it’s here and I can pop on a cheery summery frock. The way I eat is definitely very seasonally influenced. In warmer weather I want lighter, brighter, fresher food and salads are top of the list. When they are a [...]
Winter root vegetable bake
Well folks, we’re almost through it – just another month and winter is officially over. It’s been an exceptionally wet and cold one in Cape Town. My response has been to hunker down and find comfort in warming dishes celebrating the best ingredients winter has to offer. Like this winter root vegetable bake – think potatoes, parsnips, carrots and [...]
Coronation Victoria sponge cake
Victoria sponge, or Victoria sandwich as it’s more traditionally known, is about as quintessentially English as it gets. Visit any English country fair and it will be there, adorned with rosettes from the WI for the best one. So I could not think of anything more appropriate to make for my Coronation tea tomorrow than a classic Victoria sponge. [...]
Traditional tomato bredie the way gran made it
The heavens opened on Monday here in the Cape, our first rain for many months. It’s early for rain, but it’s a little nudge from nature to let me know that the first official month of autumn is only days away. The signs are all around – crisper mornings, earlier sunsets, the trees lining the streets starting to turn brilliant [...]
Veggie-packed smoky lentils with jammy eggs
I don’t often post vegetarian recipes because stats don't lie and what mine show me is that my readers adore meat recipes – the redder the better! As existing on lamb chops, boerewors and steak is not the cleverest lifestyle choice, I’m for once making a meatless Monday exception. I pack lentils with plenty of good-for-you veggies and I give [...]