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How to cook an Elephant.: Thirty, Flirty and Thriving.
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Thirty, Flirty and Thriving. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Roast chicken on Rye with Fennel Coleslaw. A funny thing happened. Well, I turned thirty (no that's not the funny thing), but a few months into being thirty my body just decided to change. My metabolism shifted, foods that I ate with glee no longer agreed with me, they started to make me feel bloated and my stomach was not happy. I used to laugh and go, "Yuck, rye bread! Yet true to form, they will still be delicious to eat. 2 baby fennel bulbs.
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How to cook an Elephant.: Dough Nutty...
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Sunday, April 03, 2011. If you have been following my posts, you will notice that there seems to be a theme. Yes, I am a bit of a pastry addict. 3 of my top 10 are pastry related: Croissants. And today for the peice de la resistance (there seems to be quite a few of these) its doughnuts. As I have somehow sort of appointed myself as royal-work-Birthday-cake-baker, I offered to make my collegue doughnuts for her mini Birthday teaparty on Friday. I cooked my first batch at this temperature, and they burned...
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How to cook an Elephant.: Oh fi'g 'oodness sake!
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Oh fig oodness sake! Sunday, October 19, 2014. This recipe took me 2 days to make. I'm still deciding as to whether that was pure and utter madness or not, as it was a rather grueling 2 days, but then again I did decide to make 2 kgs of the little buggers. My husband is over the moon, so it looks like preserved figs with everything for the next long while (we have drastically cut down on our sugar intake since June, so anything sugar infused is met with much excitement). After several google searches, wa...
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How to cook an Elephant.: Quick pickled beetroots
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. These pickles will not last weeks and weeks like your regular pickles. They aren't too acidic. But they make an excellent salad, or braai accompaniment, and will last about 3 days in the fridge. 125ml white wine vinegar. 1 tsp coriander seeds. Pinch of fresh thyme. Wash the beetroots and then boil until tender. This will take 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of the beets. Drain and leave to cool. Peel the beetroots (they will peel very easily) and slice. Serve warm or cold.
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How to cook an Elephant.: Freshly Blogged Challenge. Week 11
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Freshly Blogged Challenge. Week 11. Saturday, September 21, 2013. Pulled pork, tortilla baskets and mexican toppings. I have always wanted to try my hand at making a luau. Its a very authentic and rather ethnic way of cooking meat, using heated stones to slow cook pork, chicken and veggies to perfection. Its quite strange as basically you dig a hole and make your own type of "earth oven", wrap your food up and then bury it to cook for a few hours. For traditional spices, marinate your pork in a mixture o...
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How to cook an Elephant.: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.
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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner. Monday, May 09, 2011. Roast Chicken with Apricot and Thyme stuffing,. And all the trimmings. Autumnal Roast Chicken with Apricot and Thyme stuffing, and all the trimmings. Another happy moment I had was when I won a Pick n Pay competition and my prize of Le Crueset cookware arrived a week after my birthday.Ever since I could spell Le Creuset I have been wanting to have my own set. I always dreamingly pictured myself. Spaghetti Carbonara with courgettes, Pancetta and Fresh ...
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How to cook an Elephant.: Spiced pumpkin hot cross buns
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Spiced pumpkin hot cross buns. Wednesday, April 01, 2015. Something a little different for the Easter holiday. Spiced pumpkin hot cross buns. 3/4 cup (100g) roasted pumpkin chunks. 2 tsp (5g) yeast. 1/2 cup brown sugar. 2 tsp mixed spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves). 3 cups Sasko cake flour. 1/4 cup raisins or cranberries. 1 Tbsp candied mixed peel (optional). 1/4 cup Sasko cake flour. Heat the milk and butter together until the butter melts. Add roasted pumpkin and blend with a hand blender until smooth.
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How to cook an Elephant.: Pandamonium
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Sunday, July 03, 2011. Spicy Chicken Wraps and Peppadew Mayo. That is the only word in which I can describe the last month of my life. Things have been so hectic and uphill, and well, as they say, "when it rains it pours". My dog has taken to chewing everything and anything. Last week I found my ear plugs that went missing. Having and breeding chickens just puts you into a whole new category of special. A conversation was sparked by a fellow's T-shirt emblazened with a strong silent typed Panda. The ...
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How to cook an Elephant.: Hail Caeser (Cardini) !
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Caeser salad with a bit of a twist. I'm not partial to anchovies, so I rarely keep the tinned varieties in the cupboard, probably because I've never had a decent one. I'm sure they are much more delicious than I imagine, but when I came home from the Tokai market with a pack of farm reared bacon from Cure, I had to see how it would go on top of a Caeser salad. Caesar salad with crispy bacon, chunks of toasted rye and pea shoots. Head of cos, washed well. Handful of Pea shoots.
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