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Beef Strips with Sweet Potatoes

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

“My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can!”
‭‭James ‭1:2‬ ‭‬‬

Greetings Beloveds

Being a believer is something else hey, believing in God especially because wow 😯 sometimes I do not get how He is able to give so much credit to our capabilities as human beings. I mean did you read today’s scripture? At least twice please. Can you in your right mind go through the most and not think that people hate you, sob and cry “life is not fair”, “this is not working out I’m giving up” and, and? A normal person would but not us – us believers see our difficulties as opportunities to experience joy, oh I love this translation so much – we are in fact supposed to be happy and rejoicing when trials come in our walk of living our purposeful lives because that’s when we are able to experience the greatest joy there ever is. Don’t look for joy when all things are going well for you because you will only find it when trials come your way. Now I get why “happiness” isn’t part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit but joy is|we will one day tackle the differences, for now let’s head to the kitchen 👩‍🍳

Tonight we are making a stir fry, I don’t know why I don’t take enough pictures honestly. See how we face trials even on things we deem petty, but we will be okay..

I bought already cut beef strips because #convenience, added bell peppers – I cut them myself in strips and mushrooms.

Waited for the vegetables to cook a bit then added beef stock powder from Inapaarmans Kitchen.

Seasoning time is my favorite because I like experimenting with these flavors – tonight I added garlic and herb, white pepper, corn flour and sea salt. Y’all can tell it does look yummy.

I made sweet potatoes on the side

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed

Fried Hake and Savoury Rice

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Greetings Beloveds ❤️

You know how sometimes things don’t make sense, I mean one moment you are certain you are on a right path, things are working out for you then the next you just don’t understand what is happening. I’ve been there a couple of times and listen to what His Word says: we KNOW, my oh my, just that one word is enough for me, the fact that we do not assume or hope or imagine; WE KNOW. We are convicted within our minds, hearts and entire beings that indeed God is out there using everything that happens to us whether it is confusion, good, bad or detours to bring something good. Let’s never doubt that us being chosen by Him to serve Him guarantees us peace in the midst of all that happens because WE KNOW it happens for our good. I hope this encourages you as much as it did me.

Tonight we are wrapping up our #SeafoodTheme, is it me or did it go on and on and on. It did because I have two meals that were not fortunate enough to be featured as blog posts but I will share their pictures here😊

First was hake medallions in sweet chili and oyster sauce served with rice, lentils and a salad.

The other one was the infamous Fish and Chips. Made by yours truly👩‍🍳

Now back to the meal of the night. I started by preparing my vegetables with our favorite vegetables stock from Woolworths.

Added my cooked basmati rice and mixed it well with the vegetables. Tell me if this doesn’t scream “eat me now”🤤

One day soon I will have a good fryer, one day very soon I repeat. Anyways I used Southern Coating for my hake, the instructions are on the pack😉. I thought I’ll grill but ended up frying it.

Made a coleslaw on the side.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Prawns Stir Fry

October 1, 2019

Greetings Beloveds ❤️

It is so sad how we are so afraid of almost everything, we are afraid of expressing our thoughts, afraid of doing things that bring us the most joy, we are even afraid of pursuing our dreams, afraid to live our truths, some are afraid of genuinely loving, I mean this is not how God created us to be like, He tells us on this scripture that WE👏🏽MUST 👏🏽NOT 👏🏽BE 👏🏽AFRAID. He goes on to say that He is here to help us, the next time I am afraid of doing something I am going to remember this assurance “I am here for you”. Don’t you just love His Word? It’s so comforting. I encourage you and myself to hold on tight to the hand that holds us by our right hands☺️

We are still having seafood right? Tonight on our kitchen we are serving prawns, I thought I’d make them creamy; you know “creamy prawns” but we had creamy mussels last night, that’s enough cream in a week😂 so why not have them as a stir fry💁🏽‍♀️

I bought my prawns at Pick n Pay, I made sure they were thawed and placed them on a paper towel so that they can be dry.

I then heat butter in a pan and sautéed the prawns😊.

As soon as they turned pink, I put them aside and cut peppers into long strips, fried them together with mushrooms then added this oyster flavored sauce.

Did not take a picture of the spices I used and I’m not going to pretend that I remember💆🏽‍♀️ because I honestly don’t. All I know is that it looks so good🤤

I steamed sweet corn on the side to have our meal balanced.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Stuffed Snoek with Avo

September 18, 2019Leave a comment

I have noticed that I don’t greet you guys, such a bad habit🙄.

Hello Beloveds❤️, I hope you like that pet name I have for you because I think it is the most appropriate based on how I feel about y’all☺️

Let’s get right into it – today’s verse teaches us that our God given gifts are not to benefit us but are for the benefits of other people. Imagine how it won’t make sense to cook delicious food that only you get to eat🤦🏽‍♀️. I learned recently that we are not responsible for the gifts that God didn’t give us meaning that if I can’t sing God is not expecting me to sing like Adele [insert your fav musician]. I am responsible for the gifts I know He has given me and may I just ask that we don’t “copy” other people’s gifts – make it a point to flourish in what you are gifted in and you will know if your motives are wrong, your conscience will let you know. We will obviously stumble and fall because this is a journey, good to know that the Holy Spirit is here to help us.

Tonight we are having my husband’s favorite meal to make – I thought why not also try it, hopefully I do justice to it like he does. I started off by defrosting the Snoek.

I decided to stuff it with sweet peppers, mushrooms, garlic, ginger and chili.

Spice of the day was this yummy flavorful Cajun Spice from https://www.paarman.co.za/

Then I gently opened the snoek, rubbed it with olive oil and added my stuffings.

Covered it with foil and into the oven it went.

