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This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 2 of the challenge over the weekend. The quantities in this recipe will serve two people. We often have this for breakfast as it’s fairly cheap to make and it tastes good. I […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 2 of the challenge. This really is one of our favourite soup recipes. It is my grandmother’s recipe and my mom has been making this soup for us for as long as I […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 1 of the challenge. I’d never cooked Soya beans before and I remember buying this particular packet of Soya beans because I wanted to try using the Soya beans. While I’ve used the […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 1 of the challenge. The Peach Cobbler recipe is very easy to make and yields a whole tray of dessert which can be enjoyed hot or cold with ice cream, whipped cream, custard […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 1 of the challenge. This is a recipe that I make quite often as my husband really likes these Twisters and really who can resist the warm, fluffy pastry straight out of the […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 1 of the challenge. This is a very simple yet delicious recipe and I often make it. Mushroom sauce can be used on a nice piece of grilled steak, mashed potatoes, meat pies […]
This easy-to-make, cheap yet so delicious tomato sauce is great as a pasta sauce and for topping homemade pizzas. I’ve been using this recipe for as long as I can remember and I’m sharing it with you today. I think most homemade tomato sauce recipes are very similar and it’s probably a matter of adapting […]
Baba Ganoush, or roasted Brinjal dip, is one of our favourite dips/spreads. It is so easy to make and can also be quite cheap to make as well. If you’ve read my post Fruits & Veggies on Special This Week (12/06/16) you’ll know that I bought a 5kg box of brinjals for R29.99 at […]
If you’ve read my post Marmalade: It’s cheaper to make it at home you’ll know that our lemon tree produced fruit for the first time since we planted it four years ago. We couldn’t have been happier to see it finally bear some fruit! Some of the lemons I used to make marmalade a while […]
I don’t normally buy quince. This week, however, I received a few as a gift. I was delighted! And it didn’t take me very long to decide what to do with them: make quince konfyt (preserve). As the days get colder and colder, I seem to yearn for comfort foods and the lovely aroma of […]
Our beautiful lemon tree has produced fruit for the first time since we planted it four years ago. It was growing so slowly for the first three years and we thought we were never going to see any lemons on it. We were wrong. We had beautiful white flowers bloom last spring and sometime in […]
Is homemade bread healthier and cheaper? Yes to both! Should we feel guilty about having a slice of freshly baked, wholesome bread? Yes? No? Well, maybe only a little, and only if you make it at home using the right flour. When we made our very first loaf of bread in the bread maker almost […]
If you’ve read my post January Finds & Grocery Savings, you’ll know that I received some freebies from my very first order at Faithful to Nature. One of those freebies was a packet of Oaty Chia Raw Cacao which sat on the kitchen counter for a couple of days while I wondered what to do […]
I’ve been making chicken broth in a very large stock pot on the stove for as long as I can remember. But, having a pot of anything boiling on the stove for several hours uses up electricity, and money, plus there is a whole lot of hovering over the stove, stirring, sipping and adjusting the […]
The more I use my slow cooker, the more I love it! Would you believe that the slow cooker can actually roast a whole chicken to tenderness and perfection, and with no oil? I almost couldn’t believe it! My husband thought it was just going to burn in there with no liquid at all. Just […]
Not everyone is a fan of sushi, I know, but we love it! If you do as well I’m sure you also know how much it costs to have sushi for a takeaway or as a sit-down meal or even a snack at a restaurant in South Africa. For us, as frugal as we are, […]