Meal Preparation

Recipes with muesli

Muesli is a nutritious and delicious breakfast dish but it can get boring and bland if eaten every day. However, leftover muesli can be made into many delicious dishes that can be eaten at any time of day.

Small chocolate fondants with chocolate sauce

This recipe is perfect for a dinner party as it yields about 18 small chocolate fondants, depending on the size of your moulds.

Salmon Wellington — for one

If you’re a salmon lover and feel like treating yourself for a change, consider preparing this salmon Wellington dish. You’ll need 500 grams of salmon fillet, some baby spinach leaves, white wine vinegar, onion, butter, lemon juice, sea salt and butter puff pastry.

A barbecue sauce that’s good for basting

This barbecue sauce recipe gives 750 ml of sauce which can be stored in a glass container in the fridge for a good three weeks or frozen for up to three months.

Carrot, fruit and nut halva

This halva recipe is based on the traditional Indian halva sweetmeats, which are mostly made for festive occasions. The major ingredient is grated carrot, which is cooked with almond nuts, sugar and milk.

Sponge-jelly cream dessert

This is a very light and easy dessert to make. The ingredients call for milk, eggs, sugar, gelatine, cold water, hot water and vanilla extract.

Curried tomato fish

This curried tomato fish dish is inspired by South Indian cooking where sour tamarind leaves combine with curry leaves to flavour curries.

Creamy asparagus soup with nutmeg

This recipe is inspired by the Continental cream of asparagus soup. It is a delicate tasting soup made with fresh asparagus and can be served with crispy bread and butter.

How to make a train cake

Making a train cake for a children’s party is a lot of fun and shouldn’t take much longer than an hour if all your ingredients are ready.

Planet Cake’s planning and decorating tips

Photo: Official U.S. Navy Imagery / Flickr Planet Cake is a step-by-step course in beginner’s cake decorating that will have you decorating like the professionals over time. As owner Paris Cutler says, ‘There really is no secret to becoming a great cake decorator other than solid skills in ganaching and covering, an eye for colour [...]