Beloveds, how amazing does it look, I will start timing #NoteToSelf☺️ but I kept opening it up to see if it’s coming along okay until I was satisfied with how it looked and tasted🤤.

I cut it nicely then, added avocado then… I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed 😋😋😋

Seafood Paella

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

I believe the Holy Spirit led me to this verse to remind me that we need each other as we embark on our servitude journeys, I mean we are serving His people right and in that way we have to be able to carry each other’s burdens one way or the other. I was reminded particularly of this when I introduced the weeks’ theme. Some people really look forward to what is next in our kitchen💁🏽‍♀️ so when I introduce a theme they are quick to think of things I should definitely try and that to me is a definition of bearing one another’s burdens and by doing so the law is fulfilled because Jesus wants us to be of help to each other at the end of the day.

I’m thankful to Zinzi for suggesting I try PAELLA; to tell you the honest truth I had no idea what it was but I was adamant to search for it and find it so I can try it out because there was no way I could be making the same old hake for the whole week😂

Off I went to the shops in pursuit of Paella, I was hoping for a “Paella Mix”😁 lo and behold I found it at Pick n Pay.

***NB: Drain all the water on a paper towel.***

First things first – yes you guessed it. Peppers😀 in a Masala spice.

I then mixed them with my Paella, fried the mixture together for a while then added a chicken stock, let it simmer.

I made basmati rice on the side then added it to the Paella.

I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Chicken Feet Stir Fry

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019Leave a comment

Man, do I love today’s scripture; living your purpose, being in line with what God has called you to do may rub some people the wrong way but let me tell you this: once you know for sure that God wants you to serve in a specific way, do it so that He gets to give you a nod, don’t ever seek the approval of human beings because they are inconsistent, one moment they like you and the next they do not. Come to think of it they actually didn’t give you whatever gift you have so aim to please the Giver of Gifts☝🏽 in that way whether they acknowledge what you do or they don’t🤷🏽‍♀️ you won’t be affected in any way.

I was running out of ideas and a friend of mine said “there is no way you are wrapping up this theme without chicken feet” so I thought let me make them in a way I’ve never made them like before🤔. A stir fry came to mind and off I went to the kitchen👩‍🍳 .

Chicken feet tend to be stubborn when it comes to holding flavor so I made sure I add all my spices right at the beginning of the cooking process, these were the spices I used.

I like them over cooked so I keep pouring water if I see them still in tact😅. They must literally lose their shape😂 then I will know

What is a stir fry without vegetables💁🏽‍♀️ I cut my peppers into nice long strips and added mushrooms because they are my favorite of all time, I could eat them with anything if I could.

By this time the chicken feet had absorbed all the flavor and were really cooked so I added them to the veggies and then I….

I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Chicken Livers and Garlic Bread

September 5, 2019September 6, 2019

A little background of today’s scripture. Picture a group of prophets cutting down trees with axes, one of the prophets loses his ax head into the water and he becomes really upset and worried because well well the ax was borrowed. Wait a minute and quickly imagine the ax as anything you have lost that actually God borrowed you – yep that skill that only you have, that passion, that talent, that heart of serving, your purpose🙆🏽‍♀️, your love for blogging😉. Our introduction can’t be this long🙈 we will carry on with this story tomorrow.

It’s a new week and we have a new theme. We shall call it 🥁🥁🥁 “Chicken Delicacies”. Yep, all things inside a chicken😋 and we start off with the ever so yummy chicken livers.

Started by sautéing (let me use this word for a lil longer🙈) mushrooms and bell peppers in a garlic and ginger paste.

Then I added my chicken livers in this mix, kept stirring because we don’t want burnt livers here but don’t overdo the stirring lest they lose their original shape (you know what I mean right)

In went this curry and smoked paprika from https://www.woolworths.co.za and my favorite sea salt from https://www.paarmans.co.za

Favorite part has to be sauces, I love sauces you guys. I used prego, tomato and sweet chili

Forgot to take a picture of the garlic bread I used but I am certain any can be used💁🏽‍♀️ be sure to follow the instructions on its packaging.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Fried Rice with Wings

September 3, 2019October 15, 2019

I legit take this blog as a form of serving, I say it over and over again to myself when I don’t “feel” like blogging – that actually this is not at all about me, it is about serving The One who has given me this passion and this gift (it is a gift😊). I couldn’t be more convinced that my energy, my time, my commitment to this blog is a form of serving God and I won’t be lazy, I want to wake up everyday looking forward to and being excited about serving Him.

You know there are meals we hear about or see on Pinterest and think I don’t think I can make that, maybe because we think it’s out of our league or we just won’t enjoy it. I have plenty of those but for this theme it had to be fried rice, it looked so complicated for me but I can’t be cooking rice the old same way on a daily so why not try make fried rice💁🏽‍♀️

Plus the husband bought me proper non-stick frying pans. I’ve been deceived for so long💆🏽‍♀️. I believe my meal is definitely going to make a proper turnout. The pans are Baccarat from https://www.home.co.za

Who else is here for the word “Chef”🙋🏽‍♀️

I started off with my vegetables which consisted of bell peppers, green beans and tiny cut carrots, added diced bacon and this Garlic Man (Crushed Garlic and Ginger).

I told you how the husband isn’t a fan of onions right? I used my green onion seasoning from https://www.paarman.co.za instead of real onions.

While that is frying, I quickly marinated my chicken wings to get them ready for the oven. I used these sauces… and put them on the oven.

I started cooking my rice on the side – have you noticed how I don’t take pictures of my rice? I assume we all know how to cook basmati for about 10minutes😅. I mixed it well with the vegetables and started the fun part.

The wings were also ready and oh so yummy.

I opened up a well in the middle and poured my scrambled eggs. Make sure the eggs are medium to well then start mixing everything together and that’s your fried rice😉

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed 😋😋