Recipes From South Africa

Gisteraand het ‘n dame met die naam Retha gevra of ek nie ‘n resep vir handtertjies met julle kan deel nie.  Wel, hier is dit.  Ek het ook die resep geskryf as antwoord op die vraag, maar ek het gedink dit is so lekker, ek kan dit net sowel die resep van die maand maak.

Hier is die resep.  Onthou om appelkooskonfyt te gebruik, maar ek weet die mensie hier in Engeland hou mos van arbeikonfyt.  Dit werk net so goed.  Besluit net watter een jy verkies.

Bestandele:
1/2 lb botter (margarine is goed, maar botter gee ‘n lekkerder smaak)
2 koppies meel
1 teelepel kremetart
‘n knippie sout
1/2 koppie yskoue water (bietjie meer as jy voel die deeg wil nie lekker bind nie)

Metode:
1. Gebruik jou vingers en vryf die botter in by die meel, kremetart en sout. (Dit is makliker as jy die botter vries en dan sommer rasper!!)
2. Meng die water bietjies op ‘n slag by en meng in met ‘n mes.
3. Bind die deeg en bedek met ‘n koue lap. Laat die deeg in die yskas staan vir omtrent 30 minute.
4. Rol uit en gebruik ‘n koekiedrukker (so groot soos jy dit wil maak) en skep ‘n teelepeltjie appelkooskonfyt in die middel.
5. Vou die een helfte van die sirkel tot op die ander en druk saam met ‘n vurk.
6. Smeer melk bo-oor die halfmaantjie en bak in ‘n verhitte oond teen 200 grade celsius vir omtrent 15 – 20 minute, tot lig bruin.

Lekker eet!
Laat weet hoe dit uitkom en geniet die res van die aand  

Stuur gerus enige idees en vra as julle graag ‘n spesifieke resep wil maak.  Ek sal my bes doen om vir julle die resep op te spoor as ek dit nie self ken nie.

The scientific name for vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid and is a water- soluble. Vitamin B5 plays a very important role in the secretion of our hormones. These hormones help us to fight off allergies by building up antibodies, and assist our skin, muscles and nerves in being healthy. Vitamin B5 also plays a role in the creation of steroid hormones and is necessary during metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and proteins.

 

There is no recommended daily allowance, but around 20 – 100 mg can be taken each day. You can’t really overdose on this vitamin, but if you take in very large quantities, more than about 1 700 mg per day over a long period of time, you might experience sensitivity to your teeth. It doesn’t appear to be toxic when taken in high dosages.

 

Not taking enough vitamin B5 can result in symptoms which includes headaches, nausea, depression, fatigue, sore muscles and possible sleep disturbance. A shortage of any of the vitamin B complex can result in the same type of symptoms. Keep your eyes open for these, and make sure you take enough vitamin B complex every day. Remember that vitamins and minerals are vital for everyday functioning. Taking the daily recommended allowance for all of them is only sufficient if you do that every day, and not just every other day.

 

Foods that contain high quantities of vitamin B5 include foods like liver, yeast, egg yolk, chicken, bran, nuts, whole grain cereal, fresh vegetables, kidneys, mushrooms and fish. Try to eat as many raw vegetables as possible. When cooking, some of the vitamins are lost in the water. Roasting as well as canning are specific enemies to vitamin B5. Buying canned food can mean that some of your vitamin B5 can be lost.

 

Make sure fresh food is used where possible. There is no substitute to fresh food. Make cooking a great and pleasant experience every day, not just for yourself, but also your children. Get them involved in basic preparation. By having them in the kitchen with you every time you prepare a meal, you will get them interested. Be passionate about what you do and your children will feel that and want to become part of it. They will grow up wanting to cook and prepare their own meals.

 

Get them involved! They love getting their hands dirty. With any luck, you can even get them to help you clear up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me personally LOVE oats cookies.  It is not as rich as flap jack, but my husband loves FLAP JACK!  He is the one that made this great recipe of his one day last year.  I never used to eat flap jack, but since I tried it, I can honestly say that I do like it. 

Can’t say I LOVE it, but it tastes great in small quantities.  It is rich, but very lovely.  I tried eating flap jack once when I bought it at a shop, but it was not nice at all.  I think what makes my husband’s recipe SOOOOOOOOOO nice, is the butter.  It really tastes great, very creamy on the tongue. 

You can use margarine if you wish, but I personally do prefer the butter.

