Aug

13

Doing the skottel braai boogy

We had stir fry, veggie kebabs and sweetcorn on the skottel on Saturday afternoon. We mixed the veggies from the kebabs with couscous and caramelised onions. It was very good. I’m ready to get cooking on our holiday. We leave on Thursday.

Filled Under: camping, recipe

Aug

9

Vegan BBQ (braai)

I waited in all day yesterday for the delivery of a skottel braai (it’s a South African thing) that we are planning to take with us on our camping trip. Then I realised that it wasn’t being delivered yesterday, it was being delivered today. I felt a bit of a plonker, but I now have [...]

Filled Under: recipe, veganism

Jun

16

How to host an eco-friendly children’s party

I wrote this post for EcoStreet, but wanted to share it here too. The children’s birthday party has been grasped by many businesses as just another marketing tool, and they are churned out one after the other, with lots of waste and at a pretty penny too. You know the one’s I’m talking about, MacDonalds, [...]

Jun

7

Recipe: Baked Strawberry Cheesecake

We’ve been enjoying local polytunnel-grown strawberries while we are waiting for ours to ripen. It’s a good idea to make the most of what’s in season, so apart from eating lots of them just as they are, or with yoghurt or ice-cream, I’ve also devised this Strawberry Cheesecake recipe. Unfortunately I didn’t think of photographing [...]

Filled Under: recipe
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