We never say no to a lamb chop dinner! And if our BBQ is out of commission, cooking lamp chops for dinner in the oven is a close second. With the oven on low, the flavour of the fat seeping in and around the meat is delish! We cook ours for around an hour and…
The Best Healthy Chicken Pie with Puff Pastry
Chicken pie is a favourite meal in most homes including ours. Make it a healthy chicken pot pie by adding heaps of bone broth in the white sauce to nourish and improve overall health. We made a sheet pan version of this chicken pie, since it was the only clean pan I had in the…
How to Make a Whole Chicken Soup
For us (right now), it is less expensive to buy a whole chicken at the moment, so I made our last few chicken soups from this way. Making soup from a whole chicken isn’t that much extra work. I just cut the chicken into pieces where it naturally feels right to cut. Add the chicken…
Easy From Scratch Tomato Soup Recipe with Fresh Tomatoes
Make this tomato soup recipe with fresh tomatoes straight from your garden or the grocery store in just over an hour! By roasting the tomatoes in the oven first, erupts a sugary and savoury flavour, unlike any other method of cooking tomatoes. The oven does most of the flavouring for you, while you prepare the…
Recipe for Frugal Turkey Carcass Soup with Holiday Leftovers
Your holiday event was a blast, the turkey turned out to be a big hit, and now you can use that turkey carcass to make yet another delicious meal from all your efforts. Turkey carcass soup is nutritious and easy to make, and helps you to minimize the waste after the holiday season. Turkey Broth…
One Pan Fried Zucchini, Sausage and Relish
This is the season where zucchini’s abound! We took a zucchini along on our sailboat holiday a few weeks ago and my mom-in-law created an impromptu zucchini dish for dinner. Zucchini fried with sausage makes a delectable flavour that pairs well with salad, rice or mashed potatoes. Ways to Cook a Zucchini Zucchini can be…
The Best Tomato Sauce for Homemade Pizza
Whole tomatoes and olive oil is the secret to the best pizza tomato sauce that is the perfect consistency. Add garlic, oregano and salt, and you have found the greatest tomato base for your pizza. Save this recipe for later, because you will never again need another pizza tomato sauce recipe! Tomato Sauce Ingredients The…
Same Day Pizza Dough to Make Pizza From Scratch
Having a pizza dough that can be ready in a couple of hours is a winner. I don’t know about you, but I always decide to make pizza the day of and need a recipe that I can make right away to give me dinner that evening. Not only can this recipe give you same…
Tasty and Tender Beef Heart and Liver Stew
Eating organ meat is very nutritious! Currently, organ meat is similarly priced at our butchers than minced meat and pork. The health benefits packed into one beef heart or any kind of animal liver is highly praised by those that have studied their nutritional value. That is why I am using organ meat more and…
Boboti Mince with Yellow Rice (South African Curry Dish)
Curry mince is one of my favourite oven meals. Boboti not only does taste delicious because it is so well spiced, but also because it makes the best leftovers. We enjoy it for days afters it been made, which makes it a good dish to take on long drives or camp trips because it pairs…