Photo of the blog owner Bobotie is a popular South African dish. It is a spicy mince dish with a slight curry flavour. This dish has its origins in Indonesia. The name is often mis-pronounced as babootie and hence the name of this site. Read more about Ba-Bootie.

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Brown Pudding (Bruinpoeding)

30 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 13 Comments

My children had never eaten this old fashioned pudding before this. Now that they have, they cannot wait for the next time.

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Meat Balls

26 June 2010 | Meat Dishes | 14 Comments

A quick and easy recipe for those times that you only want to serve something light.

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Pancakes (Pannekoek)

23 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 4 Comments

When they experienced cold winter evenings the older people always used to say that it is time for a bowl of hot soup and a few pancakes.

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Chocolate Pudding

19 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 8 Comments

As youngsters my sister and I would always get this pudding as a reward if we excelled at school.

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Butternut Soup

16 June 2010 | Soup | 4 Comments

A soup that is often made either as a starter or along with some fresh bread or rolls, a nice light meal.

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Peanut Butter Biscuits

13 June 2010 | Cookies | 14 Comments

A word of warning, if you have children in the house and you plan to bake some of these, make lots of them.

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Warm Potato Salad

9 June 2010 | Salads | 8 Comments

Being winter and all now in this neck of the woods, it is time for a warm salad.

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Curried Liver and Onions

6 June 2010 | Meat Dishes | 9 Comments

My children refuse to eat liver. Today they went visiting friends and it was my chance to make something that I enjoy.

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Vetkoek

4 June 2010 | Bread | 6 Comments

A great lunchtime treat for the kiddies coming home from school.

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