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Gorgeous Gourmet Burgers
The term ‘gourmet’ gets thrown about a lot in the restaurant business. Gourmet pasta, gourmet pizza, gourmet burgers, gourmet coffee, gourmet coca cola – wait. What? Can coca cola be classified as gourmet? Well, no, it can’t. But this is the current trend, to label everything and anything ‘gourmet’ so as to market it better....
Green Fingers Series: Tips for Harvesting
If you’ve been following our series on vegetable gardening, you will have an idea of the basics that go into establishing a garden as well as the all-important groundwork which involves preparing and maintaining the quality of the soil. By far the most exciting part about growing your own veg is the harvesting. The question...
The Quiche: A South African Favourite
The word quiche derives from the German word Kuchen, meaning cake. Today, we know quiche as a savoury, open-faced pie made up of vegetables, meats and herbs in a custard mixture, baked in pastry crust. A healthy, tasty, simple meal usually enjoyed for lunch or dinner, the quiche has become a South African favourite. For those warm...
Green Fingers Series: The Groundwork Before the Growing
If you thought that starting a vegetable garden was as simple as buying a few seeds from the nursery, sprinkling them onto the soil, and then hoping for the best, you are unfortunately terribly misinformed. When setting out to create a vegetable patch in your garden, you will soon discover that before you even think...
Green Fingers Series: Tips for Starting Your Own Vegetable Garden
Life Café is going green! Some of our more observant customers may have noticed our relatively new vegetable garden located just outside, near the kiddies’ play area. Currently, Life Café’s little garden boasts lettuce, cherry tomatoes, spinach, string beans, rocket and rosemary plantlets. We so enjoyed the overall experience of planting a vegetable garden, but...
Simple Summer Smoothies
With the smell of Summer in the air, and the hope of it arriving in the not too distant future, we thought we would get you into the Summer mood by sharing five of our favourite, easy-to-make smoothies with you. On a hot day, there is nothing more refreshing and satisfying than a fruity, cold...
Juliet’s Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
While rummaging through her mom’s recipe book, Juliet stumbled upon this handwritten recipe, much to her delight, and ours too! On a chilly morning, Juliet’s tweets about her plan to bake banana bread (with a twist) caught our attention. We had to know how this dangerous combo of chocolate and banana bread would turn out....
Kiddies Parties: 5 Original Party Themes for Girls
Birthdays are an unavoidable fact of life. The mention of another party may evoke feelings of anxiety and dread as you scurry to and fro trying to make your little one’s birthday as memorable as possible. And let’s face it, kids aren’t easily impressed these days. Mom’s bright idea is often dismissed with a statement...
Kiddies Parties: 5 Original Party Themes for Boys
Are you tired of seeing Ben Ten, Batman and Barney at boy’s parties? There are so many original, creative, unusual party themes that moms could and should use! So we decided to share a few ideas with you that we have discovered on blogs that showcase party inspiration and how-to tips. Here are our top...
Fit for a Queen: Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
An eye-catching, show-stopper of a cake! With its deep mahogany colour set against lashings of white cream cheese icing, red velvet cupcakes are a treat for the eyes and an extravagant indulgence for the taste buds. A Slice of History Today, the signature rich shade of red that red velvet cupcakes are known for is...
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