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Aug 19, 2020

Cornbread Loaf

As mentioned in Day 2 of The Challenge I grew up with cornbread. It is a comfort food, a good staple. Usually it was a breakfast food,...

Aug 18, 2020

Fenugreek Porridge

As mentioned in Day 2 of The Challenge A friend got me 1 kg of Fenugreek seeds recently. The seeds have a beautiful, sweet, tangy smell...

Aug 17, 2020

Ginger and Soy Savory Oatmeal

As mentioned in Day 1 of The Challenge I love oats. I start 90% of my days with porridge and have oats at other times too. When I haven't...

Aug 17, 2020

Day 2: Fenugreek Porridge and Cornbread Loaf

Challenge update: For day 2 of the challenge, we started off the day with an experimental fenugreek porridge, which was very tasty but...

Aug 16, 2020

Day 1: Ginger and Soy Savory Oatmeal

The Challenge begins: Having set myself this challenge on Thursday, I then went away to France for the week-end, and was wined and dined...

Aug 16, 2020

Easy Paella

Paella is a recent addition to my repertoire. It has a reputation for being complicated, but I was recently shown an easy recipe by my...

Aug 13, 2020

Watermelon Gazpacho

When my husband and I first moved to South Africa, I struggled with the heat. I got there and felt sticky and full all the time, so the...

Aug 11, 2020

Rose-hip Soup

I only discovered rose-hips two years ago, My brother-in-law mentioned them as one of our rose bushes wasn't being pruned. My grandmother...

Aug 10, 2020

Non-Traditional 6 Veg Rösti

Rösti is a traditional Swiss-German food, so traditional in fact that the border between the French and German speaking cantons in...

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