Mzansi Style Cuisine

I have to give props when they are due, the first time I prepared this recipe was one of those days you get back from work and don’t feel like cooking but you are hungry and you’ve got to eat…. For me chicken is one of the easiest items to prepare.  I had (still have) [...]

Early this morning as I was on my way to the Expresso show studios to present this recipe then BOOM! Out of nowhere, another car comes to my lane hitting my car on the passenger side.  Anyways, I didn’t get to the studio as we had to wait for the traffic officers and take statements….. Back [...]

I have my two boys (my brother and nephew) visiting for the school holidays….all the way from the Eastern Cape.  Now my challenge is to cook them delicious meals everyday as they are at home all by themselves during the day.  Both of them have a huge appetite. Having them helps because I have not one [...]

  Are you getting into the holiday mode?  I am.  Infact, at times like these I wish I was a student again, done with my exams and relaxing at my favourite holiday destination….my mother’s house. Catching up with friends, family and oh just sitting in front of the TV and doing nothing LOL!  It’s funny [...]

I would like to think most of my readers are working men and women.  So, that means we don’t have time, we are jugglers: work- family-social life etc.   Yes, we love looking after our loved ones, but most of the time we come back from work tired.  During such times we need something easy, quick to prepare, [...]

  It’s been a while since I posted hey…winter makes some of us lazy…self included…..I somehow struggle to wake up early in the morning but in summer and spring I’m an early bird and that’s when I manage to get most work done.  Goodbye winter you won’t be missed! Till next time!  Finally it is [...]

  Flavourful, finger licking and bone crushing goodness….. Yup! It is all of those things and more….   There’s quite a number of English names given to this chicken i.e. traditional free range chicken, home grown chicken, indigenous chicken, chicken raised at home and my personal favourite…..the running chicken. I grew up calling it Umleqwa which [...]

Cape Town…What comes to mind at the mention of this city?… breath taking views, a happening night life, diverse nationalities, wine farms, taxi tout with missing front teeth screaming “Mowbray! Claremont! Wynberg!”  LOL!   However, before coming to Cape Town, making myself a permanent resident and adopting the cape coloured accent, I knew it as [...]