We’re celebrating vegan baking! Keep on reading to learn how to create delicious vegan treats using affordable, accessible ingredients. Dates Dates can be used not only as natural sweeteners in vegan baking but also as substitutes for butter. They make great binders and can create deliciously fudgy brownies, pecan squares or even crusts for tarts. Coconut milk Coconut milk is a great dairy-free option to use instead of cream or milk. It can be used as a milk replacement in drinks, in cakes or for chocolate ganache icing. Aquafaba Aquafaba is the brine found in tinned chickpeas. It’s a cloudy…
We’re nearly done with our week of giveaways but we still have some more up our sleeve! Today, you could stand a chance to win a hamper to…
We’re still in our week of giveaways and what better way to celebrate than by fulfilling any foodies dream? Stand a chance to win an incredible hamper from Penguine filled with our Editor, Fatima’s favourite cookbooks to the value of R1800! It should come as no surprise that we’re all about good cookery books here at Food&Home and there’s no reason why we can’t share the joy. We’ve been loving these and cooking from them as much as we possibly can and have bookmarked nearly all the pages in these books as a reminder of what we still want…
Looking for the ultimate treat to celebrate a loved one? Look no further than a beautifully crafted picnic at Vergelegen. Set in their camphor forest, picnics at Vergeleegen…
Although cleaning your oven is a great “angry cleaning” activity, it shouldn’t only be done when you’ve reached boiling point. Not many people can say that they enjoy cleaning their oven. It is, however, a necessary task that needs to be tackled regularly. If you don’t the build-up will not only be, let’s face it, gross but harder to clean. First things first, here’s what you’ll need for oven cleaning: Oven cleaner Rubber gloves Sponges Scourer Old toothbrush Resealable plastic bags Washing up liquid (optional) Just a quick note on the oven cleaner: If you can, try to use a…
Bavaria Beer is celebrating ‘Sober January’ with the launch of two new products, Bavaria 0.0% Beer and Bavaria 0.0% IPA, which were recently unveiled in South Africa. …
These beautiful mini doughnuts have an mouthwatering glaze. INGREDIENTS DOUGHNUT DOUGH 1 3⁄4 tsp instant yeast 1⁄4 cup lukewarm milk 380 grams cake flour cup sugar 1 tsp salt 3 eggs 70 grams butter Oil, for frying BERRY GLAZE 2 cups frozen raspberries 2 cups frozen strawberries 2 cups frozen blueberries 1⁄4 cup sugar 4 tsp lemon juice 41⁄2 cups icing sugar TO ASSEMBLE Edible flowers DOUGHNUT DOUGH WHISK together yeast and warmed milk and set aside for a few minutes until it begins to foam. MEANWHILE, combine flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. ADD…
This colourful grazing board was made for lazy picnics. INGREDIENTS DRESSING 1 tsp dijon mustard 2 tbsp lemon juice 4 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper to season…
Zola Nene, Gregory Czarnecki and Justine Drake are MasterChef South Africa’s all-new judges for season 4 Following the announcement of MasterChef South Africa’s return, M-Net is proud to announce that the highly anticipated fourth season of the reality competition series has an all-new judging panel. Chefs Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake will be the culinary masters whose palates and expertise will guide a new crop of contestants to the ultimate R1-million prize and the coveted title of MasterChef. We were lucky enough to spend the day at the studio where we got to spend some time…
Lemony chicken gets an upgrade with a simple, exciting salsa. INGREDIENTS 4 chicken breasts ¼ cup olive oil 2 Tbsp. fresh thyme leaves 1 Tbsp. finely grated lemon…