Garlic Peri Peri Pork

You can serve the left over cooked sauce as a gravy poured over the fillet

I usually use this Garlic Peri Peri sauce for chicken, but it works just as well with pork fillet or chops.

I use pork fillet because it is one of the better cuts we can get here, but you could use a different cut of meat if you prefer (chops, steaks ….)


Garlic Peri Peri Pork

500 gm piece of lean Pork fillet
1 tbsp Peri Peri sauce
3 tbsp Tomato Sauce (Ketchup)
1 heaped tsp Garlic, crushed
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 tbsp Olive Oil

Whisk all ingredients together until well blended. Pour over the pork fillet and turn so that both sides are coated. Roast at Gas mark 5/190’C/375’F for around 30 – 40 minutes, turning frequently and basting with the sauce until cooked through.

Visitors, Bolognese, Bath Soap and .... Bed !

This photo (taken today) shows the area between our house & the farm workshops - Kilimanjaro lies just behind that cloud !

Walking from the Guest Cottage, through the workshops, to the area in the first photo

It’s been a busy day on the farm today. We had the owner of the company my husband works for out from Europe, along with the General Manager of the Tanzanian operation with his wife and 3 children. We all get along really well though, so it was a lovely day with the kids all playing together and the adults catching up.

After early morning tea, coffee and biscuits, I served lunch out on the veranda for all of us (9 in total). I made Fettuccini with a Bolognese sauce and a second cheese, ham and onion sauce and served that with fresh bread rolls and a large salad. For pudding I made an Apricot crumble with custard, and the kids had ice cream !

After lunch we had tea and coffee again and in the late afternoon we all went for a short walk on the farm, around to the guest cottage and back again before everyone left to go home.

So, I am quite tired now after all the cooking and talking and catching up on town gossip (!!). I was spoiled today with a set of gorgeous Marks & Spencer Vanilla and Cocoa Butter bath soaps, and the latest “Hello” magazine …. so I am now heading off for a nice hot bath (it has been freezing cold here today) and to snuggle in bed and read my “Hello”, so……. goodnight, all - see you tomorrow :)

Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

A refreshing & nutritious smoothie always hits the spot !

Smoothies are a quick, easy and nutritious way to get your daily fruit or vegetable servings down. I must admit that I rarely make vegetable smoothies, and that the fruit smoothies I make almost always contain bananas, as they blend well and add a thick, creamy texture to the drink.

I must admit that I don’t ever drink smoothies myself. Why ? because I’d far rather EAT my calories than DRINK them … ha ha ! But I often make smoothies for my husband and daughter (usually as an ‘after lunch’ treat) with a nifty hand blender my Mum bought for me when I was weaning my daughter and making all my own fruit/veg/meat puree’s for her. It’s become a kitchen ‘essential’ of mine ever since. (Who wants to use – and clean – a bulky food processor every time, anyway ?!)

Smoothies usually contain ice, but we never keep ice in the house due to the fact that it has to be made with bottled water (what a fiddle !) and also because my freezers are usually both packed full of meat and food products and I don’t want to ‘waste’ space by filling them with ice. You could add some ice cubes to the mixture though, if you wanted to.

So, here is my very simple, very tasty Peanut Butter and Banana Smoothie recipe -:


Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

1 large Banana
1 heaped tsp Honey
2 heaped tsp Peanut Butter
½ cup natural (plain) Yogurt
¼ cup Milk
1 tsp Honey (for garnishing)

Place all the ingredients in a blender, and mix until smooth & thick. (It helps if the bananas, yogurt and milk are ice cold.) Garnish with a second teaspoon of honey drizzled over the surface. Enjoy !