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Mexican Mince soup with Tacos

May 15, 2013 in Beef, Meat, Soup

Tags: autumn food, hearty food, Mexican, Mexican mince, Mexican mince soup with tacos, mince, mince soup, Pinkpolkadot, soup, tacos

So autumn in Cape Town this year is really something special. We’re having some wonderfully warm days and at night you get a hint of just how cold this coming winter will be.

One thing I love about winter in Cape Town is that it is perfect soup weather! If you and your family enjoy Mexican food this Mexican mince soup will be a particular hit in your house!

Add some guacamole to intensify those rich Mexican flavours and you might just have a new favourite winter meal.

For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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The weekly menu

May 5, 2013 in Baking, Beef, Biscuits, Chicken, Dessert, Lamb, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Seafood, Soup, Weekly Meny

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Tags: apricot jam pudding, beef, beef mince, biscuits, Chicken, Chocolate biscuits, cookies, Coq au vin, Creamy dressing, dessert, herby tomato and seafood soup, lamb, leg of lamb cooked in muscadel, mains, Meat, menu and shopping list, menu for a week, mince, Pasta, pinkpolkadotfood, pork, pork chops, pudding, seafood, shopping list, soup, spaghetti bolognese, Spicy chicken with olives, supper, The weeklu menu, treats, Vegetable stir fry with creamy dressing, vegetables, Vegetarian

I get lots of e-mails of people telling me how they appreciate the weekly menu with a shopping list and that makes this so worthwhile.

If you do not like any of the dishes on this week’s menu or feel that it is too expensive, simply replace it with a dish from the previous weekly menus!

Monday: Vegetable stir fry with a creamy dressing

Wednesday:Herby seafood and tomato soup with crusty breadrolls

To read more, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Boerewors and Corn muffins

May 3, 2013 in Baking, Beef, Breakfast

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Tags: baking, boerewors, Boerewors and Corn muffins, Boerewors and corn muffins recipe, breakfast, breakfast ideas, lunch box, muffins, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, sweet corn

I made these boerewors and corn muffins on a Saturday morning for breakfast with some left over boerewors of the braai we had the night before! Next time I am going to experiment with chorizo or pork bangers as the surprise in these muffins.

My family loved these, especially the boerewors surprise! They said it is like boerewors and pap in a muffin!

For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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The weekly menu

April 14, 2013 in Baking, Beef, Chicken, Curry, Dessert, Fish

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This is my weekly menu for the week 15 to 22 April 2013:

Tuesday:Canneloni with a meatloaf topping and a green salad:

Friday: Rustic biltong and three cheeses Quichewith a tomato, cucumber and lettuce salad

Something to spoil your family with: Red velvet cupcakes

To see the rest of the weekly menu please visit PinkPolkaDotFood.

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The weekly menu

April 8, 2013 in Bacon, Baking, Beef, Braai, Chicken, Curry, Dessert, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pork, Poultry, Seafood, Side Dish, Soup, Supper, Sweets, Weekly Meny

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Tags: bacon, baking, biscuits, Chicken, dessert, lamb, mains, Meat, mussels, pancakes, Pinkpolkadot, Pork dishes, seafood, shopping list, side dishes, stew, stews, The weekly meny, weekly menu, weekly menu with shopping list

I never had time over the Easter weekend to do a menu for the week, but at last here is one for this week! I do acknowledge the fact that some people did not find the last menu budget friendly, but my excuse is that it was Easter and my family and I regard Easter as very special, so I went overboard with some of the dishes on the menu.

To see some budget friendly meals please visit fellow-blogger Sous Chef’s blog. Most of her blog posts are budget friendly, and I am just going to “borrow” some of her food posts to include in the weekly menu in feature.

For Monday: Spicy butternut and orange soup with bread rolls

For Saturday: Buttery potato mash with beef burgundy

Dessert of the week: Apple filled pancakes with a caramel sauce

To see more of the weekly menu with a shopping list please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Weekly Menu

March 10, 2013 in Baking, Beef, Braai, Chicken, Dessert, Fish, Lamb, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Salad, Salads, Sauce, Seafood, Starter, Supper, Sweets, Vegetables, Weekly Meny

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Tags: baking, beef, boerewors, braai, Chicken, dessert, fish, fruit, lamb, Meals in minutes, Meat, Menu, menu for a week, muffins, Pinkpolkadot, pork, recipes, salads, supper, weekly menu

One of my friends asked me to post a weekly menu with a shopping list. Unfortunately I said yes, without realising how much work will go into something like that! This week I was challenged / asked by many more people to do this, so I did it again!