Ingredients:
5 1/2 Cups (500gr) of Oats
1 Large tablespoon of golden syrup
1 1/4 (250gr) cup of Demerara Sugar
3/4 lb of butter

Method:
1.  Melt the syrup, sugar and butter together over a low heat.
2.  Add the oats and mix it together very well for about 3 minutes.
3.  Place the mixture into a greaseproof pan and bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown, at 180 degrees Celsius.

Let it cool down en cut into squares, whatever size you prefer them.
EAT AND ENJOY!!!

Hierdie is een van my man se gunsteling resepte op aarde!!  Ek is versot op oatskoekies, maar my man is weer so erg oor Flap Jack.  Ek is eerlik as ek se ek het nog nooit van Flap Jack gehou nie.  Ek weet egter nou wat die rede hiervoor is.  Die wat jy in die winkel koop smaak regtig nie lekker nie, maar glo vir my, hierdie resep is heerlik.

Dit is effens ryk, maar oeeeee so lekker!!!!  Maak seker jy gebruik egte botter om die smaak nog beter na vore te bring.  Jy kan natuurlik margarine gebruik, geen probleem, maar botter is effens meer romerig op die tong.

Bestandele:
5 1/2 koppies (500gr) Oats
1 Groot eetlepel goue stroop
1 1/4 koppie (250gr) Demerara suiker
3/4 lb botter

Metode:
1.  Smelt die stroop, suiker en botter saam in a pan oor ‘n lae hitte.
2.  Meng die oats hierby en roer deurmekaar vir omtrent 3 minute.  Maak seker dat die mengsel nie brand nie.
3.  Skep die mengsel in ‘n pan uitgevoer met “grease proof” papier.
4.  Bak vir omtrent 20 minute, of tot goud bruin teen 180 grade celcius.

Laat die Flap Jack afkoel en sny dit dan in blokkies, so groot as wat jy dit graag wil he.
EET EN GENIET!!

Vitamin B3 is the third vitamin in the vitamin B complex. The scientific name is niacin and it is water-soluble. Vitamin B3 is required every day to help with the functioning of the nervous system, cell respiration and a better circulation. Vitamin B3 is used in the synthesis of sex hormones, it is a memory en-hancer, controls cholesterol levels and ease arthritis. The daily recommended intake for vitamin B3 is 18 mg for men and 13 mg for woman. This is the minimum intake though and higher doses can be used, but do consult your doctor first.

 

An overdose of vitamin B3 is possible and occurs when your intake is more than 2 500 mg. The signs of taking too much vitamin B3 is itching, elevated blood glucose as well as possible liver damage. Taking more than about 200 mg per day, it can possibly cause your blood pressure to drop.

 

If you do not take enough vitamin B3, it can cause diarrhoea or in the extreme, dementia. Some of the symptoms to watch out for are depression, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, low blood sugar, weak muscles, memory loss as well as inflammation. As with the other B vitamins, it is best taken together with the vitamin B complex and not on its own. Whenever you take any vitamin, make sure you take the recommended dosage and not too much. Some vitamins do not have any effect if you take too much, but some off the vitamins do. Make sure you know what the symptoms are and don’t use too much by taking supplements.

 

Foods that are rich in vitamin B3 include chicken, fish, nuts, liver, cereals, asparagus, seeds, milk and green leafy vegetables. The biggest enemy of vitamin B3 is cooking. Vitamin B3 is very easily lost when the food is being cooked in water so do try and eat vegetables and food raw as far as possible. If you really want to boil vegetables, only use a little bit of water and don’t over-cook it.

 

Something interesting about this vitamin, is that vitamin B3 is being looked at as a source of helping to slow down the progress of type 1 diabetes. With further tests, we might be using this great vitamin to help us slow down something that is vastly becoming a bigger and bigger problem, an unfortunate normality in our lives.

 

Our children are suffering from diabetes at a very young age, and this can be prevented or at least controlled by a better and healthier diet. Get rid of processed foods and replace it with home cooked meals, including fresh vegetables. Instead of feeding children crisps and cookies as snacks, give them fruits that are naturally sweet.

 

 

 

 

The Springbok has been the national emblem for rugby for the last 103 years.  Unfortunately it was decided that this is not acceptable anymore and it will change this month.

The Springbok, our pride and passion, will now be moved to the right of the rugby jersey and will not at ALL be on the jacket and tie worn by rugby players.  This is not good, bacause our pride and passion should feature on our chest, over our hearts…

Therefor the whole of South Africans rugby supporters decided to show how unhappy they are about this decision and will have a SPRINGBOK day on the 1st of December 2008.  Could everyone please wear anything that has the Sprongbok logo on, whether it is ‘n jersey, tie, scarf, hat or even blanket. 

