FOOD

Hello there! It’s so lovely to meet you, I’m Cindy – Mom of 3, Wife and Business Woman (or that’s how they described me on The Weekend Edition anyway). That…

When we had kids we realised that the time of doing something out and about for New Years was behind us.  We made peace with the fact that we couldn’t…

Cape Town has finally wisened up to the fact that it’s Summer. Granted, it may still be as windy as all heck, but at least it’s warm.  I’ll take a…

Even though it feels like life ends when you have to start cutting all the bad things out of your diet (that taste oh so good) – it really doesn’t.  Your…

No, no no.  Before you think I suddenly turned 34 (eeek), I’m finally getting around to telling you how we celebrated turning 30 and turning 4 on the same day.…

Sheesh guys.  I’m not going to lie.  This last week and a bit on the whole NO dairy, grain and sugar train has been HARD! I think the fact that…

A couple weeks ago I celebrated the big 30. So for my “party” we took 4 of our favourite couples away with us to the Country House at Kloofzicht Estate in…

Over the weekend we celebrated Knox turning four. Originally we were going to have a Three Little Pigs Party, but he is just so freaking smitten with Paw Patrol right…

For me, being a Mom of three kids means that I like to keep things simple. Yes, there’s a place for meals where you have to go and search for…

How often do you go to the fridge, check what’s in there and start thinking of all these yummy things that you can make with the basics.  Until you look…

Sherbs.  I honestly need a weekend to recover from my weekend. That being said, the party was all sorts of fun and the girls had a fantastic time (which is…

In preparation for our Stellenbosch trip a couple of weekends ago, I did a little bit of research of where to go. My first point of call?  Facebook, Twitter and…

Sometimes I miss bread.  There I said it. Although this bread may not be recommended with a good butternut soup, it is definitely the perfect mid morning snack with a cup…

I am definitely no expert on the subject and we are still in the process of making the hard changes to ensuring that we adapt to the new lifestyle that…

I know that I’m not a food blogger, but having changed our eating so drastically has made me search far and wide for yummy recipes that we can enjoy as…

So we’ve been working on our lifestyle change for close on 3 months now.  It’s been challenging, but I think that we have finally gotten into the groove of it all…

The hardest part about the new lifestyle the we are adapting to, is that I was not ready to give up chocolate.  I don’t know if anyone is every really…

OK, I’ll wait till you pick your jaw up off the floor before I continue. You ready? Great! I briefly spoke about the fact that I have recently cut out…

Man oh man, I didn’t think it was possible to be sick of braaing, but let me tell you, it totally is. Last week alone 6 out of 7 dinner…

Hello there! I don’t know about you, but I’m finally starting to emerge from my food coma.  It’s taken a while longer than it should, but in all fairness I…

I cannot believe that yesterday I dropped my kids off for the last day of their first year of school. It really seems like just yesterday I was stressing over…

A couple of Saturday’s ago – when it was really rainy and wet in Cape Town, I bundled my kids up into the car and we set out for the…

                  I love holidays!  Besides just being able to do what we want when we want it and having great family time…