Preface

For the longest time, I have wanted to compile a Recipe Book with my special recipes and those of family and friends.  Then as with most things in life, change happened and my vision was temporarily shelved until now.

Originally I was going to write a “local” recipe book for Sundays River (our home in South Africa) but subsequently with Pete and I temporarily relocating to Mauritius it has grown into a juicier book including recipes from the diverse cultures of the island.

I have included in this book many great tips I have learnt and gathered over the years.  I hope they will be as helpful to you as they have been for me.

Each recipe in this book is special to the person who made the contribution; so each one has particular meaning and has not just been included because it sounds nice in theory.

At the bottom of every recipe page is a section called User’s Notes where you can jot down any additional information you wish to remember about a specific recipe.

The end of each chapter has blank recipe pages for you to add your own special recipes; so this will truly be The Complete Cook Book.

I hope you enjoy using each recipe with as much hungry enthusiasm in which I received them.

Happy cooking, baking, eating and drinking.

Bon Appétit.

Mandy

PS.  Not all  photographs shown on these blog pages are mine so if any of these images are yours and you don’t want them displayed, send me a mail and I will remove them.

 

Responses

  1. Mandy, thanks so much for visiting my blog. Thank you for your kind words.

    I must say your blog is amazing! What a wonderful job! I look forward to trying your recipes and spending a lot of time here.

    It is so nice to have another friend here in blog world! Have a great day!
    ~Cindy~

    • Hi Cindy

      Thanks so much for your lovely compliments. I am looking forward to sharing with you.

      Have a happy day. :-) Mandy

  2. Hi Mandy!
    I wanted to pay you may compliments for this blog: it’s lovely!! I wish I had enough time to try your recipes, but my 4-month-old son takes all my time (and the rest of it is spent trying to post some recipes on my blog… :P ). I’m brand new to this blog world and I have so much to learn!! Hope we can stay in touch!

    • Hi Rita.
      Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you for your kind words! I am looking forward to sharing with you.
      Congratulations on the birth of your son – I bet it is quite a task trying to fit in everything you want to do in a day :-)
      I just had a look at your blog – it’s fabulous, and I have also signed up for your email updates so I won’t miss out on any of your posts.
      Looking forward to getting to know you better. :-) Mandy

  3. Hi, nice to meet you !

  4. Wow! What an amazing collection! I will definitely be following you to see what new tips I can pick up.

    • Hi Frazzled Foodie, thanks for stopping by. I am looking forward to sharing with you :-)

  5. Mandy – Thank you for visiting my blog and for commenting. Love what you are doing here with yours. I’ll be back, soon and often. Amy http://worldplates.wordpress.com

    • Hi Amy, welcome and thanks for stopping by. I am looking forward to sharing with you. :-)

  6. Hello Mandy – you have a wonderful blog! I am looking forward to working my way through your posts :)

    Thank you for reading and commenting on my new blog – it’s still a work in progress and I have a year’s worth of recipes & posts to transfer, sigh.

    I’ve subscribed to your blog, so I won’t miss your future posts!! Linda

    • Hi Linda, welcome and thanks for stopping by. Thank you too for the lovely compliment – I am looking forward to sharing with you. Good luck with transferring all the recipes. :-)

  7. Hi Mandy, am so pleased I came across your blog. Am already itching to try the banana and choc chip muffins. I love to try recipes from around the world, so yours sound incredibly excting to me. Looking forward to reading more soon, Chica

    • Hi Tanya, welcome and thanks for stopping by. I am looking forward to sharing recipes with you. Enjoy the muffins. :-)

  8. Hi Mandy, Just wanted to say “Congratulations! You have been awarded The Versatile Blogger Award” by Chica Andaluza. Go to http://chicaandaluza.wordpress.com for more details. Love your blog and as part of being awarded it, I am asked to pass it on. Take care, Tanya PS. I only realised after I “awarded it” that you (of course) already have it…don´t think it matters though does it, getting it twice (at least!)

    • Thanks so much for the award Tanya, I really appreciate it! I thoroughly enjoyed reading your 7 facts. :-)

  9. Hi Mandy! I was just looking for other bloggers from Mauritius on the Foodie Blogroll and yours was the only one I found. :-) I’ve just added my blog.
    http://bitesofsweetandspice.wordpress.com/
    You’ve got an amazing blog here! I’m in a mood for new baking adventure today and your recipes are very tempting. :-) This cook book is certainly gonna be very helpful for a beginner like me.

    • Hi Poonam, welcome and thanks for stopping by. My husband and I have return back to South Africa and we are missing the beautiful Mauritius winter! It is terribly cold here at the moment. I am looking forward to sharing with you. Have a happy week. :-)

  10. Wow…what a collection….so amazing..keep up a good work Mandy..

    • Welcome and thanks for stopping by and thank you too for your very kind words. Have a happy day. :-)

  11. Hi Mandy!
    I really like your blog, that’s why I’m passing along to you some awards and a meme. This was really fun for me; I hope you enjoy the experience too. But feel free to accept it or not and/or pass it along to others.
    Here’s the link, http://bluejellybeans.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/awards/
    Have a nice day :)

    • Hi BJB, thanks again for honouring me with so many wonderful awards. I promise to get to putting a post together soon. Have a super day. :-)

  12. I think this is a real excellent blog article.Really getting excited about read more. Many obliged.

  13. Thanks Mandy for the great recipe. I was looking for another South African who was making this with Photo’s and I found yours after 25 searches. This is the way my Ouma used to make them and I have been making them for 25 years now. I put it on my Pinterest page. Thankyou!

    • Hi Therese, welcome and thanks for stopping by. I am thrilled you found what you were looking for on my blog, although you left your commend on my Preface page so I am unsure of which recipe you are referring to. Thank you to for adding it to your Pinterest page – I have no idea how to access that though. Have a super afternoon. :-)

  14. Mandy, great job! I’ve always wanted to learn to make a blog, but alas, I have no talent. :-( I love to cook, have LOADS of recipes, but no knowledge of blogging. Do you give lessons? :-)
    AGAIN, GREAT JOB!!

    • Hi Michelle, welcome and thanks for stopping by. Thank you too for your very kind words. I am sure you are very talented! Blogging is super easy – I am self taught. WordPress is a great platform to use as it seems to be easier to understand than the other platforms available (for me anyway). Sadly I don’t give lessons but why not register a blog with WordPress and see how you get along. They have a wonderful help facility and if you email one of their happiness engineers, they will reply promptly with wonderful advice and ways of sorting out your query. Please let me know if you do start a blog, I would love to follow along. Have a super weekend. :-)

  15. Mandy … Just to let you know, I really like your blog and nominated it for a beautiful blogger award.

    • John, thank you again for the great honour of nominating me for such a great award! As promised, I will pay the love forward ASAP. :-)

  16. Just popping by to let you know that I have awarded you the One Lovely Blogger Award :D
    Much deserved and congratulations my friend!
    Check it out here: http://gobakeyourself.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/heres-smore-irony/

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

  17. Hello Mandy! Wonderful blog! And so many interesting recipes!

    • Thank you so much for signing up for my posts! I am pleased you like my recipes. :-) Looking forward to chatting with you. :-)

  18. ciao! luvFAB blog.
    thebestdressup

    • Welcome and thanks for stopping by Bestdressup. Thank you too for the lovely compliment. Have a happy Monday. :-)

  19. [...] a truly enjoyable and inspirational food journey, swing by to say hi to Mandy at The Complete Cookbook – she not only has many interesting food ideas and beautiful photography but very handy [...]

    • Thank you again Diane for such beautiful blog love. