September is Heart Awareness Month

Keep your  heart healthy by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, being aware of risk factors such as smoking, drinking, taking drugs, high blood pressure, high cholestrol, obesity and stress.

Mispronounced Food Names - Very Interesting!

Some Fun at the Good Food and Wine Show

Cindy and Naz enjoying a glass of wine with Chef Peter Goffe-Wood, owner of Kitchen Cowboys and Master Chef South Africa Judge.

C3 Training at Pillsbury

The C3 Team rocking and rolling at a training session with Pillsbury.

Wilson Mthethwa from Pillsbury guided the C3 Team through the process of baking a Traditional vanilla sponge cake finished off with a creamy vanilla icing.

Much fun and learning was had by all, & the Team got to make their cake & eat it!

Thank you to Pillsbury and to Wilson for a great day.

An Easter Inspired Flapjack Recipe

I was trawling Pinterest the other day looking for some fun Easter food Ideas and, I came across this super cute Bunny flapjack recipe….too sweet not too share not to mention perfect for Easter Sunday breakfast.  

Enjoy!

Flapjack recipe – serves 8 - 10

Ingredients:

·         500ml flour

·         2 eggs

·         5 tbsp sugar

·         1 ½ tbsp butter, melted

·         4 tsp baking powder

·         1/3 tsp salt

·         250ml milk

·         Fresh banana (cut into thin round slices)

·         Blueberries or chocolate chips 

·         Whipped cream in a can

Method:

1.      Beat the eggs and gradually add the sugar.

2.      Add half of the milk and the melted butter to the egg mixture.

3.      Stir well.

4.      Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the egg mixture.

5.      Gradually stir in the remaining milk to form a smooth mixture.

6.      If all ingredients are well mixed then don’t stir anymore.

7.      Heat up a greased frying pan on a medium to hot heat.  Make one large circle for the rabbit body and drop into the heated pan. For the bunny paws make two medium size ovals and drop into the heated pan.

8.      Turn once the top of the flapjack is full of air bubbles (bottom should be golden brown) and bake on the other side.

9.      To serve put the circular rabbit body onto a plate, pop your two bunny paws at the bottom of the circle, garnish the paws with two slices of fresh banana and some fresh blueberries or chocolate chips for the pads of the paws. Top off with a dollop of whipped cream for the bunny tail and hey presto one delicious Easter Bunny Bottom for breakfast. 

C3 Training at Unilever Head Office

The C3 KZN Team having fun whilst learning new skills at the Unilever Head Office Training Centre. 

Gin, Gin I Love You!

Gin, Gin I Love You!

I recently popped into Mother's Ruin Gin Bar in Cape Town.  

This little gem is tucked away on the ever popular Bree Street in an old yet modernised colonial house.  

On the menu you can expect to find over 60 different types of gin (with another 21 on their way from New York) and you can expect everything from the classic and reinvented gin-based cocktails, to gin and tonics made with local and imported gins flown in from all over the globe. 

After visiting this phenomena it got me in the mood to experiment with some different flavours of my own. 

One of my favourite gin infusions is cucumber - so simple and yet so very refreshing, perfect for a hot summer's day.

Ingredients for this ever so easy recipe:

(You are a mere three steps away from gin heaven)

• 1 large cucumber 
• 1 bottle of gin (750ml)

1. Peel the cucumber, roughly chop and then blend with a stick blender. 
2. Add the gin and leave to infuse for 24 hours in the fridge.
3. Strain, bottle and enjoy with some tonic and plenty of ice!