Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 15, 2010, 3:00 am
The Milk Tart, still warm out of the oven .... although I think it tastes best served slightly chilled. I have a very dear friend from my childhood called Di. We’ve been friends for so many years n...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 13, 2010, 2:00 am
We were extremely lucky that the car didn't roll as it swerved out of control on 3 wheels ....... Two weekend's ago, when my mother-in-law was still visiting us from the UK, we decided to go ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 11, 2010, 2:00 am
This tart is great served either hot or cold, and seems to taste even better the following day ! This is a great lunch dish and can be served either hot or cold. It does take some time to put togethe...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 9, 2010, 2:00 am
Tanzanian taxi's are usually beautifully decorated & often showcase things such as the taxi owner's favourite sports team or musician The majority of Tanzanian taxi's (or 'dala dala&#...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 7, 2010, 2:00 am
Great eaten on it's own fresh from the oven - or with a filling ... or even toasted - this recipe for Peanut Butter bread is a winner all round ! This peanut butter bread is more like a cake-y br...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 5, 2010, 2:00 am
Kilimanjaro viewed from the bottom of the farm - well, she's just peeking out of the clouds in this pic ! Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll last month, which I put up to see how long reader...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 3, 2010, 2:00 am
These 'Sweet & Soup Pineapple Pork Chops' are lovely served on a bed of noodles with some stir-fried veggies on the side I know that pork features quite a lot on this blog - as I've menti...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Mar 1, 2010, 2:00 am
The village of Pangani, as seen after crossing the river when you first arrive Expanding a little on my two posts last week about my recent trip to the Tanzanian coastal town/area of Pangani, I thoug...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 27, 2010, 2:00 am
The double storey beach house has both an upstairs and a downstairs (pictured above) veranda .... we chose to have breakfast downstairs each day. I love the wooden shutters throughout the house .... ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 25, 2010, 2:00 am
We'll pass the Usambara Mountains (home of the African Violet flower) and lots and lots of sisal plantations ..... (the plants which produce a stiff fibre used for making rope/twine) Before leavi...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 23, 2010, 2:00 am
Well, 'Food, Fun & Farm Life !' temporarily became 'Food, Fun & Sea Life !' as I spent the last week on Tanzania's beautiful coastline ...... taking lots of photo's of interest...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 16, 2010, 2:00 am
'The Black Pearl' - a motorized dhow fishing boat pictured off Tanzania's coastline (who's on board ?!) Just popped in to tell you that I'm not on the farm at the moment ... when ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 14, 2010, 2:00 am
The photo's above are a selection which have been published on the blog over the course of the past two years of our farm house in different light/seasons/angles - the house & it's location wi...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 12, 2010, 2:00 am
Staff on standby at our airstrip with the water bowser and aircraft fuel Due to the large size of our farm (3500 acres) our crops are often sprayed by air. There've also been times when we've...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 10, 2010, 2:00 am
As pictured above - take 4 chicken breasts (flatten slightly if you like - place under plastic film and beat with a meat mallet or rolling pin) .... and place a thick slice of Cheddar (or other) chees...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 8, 2010, 2:00 am
The farm house has been a hive of activity this past week, as we prepare for my mother-in-law's arrival There’s great excitement in our house at the moment, because in a mere 2 days time, my mo...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 6, 2010, 2:00 am
The original recipe calls for Apricot jam, but I used Strawberry jam instead I have no idea who ‘Ouma Ellen’ is, but I can tell you that the word ‘Ouma’ means ‘Granny’ in the South Africa...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 4, 2010, 2:00 am
I took the title of this blog post from Ernest Hemingway’s book of the same name (which is actually a collection of short stories) as it seemed fitting for the photo’s I wanted to show you today. ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 2, 2010, 1:51 pm
As the blog approaches it's 2nd anniversary, I thought it would be fun to put another poll up for readers to vote in - I think the last poll I put up was about 2 years ago ! This will also help t...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Feb 2, 2010, 2:00 am
Marmite - as the slogan goes - you either love it, or you hate it ! These Cheese & Marmite balls melt in the mouth with salty, buttery deliciousness ! This recipe is one I’ve been making since I ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 31, 2010, 2:00 am
In last Saturday's post, I mentioned that we had to take a trip to fetch 'something special', and that I'd keep you all posted. Well .... here's what the 'something special'...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 29, 2010, 2:00 am
This festive ruby coloured Strawberry Topping for Cheesecake went down well on Christmas day (sorry about the poor picture quality on this one - it was snapped in a great hurry, in poor light !) On C...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 26, 2010, 3:17 pm
It's been so hot here on the farm lately - with hot winds blowing & the sun beating down fiercely all day (we are so close to the equator here that the sun even feels different - and hotter - to h...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 25, 2010, 2:00 am
This 'Bottomless' Chicken Pie is great served with a salad as a light meal ..... This is a quick & easy recipe for chicken pie. I’ve used chicken breast meat in this recipe (pictured above)...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 23, 2010, 2:00 am
... coolerboxes filled with beer, wine and soft drinks and snacks - biltong, fat free hummus with breadsticks and chips and dips. The cold spread/main meal (which I served on the veranda) consisted ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 21, 2010, 2:00 am
