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Warm baby potato salad with baby aubergines and eggs

April 15, 2013 in Lunch, Salad, Salads, Sauce, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

We always associate salads with summer, but potato salad is just as nice served warm as it is cold.

Potato salad is mostly served with mayonnaise. Since my one daughter dislikes mayonnaise I am always experiencing with new potato salad combinations that do not contain mayonnaise. I love adding aubergines to potatoes. The combination just works for me.

This warm salad was a winner and was loved by everyone that ate it. It can be served as a vegetarian main dish or as a side dish.

For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood.

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

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!

The weekly menu

March 24, 2013 in Bacon, Baking, Biscuits, Braai, Chicken, Curry, Lamb, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pork, Poultry, Quiche, Savory tart, Side Dish, Supper, Sweets, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weekly Meny

I think most schools have already closed for the Easter holidays and you want to spend time with your loved ones. Therefore, I am sure that you do not want to spend too much time in the kitchen. Although most of the recipes in this week’s menu are not quick to prepare, I hope I will at least save you some time to decide what you are going to cook this week. I am also including a shopping list to make it even easier for you!

Tuesday: Pizza Quiche

Dessert for the week: Chocolate Tartlets

Treat for the week: Chocolate biscuits!

To read more go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

Old-fashioned stuffed mushrooms

March 19, 2013 in Meatless Mondays, Side Dish, Starter, Vegetarian

Stuffed mushrooms were a hit in the eighties and I made it often as a starter. Both my daughters adore mushrooms so I made these stuffed mushrooms for the first time in years in December 2012. I was quite surprised -no shocked when they asked me to make those old-fashioned mushrooms again! I thought old-fashioned only applies to things that happened in my Mother’s youth! Well, I must admit that they are really old-school.

Stuffed mushrooms are a great starter to serve at a braai, since you do not really need a plate. The mushroom is the plate for this delicious filling and you only need one free hand, so your other hand is still available for a drink of your choice!

The mushrooms ready to be cooked:

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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

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!

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

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.

Hot tomato and Haloumi salad

February 21, 2013 in Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, Salad, Salads, Side Dish, Starter, Vegetarian

I won some tickets to the Cape Dairy Experience and a cheese hamper from Karoo Goat’s milk products, late last year. Included in this hamper was some Halloumi cheese.

Since I wanted to emphasize the slightly salted taste of the halloumi I decided to make a hot tomato and fried halloumi salad and served it with some crusty bread as a light lunch. The salad can also be served as a starter.

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

Brown rice tart with peppers and spinach

January 21, 2013 in Baking, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, Quiche, Side Dish, Supper

I am really trying to cook a bit healthier after all the indulgence over December. With this in mind I made this vegetarian tart using brown rice as a base for the tart. I used Tastic’s brown and wild rice with lentils, but any type of rice can be used.

Rice slice

This dish can be prepared in minutes if you use left over rice. My son, who normally does not eat spinach, enjoyed this as well. If he approves of a vegetarian dish, I think most children will happily eat this.

This brown rice tart can be served warm or cold, as a side dish or as a vegetarian main dish. It will also make a great picnic dish, when cut into slices, so it is a perfect dish for this time of year and since it is Meatless Monday, I think you should try this.

For the recipe please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

Vegetarian Quiche

Brown mushrooms stuffed with peas, corn and cottage cheese.

January 14, 2013 in Lunch, Meals in minutes, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

It is Monday and time for some vegetarian fare. Mushrooms are so healthy, delicious and versatile and a good replacement for meat.

This dish is very quick to prepare and I have used a frozen corn and pea mixture, but you can use fresh peas on its own if you like.

Mushroom recipe

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

Stuffed mushroom recipe

An easy recipe for a tomato and basil tart

January 11, 2013 in Baking, Gardening, Herbs, Savory tart, Side Dish, Vegetarian

I made this tomato and basil tart, because I have an abudance of tomatoes growing in my vegatable garden. Since I love tomatoes and use them daily I am very happy with this high amount of tomatoes available to me.

Since the basil is also from my own garden, this dish virtually costed me almost nothing – very important in January!

I used basil pesto from the Pesto Princess range. Although it is very easy to make your own pesto, I find the pesto from Pesto Princess extremely delicious and affordable! I think this pesto made this dish! I did not add any seasoning, but do so if you wish.

I served this as a side dish, but it will also make a good main dish for a light lunch or supper.

For the recipe, please fo to PinkPolkaDotFood.

Tomato tart recipe

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