Recipes

This risotto is so simple to make, and deliciously light enough for summer. Its surprisingly healthy (no cream) and I think you can dress it up with a protein (chorizo or parma ham) or serve it as a side to fish or lamb chops. Even if youre nervous about risottos, this one works a dream. The recipe is in the January edition of the Woolworths Taste magazine (http://www.taste.co.za ) and Ive made a few adjustments based on my own inspiration. The recipe uses baby/cherry tomatoes, but were currently getting the most insane heirloom tomatoes from our local farmers market and...

January 25th, 2020 begins the Lunar New Year (a.k.a. Chinese New Year, but its celebrated in many other Asian countries). It lasts for 15 days. We were chatting the other day that its the Year Of The Rat, an animal which does not evoke pleasant thoughts. So we looked it up. It turns out that the Chinese word sh may refer to a rat, mouse, or other muroid. Its all in the translation. Whats a muroid? It turns out that Muroidea are a superfamily of rodents. It includes including gerbils, hamsters, mice, rats, voles and many other relatives. Heres more...

This Chinese Longevity Noodles recipe for Chinese New Year is spiced with delicious Asian flavors and filled with chicken, and healthy greens. Its a hearty comfort food meal. A lot of people have food for their Super Bowl parties on their minds. I totally get it, but Im not thinking guacamole and chips, salsa, or dips at the moment Im thinking about Chinese New Year. Disclosure: I do not fancy myself an expert of any sort on Chinese New Year below is basic information about it Ive learned through my interest in the food. What is Chinese New Year? Chinese...

One of the good things about not living full time with my husband is that I can eat more aubergines. This may seem trivial, but I really like aubergines and he really hates them. It was some years into our relationship when I found this out. He had stopped politely eating them to impress me and I had lost my tolerance for seeing the meals I had lovingly (or perhaps grudgingly) prepared have all the carefully sourced and chopped ingredients forensically picked out of them. For a while I persisted in cooking my favourite meals for the family in the...

The craving is real. I know. Especially when you see someone eating Arroz Caldo right in front of you and you are on a Keto or Low Carb diet. Well, tapos na ang pagtitiis because we can now make a Low Carb version of our favorite breakfast-slash-merienda. Meet my Low Carb Keto Arroz Caldo made of none other than the versatile cauli-rice. READ: Cauliflower Rice, Low Carb Rice Substitute (Keto Rice) Cooking it is super easy very much like cooking regular Arroz Caldo but with shorter cooking time because riced cauliflower takes,like, five minutes to cook. And it tastes just...