Feel good food

I realized tonight that making a good meal, or at least one that I enjoy eating, makes me feel good about myself. So tonight's dinner was feel good food. I wll say that there's nothing bad about a meal that starts with this:

That is a bowl of delicious spices and chopped parsley that got turned into some beautiful beef kebabs that we had with a bit of rice, some Bick's pickles and some pickled beets that I whipped together just before Christmas. Here's the recipe. The flavours really hit the spot with me.

Ground beef kebabs

• 1 pound of ground beef (or lamb if you're feeling so inclined)
• 2/3 cup of chopped parsley
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp chili powder

Get 6 to 8 skewers. If you're using bamboo ones, soak them in water. Basically put all the ingredients together in bowl and mix them up making sure the parsley and onion is all evenly distributed.  Then make 6 to 8 evenly sized balls. Go fire up the bbq. Take each ball roll it into a bit of a cylinder then put a skewer through it. Mold the meat onto the skewer by squeezing it a bit. Pop them on a med-heat bbq and cook for about 12 minutes turning them occasionally.

Take 'em off and serve right away with rice, pickles, and even some yogurt dip if you like.

Nothing Beats a Braai at Home.

Going out to dinner is a great way to spend an evening. Having a braai at home? Even better!

S and L treated us to a big braai at their house. (A braai (or braii) is a barbeque.) Off we went to the Fruit and Veg City (where I ate the previously mentioned boerie roll). We bought amazing ostrich sausage and boerwoers. S and L already had a beef filet in the freezer. G wanted to make some salads, so she made a delicious tomato and onion salad, a zuke salad, and a lovely potato salad!

For some reason, I only took a photo of the tomato salad... too many delicious smells were distracting me...


L and S's nanny made G a special treat... sudza! Sudza is like polenta, only a bit stodgier.


It was lovely!

S made a delicious treat... jalapeno's stuffed with feta cheese and grilled on the braai. Oh my. They were soooo tasty. It's something we can definitely make when we have a bbq this year. And the smell of the meat cooking on the braai was absolutely fantastic.


Oh yeah! Smokey meaty goodness.

And it all came together nicely...


Yeah. That was an absolutely delicious meal. I really enjoyed having all the different meats and tastes, and the excellent company! G's family was so generous to us, I don't know how we'll ever make it up to them when they visit here!