african vanielje on Jul 12 2008 | Filed under: baking, bread, cheese, chocolate, sweet kitchen
Yes, once again I have spent a lazy Saturday morning bread baking, blogsurfing and generally pottering around in a quiet and peaceful house. I’ve drunk copious amounts of coffee, played with my next door neighbour’s new puppy, Perfect. Yes that is really his name, short for Perfect Paradise Mark II. Mark [...]
african vanielje on Sep 29 2007 | Filed under: cheese, food blogging event, sandwich
If you’re not South African you probably won’t recognise this strap line from a famous advert for cremora coffee creamer, but I used it nevertheless as my idea of a ’sarnie’ or sandwich, or even ’samie’ to us Suid Afrikaners, is not always something wedged between 2 stodgy slices. Bizarrely, much as I love baking [...]
african vanielje on Sep 16 2007 | Filed under: birthday cake, cheese
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy birthday to meme
Happy Birthday to me.
I thought today would be a great day to post the meme which Cooksister tagged me for a couple of weeks ago.
Also, my ‘birthday cake’ was a little unusual, but as I have had it up to my finely plucked eyebrows with birthday [...]
african vanielje on Aug 29 2007 | Filed under: Veg, cheese, vegetarian, vkcb
Take one large whole portabello mushroom per person.
Saute or cook in the oven (10-15 minutes @180*C) with garlic butter, fresh thyme and seasoning
The mushrooms should soak up the melting butter, but don’t ass more, add instead a generous splash of white wine. You can use red but this will make an already dish even richer.
Once [...]
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