Chickpea and Spinach Curry
Curry is a flavourful, typically spicy dish. This version includes chickpeas, which add extra fiber and protein to an already healthy meal.
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Dilled Tomato Lentil Soup
A truly scrumptious soup. A squeeze of fresh lemon at the end adds a fragrant twist to an otherwise hearty, stick-to-your-ribs recipe.
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Cheap Meats and Best Buys
In these times of careful budgeting it is possible to still enjoy meat meals by being careful about the type of meat we buy. Here are some comparisons.
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French Onion Soup
This excellent recipe for French onion soup. For the best results, use a good table wine, high-quality, low-salt beef stock, and a baguette (French bread stick).
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Shepherd's Pie
Nutritionist, Jacquie Dale, shares a healthy and easy, low fat recipe for an old favorite. Perfect for winter dinners.
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Baked Fruit Salad Pudding
A baked fruit salad pudding combines the comforting richness of a wintery oven-baked pudding with the fresh flavours of fruit salad – reminding us spring is only a couple of month away!
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Hearty, Soul Nourishing Pumpkin and Coriander Soup
Charlotte Squire shares a favourite soup recipe. Share, preferably with loved ones or freeze if you’re cooking solo.
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Lentil Bolognese Pasta
This is the meatless version of an Italian classic. The longer the flavors are allowed to mingle together over heat, the more delicious the sauce becomes.
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Cauliflower Gratin
Wisanow Recipe book creators Geraldine Meo and Raewyn Hamilton say the ingredients in this recipe are far more fat free than the usual version.
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Meatless Monday: Lean Bean Tacos
These take less than 15 minutes to prepare from start to finish, there’s no excuse not to whip these up for your next healthy Meatless Monday dinner.
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Special Rhubarb Crumble
Special desserts can form part of a healthy nutrition plan. This Rhubarb Crumble has a crunchy caramel crust.
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Baked Pumpkin Medley
Fancy some stuffed mini pumpkins baked in the oven for dinner. A delicious and nutritious meal.
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Sugarless Choc Peppermint Balls
These scrumptious little morsels have no added sugar and can be adapted by using whatever nuts & seeds you feel like using.
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Sultana Cake
Another fine and foolproof recipe from the Wisanow recipe book.
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Apricot Tart / Appelkoostert
The gorgeous dessert perfectly combines sweet, tangy and savoury tastes. Blue berries can also make a lovely topping.
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Autumn Chutney
This chutney is an easy way to preserve not so perfect summer crops in pretty much any combination available.
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Geraldine’s Cheese and Bacon Muffins
This foolproof recipe for light and fluffy muffins can be halved or quartered and it always works. Perfect!
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Oven-baked Risotto with Prosciutto and Fontina
Cooking risotto has never been easier than this delicious recipe from the new Wisanow recipe book.
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The Great Sunday Bake Break
Every Sunday thousands of people diligently engage in the Great Sunday Bake Break. It’s a convivial and team building family thing.
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Pumpkin Fritters
Pumpkin fritters (pampoenkoekies) are delightful, especially when served warm with crunchy cinnamon sugar. You can almost serve it as desert!
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Stuffed Zucchini
Rachel Knight shares this a quick, tasty, vegan, store-cupboard supper for one or double up for a starter for four.
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Frikadelle Meat Balls in Tomato, Wine and Onion Sauce
South African meat balls can be as simple or grand as the occasion demands, and this recipe is definitely on the lavish side.
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Cheese Scrolls
Scrolls are delicious and economical, and great fun to make and eat. Enjoy them as morning or afternoon snacks or in your lunch box.
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Banana Chocolate Dairy Free Ice Cream
This icecream is for instant consumption and is delicious served with fresh fruit such as fresh of defrosted berries.
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Apple, Oat and Sultana Muffins
Nutritious, tasty and economical – these muffins by Cyndi O’Meara are a winner.
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Nasi Gorang
This recipe by nutritionist Cyndi O'Meara is tasty as well as delicious.
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Raspberry Cream Smoothie
A delicious summer treat that’s also nutritious. What could be better.
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Baked Thai Chicken
This is a healthy and easy to cook Thai meal that the whole family will love.
