The Chocolate Chronicles
Get to know some facts about your favourite sweet treat, chocolate. Like where its from, the different types and how to cook with it.
No bake lamingtons
To make these delicious lamingtons, you don’t need an oven or fancy ingredients. In fact, you may already have most of these staples in your pantry.
Budget cocoa-coated steaks with grilled Mexican peppers
Throw together a Mexican-style extravaganza that is light and fresh with these cocoa hanger steaks with grilled Mexican peppers.
Cocoa puffed rice cereal with honey and vanilla milk
Reinvent the standard supper side dish as a yummy and nutritious brekkies! You can whip up a big batch of this cocoa puffed rice cereal with honey and vanilla milk to enjoy throughout the week.
Cocoa-braised beef cheeks
We highly recommend heading to your local butcher for this recipe! Trying different and more affordable cuts of meat can make for some amazing meals, like these cocoa-braised beef cheeks.
Paleo beetroot brownies
High in taste and low in carbs, these paleo beetroot brownies still have a deliciously sweet taste and are great treats if you’re watching your weight.
Marbled hot chocolate
With things cooling down, it’s time to whisk out the cocoa and hot milk for some delicious hot chocolatey drinks, just like our marbled hot chocolate! This recipe also works well as a cute treat at parties or get-togethers.
Heather’s oat energy balls
MyKitchen editor Heather has a major sweet tooth, so she makes these delicious oat energy balls to get her healthy fill during the week! They’re also great snacks for a little pick-me-up or gym boost.
Ballot Kicherer Badenhorst’s Cocoa-coffee pork loin with chocolate-cranberry sauce
With the relaxed atmosphere of Eikendal’s Cucina di Giovanni and the friendly approach of chef Ballot, you’re in for a treat at this Winelands gem. Ballot showcases his approach to cooking through creative new recipes and taste combinations, grounded in traditional Italian fare. He showed us how it’s done by creating this pork loin just for MK!
Mayan hot chocolate
There isn’t much as comforting as a cup of hot chocolate on a grey winter day. It’s been described as ‘more than a food, less than a drug’, and that definitely rings true for modern chocoholics who have those clever ancient Mayans to thank for transforming ordinary little cacao pods into the scrumptious confectionery we know and love as hot chocolate today. Try this cocoa recipe with a kick of chilli to warm you up.