Apple and Sweet Potato Soup

It was this post that set me off about a year ago. Those beautifully crisp apple slices were the thing that grabbed my attention, and then of course reading through the ingredient list piqued my interest even further. Apples in soup? Hmmmm. Yep, that Nina sure knows how to make the little people (that'd be me) sit up and take notice.

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Kumar's Beetroot Curry

Sometimes you have a special recipe bookmarked for weeks and you have to specifically plan your menu and shopping list to finally be able to make the recipe of your affections. Other times, well, you're faced with a glut of *insert vegetable of your choice here* and your mission is to find a recipe which will assist you in whittling down your stash of said vegetable.

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Savoury Crumble

So things are in disarray at chez Pot to put it mildly. Boxes are strewn everywhere, some already filled and tightly duct-taped, others still waiting to fulfill their destiny and spending their time hiding from the cats who have deemed them the perfect toys. Diving underneath them, running over them, climbing into them - yup, it's a grand old time to be a kitty at the flat. Add to that rolls of tape and string and you've got the makings of cat paradise. I think they'll be quite disappointed once we're settled in the new house and all the packing paraphernalia has been tossed out. 

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Smoked Snoek & Sweet Potato Chowder

As someone so eloquently put it "Stellenbosch has decided to receive its annual rainfall in one evening."  Spring is most definitely *not* in the air at the moment, despite the colourful blooms adorning the leaf-filled trees and the intoxicating smell of jasmine in the air.

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Portabellini and Sweet Potato Stuffed Tortillas

Don't you just want to take a bite? When I saw the original recipe over at The Wind Attack (great blog by the way) I felt like taking a big bite through the screen, so inviting did these tortillas look. Luckily for my teeth (and my medical bills) I refrained from taking a bite, instead opting to make these babies at home.

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Sweet Potato Salad with Green Olives (Slada Batata Hilwa)

What a week! What a month to be more specific. For most people, January is a month of loafing after the (preferably) long and lazy December holidays. But if you're an accountant at a company who decided (WHY??) to have a December year end, then January is going to be a rough month for you. Especially if you have auditors descending on you within 2 weeks of your return from holiday. Oy vey. But, *wipe sweat off my forehead*, luckily, it's all over now. Now I can breath again. And catch up with my google reader subscriptions (I confess, I'm a greedy greedy reader). And cook. And of course, blog!

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Bola-Bola (Filipino Meatballs)

Hands-up who doesn't love meatballs? No you have to put your hands up hiiiiggh, I can't see them. What? Oh there aren't any people like that? Yup,that's what I thought.

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Sweet Potato Burritos

 
When I saw this recipe on Fitsugar, I thought it sounded pretty interesting, but what with our new resolution to shape up and tone up I knew I had to give it a go. It promises to be low in fat and low GI but still high on taste (no mean feat...) and it really delivers on that! 

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Beetroot Soup

I actually bought the beetroot to roast in the oven, along with some other winter vegetables, but it was such a miserable day that I decided that soup would be the only thing that could sufficiently warm us up. 

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Sweet Potato, Aragula & Leek Soup

With autumn kicking into gear, it was time for the first soup of the season and I decided that a creamy potato soup was in order. However, wanting to spice it up a bit, I changed a few details: substituting the potato for sweet potato, adding some aragula and as an afterthought, some mustard. I know, I know, sounds a bit unorthodox, but trust me - the mustard and aragula makes this spectacular.

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