Roasted Carrot, Pink Lentil & Cumin Soup (Vegan, gluten free)

Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 1hr 20 min Ingredients 4 tblsp olive oil 2 Teaspoons cumin seeds 1 finely chopped onion 2 large cloves crushed garlic 2cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated 2 stalks celery finely chopped 1 cup Pink Lentils, rinsed and drained 500g Large Carrots, peeled and cut into medium…

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Coriander, Almond & Lemon Pesto

Making pesto is a perfect way of preserving your home grown produce into a versatile, healthy and tasty condiment which tastes great on just about anything. Loaded with antioxidants Ingredients 1 tightly packed cup packed Fresh coriander, washed and dried ¼ cup Toasted nuts – Any toasted or fresh nuts will do, We use almonds…

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Stoneground Flour Seed Bread

Prep time: 10 minutes Rising Time: 40 to 60 minutes depending on ambient temperature Baking time: 1 hour Ingredients 5 cups wholemeal stoneground flour 1 packet instant yeast ¼ cup linseeds ½ cup sunflower seeds ½ cup pumpkin seeds 2 teaspoons unrefined salt(Himalayan or unrefined sea salt) 3 cups warm water Method Prepare a large…

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Stoneground Flour White Bread Recipe

Half Recipe For Rolls Use 500g. Half Recipe For Rolls Use 500g. 1kg white bread flour – need cup measurement 10g instant yeast – one packet (check measurement) 20g salt – need tblsp measure 40g sugar –( replace with honey) maybe 30g 2 tblsp? , dissolved in warm water and need tblsp measure 700ml luke…

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Chocolate & Hazelnut Cake

Cake Ingredients: 60 ml cocoa powder 300g cake flour 440g castor sugar 1 teaspoon instant coffee 1 cup milk 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 250g butter Cube the butter and melt in a small saucepan over low heat, remove from the heat and cool Sieve the flour, baking powder, cocoa & coffee into a…

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Chef Carl Moller’s Baked Hake

This is a perfect dinner party main course, quite a few of the elements can be pre prepared making plating up a breeze, plating up steps shown step by step too. Hake is on the Sassi green list and is quite an under rated table fish. Roasted Tomato Peri Peri 3 medium sized ripe tomatoes…

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Heads held high: Raffia Palms of Kosi Forest

If you take a trip to Kosi forest lodge you will have the privilege of seeing the giant Raffia Palms, with their heads proudly held high above the other indigenous trees in the forests. Raffia Palms are the largest palms in the world, and can grow to a towering height of 25m. Their leaves can…

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Majestic Baobabs at Tsowa Safari Island

Dr Sharon Grussendorff is inspired by the great Baobabs of Tsowa Safari Island and writes about their mysterious beauty. As humans we can learn so much from trees – especially from Baobabs the beauty and dignity of old age. Baobab trees are incredible trees that can live as long as 3 000 years! The older they…

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Sustainable and Ethical Souvenir Ideas to Remember Your Safari Adventures

Kylee Ryers, guest writer, offers some helpful insights on how to choose souvenirs that have a positive impact on the environment and communities around Isibindi Africa Lodges. Feature image above by Teagan Cunniffe and published in Getaway Magazine. Famed literary author, Ernest Hemingway, once said that he had never known a morning in Africa where he did…

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