Healthy juices are all the rage, and for good reason. Not only are they packed with all that good stuff, they’re also absolutely delicious. Beetroot, carrot and apple blitz is simply mouth-watering.
It’s the source of life and you’ve been told to drink at least 8 glasses a day, but there’s no denying the fact that water can become a…
Makes: 1 litre Method: Juice 4 whole, peeled pink grapefruit (leave the pith on) and 1 large, peeled, seeded papaya. Mix with 500ml soda water or lemonade.
Print Recipe Pickled green beans and broccoli Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 300g green beans, trimmed 200g tender-stem broccoli, trimmed 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil 1 shallot, finely chopped 15ml (1 tbsp) yellow mustard seeds 45ml (3 tbsp) red wine vinegar 30ml (2 tbsp) castor sugar Instructions 1 Blanch the green
Phytonutrients in apples can help regulate your blood sugar, while strawberries are exceptionally high in antioxidants. That makes this fruity, creamy treat almost completely guilt-free. Tuck into apples and strawberries in rose water with lemon mascarpone on a sunny spring afternoon.
Red grapes contain polyphenols (most concentrated in the skins and seeds) which help to protect against heart disease. So sure, white chocolate mousse with red grapes is a…
Rich in vitamin C and carotenoids, peppers also contain luteolin, an important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
What do chefs do at home that they wouldn’t do in their restaurant kitchens? By Lisa van der Knaap Louise Gillett, head chef at Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse When I’m not working I… read food magazines, watch rugby and garden. When I cook at home I love making a potjie. It’s such a social dish to share with friends and family, because you can sit back and enjoy yourself while it cooks. In winter I make a hearty potjie with rich oxtail or lamb, and in summer a lighter one with chicken or ostrich. I also love pasta, maybe because of…
Four South Africans are doing things the natural, old-fashioned way, from cheese making to meat curing to flour millingRICHARD HOLMES Stone-ground flour: Nico Steyn of Eureka Mills Great…
Sue de Groot embraces global gastronomy at a British food festivalSue de GrootYou can tell a lot about a country from its food. If you got into a time machine and were dropped in post-war London, you’d know it immediately from the ration books, the eggless cakes and the way people reacted to the sight of a lemon. With England in the grip of a punishing recession you might expect to find similar privations and belt-tightening measures today. But no. Far from cutting back on luxuries, the capital’s restaurants and purveyors of fine foods seem to have embarked on an…