Avocado Toast

A good filling healthy snack, that is all what we need sometimes instead of turning to the usual potato crisps or other fast foods. I made this simple recipe for Avocado Toast after a conversation with one of my cousin sisters. She had it whilst on holiday in Australia. When I was growing up in...

Ginger Cookies

This recipe was invented by my 3 year old son. A couple of weeks back, I asked him what he wanted to do. So he said "I want to make ginger cookies". I said "you mean gingerbread men", he said "NO, cookies...". So as soon as he finished his breakfast he wanted to get into...

Chinese spring rolls

My younger sister and two of my nieces love spring rolls. I have never really liked the taste of ready made vegetarian spring rolls, always preferring the home made ones.  I tend to make them in a large batch and freeze them so as they are ready to have when ever I want to make...

Ants on Trees

When I was growing up in Malawi, we used to go to a Chinese restaurant and this was one of the items we used to always have. I don't know why it has this name but I guess that is part of the novelty of having this fun snack / starter / side dish. After...

Cheese Tomato & Mushroom Toasted Sandwich

When I was growing up in Malawi we used to have cheese and tomato toasted sandwiches with white bread for breakfast on Sunday mornings. We really enjoyed them. I remember my father would cut 2 cm square pieces for us as we didn't know how to use a fork & knife back then. The flat...

Spicy Mixed Nuts

At any party, nuts are a good option to have and there are many different varieties that go down well with drinks. I recently came up with this version during the summer - a spicy and sour mix of three different nuts. Normally we used to deep fry the nuts first and then add the...