Work hard and play harder’, is a motto by which many South Africans live. As a result, there’s little time in between to page through recipe books and scroll through blogs in search of great recipes, schlep to the shops for ingredients and still make dinner from scratch. Imagine a recipe book that delivered all the ingredients you needed to cook every recipe in it, straight to your door. Dinner kit delivery service UCook is making this fantasy a reality and is designed to help you learn how to cook healthy, gourmet meals easily. With UCook, you simply visit www.ucook.co.za…
It’s really worth the little bit of extra effort to make your own tortilla wraps, using traditional Mexican masa harina flour. Or simply buy ready-made corn or wheat…
Entries are now open for the third Sanlam Portrait Award which celebrates and showcases the best original portrait artwork in South Africa. Sponsored by Sanlam Private Wealth, in partnership with Durbanville’s Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery, the award offers a significant monetary prize of R100 000 as well as a viewers’ choice prize. The closing date for entries is 13 July 2017. The competition is open to artists 18 years and older who are residents of South Africa. Work entered should be based on a sitting, or study from life, and the human figure must predominate. No sculptures, photographs and works created using…
A private chef, an entertainer, a consultant and an educator, Cape-based Chef Tjaart Walraven is also more recently known as a judge on The Great South African Bake…
This summer, Glaceau vitaminwater wants to give vitaminwater lovers a chance to refresh themselves while making their final push towards the much needed holiday season. The countdown to the end of the year means that two amazing hampers are up for grabs, courtesy of Glaceau vitaminwater. Available in six lip-smacking flavours, power-c, essential, xxx, focus, spark and rejuve. Glaceau vitaminwater is the official drink that fuels the rule-breakers, risk-takers and hit-makers delivering great tasting hydration for this 24/7 crowd while inspiring you to do what you love. To stand a chance to win an amazing Glaceau vitaminwater hamper worth R1600,…
Print Recipe Turmeric and ginger calamari salads Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 900g calamari tubes, cleaned, halved and scored 2cm fresh ginger, minced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1cm fresh turmeric, grated, or 2,5ml (½ tsp) ground turmeric 2,5ml (½ tsp) Sichuan pepper, crushed zest of 1 lime 12 iceberg lettuce leaf shells 1
Start the New Year on a clean chopping board by banishing bad habits and myths in the kitchen. 7 Cardinal kitchen rules to make 2017 a breeze: When using fresh garlic, stop stressing about chopping and crushing it. Make your life easier – peel and simply grate on the finer side of the grater. How to peel the banana the right way: most people peel bananas from the stem down, often bruising and squashing the fruit. Next time, approach it from the other end of the banana: “pop” the knot and peel, using the stem as a handle – voilà!…
The spanakopita recipe, also known as spinach pie, is a family favourite recipe from The Gourmet Greek. If you loved this spanakopita recipe, then you will definitely enjoy these…
The rise and rise in quality of South African wine has seen our country being dubbed as “the world’s most vibrant wine-producing nation”, this according to Platter’s Wine Guide 2017. This is believable if the recent awards for the guide are anything to go by: with a record 94 wines being recognised with five-star status. Top wine trends to look out for in 2017 “Quality” is the key word for 2017. “We’d really like to see an increase in value packaged wines, which will in turn help to promote brand SA,” says Wines of South Africa (WOSA)’s Communications Manager, Maryna…
Print Recipe Blackberry frozen yoghurt Serves: 8 Cooking Time: 30 mins plus extra for freezing Ingredients 1kg blackberries (fresh or frozen), plus extra to serve 80ml (1/3cup) water 30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice 200g (1 cup) sugar 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract 1 litre Greek-style yoghurt Instructions 1 In a food processor, purée the blackberries