The 1st of November marks the start of celebrations in our family, with birthdays and Christmas. November is the time to bake our Christmas fruit cake and make some red currant jelly (ripsgele), perfect for Christmas time. The red berries are a beautiful reminder of summer! Ingredients approx. 2 kg red currants (I use frozen…
Upma is a family favourite for a simple brunch, during the Christmas holidays. It works really well after days of heavy meals with pork ribs and sorpotel. Ingredients 1 cup ‘roasted’ semolina – coarse grain if available ( the fine semolina can be used but the upma becomes a bit more clumpy) 1 onion, finely…
My mum was a ‘work at home’ mother. She woke up around 5:00 am each morning to make breakfast for us before we headed off to school or college. After school, we got home around 4:00 pm, in time for tea. Tea time was something I looked forward to. Mum always made something for tea…
My beautiful life! 
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