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(More) Chocolate biscuits to bake!
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Who doesn't love a beautiful recipe book? Or even better chocolate biscuits? I recently received a gorgeous recipe book from my sister and found a recipe for these mouthwatering chocolate biscuits. They are the perfect sweetness…
Enjoying the gardens at Babylonstoren
At the foot of Simonsberg in the Franschhoek wine valley in South Africa, lies Babylonstoren, one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms. As a working farm visitors and tourists can experience and relish in the wealth…
Recipe for Oat Cookies
These kind of cookies have so many names - crunchies, flapjacks, oat cookies, to name but a few. But whatever they're called they are usually very easy to make, delicious, hearty and filling. Especially if you pack flavour into…
Some random organizing ideas
Usually when I am organizing, I try to keep to one room or a section of a room. But, over the past few weeks I’ve done some random organizing, unrelated to specific rooms or items, only because there was an urgent need to…
Recipe for an apple cake
Apples are one of the most delicious and versatile fruits. Full of vitamin C they are a wonderful fruit to sink your teeth in and a great way to quench your thirst.
But, also very tasty to use in cooking…
How to boost your creativity?
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”Sylvia Plath
Much has been written and said about creativity. To be creative is not only about being an artist or performer. It is about finding new and innovative ways to…
How to style a shelf
It doesn’t matter how big or small your space is, there is always room for a shelf somewhere. Shelves are wonderful space savers and also makes your living space feel more individual, especially because you can style it with…
Housing Block the ‘Unité d’habitation’
Visiting the housing block, the Unité d'habitation in Marseille, made me think back on my first studio apartment I lived in. I had just started working and in those days Hillbrow in Johannesburg, had many apartment or housing…
Dutch Speculaas filled with marzipan
I remember as a young girl the delicious smells of baking wafting through our house. My mom baking. Just so enticing. Even a stranger - probably a sales person - once came to the door and walked straight to the…