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Kitchen Sanity is a consulting service which will help you organise your family meals in advance, leaving you more leisure time! Based on your family tastes and schedule, I tailor a plan for your evening meals for the month, kids lunchboxes and home lunches, and can even teach your helpers to how to make what's on the plan. I also run monthly 3-hour workshops on demand, where you learn easy recipes to impress family and friends, and how to do most of your preparation in advance!

Sunday lunch …Marinated fennel salad to start.We eat that first. Then only get up and get the pasta water boiling. The s...
13/09/2026

Sunday lunch …
Marinated fennel salad to start.
We eat that first. Then only get up and get the pasta water boiling. The sauce is ready on the stove. So the salad is our prebiotic.
Artichoke and prawn pasta, with lemon zest and herbs.
Accompanied by Life from Stone Sauvignon Blanc.
Pasta was Forage and Feast linguine.
Jarred artichokes in oil from Forage and Feast, plus lovely marinated artichokes from the Waterfall Wilds monthly food market.
Should have added half a cup of w**e and let it reduce, damn.
Added sliced garlic, chili flakes, the zest of a lemon, and the juice of half.
Then in went the last three balls of feta mentioned before. The sauteed prawns. And chopped parsley and basil.
Needed a hint more chili at the table.
Plenty of veg but very satisfying.

I found these feta balls in oil at Checkers Hyper in South Coast Mall, Shelly Beach.R60 per tub.They are salty but divin...
12/09/2026

I found these feta balls in oil at Checkers Hyper in South Coast Mall, Shelly Beach.
R60 per tub.
They are salty but divine!
We have tossed them in salads, added them to tacos, smeared them on avo toast, stirred them into pasta, and melted them over grilled steak.
Haven’t spotted them in my local Joburg Checkers stores yet, have you?

New to me!Spotted in the freezer at Checkers Hyper Mushroom Farm.Anyone tried them yet?Probably easier to eat than an It...
12/09/2026

New to me!
Spotted in the freezer at Checkers Hyper Mushroom Farm.
Anyone tried them yet?
Probably easier to eat than an Italian kiss …
Quite fun to pop a little ice cream ball in your mouth for dessert?!

I see Eureka Mills stoneground flour now has some competition on the Checkers shelves, from Gideon Milling!
12/09/2026

I see Eureka Mills stoneground flour now has some competition on the Checkers shelves, from Gideon Milling!

My first meal at the new Tashas Le Parc Polofields.Very attractive restaurant and a nice outdoor area with plenty of gre...
12/09/2026

My first meal at the new Tashas Le Parc Polofields.
Very attractive restaurant and a nice outdoor area with plenty of greenery so that you don’t really notice the road in front.
We shared two breakfasts: a mushroom and gruyere omelette, and a verde bagel.
The omelette was outstanding!
The combo of nutty-tangy gruyere with sauteed mushrooms was amazing, with a clever bit of sliced cherry tomato to add some acidity.
The bagel filling was good, but sadly the bagel was, well, just a disappointing roll with a hole.
Come on Tashas!
Surely you could source a good chewy boiled-then-baked NY style bagel?
Speak to Tracy from Bird Bagels perhaps …

Who on earth buys pickled celery strips and what for???Spotted for the first time ever at Checkers Hyper Mushroom Farm.
12/09/2026

Who on earth buys pickled celery strips and what for???
Spotted for the first time ever at Checkers Hyper Mushroom Farm.

I finally got around to trying the wrap taco idea I saw on Instagram somewhere, and it is definitely a win!I like a good...
12/09/2026

I finally got around to trying the wrap taco idea I saw on Instagram somewhere, and it is definitely a win!
I like a good taco, but gave up long ago on corn tacos, which just crack as you are eating them, depositing all the lovely contents down your chin or on your lap 😱.
But this is genius … just pop your folded wrap into the toaster on a low setting.
It puffs up beautifully, is easy to open and fill, and then eat folded, taco-style.
And it does NOT tear, or break, or leak!!!
I decided on prawns as the protein, as I had a bag of Woolies raw prawns in the freezer.
I marinated half the prawns in Pesto Princess chimichurri for the Mexican style wrap, and the other half in Woolies jalapeno atchar, for an Indian-style wrap.
The prawns were flash grilled for 30 sec a side on the solid plate of the gas Weber.
We tried both Woolies sourdough wraps and Bedoun wraps which I found at Polofields Spar.
Both worked well, but the FLAVOUR of the latter was sooo good that it definitely took the taco up a notch.
Both tacos got a smear of Mediterranean Kitchen feta balls from Checkers (also a win), a dollop of coriander yoghurt, some tomato moons, shredded lettuce, sliced avo and fresh coriander.
The Indian taco also got a few dollops of Nayi Le Achaar paté, the feta one (awesome product, bought from Local to Global Foods’ stall at the monthly Waterfall Wilds Sunday market), which was an outstanding combination with the Woolies jalapeno atchar marinade on the prawns.
I will definitely make these wrap tacos again.
Definitely using prawns again.
But shredded chicken or pulled pork or white fish or smashed spicy beans would also work as your protein, and the filling possibilities are endless!
Get creative people!

Great biscotti!Perfect crisp texture and thickness.Lovely small size.Not a huge amount of nuts, no big pieces, and a lov...
12/09/2026

Great biscotti!
Perfect crisp texture and thickness.
Lovely small size.
Not a huge amount of nuts, no big pieces, and a lovely subtle real coffee flavour.
Went beautifully with my espresso this morning.
Found them at Kismet Spices in Polofields.

Omg I could have eaten three bowls of this!I had some Uptodate potatoes that needed using up.So asked my friend N for so...
06/09/2026

Omg I could have eaten three bowls of this!
I had some Uptodate potatoes that needed using up.
So asked my friend N for some ideas, thanks N!
I cubed the potatoes, skin and all.
I prepared a spice mixture of tumeric, salt, coriander and cumin powder.
And chopped up one deseeded bullet chilli.
Fried the cubes in some avo oil until going golden and crispy.
This goes quite quickly with these soft potatoes, but they are starchy, so tend to stick very easily if you don’t have enough oil or keep scraping them off the bottom of the pot!
A tip is to boil or microwave the potatoes whole for a few minutes first … that seems to help get rid of the starch.
Anyway, I digress.
Then I added in the spice mixture and the chopped chilli and sauteed a bit more until the spices were cooked.
Then added a generous squeeze of lemon (this is vital!) and a whole lot of fresh curry leaves from my own curry leaf plant (the smell of these is addictive!).
Checked the salt.
Left it to cool for eating the following day, but admit I stole quite a few cubes, could not resist!
Reheated uncovered, starting in a cold oven, set to about 160C, until hot and crispy again.
This was just a side starch. Served with lots of veg and some grilled spicy meat.

Summer supper for two.Yes, we eat THAT much salad 🤪.Mexican chicken and avo salad.Added some pickled jalapenos for a nic...
06/09/2026

Summer supper for two.
Yes, we eat THAT much salad 🤪.
Mexican chicken and avo salad.
Added some pickled jalapenos for a nice bite.
Made in two layers as always.
Dressing was some fresh lime, olive oil, a bit of juice from the pickled jalapenos, some coriander stalks, salt, and a pinch of cumin and coriander powder.
Should NOT have added the bella tomato wedges. They jarred a bit.
I think feta or feta balls would have worked far better.
Or corn and black beans.
We had baby abby potatoes as our side starch.
And a glass of De Grendel Rosé 😋.
Love this bowl so much, thanks J!

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