Pickled Fish

Pickled fish, a South African Easter classic

Baked aubergine

This simple aubergine recipe is inspired by the flavours of Aubergine parmigiana; a dish I tried in an Italian restaurant a few months ago. If you've not had it before, it's baked aubergine, tomato and cheese (mozzarella and Parmesan). It tasted absolutely amazing, and I was really keen to reproduce it at home, but the…

Mild chicken curry

This chicken curry recipe only uses a few ingredients and takes 30 mins to make. I call it my "curry in a hurry".   It's perfect for meal prep and those last minute/my cupboard is empty dinners. I tend to use garam masala or durbs masala (a South African masala from Durban) but mild curry powder…

Mussels in vegetable broth

My family is crazy about seafood, and during our family holiday in Spain this summer we made the most of all the amazing fresh seafood that was available to us. I learnt this recipe from my Uncle, which is a simple fresh vegetable soup spiced up with fresh mussels. If you don't like mussels you…

Festival

Festival is a sweet cornbread which is normally fried and eaten as an accompaniment with a number of Jamaican dishes. Last week I shared my recipe for the perfect jerk pork, which goes great with freshly made festival. I have modified the recipe slightly so these can be made baked in the oven rather than deep…

Jerk Pork

I think it's fairly safe to assume that when most people think of 'jerk', they think about the Jamaica, the Caribbean and chicken. This recipe will hopefully convince you that there is more to jerk than just chicken. Jerk is made from a blend of spices that can be used on a variety of dishes…

Spiced Mackerel

Stuffed mackerel is incredibly easy to make, packed full of flavour, rich in vitamins and micro-nutrients, and it's dirt cheap. What is not to love? I will be the first to put my hands up and say that I really did not like mackerel as a child. My dad would (try to) feed it to…

Dal bhat

This time last year my husband and I set off on our first big backpacking holiday together to Nepal. To mark the occasion I'm sharing the recipe for Dal bhat - a traditional Nepalese dish, which I learnt to make on our trip. I love travelling and seeing new places, my first flight was at…

Brown Stew Chicken

Today I am sharing a Jamaican recipe that I can only describe as an institution. As a child, on the occasions when my sister and I would get asked what we wanted for dinner, or for lunch, we would often utter the same mantra time and time again - "Rice and peas and chicken". These…

Salmon salsa wraps

This weekend I made an impromptu trip  home to spend time with my family. Since I was working over Christmas and New Year I didn't really see them at all over the holidays. Despite my best efforts to lie in on Saturday morning I got woken up and taken swimming by my younger sisters. After…