by pinkpolkadot
April 14, 2013 in Baking, Beef, Chicken, Curry, Dessert, Fish
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.
by pinkpolkadot
March 17, 2013 in Baking, Biscuits, Braai, Chicken, Dessert, Fish, Lamb, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Quiche, Savory tart, Seafood, Side Dish, Supper, Sweets, Vegetarian
Things in life do not always work out according to plan, but I strongly believe that God’s plan is always better. I was planning to attend the Eat-Out produce awards at the Old Biscuit Mill on Friday night where it was announced that the very talented Anel Potgieter from the blog “Life is a Zoo biscuit” is the Food Blogger of the year.
BlondieGirl was however writing a test on Friday morning and asked me to fetch her at 13:00 in Stellenbosch. I left earlier since I first wanted to go to an Antique shop in Stellenbosch and arrived at 12:30. Just after one BG phoned me to say that there was a terrible fire the previous night in Kayamandi that left 600 families (about 3000 people) homeless. She is on the Student Committee and her portfolio is Community Service and she had to do some things to arrange for volunteers, etc to assist the people affected by the fire. She asked whether I would be prepared to wait and help her with the arrangements for approximately 2 hours. Of course I said yes. In the end she only finished just before 18:00, which meant we could not attend the awards. I was admittedly not too upset as it felt good to be able to assist some fellow South Africans – albeit in a small, minute way.
This afternoon was mostly spent on preparing the weekly menu – I am so grateful that I am able to do this! I have a house, food and many luxuries that loads of people in South Africa does not have!
The weekly menu:
Monday: Onion, Cheese and Thyme Quiche
Dessert of the week: Chocolate swissroll with orange mousse filling
Treat of the week: Unbaked brownies
To read more on the weekly menu please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!
by pinkpolkadot
March 15, 2013 in Chicken, Fish, Poultry, Seafood, Supper
I love summer and enjoy the extra sunlight a lot. It is so nice to go for long walks before or after work whilst the sun is shining or simply working in the garden whilst it is still light.
Of course what I enjoy most is cooking and eating outside. This potjie was done on the fire but you can also make it inside on the stove.
I hope you will have a fabulous weekend!
For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.
by pinkpolkadot
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
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.
by pinkpolkadot
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
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.
by pinkpolkadot
February 22, 2013 in Braai, Fish, Seafood, Supper
I love summer and since it is weekend, it is also braaitime. Not that we only braai over weekends … My husband would braai every night if I would allow that! We have been cooking a lot on our Weber lately and look out for posts soon on cooking a leg of lamb, pork belly and more on the Weber.
I bought a lot of frozen yellowtails recently at our local Fruit and Veg for R29.99 per kilo! This is a real bargain and since yellowtail is also on SASSI’s green list you can eat this with a clear conscience and with the knowledge that you are not further depleting our endangered fish species.
The first time around I cooked the yellowtail following a recipe for curry fish that is featured in the latest copy of House and Leisure’s food magazine.
After this I cooked the yellowtail with mushrooms, peppercorns and lime and this was also a winner!
For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!
by pinkpolkadot
November 26, 2012 in Braai, Fish, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Seafood, Supper
People regularly asked me for budget friendly recipes. Fish is in general a good choice since it is reasonably priced and provides essential proteins. It is also healthier than red meat.
I found these Angelfish and my local supermarket and bought 4 large pieces for less than R30! That means I could feed four people for about R60 and that is really a bargain in my opinion!!
Angelfish has a delicate flavour and should not be cooked to long to prevent it from becoming dry and falling apart.
I used a few ingredients for this dish but it was really delicious!!
For th erecipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!
by pinkpolkadot
November 1, 2012 in Fish, Meals in minutes, Supper
As a child, I never liked nuts. To me it always tasted bitter. Maybe the nuts that we got in the small town where I lived were off, once they reached us or maybe I was just full of nonsense. I only discovered how tasty nuts are after I was married. Hubs grew up on a farm between Sabie and Hazyview. His uncle on one of the neighbouring farms was farming with Macadamia nuts and so my love for this nut started.
This crispy, creamy nut is often described as the world’s finest nut. It is also a very healthy food since it has 0% cholesterol and does not contain any trans fatty acids. The Macadamia nut contains the highest level of mono-unsaturated fatty acids of any natural food. These fatty acids actively reduce cholesterol and keep triglycerides low. They play a vital part in reducing your risk of stroke and heart disease. (For more information on the health benefits of this wonder food go to http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-macadamia-nuts.html)
Dill is also a healthy food because it is green in colour, and it can activate processes in the body which seek out and eliminate free radicals. This free radical elimination is effective in preventing heart disease, cancer, and many other ailments.
Fish is an excellent source of protein and all types of fish have a superior fatty acid composition when compared with other meat. These fatty acids, as described above, reduce cholesterol. Fish, especially hake, is relatively inexpensive. If you add the health benefits to the affordability, one should really try and eat fish at least twice per week.
Taking all of this into consideration, I have decided to make hake served with a dill and macadamia pesto for my entry for the Sea Harvest competition, hosted by Food24.
by pinkpolkadot
September 23, 2012 in Braai, Fish, Lunch, Seafood, Supper
My family and I went up the West coast recently to look at the flowers. The flowers were absolutely in abundance this year! We enjoyed every minute of this trip!
On our way back we went through the little town of Velddrif, an absolutely gem on the West Coast. We bought a number of snoeks, which we cooked some recently according to Jan Braai’s way to braai snoek. There was nothing left of 3 snoeks that we have braaied for 14 people and everyone said that it was the best braaied snoek that they have ever eaten!!
We also bought some harders, which hubby braaied that night when we came home. This is a wonderful and VERY affordable braai to do on heritage or any other day!
The person, who sold this to him, was a real fisherman and he knew his harders! Hubs loves braaing so he immediately told Nelius: “I am only going to buy this, if I can braai this, so you must tell me how?” Nelius responded: “Nay, my larnie, you can braai this and it is very delicious!” and he told hubs how to do this. So to see this recipe go to PinkPolkaDotFood.
by pinkpolkadot
September 14, 2012 in Fish, Seafood, Supper, Vegetables
If you feel like inviting a couple of friends over for dinner over the weekend you can impress them with this easy dish!! They will think you have been spending hours to create this.
As you will see in my last couple of posts, I have been making a lot of stir fry vegetable dishes lately. First it was this easy frittata and there after I made stir fry vegetables with a delicious creamy walnut dressing.
As with the dish with the creamy walnut dressing, the green peppercorn sauce is the highlight of this dish. Stacking the salmon on top of the stir fry vegetables and mashed potatoes looks great and tastes even better!
For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.
