memorable meanders

I  love Asian food. It's spicy, satisfying, tasty and has a lot of vegetarian options. Once a week I buy one or two cabbages at the loca...

On Friday morning Grant brought the carpenters to discuss fitting our screen doors. The cats were sleeping on the dining chairs and as they ...

Tuna and Olive Pasta - really easy While flying up to the Sudan at the beginning of the month, I had brought a magazine to browse throu...

These past two weeks the temperature in Khartoum has been in the fifties /122 ° Farenheit (more about this in tomorrow's post). Last...

Last week I decided to make a chickpea casserole. On occasion I've made falafels (recipe to follow) but I generally only use chickpeas ...

Greek Pasta Salad - delicious Having arrived here in our first storey Khartoum flat during the early hours of Saturday morning, all good in...

This roast vegetable tart is healthy, tasty and so easy to make Once again, I've made a delicious meal from a recipe in one of my favou...

Last month in the middle of the South African winter, I was asked to make sandwiches for our home cell/Bible study group. We always met at ...

On Sunday evening I felt like a light supper. I wanted something cheesy but couldn’t face cheese on toast. Then I remembered how, while at b...

“So often emphasis is placed on the meat and starch of a meal. Vegetables are invariably seen as an afterthought and you end up with taste...

Quinoa, a different kind of carbohydrate is versatile, tasty and good for the waistline. Here I served it with my Potato and Bean Bake I fi...

Whole wheat kernels as a carbohydrate accompaniment to Roasted Vegetables and Grilled Haloumi Cheese Season with a dash of Balsamic vinegar...

My prolific pomegranate tree (above) yielded plenty of delicious fruit this year The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deci...

This was the scrummiest soup I've ever tasted! I was so impressed I took several photos Once again, I look back on my weekend with Debb...

Last weekend when I visited my d.i.l., Debbie in Kwa-Zulu Natal, she made every dinner-time special. She also made sure the meals were diet-...

A selection of vegetables, drizzled with olive oil, seasoned with salt, black pepper and fresh herbs When you eat a solitary meal and one s...

The chunky wok / stew strips brown easily and cook in minutes People often ask me if it isn’t boring to be a vegetarian. I always answer the...

A punnet of crisp soup vegetables Even though the cold weather has not yet set in, the supermarkets and fruiterers are displaying soup pack...