This is such a yummy and easy little dish to prepare. Sure, you could simply buy a tin of curried baked beans but trust me, this is much, much tastier! One of my readers was kind enough to share this lovely recipe with me, and my husband and I have been enjoying this […]
The month of September signals the start of the Braai season in our household. While we have our favourite salads and side dishes to compliment the Braai meat, I’m always game for easy and inexpensive Braai salads to try. When it’s Braai day for us, I don’t really like to spend a whole […]
Back in February, I mentioned that I would like to try cooking a broth with veggie scraps. Well, I finally got round to it! We’re no strangers to veggie broths by any means as I regularly make chicken broth for us, but while I usually use whole vegetables such as carrots, onions, celery and […]
On a hot summer’s day there is nothing more refreshing than a delicious salad to cool you down. The Tomato & Black Beans salad is one of our favourites, especially in summer, although we make it all year round – we enjoy it so much! Very often we have the Tomato & Black Beans […]
Spicy Chicken Livers may not be everyone’s cup of tea but we love this dish! A small serving of spicy chicken livers is very filling and can be enjoyed with a variety of staples: bread, rice, pasta or even pap. It’s easy to prepare and in less than 30 minutes’ cooking time you too […]
It’s much, much cheaper to make Sausage Rolls at home, and we often make a batch or two. A Sausage Roll is nice as a meal on its own with some gravy and salad on the side, and they’re also an inexpensive but convenient food to pack for picnics or road trips. Sausage […]
There are a lot of recipes out there for Chili Con Carne. A lot! And many of those recipes require you to cook the minced meat from scratch, which we normally don’t. If we have a little leftover Bolognaise Sauce for Pasta, which I usually cook in large batches and freeze, that’s what […]
Once you start Meal Planning around Specials, it’s important to stay organised from one month to the next. That’s why I use a Meal Planning Folder in an A4 arch lever file with printable Weekly Meal Plan pages and Meal Planning Folder Dividers that I can insert as needed. It helps to work […]
This is a guest post by Harjeet Kaur who blogs over at Fire, Water, Food & Travel Harjeet’s blog is filled with delectable and mouth-watering recipes and they are a must for any foodie to try! I’m happy to have Harjeet as a guest on Frugal in SA. Thank you so much Harjeet […]
Meal Planning around Specials can be quite daunting at first, especially if you feel that you wouldn’t know where to start or what meals to plan for! The easiest way to start, though, is to make a list of breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner options that your family likes, and that you […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 3 of the challenge. This is a recipe I often make. It is fairly inexpensive if made plain but with additional variations (see below) it can cost you a bit more. […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 3 of the challenge. There are many reasons why I love Semolina Cake: A slice of this simple, yet moist and fluffy Semolina Cake is very refreshing on a hot […]
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 3 of the challenge. As with most recipes I’ve featured during the Pantry and Freezer Challenge, I often use this Beef stew recipe. I do have several types of recipes that […]
Welcome to the Pantry and Freezer Challenge Week 3 update! Last week was an easy week in our kitchen. In fact, it was a bit of a lazy week as I made only one large batch of one of our favourite meals and a few smaller meal portions as I continued to use […]
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. As with most recipes that I’ve posted as part of this challenge, I make this meal quite often too. I know that there are probably thousands of […]
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. […]
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