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Magic Pills These days there are pills that claim to get rid of your cellulite, reduce your appetite, metabolise your fat, cleanse your liver and build muscle. Another popular product, JuicePlus+, is supposed to be the next best thing to fruits and vegetables. But do...
Geoff Jansz shows us how to make perfect pizza dough, a fresh tomato base and one of his favourite toppings. He also lets us in on a bit of a trade secret – how to make a professional looking, crusty base. You soak an unglazed terracotta tile in cold water for a...
Crumbles are delicious, warming puddings that fill the kitchen with great aromas and rich flavours, and they don’t have to be stodgy. Geoff’s recipe for rhubarb crumble serves between six and eight people. It’s an excellent dessert to give the family...
Frumenty is a kind of porridge made from wheat boiled in milk. The recipe can be found in Medieval cookbooks, but it’s thought that the dish may even date back to prehistoric times. Although it is one of the oldest dishes in the world, frumenty still makes a...
We’ve all had bad pies with thin, runny fillings. Usually you end up wearing more than you manage to eat. Next time you feel the urge for a freshly baked pie, don’t buy one. Instead, try Geoff’s recipe for a nutritious, crusty, chicken and...
A summer heatwave: mercury rising, relentless heat and no relief in sight. Unless of course you serve your guests a chilled cucumber soup with a yoghurt and mineral water base. This recipe from Geoff Jansz is very hard to beat on a hot day. All the preparations can be...
Cooked or Raw? There are books that praise raw foods and even warn people against cooking vegetables. However, the latest research shows that many of the antioxidants in vegetables are used better by the body if you cook the vegetables first. This rule applies to the...
Cumquats: The French Alternative It’s cumquat eating time! The problem is that cumquats are a bit tart eaten straight from the tree, and although you don’t want to waste your cumquats you might not want to go to the trouble of making cumquat marmalade....
Date and Orange Cake Geoff Jansz shows us how to whip up a sensational date and orange cake. This dessert is simple to make, tastes wonderful and would be perfect to serve at your next dinner party. Ingredients 150g fresh dates, pitted Grated rind and juice of 1...
For a quick and easy meal all you need to do is go to the deli. Buy your favourite dip and some other ingredients that would go with it as well as some deli pasta to whip up Geoff Jansz’s Deli Dip Pasta. Ingredients 125g container of favourite dip (Geoff used...