As someone who loves fish and seafood I was surprised when a reader asked me for a recipe for fish cakes a while ago. I realised that I don’t have one! I have always liked fish cakes but for some reason, I’ve never made them for my family which is really quite bizarre as they are easy, delicious and served with a salad, they make a really great week-night meal! I set out to develop my recipe and thought of using smoked snoek only because I love it so very much. You can use smoked mackerel or smoked haddock as well if you can’t find smoked snoek but the snoek…
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You know you’ve got crazy family when your aunt arrives at your house from Cape Town with a giant Kingklip, wrapped in cling wrap and foil. Yes, it was frozen and YES, she did fly with it in her suitcase from Cape Town. I was very grateful that she brought me such a nice gift but I was also shocked, and relieved that it didn’t start defrosting in between her clothes..yuck! Let me just start by saying that I KNOW Kingklip is considered Orange status on the SASSI list. I don’t buy it myself, ever, and I never order it in restaurants but this was a gift from a family…
First of all, I’d like to congratulate Kiara Rossouw for winning Justin Bonello’s, Cooked Weekends Away. The book is on it’s way Kiara! If you didn’t win last week, don’t despair. This week we are giving away Antony Worrall Thompson’s GI Diet, thanx to Penguin Publishers. This really is a great book to have if you’re looking at eating healthier but not sure where to start. The book discusses the Low GI Diet in depths and gives a detailed list of low, medium and high GI foods. It also gives you loads of tips on how to make ordinary dishes low gi etc.The Recipes range from fabulous breakfast ideas like…
So last week Monday, I thanked all of you for voting me into the top 2 of both the New Blog and Food & Wine blog categories! And today, I have to jump up and down, wave my arms, scream as loud as I can!! THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Not only did I win Best Food & Wine Blog, but I also won Best New Blog! And I could not have done it without the support of my amazing readers. I think this is even more special to me because last year this time, I had no idea what to do with my life. I…
This sounds rich, expensive and fattening right? Wrong! This is probably the only creamy pasta dish I’ve ever made that was neither expensive nor fattening. As Summer is fast approaching, more and more people are trying to cut the fat and extra calories out to get ready for bikini season. I am not one of those (the day you see me in a bikini is the day that I grow a 3rd leg!), but I still want to be healthy. And this sure as hell is. We all know we are meant to be eating more fish because of all the great Omega 3 & 6′s it has etc. etc,…
Even though fish & chips is such an easy and common meal, I’ve never made it myself. I’m a slight bit intimidated by deep frying things. I’m always scared the food doesn’t cook properly and I also don’t want the batter to burn. But armed with delicious beer batter and the freshest Kabeljou in Gauteng, I was ready to start. I was told by my fishmonger that Hake is good for fish ‘n chips but that Kabeljou, Baracuda and Kingklip all give great flavour and a bit of meatiness. Now Kingklip is in the orange category on SASSI’s list and Baracuda, well it just scares me to think of it…
I am a bread addict. There, I said it. Everything about bread is just perfect to me. The crunchy crust, the soft, pillowy ‘inners’. I mean really, what’s not to like? For this reason, and this reason alone, I will never be able to do Atkins or any other ‘carb-free’ diet. I need bread! I don’t eat it everyday, but there is just nothing better than freshly baked Baguette or Ciabatta with oodles of butter/olive oil and a good wedge of cheese. Oooh, throw in some onion marmalade and maybe some fresh rocket…ok let me stop before my keyboard is covered in drool. I think this is my version of…
I really love Dorado. It’s probably my favourite fish, so when my local fishmonger has it in stock I always buy it. I just simply panfried it sprinkled some fish spice on and served it with Roast Baby Potatoes, Steamed Asparagus and a delish Garlic and Anchovy butter. It was SCRUMPTIOUS! For the Anchovy Butter you’ll need: (this is enough for 8 people) 1 cup Butter 2 Garlic cloves, mashed (or you can just use Garlic Paste) 4 Anchovy fillets Squeeze of Lemon Black Pepper Combine all the ingredients and heat in the microwave for about a minute until the butter is melted. Stir until the Anchovies are broken up….
This is a really delicious and easy way to use Seafood. I think many people are intimidated by cooking Seafood but I find that there are a few rules that I always follow and it always comes out GREAT. 1. Never over cook the prawns, usually 5 minutes is enough. 2. Either cook Calamari VERY quickly or VERY long. In between = elastic band texture. 3. You can never go wrong with Lemon & Garlic with fish/Seafood. And with that being said, here is the recipe for my DELICIOUS Seafood Potjie. Serves 4-6 500g (17.64 ounces) Prawns, cleaned , shell removed 500g (17.64 ounces) Calamari Steaks, cut into chunks 250g…
