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Bathroom
Episode 9 Today the Make it Better team heads off to Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town to the home of Rashida Amadien to help her fix a major problem in her bathroom. Due to high humidity and a lack of ventilation Rashida’s bathroom is covered in mold and fungal spores. The team manages to fix [...]
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Water Garden – MIZU TO KOPISHI
Water, water everywhere – and lots of water plants too! Today, we visit a tranquil garden inspired by the East and discover a space that flows with ease around a clever design that lets you feel quiet and secluded. Mixed Planting: Elegia tectorum Cuphea Mexicana “white Wonder” Ophiopogon Japonicus Cyathea australis BOG GARDEN: mixed planting [...]
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French Onion Chicken Stew
Yield: 4 servings Ingredients Vegetable oil 1 large package of chicken thighs, 10 or 12 10 onions, peeled and thinly sliced 1 tablespoon dried thyme 1 cup sherry 1/4 cup Dijon mustard Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Method Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add a splash of [...]
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Nicoise Salad & Bulgur Pita Rolls
Yield: 4 – 6 servings Ingredients For the Dressing: 1 lemon, juiced and zested 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste For the Salad: 16 ounces green beans, tops trimmed 1 can tuna 1 small jar capers, drained 1 red onion, halved and thinly [...]
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Hidden Veggie Tomato Sauce
Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1 x 28 oz can whole, chopped, crushed or pureed tomatoes 1 teaspoon dried oregano Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 zucchini, grated 1 carrot, peeled and grated Method Pour [...]
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Pavlova with Mango and Ginger
This brilliant and easy recipe was given to me by my friend Helen Eck. I love the mango with the crystallised ginger, leave out the ginger if you like. Serves 6 – 8 Ingredients For the pavlova 3 egg whites (or 75ml/75g egg whites) 350g (12ozs) caster sugar 50ml (2fl ozs) hot water 1 teaspoon [...]
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Salad with Beetroot, Goat’s cheese
Salad with Beetroot, Goat’s cheese and Toasted Hazlenuts Serves 4 Ingredients 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoon olive oil sea salt and pepper 4 small cooked and peeled beetroot (about 150g/6ozs altogether) cut into 1 cm (1/2 inch) dice 40g (1 1/2ozs) roasted and roughly chopped hazlenuts 4 handfuls of salad leaves 150g (6ozs) soft [...]
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Baked Dover Sole with Herb Butter
This is how the gorgeously fresh flat fish is often cooked at Ballymaloe, just simply baked in the oven then drizzled with a herb butter and a squeeze of lemon juice, or a Hollandaise sauce. All flat fish can be cooked in this way such as turbot, brill, plaice, flounder and lemon sole. A Dover [...]
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Food in a Flash
Join South Africa’s best-selling cookbook author, Sharon Glass, on her first ever TV series, Food In A Flash. Sharon will teach you how to prepare simple, delicious meals in no time at all, from budget meals to low fat options. A beautiful dinner of mint-marinated lamb chops with smashed potatoes and a ribboned salad is [...]
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Tabouli Salad
Ingredients 250ml bulgar wheat 500ml boiling water 125g cocktail tomatoes, halved 1 Mediterranean cucumber, peeled halved and sliced 125ml chopped parsley 125ml chopped mint 50g pine nuts, toasted Dressing 60ml olive oil 30ml lemon juice 5ml Dijon mustard Salt and pepper Method Put the bulgar wheat into a bowl. Pour over the boiling water and [...]