Colleen G.

Followers
8 Blog Followers
Following:
Following Blogs: 3

Latest Activity

FAIRVIEW WINE AND CHEESE FARM - VISIT BY BLOGGERS

Colleen G. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2010, 6:21 pm
Hello blogland, long time no see.....life has been rather hectic for me lately. Lots of exciting food competitions, meeting lovely new people, being interviewed by others, and being invited to Fairview Wine Farm was just the cherry on top.   A couple of weeks ago 12 bloggers were invited ...
Comment - Like

NEWS, CHALLENGES AND BLOG EVENTS

Colleen G. posted an article on - Aug 3, 2010, 6:40 am
Greetings blogland from a sunny corner of my little world. We have had some cold fog the last two days but Mr Sun seems to be winning the battle at the moment and it's delicious to feel the warmth of it! For Auntie Halfpint and all those other lovely folk here who follow the Jay story, here i...
Comment - Like

VERLAQUE FINALIST - MANDARIN DUCK BREAST WITH CITRUS GINGER SOY GLAZE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2010, 3:58 pm
I am very honoured and thrilled to have been chosen as one of the six finalists in the Verlaque Recipe Challenge       My recipe for Mandarin Duck Breasts with Citrus Ginger Soy Glaze was selected out of the three recipes that I submitted for the challenge. The photogra...
Comment - Like

VERLAQUE RECIPE CHALLENGE RHUBARB CHERRY & POMEGRANATE COBBLER WITH A VERLAQUE TWIST

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 23, 2010, 6:05 pm
My final entry into the Verlaque Recipe Challenge is a dessert that I have been trying to find ingredients for. Struck it lucky on Wednesday when I found the cherries and then the rhubarb at the food market. RHUBARB POMEGRANATE & CHERRY COBBLER WITH A TWIST (Developed and tested by browniegir...
Comment - Like

VERLAQUE RECIPE CHALLENGE PART 2 - MANDARIN DUCK BREAST VERLAQUE WITH GINGER SOY GLAZE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 23, 2010, 6:43 am
  Verlaque Recipe Challenge Part 2 as promised last night. Best I get this blog post up before my two little tornadoes arrive for the afternoon and night....its a double bill Pinky Friday today for brownieboy and I. Definitely no baking will be done, not with the monster Jaybird in residence...
Comment - Like

VERLAQUE RECIPE CHALLENGE - VERLAQUED DUCK BREAST WITH ROAST FIG & BLACKBERRY CHUTNEY

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 22, 2010, 3:11 pm
I must say that I am loving these foodie challenges that some companies are issuing. It is really forcing me to think about creating new and exciting recipes and I am finding that I am really thoroughly enjoying the developing, creating and testing of my thought processes. With fabulous product...
Comment - Like

TWO YEARS ON...

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 17, 2010, 6:02 pm
Two years today 17 July.....when I look back on them I cannot believe how much has happened and where I am now. Two years since I first hit that create post button for the first time and had an adrenaline rush as my first blog post disappeared momentarily and then re-appeared magically before my eye...
Comment - Like

I WON! I WON THE WOOLWORTHS CLEMENGOLD CHALLENGE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 12, 2010, 7:08 am
Just a quick post to let you all know that my entry was chosen as the winning entry in the Woolworths Clemengold Recipe Challenge.   Thank you Woolworths, Taste magazine and ClemenGold for the opportunity to enter this exciting recipe challenge and a massive thank you to all th...
Comment - Like

WIN A R2000 GIFT VOUCHER WITH WOOLWORTHS AND CLEMENGOLD

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 6, 2010, 8:41 am
    Yesterday the Woolies Clemengold Blogger Recipe Challenge  went live on the Woolworths SA facebook page so that means that the voting is open for you to go and choose your favorite.      What you need to do to vote for the&n...
Comment - Like

R2000 Woolworths Voucher up for grabs to one lucky voter in the Clemengold Blogger Recipe Challenge

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 5, 2010, 4:42 pm
We were notified this afternoon that the Clemengold Woolies Blogger Recipe Challenge is up on the Woolworths SA facebook page and that voting is now open.  What you need to do to vote for the recipe that you think deserves to be the winner of this challenge is the following   1....
Comment - Like