I hope everyone that reads my blog will find this valuable!

Monday: Mushroom Potpies with a green salad.

Tuesday: Warm lamb and vegetable Salad (Use leftover lamb from Sunday)

Treat: Chocolate and dried apricot muffins

For the rest of this menu go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

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PinkPolkaDot’s menu for a week from 4 to 10 March 2013-03-03

March 4, 2013 in Bacon, Baking, Beef, Braai, Chicken, Curry, Dessert, Fish, Lamb, Meals in minutes, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Salad, Salads, Seafood, Side Dish, Supper, Sweets, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weekly Meny

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Tags: angelfish with pesto and tomatoes, beef, beef mince, braai, Chicken, chicken ceasar salad, chicken ghoulash, chocolate truffles, couscous salad, curry banana frikadelle, dessert, greek leg of lamb, ingredients, lemon meringue roulade, lentil bobotie, Menu, menu for a week, Pinkpolkadot, salads, side dishes, supper, weekly menu, what to have in your kitchen cupboard

One of my friends, who enjoys reading my blog, recently requested me to a weekly menu, with a list of the ingredients required. I agreed to this and this is my first weekly menu. I have never realised how much work it will be, but will try my best to do this on a weekly basis.

Please note that the ingredient list does not include general ingredients such as salt, pepper, oil, cake flour, milk, bread, sugar, eggs, butter, etc.

Monday: Lentil Bobotie with rice and tomato sambal and banana sambal

Tuesday: Chicken ghoulash served with tagliatelle

Wednesday: Curry banana frikadelle served with mashed potatoes and a green salad

To see the rest of the menu and the list of required ingredients, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

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Danish shortbread

December 21, 2012 in Baking, Beef

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Tags: baking, biscuits, cinnamon sugar, cooking, Danish shortbread biscuits, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, shortbread

My Mother use to bake loads of biscuits for December holidays. She baked hertzoggies, jam tartlets, date balls, soetkoekies, coffee biscuits and much more. With the exception of ginger biscuits, she hardly ever made any spicy biscuits.

My MIL, on the other hand, only made spicy biscuits. She is an early riser and would get up at four in the morning to start baking during December. I can so well remember Christmas holidays that we spent on the farm and the spicy smell, early in the mornings when I would wake up. Unfortunately my family do not like spicy biscuits, so I only bake ginger biscuits and this Danish shortbread that contains a hint of cinnamon.

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms

December 14, 2012 in Beef, Meat, Supper

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Tags: beef, Beef fillet, Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms, main, Meat, mushrooms, Pinkpolkadot, red peppercorns, roast, supper

I love fillet steak, but it is very expensive. In Cape Town you can easily pay R200 per kilogram. If you have a family like mine who eats large portions of meat, it becomes very expensive to buy beef fillet.

I went to Malmesbury, recently, to fetch my son’s ID book and one of the butcheries was selling beef fillet for less than half the price that we pay in Cape Town. Of course I had to stock up.

Some people say that fillet is tasteless, but I love it. My favourite way of cooking fillet can be found here or try this beef fillet and radicchio salad.

I just love the simplicity of this recipe! Just remember that red peppercorns are very hot!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Curry Banana frikkadelle

August 29, 2012 in Beef, Curry, Lunch, Meat, Supper

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Tags: bananas, curry, frikadelle, lunch, meatballs, Meatballs with a curry banana suace, recipe, supper

Hubs grew up on a farm between Sabie and Hazyview and their biggest produce were bananas. Bananas featured almost daily on their menu.

Bananas are extremely healthy. According to a recent survey people suffering from depression feels much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin – known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

Bananas are also a brain booster and research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. My mother in law is 86 years old and she has a better memory than younger people. She still drives and she still flies all over the world! I am convinced that her high intake of bananas over the years helped a lot in keeping her mentally and physically healthy and alert.

This recipe is one of her favourites and to see the recipe please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

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Mexican Mince soup with Tacos

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Boerewors and Corn muffins

The weekly menu

The weekly menu

Weekly Menu

PinkPolkaDot’s menu for a week from 4 to 10 March 2013-03-03

Danish shortbread

Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms

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