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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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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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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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The weekly menu

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

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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!

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Seafood Potjie

March 15, 2013 in Chicken, Fish, Poultry, Seafood, Supper

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Tags: Chicken, chicken and seafood potjie, fish, pinkpolkadotfood, potjie, recipe, Seafood potjie, seafood potjie recipe, seafood stew, smoked paprika, stew, yellowtail

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.

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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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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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Crayfish with a sparkling wine sauce

March 8, 2013 in Braai, Sauce, Seafood, Starter, Supper

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Although I love crayfish, I don’t frequently serve it – it does however feature on my menu from time-to-time for special occasions. I usually prefer serving crayfish as a starter.

On this occasion I served crayfish with a sparkling wine sauce. The sparkling wine sauce is delicious and provides that extra sophistication to the crayfish. Prepare half a grayfish per person when serving as a starter and a whole one as a main dish.

This crayfish was cooked on the Weber, but can also be done on any other braai over medium coals. It can also be cooked in the oven at 180⁰C.

Although crayfish is currently on SASSI’s green list, it is under revision in terms of its WWF-SASSI sustainability rating.

So what are you waiting for, light the coals, open a bottle of sparkling wine, use some for the marinade and pour yourself a glass, whilst preparing this delicious meal?

For the recipe please 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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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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Yellowtail with mushrooms, green peppercorns and lime

February 22, 2013 in Braai, Fish, Seafood, Supper

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Tags: braai, Curry fish, fish, fish on the braai, green peppercorn, lime, main dish, Pinkpolkadot, SASSI, seafood, supper, sustainable fish, Weber, Yellowtail fish, Yellowtail with mushrooms and green peppercorns

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!

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Angelfish with basil pesto and tomatoes

November 26, 2012 in Braai, Fish, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Seafood, Supper

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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!

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Harders on the braai for National Braai Day

September 23, 2012 in Braai, Fish, Lunch, Seafood, Supper

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Tags: braai, braaing harders, fish, harder recipe, harders, Heritage day, how to braai harders, lunch, national braai day, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, seafood, supper, tomato sauce with olives

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.

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The weekly menu

The weekly menu

The weekly menu

Seafood Potjie

Weekly Menu

Crayfish with a sparkling wine sauce

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

Yellowtail with mushrooms, green peppercorns and lime

Angelfish with basil pesto and tomatoes

Harders on the braai for National Braai Day

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