Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie

I was wondering what to make with the left over yoghurt (from my tandoori chicken – ended up buying 1 litre, as it was the smallest quantity available), some cream, and strawberries; all which were lying in my fridge.
After googling some recipes yesterday, I came across a strawbery cheesecake smoothie. I’ve adapted it abit. The [...]

Chilli Bites

Yes, this is another out-of-the-box test. While I was walking around at the Good Food & Wine Show, Osman’s Spices had some chilli bites already prepared – it was left for us to try. I was craving something savoury, so I tried one. It was really good. I wanted to buy a box right there [...]

Tandoori Chicken

When it comes to Indian cooking / cooking with spices, I rarely (ok, up until this weekend, never) buy premixed spices. I always add my own quantities of each spice to whatever I’m making. I learnt from my mom and she would also cook this way, meaning she wont use a briyani mix that you [...]

Homemade Pizza

This was a very lazy supper on Sunday, so I decided to make something light. A pizza sounded like the best option and throwing whatever I had in the fridge as a topping worked out quite nicely.

For the base:

2 cups flour
2t baking powder
4T oil
half cup milk and half cup water – mix with 4T oil
salt

Make [...]