Since I have to prepare a few dessert dishes I thought I’d tackle both a mains and dessert dish tonight.

I popped into Pick ‘n Pay this afternoon and picked up the ingredients for both dishes, the most perplexing part was working out what cut of lamb to go with as honestly lamb has never been my favourite meat, I’m not sure why, it just isn’t something I gravitated towards.

I found myself unprepared for the feast of cuts that lay in store and ended up settling with lamb loin chops, quite honestly because they looked the closest to the cuts in the photo of the prepared meal in the application… Read the rest of this entry »

Well this past weekend was the Franschhoek Uncorked Festival where 20 of the Franschhoek wine farms dazzled and amazed with their top varietals, vintages and a host of sundry activities. Read the rest of this entry »

Right, so it’s Friday night, knackered from the weeks activities and seriously thinking about ordering take-out… but I pull myself together and think of the greater good of a home cooked meal, problem, what to eat… I don’t feel like going to the shops and yet another outing. Solution, scavenge fridge/cupboard contents for ingredients… low and behold, we have a meal in the making! Read the rest of this entry »