Campervan Cooking – Simply Stroganoff
Ingredients 500 grams sirloin 1 and a half cups of red wine 1 Onion Green/Yellow Peppers 250mls of fresh cream Cherry tomatoes Salt and pepper Dried Parsley Method The sirloin is to be cut into strips and marinated in the red wine for about 45 minutes to an hour. In an electric frying pan (heat […]
Campervan Cooking – From The Sea
Ingredients: 4 medium crayfish (to remove the entrails, break off one of the feelers and insert the thick end into the rear of crayfish, twist and pull, this should remove the entrails) Mussels (make sure all are cleaned and de-bearded, keep in fresh water until ready for barbequing.) Remove all mussels that are already open […]
Campervan Cooking – Mussel Chowder
Ingredients: Fresh mussels in shells 1 chopped onion Small can of coconut cream 1 and a half cups of white wine Dried parsley ( for colour) Butter for cooking (half a tablespoon) Salt/pepper Method: Put your pot on stove or gas cooker and heat up. Add the butter and melt. To the butter add the […]
Campervan Cooking – Bush Bread
Since I’m baking on a Cadac Safari Chef, I’ll be using a simple and basic bread recipe. The method and ingredients are the bare minimum for baking bread. Feel free to spice up your bread by adding all sorts of yummy stuff like olives, sun dried tomatoes, herbs and spices or even cheese. Your imagination […]
Cintsa Beach Walk
It was another lazy Saturday afternoon in Cintsa. Tina was indulging in a siesta so I decided to take the dogs for a leisurely beach walk. One of the most appealing things about Cintsa is the pristine sandy beach that follows the curve of the bay for miles. Tina and I had noticed an astonishing […]
Bird Watching at Cintsa on the South African Wild Coast
I have been an avid birder for many years, in fact, since a family trip to the Kruger National Park in the Eighties where I identified my first bird. It happened to be an Arrow Marked Babbler. I don’t usually keep score and seldom make notes in my book as to first sightings or other […]
Tips for Campervan Traveling
When we started our year long campervan trip around South Africa, we were absolute novices. Neither of us had ever slept in a campervan, let alone driven one, until we spent a sum total of two nights in our van on a test run to Stellenbosch. So we had to rely on our years of […]
Cintsa Tides
While staying at Cintsa Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa during February and March, I was fascinated by the rock formation and erosion of the Table Mountain Sand Stone caused by the wave action in the tidal zone. I decided to explore the process visually using a combination of time lapse photography and […]
Campervan Cooking – Blanketed Beef
Recipe About 500g of fillet Olive oil Parmesan cheese (grated or dry). For the blanket 3 cups brown bread wheat flour 1 cup tepid water 1 teaspoon dried yeast Salt (one teaspoon) Method Add 3 cups of flour to a mixing bowl, add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix in to the dry ingredients. In […]
Campervan Cooking – Chutney Mango Curry
Chutney Mango Curry Ingredients: 850g sirloin cubed 2 onions (finely chopped) 1 tin mangos with juice Nomu organic curry rub Crushed chilles Peach mango chutney Salt/pepper Olive oil for cooking Method: Pour a tablespoon of olive oil into the pot. Add the chopped onions and sweat. After about 5 minutes, add your cubed sirloin and […]
Cintsa Beach Walk
It was another lazy Saturday afternoon in Cintsa. Tina was indulging in a siesta so I decided to take the dogs for a leisurely beach walk. One of the most appealing things about Cintsa is the pristine sandy beach that follows the curve of the bay for miles. Tina and I had noticed an astonishing […]