CLEMENGOLD EASY PEELERS BLOGGERS CHALLENGE - A WARM ASIAN SALAD OF PRAWNS, CLEMENGOLD AND NOODLES

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jul 2, 2010, 2:36 pm
I was one of five bloggers recently selected by Taste Magazine and Woolworths for the Clemengold Easy Peelers Bloggers Challenge. The mission......to create a recipe for the exclusive Woolworths brand Clemengold - a rather posh "naartjie" that peels very easily (and they really d...
Comment - Like

BLOGROLL - HOW TO REMOVE BLOGS

Colleen G. posted an article on - Jun 21, 2010, 10:01 am
Hi there blogland, I trust that you are all keeping well and warm. Can you believe that today is already Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year? From tomorrow our days will slowly start lengthening and before we know it Spring will arrive!! Where has this year gone?   BB and I h...
Comment - Like

CATCH UP ON LITTLE JAY'S EYES FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED

Colleen G. posted an article on - May 19, 2010, 7:00 pm
Hello to you all blogland.   I am just popping in to keep all those who have been following with interest the story of Baby Jay's eyes in the loop.   Just to fill you all in....my second grandson Jay was born 2 years ago with congenital cataracts in both eyes and also a con...
Comment - Like

JUST TO SAY I HAVE MOVED OVER TO THE EXCITING NEW TASTE FORUM ON LETTERDASH

Colleen G. posted an article on - May 7, 2010, 7:48 pm
Good morning blogland, it is the early hours of Saturday morning here and I am listening to the chorus of the happy frogs outside my study window. Sounds wonderfully soothing... I am agitated and not able to sleep. About half an hour ago we were robbed of almost all our savings via atm. When th...
Comment - Like

SALTED CARAMEL AND VANILLA SPONGE CAKE RECIPE - AND GOODBYE TO ALL

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 30, 2010, 11:27 am
Today is misty and rather chilly this side of the mountain. Perfect browniegirl weather for being in the kitchen. I decided to bake my regular go to cake recipe that I have blogged about previously. It is such an easy to bake cake and requires hot milk and oil rather than butter. This time I decided...
Comment - Like

WARMING SPICY CARROT GINGER AND HONEY SOUP - A HOMEMADE RECIPE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 28, 2010, 7:40 am
Its turned chilly quite suddenly again today....we are totally befogged this side of the mountain so I thought this the ideal time to tell you about my soups that I have been making.  I have been ill with a strain of flu that really loves me being its host and I was finding it so pers...
Comment - Like

MONDAY MORNING HYSTERIA

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 26, 2010, 6:05 am
I was going to do a boring post on soups that I have made during the last few weeks while I have been laid low with the most awful flu.....but thanx to granny I am now laughing so hysterically that I cannot bear to write about SOUP!!   Please do yourselves a favour and go and read he...
Comment - Like

MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED SQUID - SILWOOD SCHOOL OF COOKERY RECIPE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 15, 2010, 7:08 am
As promised here is the first recipe from my cooking evening with Le Creuset and Silwood Kitchen - this recipe for Mediterranean Stuffed Squid is easy to do (and faily quick if you have your rice already cooked & your peppers roasted) and it makes a lovely starter or main meal. I would love to play ...
Comment - Like

MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED SQUID - SILWOOD SCHOOL OF COOKERY RECIPE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 15, 2010, 7:08 am
As promised here is the first recipe from my cooking evening with Le Creuset and Silwood Kitchen - this recipe for Mediterranean Stuffed Squid is easy to do (and faily quick if you have your rice already cooked & your peppers roasted) and it makes a lovely starter or main meal. I would love to play ...
Comment - Like

AN EVENING WITH LE CREUSET & SILWOOD KITCHEN

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 13, 2010, 1:19 pm
Co-ordinating/organizing the first SA Food Bloggers Conference has had some wonderful spin-offs for me including a fantastic opportunity to spend an evening cooking at Silwood Kitchen Cookery School in Rondebosch. I was invited by Le Creuset SA as part of a small group to go and do an evening&n...
Comment - Like