Wear it to work, school, parliament or where ever you will be.  Lets all stand together and let everyone know how passionate we are as a country.  A silent protest for the whole world to see..

Ek het vanmiddag die koerant gelees, net soos duisende van julle ook seker gedoen het.  Vir daardie van julle wat nie die koerant gelees het nie, ek het slegte nuus vir julle.  Die sport departement van die regering (as dit is wat julle dit wil noem) het toe vandag vergader en ‘n besluit is geneem dat die protea as nasionale embleem aangeneem moet word en sal van nou af ALLEEN op die linkerkant van die rugby trui pronk (oeps, nee, net ‘n Springbok kan pronk, ek glo nie ‘n protea kan dit doen nie…)

Daar is glo ‘n ingewing gemaak waar die Springbok vir publisiteit doeleindes gebruik kan word, maar mag nie meer op die hart van die rugbyspeler wees nie.  Wat ‘n hartseer dag.   Ek voel so na aan trane dit is net nie waar nie.

Hoe kan jy ‘n klein trotse bokkie blameer vir dinge wat mense in die verlede gedoen het?  Wat is die probleem?  Ons almal as Suid-Afrikaners is tog trots om Suid-Afrikaans te wees, om Springbokke rugby te sien speel.  

Dit voel ook asof ons nie aangehoor word nie.  Ons is gevra hoe ons as rugbyondersteuners voel oor die Springbok en of ons dit wil laat uitsterf, en ons wil nie.  Daar is duisende mense net op Facebook wat laat hoor het hulle wil die Springbok behou, om nie eers te praat van al die ander mense regoor die wereld nie. 

Wel.  Dit is seker die hartseerste dag in my lewe.  Dit voel of my hart dood is, of ek nie krag het om meer rugby te kyk nie.  Dit voel asof ‘n trots om ‘n Springbok te word dood is in een oomblik, met die uitspreek van een sin.  Wat nou gemaak?  Wat gaan nou van ons rugbytrots word?

Ek hoop ons kan aangaan en die veranderinge aanvaar, soos die res van die veranderinge wat reeds ingestel is die afgelope jare. 

Sterkte Bokke en mag julle Saterdag wen, julle laaste wedstryd as Bokke wen en op ‘n hoogtepunt afsluit.  Go BOKKE!!

This is the second on the vitamin B complex and the scientific name for vitamin B2 is riboflavin.  Just like the other B complex vitamins this one is also a water-soluble.  The minimum daily recommended intake for men is 1.6 mg while it is 1.2 mg for a woman.  This guide is a minimum guide, so you can take more than this if you need to.

Vitamin B2 has very important roles to fulfil in our daily lives.  It helps us in many aspects including our bodies to grow and breaking down protein, fat and carbohydrate.  Vitamin B2 also helps us to maintain healthy looking skin, strong nails and hair as well as speed up the healing of our wounds.  Lastly, it also helps with anti body production, the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen through the whole body and it helps to absorb iron.  Taking too much of vitamin B2 doesn’t have a negative influence or any recorded symptoms, because the vitamin dissolves in water and any excess is excreted by urine.

Not taking enough vitamin B2 can cause irritation and redness of the eyes, itching mucous membranes as well as itching skin, cracks and sores in the corners of the mouth, poor digestion, burning sore feet as well as hair loss.  The biggest enemy of vitamin B2 is sensitivity towards light.

The best sources of vitamin B2 can be found in foods including milk, eggs, cheese, liver, yeast, fish, green leafy vegetables, whole grains as well as nuts.  Store these foods in cool dry places and keep it out of direct sunlight.  Take this vitamin B2 together with the rest of the vitamin B complex to get the best result and remember to see the vitamin as one whole.

An important note to remember is that when you need to produce a high level of energy, you need to take in more vitamin B2.  Vitamin B2 is one of the most important nutrients when it comes to producing energy, whether it is playing, working or just exercising.  So please remember to make sure you take enough vitamin B2 every day when you are using up energy, because you will use up your supply during the day.

Vitamins need to be taken every day, not just once in a while.  Your body needs these vitamins to function every single day, so make sure you eat a healthy as well as a balanced diet, taking in all the vitamins and minerals.  Eat good, look good and you will feel great.