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Mrs Burt’s Tomato
Getting back to basics can be fun, as well as nutritious. A tasty, old fashioned recipe for delicious home-made tomato sauce.
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Preserving Beetroot
Adventurers in urban sustainability, Alison Mellor and Richard Walter share the successful recipe they used for the first batch of home-grown preserved beetroot they made.
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Camembert Style Cheese
Here’s a detailed recipe if you want to have a go at making your own camembert style cheese from Becky, a farmlet owner who is interested in self-sufficiency.
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5 Ingredients, 5 Minutes, 5 Meals
Feel like a quick meal without spending a whole lot of time and energy? What if you could have a quick, tasty meal on the table in 5 minutes and with only 5 ingredients?
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Lemon Passionfruit Meringue Pie
Passionfruit adds a lovely new twist to a traditional lemon meringue pie. This adapted recipe is from Rainbow Cooking.
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Asparagus Frittata
Here’s a quick and tasty light meal that’s guaranteed to please the taste buds. Enjoy!
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Spinach, Bacon and Feta Quiche
A favourite stand-by recipe which you can vary by alternating whatever greens you have in the garden at the time. Beautiful...
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Moussaka
This classic Middle Eastern dish is an excellent recipe to start with if you have not tried eggplant before. It’s also delicious with courgette, marrow, potato or lashings of spinach or silverbeet.
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Baked Butternut With Peanut Sauce
Barbequed meat is the essence of a "braai" " (South African barbeque). So what to serve a vegetarian guest? Here’s the perfect solution.
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Spicy Beef and Pumpkin Curry
Cyndi O'Meara knows all about healthy cooking. This tasty meal will probably prove to be a winner with the whole family.
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Cheap Treats
Here are some delicious ways to indulge yourself that don’t cost a lot! Great for family fun as well!
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Vegetable Slice
A tasty, economical main course that can be made with a great variety of different vegetables...
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Malvapoeding (Malva pudding)
Malva pudding is the ultimate winter dessert. It is rich and syrupy, with a soft spongy texture. Comfort food at its best.
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Big Savings By Getting Back to Basics
Here are realistic cost of living figures from the Department of Human Nutrition at Otago University and some useful shopping suggestions to keep food costs down.
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Sweet Potato and Tomato Soup
Here is a delicious, economical soup you will enjoy from well-known health expert Cyndi O'Meara.
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Oven Baked Fish
This lovely creamy oven baked fish is a guaranteed hit, especially if combined with fresh salad, a bottle of Riesling, and good company.
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Tiramisu Recipe
The fabulous Tiramisu is a dessert worthy of a special occasion: neither making nor eating it may be rushed.
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Steak and Kidney Pie
This couple are living on a farmlet and share their tips for sustainable living. The perfect. rich and yummy meal for a cold night.
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Vegetarian Shepherds Pie
This is a very tasty and economical version of an old favourite. Add or change some of the vegetables to suit.
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Budget Saving Spuds
Save money by growing your own potatoes and trying these no-nonsense ways to make a tasty potato based meal.
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Mixing Fun and Food
Are you entertaining on a shoestring? If so here are some tips to help you make it amazing.
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Bread Making for Beginners
Making your own bread will be much cheaper than buying premade bread and it will be healthier, as your bread will contain only ingredients you include.
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Sago Pudding With Meringue Topping
Combining cinnamon and apricot jam, this sago pudding is creamy, comforting, and quite representative of South African cooking.
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Hearty Beef and Bean Soup
A delicious hearty, thick soup. It is ready when the meat fall off the bones. Yum!
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Kumara and Bacon Bake
The flavour combination of bacon and kumara is sensational - you are bound to enjoy it.
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Soweto Chicken
Soweto Chicken is a heart-warming chicken casserole dish that is spicy. People love this adapted version...
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Moroccan-style Beef and Potato Stew
This stew, loosely based on Berber tagine, is perfect when you have guests over for lunch on Sunday, especially in the winter...
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Vegetarian Chickpea Pasta
This simple, almost delicate dish is our family's variation of a an Italian recipe...
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Pumpkin Pasta
Can be sprinkled with salami and pumpkin seeds to serve. Parmesan cheese or grated cheddar cheese is also nice when sprinkled over the top...
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