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The notorious Gulab Jamun that got me many enemies

The notorious Gulab Jamun that got me many enemies…haha!

Still remains one of my favorite Indian treats. What’s your favorite sweetmeat/mithai?

#tamarindnthyme #gulabjamun #indianrecipes #southafricancooking #inmykitchen

When my friend sends me this cute pic. #tamarind

When my friend sends me this cute pic.

#tamarindnthyme #friendshipgoals

“Happy are those who take life day by day, compl

“Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very little, and are thankful for the small things in life”

Life is too short to be miserable so start today with a smile and a grateful heart. Know that every new day is a chance to begin again.

#happiness #grateful #thankfulforanotherday

Hello friends 🤗 I know I’ve hardly been post

Hello friends 🤗

I know I’ve hardly been posting. Hope you are all doing great. Of late I just haven’t been motivated to write. I’m perfectly ok but I think sometimes a little timeout is good.

I’m sure I will be rejuvenated soon and hopefully be back with new content. This is just one of my old but favorite chocolate muffin recipes. It’s on my blog.

#tamarindnthyme #chocolatemuffins #food52grams #easybaking #myopenkitchen

Happy Freedom Day friends 🤗 New recipe up on m

Happy Freedom Day friends 🤗

New recipe up on my blog. Who can resist a good crème brûlée!
It was so good my hubby was hoping nobody wanted theirs so he could eat them all. But he wasn’t that lucky.

The custard looks a bit runny in this pic because our blow torch didn’t work very well and we “burnt” the sugar longer than we should. But I loved how it looked so I kept the pic.

Will post a reel soon. Full Recipe is up on my blog.

#food52grams #cremebrulee #easydesserts #madefromscratch #decadentdesserts

I received a call from a friend that I’ve known

I received a call from a friend that I’ve known for over 20 years and it got me thinking about friendships and how my circle is getting smaller and smaller.

I don’t have many friends I must admit. But I do have a few friends where our friendship spans over years. They are the loyal ones, the ones that will drop everything and help me when I need them. I will do the same for them.

Then I read this and it made so much sense

“You can have a friend, one single friend, whose friendship is so fierce, so fabulously fierce, that you feel like there’s an army behind you. Likewise, you can have many other friends, whose allegiance you are not entirely sure of. You can meet a new friend tomorrow, who rocks into your life rolls up and says “I’m here for you”. And they actually truly are. Yet you can have friends you’ve known and loved for years who can’t show up even for the best of times, never mind the worst. If you’re really lucky, you can have a few of the former, but one is all you really need. Friendship is not a numbers game, it’s a game of instinct, trust yours” - Donna Ashworth

If you have that one fabulously fierce friend cherish them. I know I do (more than one actually) and I’m so grateful.

#friendshipgoals #womeninspiringwomen #loyaltyiseverything

Happy Wednesday friends🤗 I took a little break

Happy Wednesday friends🤗

I took a little break out of respect for my friend. So often we go through life without knowing what’s important to us. We also waste so much precious time on stuff that’s not a priority. The past two weeks all I’ve heard is bad news, I know of at least 5 people that passed on. How fragile is life!

We booked a while back to go away during the Easter weekend. When we arrived at our destination we had beautiful weather and the next couple of days poured with non stop rain. Usually this would dampen my spirits immediately. This time I chose to cherish the quiet time I got to spend with my family and not focus on the weather. I want to embrace everything that feeds my soul and focus on stuff that’s important to me. Life is short and some moments we may never get back.

I was supposed to post this recipe a while back as @rekhalaljith requested it. Here it is finally on my blog. Will post the direct link in my story.

“Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey” - Jack Layton

#tamarindnthyme #tamarindnthymerecipes #breadandbutterpudding #easyrecipes #food52grams #southafricanfoodies #inmykitchen

“Glad you speaking out. I remember you as a shy,

“Glad you speaking out. I remember you as a shy, humble young lady”

This is a comment I received today. Yes I’m still humble but no longer shy.

For those that have been following me will have some idea of how healing has changed me. I feel like I’ve shed the old version of me and this is the new me.

Many women tell me that I’m such a strong woman. I wasn’t a strong woman until I decided it’s what I wanted to be. People also ask me how did you come this far.

I’m going to share with you some things that I did to help me heal:

1. The one thing that helped me in the first year of leaving an abusive relationship was talking about it. I talked about my feelings to a friend I could trust. It’s what got me through my darkest moments.
2. I had many different feelings when I walked away. But I wasn’t afraid to acknowledge those feelings. I was angry, I was sad, even hateful at times.
3. When I started my healing journey I started writing. Many times I trashed my posts because I felt so overwhelmed after writing them. Eventually when I started truly healing I could write about it and although it did make me a little emotional it did get easier.
4. Find a creative outlet, for me cooking was my saving grace and I can honestly say my blog was the biggest “asset” on my healing journey
5.Taking care of myself. Putting on some make up and a decent pair of clothes helped lift my spirit. If I needed some alone time I took it. It’s not selfish, it’s necessary
6. Most of all have a confidante, a friend that listens without judging. I have my best friend who is also a qualified psychologist. Whenever I feel like I need to talk to someone she is my lifeline. When I talk to her I instantly feel better
7. Always know there’s Hope. I live by hope
8. Start accepting yourself just the way you are. This is where you learn to love yourself for who you are and not what others expect you to be. Abuse takes away your self worth but know that your worth is still very much intact you just have to give yourself permission to find it.

Healing is a slow process so be gentle with yourself. You’ve got this.

#tamarindnthyme #healingfromabuse #womenempowerment #takebackyourpower

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