These Cheese & Herb scones taste delicious served fresh out of the oven with lashings of butter ! Scones are always so quick and easy to make, and I tend to make them several times a month, at least ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 19, 2010, 2:00 am
A bowl full of ..... comments ! (My daughter holding the bowl of comments yesterday - just before picking the winner out) Thank you all so much for leaving your comments and entering the ‘draw’ t...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 17, 2010, 2:00 am
These melt-in-the-mouth Custard Powder Cookies are simple to make, and are ready in just 15 minutes .... What with all the excitement of the recent festive season and being away on safari, I haven’...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 15, 2010, 2:00 am
A collection of traditional Maasai beaded and bone items which I purchased at the Ngorongoro Crater recently - read on to find out more about them ! I know that there are many of you who read this bl...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 13, 2010, 2:00 am
(If you'd like to read the first two posts about this safari, you can read Part 1 over here, and Part 2 over here). I took the photo above from the wooden veranda deck off the main lodge lounge. T...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 11, 2010, 2:00 am
(You can read Part 1 of this safari over here). The lodge which we stayed at on our recent safari to the Ngorongoro Crater was the 'Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge' (you can see the official we...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 9, 2010, 2:00 am
You have to pass through the town of Karatu, above, to reach the Ngorongoro Crater/Conservation Area I have so many photos of our recent safari to the Ngorongoro Crater - and it is just such a magnif...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 7, 2010, 2:00 am
We decided to take a break over New Year and go away to the African bush for a few nights. Er .... well, let me rephrase that sentence - I decided that if I didn't book for us to go away somewhere...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Jan 4, 2010, 2:30 pm
Baboons seen near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area park gate over the weekend I'm back from a wonderful safari ! We had a great time .... relaxing, eating (far too much !) and enjoying time spent...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 31, 2009, 11:00 pm
Mt Meru viewed from our farm last week To all my wonderful blog readers, a very 'Happy New Year' to you ! Thanks for reading my blog - the whole year through .... From kitten rescues to bab...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 30, 2009, 2:00 am
Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania - I took this photo in October last year, & am returning to the area to see 2010 in ! I’m just posting quickly to let you all know that I won’t be around much u...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 28, 2009, 12:01 pm
Did you think I'd disappeared underneath a pile of Christmas wrapping paper ? Floated away on a sea of brandy sauce ? Sorry I haven't posted since Christmas day, but I've been enjoying som...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 24, 2009, 10:00 pm

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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 24, 2009, 2:00 am
Christmas table setting from when we celebrated Christmas with my parents before we left South Africa last month Tonight it’s Christmas Eve ! (And – by the title of this blog post, can you tell ...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 22, 2009, 2:00 am
My friend E. (who does so much for neglected animals here) stayed over with clients in our guest house over the weekend, and I took these festive cupcakes around for her with a Christmas card one even...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 20, 2009, 2:00 am
This creamy Leek & Potato soup is a meal in itself .... I spoke about the Leek & Potato Soup which I made for dinner the other night in my blog post over here. We’ve been having some cool, rainy we...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 18, 2009, 2:00 am
The 'main' road leading from our farm to the city, above (before it meets the tar) - is lined with ..... green. The entrance to our farm - below - welcome ! See that patch of water on the road...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 16, 2009, 2:00 am
I used pink icing for these as I had no red in the house - but I still think that they have a pretty, festive feel to them - don't you ?! What is a home without a fully laden cookie jar (or in ou...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 14, 2009, 2:30 am
The animal print Christmas cracker in the foreground is handmade here in Tanzania. The red & green foil covered cracker in the background is made in South Africa (I have my friend Shannon in Texas to...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 12, 2009, 2:30 am
If you're looking for some Christmas meal inspiration, I've put together some of my favourite recipes for festive meal ideas from last year for you to browse through ....... The 'Cheese &...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 10, 2009, 7:34 am
It's been raining again .... every day, in fact - I love the rain ... and the damp, misty coolness which it brings .... the view above was taken from our bedroom window this morning .... Below, y...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 8, 2009, 2:00 am
Christmas for me is a very traditional time of year and because of this, you'll find the same things on my Christmas table year in and year out. I do experiment with a couple of new recipes each y...
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 6, 2009, 9:42 am
Have been busily preparing the old farm house for yet another Christmas .... dusting off the boxed Christmas decorations, draping the tinsel and decorating the tree ...... above is our front door .......
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Lynda posted an article on Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa - Dec 3, 2009, 5:23 am
We've been having some lovely rain lately ..... some much needed, life giving rain. (Everything was so dry before I left 2 months ago - you can see photo's of my Winter garden taken then, over...
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