Big Batch of Chili Happy New Year to one and all! Hi folks, BBC1 here. Our mate Lizzie is coming to us for NYE so we can have a film fest and see the new year in with Jools Holland’s Hootenany. We decided to do a buffet style meal so we could graze through the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Turkey, Stuffing & Vegetable Soup
Turkey, Stuffing & Vegetable Soup Hello folks! BBC1 here. We hope you have ‘survived’ Christmas and had a relatively good and peaceful time, and that Santa brought you what you wanted! If you’re a regular reader you know that I won in the annual debate of ‘what are we having for Christmas dinner?’ So we … Continue reading
Plum Sponge
Plum Sponge Hi folks BBC2 here hoping that your Christmas is going well and that you are surviving everyone’s expectations. In the run up to Christmas we are overloaded with images and sounds that makes us go into overdrive and start planning well in advance, who will be coming or who are we going to? … Continue reading
French Toast Balls
Originally posted on The Pinterested Parent:
Happy Christmas Eve Eve. We are only two days away & it has been a busy & exciting holiday so far. I am thrilled that we have the next few days off together as a family because it is so rare. Yesterday, there was a party for the…
Bovril & Rice Dog Treats
Bovril and Rice Dog Treats Hi everyone it’s BBC2 here, thanks for dropping in to read our blog. We know it’s a busy time for everyone so thank you! We are just putting the finishing touches to the Christmas shopping list, trying to get everything done so that we don’t have to go shopping after … Continue reading
Black Forest Tarts & Morello Cherry Ice Cream
Black Forest Tart with Morello Cherry Ice-cream Hi everyone, BBC2 here with the last part of our weekend meal when our friend Liz came for a sleepover. I know that both Liz and BBC1 really like the flavour of Morello cherries and I have made them morello cherry ice cream before and when Liz came … Continue reading
Our Daughter Jade Mullally Missing: How You Can Help
Just to let you know that Jade has now been located. Our Daughter Jade Mullally Missing: How You Can Help. Continue reading
Jess Brodie’s Christmas Pud Truffles!
Jess Brodie’s Xmas Pud’ Truffles BBC1: you just gotta love Facebook sometimes and the ‘silly’ games. Another of my Facebook ‘friends’ posted this lovely seasonal recipe yesterday and I asked if I could reproduce it for the blog…luckily she agreed, sent me the recipe and this cute picture…without further ado I give you Jess Brodie’s … Continue reading
Onion Bhajis 2
Onion Bhajis 2 Hello everyone BBC2 here, I hope you are well, as part of the Burmese Style Chicken Curry recipe I made for our good friend and chief taster Liz, I also thought it would be a good idea to try using different spices for the onion bhajis and Lamb Keema Naan bread to … Continue reading
Lamb Keema Naan
Lamb Keema Naan: Hi everyone BBC2 here, looking back at the last post I have some work to do with regards my communication skills. When I said about cooking Burmese Style Chicken Curry for Christmas dinner what I meant to say is, that we can have anything we want as we are not catering for … Continue reading
Sorry we can’t be there in person…
Sorry we can’t be there in person… …to accept these wonderful awards! Alright, we know it doesn’t work like that really, but we are so late in accepting them and saying thank you it kinda seems like that! Anyway, we have three awards that we received in the last couple of weeks to acknowledge and … Continue reading
Burmese Style Chicken Curry
Burmese Style Chicken Curry Hi everyone BBC2 here, we are getting closer to Christmas…you only have to watch anything on television or listen to the radio to be reminded that we are in December (although it did start in October!). I know that Christmas has become so commercial these days but, given all that, it … Continue reading
An Award With Some Song Dedications…
Awards and song dedications… What a week! We have been just a ‘tad’ busy. BBC1 has started his physiotherapy, he calls it justified torture; we’ve done a ton of cooking; Lizzie came for a ‘sleepover’; and we’ve received three awards and nominations for the blog! Firstly we were given the ‘WordPressFamily’ Award by the fabulous … Continue reading
Ham Wrapped Leeks in a Cheese Sauce
Hi everyone BBC2 here, I hope you are all safe and dry in this wet weather we are having. Following on with our thrifty ham saga I bring you the last installment, a ham and leek dish, I did some years ago. It was a few Christmas’s back and we had our friend Nors, her … Continue reading
A great human being…
He achieved so much. Not just for South Africa but for all of us a truly great man, we should all be thankful for… Continue reading