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Kitchen Sanity is a consulting service which will help you organise your family meals in advance, leaving you more leisure time! Based on your family tastes and schedule, I tailor a plan for your evening meals for the month, kids lunchboxes and home lunches, and can even teach your helpers to how to make what's on the plan. I also run monthly 3-hour workshops on demand, where you learn easy recipes to impress family and friends, and how to do most of your preparation in advance!

We were away in the bush with a lovely jar of Nayi Le Achaar rosemary and olive achaar at our disposal. Thanks C!When I...
03/10/2026

We were away in the bush with a lovely jar of Nayi Le Achaar rosemary and olive achaar at our disposal. Thanks C!
When I opened the jar, it spoke Indian, despite the rosemary and olive leading me to Italian.
So Indian lunch it became!
For some reason I had bought thigh kebabs, AND chicken mince.
I thought the combo of meat textures might be interesting.
And it WAS!
Genius in fact, even if I say so myself 🤣.
Will definitely repeat this …
So … deboned thighs PLUS chicken mince.
Or whole prawns PLUS chopped prawn meat.
Or sliced ostrich fillet PLUS ostrich mince.
Just like using whole butter beans WITH some mashed beans, hey?
Marinated both the chicken mince and the thigh meat, in separate bowls, with some of the achaar.
Sauteed some sliced onion and garlic and added some of the achaar pate.
Then fried up both lots of chicken meat, separately.
Added the onion mixture back in.
Added some cubed cooked baby potatoes, and the rest of the jar of achaar.
Cooked that up for a few minutes, driving everyone mad with the gorgeous kitchen aromas!
Last minute added some baby spinach and some fresh coriander.
We ate this in taco wraps, with fresh tomato moons, sliced avo, shredded lettuce, and dollops of coriander yoghurt.
Yum!
Amazingly I had some leftovers, which froze really well and made another great meal for two a week later.

Tried the steak and mushroom kettle fried crisps yesterday.Awesome texture!Super crunchy.Good flavour.Didn’t feel greasy...
03/10/2026

Tried the steak and mushroom kettle fried crisps yesterday.
Awesome texture!
Super crunchy.
Good flavour.
Didn’t feel greasy.
Similar to the Woolies handcooked crisps.
Perhaps better?
Taste-test pending!
Tried not to read the ingredients 😳.

Tried Checkers chunky muesli rusks today (R65).Good flavour.Raisins are there but not overdone.Not too many seeds or nut...
03/10/2026

Tried Checkers chunky muesli rusks today (R65).
Good flavour.
Raisins are there but not overdone.
Not too many seeds or nuts.
And the rusk doesn’t stick in your teeth, like the Woolies muesli rusks do, alas.
Not wow, but decent.
Kitchen Sanity rating 3.5/5.

Sorry poor photo.I was looking for the right feta, for a feta and green bean salad, when I stumbled across this 200g Lee...
03/10/2026

Sorry poor photo.
I was looking for the right feta, for a feta and green bean salad, when I stumbled across this 200g Leewenbosch feta at Checkers for R50.
Firm texture. Lovely flavour and not over-salty.
Almost like a halloumi that you could slice and fry!
Was a little tricky to crumble, as more sticky. But was great on the bean salad.
The Woolies one in water, crumbled easily. But was much saltier, and yet blander.
Nothing like the flavour of the Leeuwenbosch.
So easier for a salad, but blander.
I ended up using a combo of the two for my breen bean salad.

Loved this new Checkers rosemary and garlic focaccia. For only R35.Lovely size for 4-6. No leftovers!Lovely texture and ...
03/10/2026

Loved this new Checkers rosemary and garlic focaccia.
For only R35.
Lovely size for 4-6. No leftovers!
Lovely texture and flavour.
Not too garlicky.
We never got to the garlic rolls!

Tomato tasting!The five on the left are a pack of Checkers heirloom tomatoes. Ripened for a few days on the counter top....
03/10/2026

Tomato tasting!
The five on the left are a pack of Checkers heirloom tomatoes. Ripened for a few days on the counter top.
The two on the right are a Woolies bella tomato, and a roma tomato bought from Checkers earlier this week.
So … I was expecting/hoping the heirloom tomatoes would be awesome.
Sadly they were all rather watery.
I suspect that the long thin one on the bottom left is a San Marzano, which should be used for cooking. It did have a pleasant flavour, but was too pithy for salad, and has low acidity.
The pretty one top left with the amazing shape, is creamy, but also pithy, and low acidity.
The top round one, with the blueblack edges, has potential. Nice texture. Just not there yet.
And the round one on the top right is earthy, better acidity, but also not there yet.
As for the bottom right two that I added …
Bella: just delicious! Yes a thickish skin but lovely flavour and acidity.
And the roma on the far bottom right … great texture. Needs a bit more acidity, but it is early season.
Tomatoes are not just tomatoes!

Just the best!Move over oven chips.We’d rather eat E’s super-crispy smashed potatoes!Her secret?Use the oven, not the ai...
03/10/2026

Just the best!
Move over oven chips.
We’d rather eat E’s super-crispy smashed potatoes!
Her secret?
Use the oven, not the airfryer.
And be patient - the crisping takes a loonnngg time!
Thanks E!

Taste test: Woolies ostrich STEAK versus Woolies ostrich FILLET (the latter is R46 more for the same 500g pack).Both rec...
03/10/2026

Taste test: Woolies ostrich STEAK versus Woolies ostrich FILLET (the latter is R46 more for the same 500g pack).
Both received the same dry rub for 24 hours.
Both braaied the same.
Which won?
The FILLET!
Was hoping to save money and buy the steak in future, but the steak IS more chewy.
The fillet literally melts in your mouth!
Flavourwise they are the same, so perhaps if you are slicing it thinly for a stir-fry, or just searing it to make carpaccio, then buy the steak.
Photo 3 is iK rump. Marinated with the same rub.
It was very good, but we all agreed it just does NOT have the flavour of ostrich (despite the rosemary and butter added to the pan!).
Ostrich fillet wins.
Ostrich wins.
Thanks K and G for the superb meat cooking. I trained you well 😜.
And L, hope you enjoyed your red meat fix?!

Woolies captured me at “gochujang”.But with a pasta???Well, I am smitten …Will definitely be buying more jars of this ne...
01/10/2026

Woolies captured me at “gochujang”.
But with a pasta???
Well, I am smitten …
Will definitely be buying more jars of this new Woolies pasta sauce!
Admittedly I was in the bush and faced with feeding 5 a main meal with what was left in the fridge.
The jar of gochujang sauce became the base, with a packet of Forage and Feast rigatoni.
Leftover grilled deboned thighs were the protein.
Added in some baby spinach, and topped it with halved mini rosa tomatoes, crispy onion sprinkles, crumbled feta and chopped parsley.
We all had seconds!
No chili needed at the table as this has enough of a bite.
Kitchen Sanity rating 5/5.

Elana you are a genius!Move over whole preserved figs, and move over wedges of preserved figs.Chopped preserved figs are...
01/10/2026

Elana you are a genius!
Move over whole preserved figs, and move over wedges of preserved figs.
Chopped preserved figs are SOOOO much nicer to eat!
We smeared ginger biscuits with cremezola cheese and topped these with Elana’s chopped figs, as a fireside dessert around the campfire.
And and and …
For breakfast: sourdough toasties with Woolies brie slices and Elana’s chopped fig.
Yum!
All the way from Robertson.
Thanks L!

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