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Yummy Bobotie.
Today Josh is going to share with you how to make a Bobotie dish. Bobotie is a well known South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. It is mostly famous in Cape Town. Below are the ingredients and instructions on how to make this yummy dish. It is such an easy dish to make. [...]
How to make a Bacon Risotto
BACON RISOTTO Ingredients: 1 Pkt bacon (cut into small pieces) 1 Litre chicken stock 2 Tablespoons butter ½ onion (diced) 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1½ cups Arborio rice 2 Tablespoons butter ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Salt & pepper to taste Cook the bacon in a pan until brown and keep aside. Melt two tablespoons of [...]
How to make a strawberry smoothie.
STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE Ingredients: 1 Punnet of strawberries (washed, hulled and frozen) 2 cups milk 2 cups yoghurt (plain or strawberry flavour) 2 tablespoons sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Put all the ingredients in a blender or smoothie maker and blend until smooth. Tips: For a healthier option, substitute sugar with honey. You can use ice cream [...]
Signed, sealed and served – Josh autographs his cook books for fans.
This past weekend has been a busy one for Josh. So many things to do, so little time. But Josh had an opportunity to attend a cooking demo at Exclusive Books Cavendish Square, where he even signed books for his fans. This event was sponsored by Exclusive Books, Nomu and Le Creuset. While there Josh made [...]
Good News!
As Napoleon Hill says “A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.” Josh has done it again. Having been among the winners at the Gourmand Awards award, his website www.joshthirion.com has now won the Best food website in South Africa award. Josh has surely become an international award winner as he competed with people from all over the [...]
“High School is not for sissies” camp
This weekend I went on a “High School is not for sissies” camp. We had lots of fun. There was a very high obstacle course we had to do, then we played paintball with “ketties / catapults”. And I have some nice bruises to show for it! On Saturday evening we had a potjie competition – and I was [...]