SOUTH AFRICAN FOOD BLOGGERS SHOWCASE - BECOME A FAN

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 8, 2010, 9:01 am
Good afternoon blogland, Trust that you are all enjoying a magnificent day....here in Cape Town it is absolutely glorious. Clear skies, sunny weather, I dont smell any braaiing meat but all is good in brownieville. The weather is fabulously cooler, I have been hauling out the winter woolies and l...
Comment - Like

THE ALL NEW SOUTH AFRICAN FOOD BLOGGERS NETWORK ON FACEBOOK

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 6, 2010, 7:08 pm
  This is a call to all FOOD & WINE BLOGGERS.   If you fit the following criteria then you qualify to apply to belong to the newly formed South African Food Bloggers' Network - a group for like minded people to share ideas and inspiration, showcase your ...
Comment - Like

CHICKEN ADRIENNE - EASY BAKED CHICKEN RECIPE WITH VERLAQUE BALSAMIC REDUCTION

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 6, 2010, 9:22 am
I made the tastiest baked chicken dish on the weekend so here I am to tell you all about it. I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend and didn't OD on the chocolates that the bunny dropped off. We had a lovely laid back weekend that involved lots of family, eating, laughing, clowning a...
Comment - Like

CAPE MALAY PICKLED FISH - A RECIPE FOR GOOD FRIDAY

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 2, 2010, 8:26 pm
I adore eating pickled fish. The Cape Malay style of pickled fish that is. Beautifully aromatic with masala and whole spices, slightly sweet, slightly tangy, firm white flesh, bright yellow onion rings. YUMYUM!! This fabulous dish has been on my foodie bucket list of 100 things to cook or ...
Comment - Like

GOOD FRIDAY 2010

Colleen G. posted an article on - Apr 1, 2010, 7:26 pm
They took Jesus away. Carrying his cross, Jesus went out to the place called Skull Hill (the name in Hebrew is Golgotha), where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote a sign and had it placed on the cross. It read:    jesus t...
Comment - Like

SA FOOD BLOGGERS CONFERENCE PART 2

Colleen G. posted an article on - Mar 26, 2010, 10:04 am
Contrary to what Douglas thinks (see previous post comments) I am not resting or relaxing :o)  No, no, been very busy in fact cleaning up after the conference. People to see, people to thank (sponsors and guests), I have almost 1,300 emails to wade through......places to go! Ty had his fungym s...
Comment - Like

SA FOOD BLOGGERS CONFERENCE 2010 - PART 1

Colleen G. posted an article on - Mar 23, 2010, 5:51 am
Good morning blogland, the conference is finally behind us and life can go on as before :o) Definitely better for you than Champagne & Botox :o)   What an amazing experience! I am thrilled at how it all turned out and I think everyone there thoroughly enjoyed their day. I personall...
Comment - Like

ITS ALMOST SUNDAY!!!

Colleen G. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2010, 6:05 pm
Good evening blogland from an embarrassed browniegirl...its been so long since I've been to visit any of you and I think its high time that I start finding my way around again. The busy time is almost over....I hope you have not forgotten me :o(    Life is chaotic but I see light...
Comment - Like

ITS ALMOST SUNDAY!!!

Colleen G. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2010, 6:05 pm
Good evening blogland from an embarrassed browniegirl...its been so long since I've been to visit any of you and I think its high time that I start finding my way around again. The busy time is almost over....I hope you have not forgotten me :o(    Life is chaotic but I see light...
Comment - Like

BOOKINGS CLOSE TODAY FOR SA FOOD BLOGGERS CONFERENCE

Colleen G. posted an article on - Mar 17, 2010, 6:17 am
Good morning everyone, life remains hectic here, but come Monday the conference will be behind me and I will be able to get back to blogging for real....mind you I might be suffering from such an anti climactic feeling that I might have to just stay flat on my back with a good book for the day :o) ...
Comment - Like

Colleen G.'s Blogs:

Colleen G.'s Followers

Colleen G. is Following

Invite Your Friends

Invite your contacts to blogged from:
gmail yahoo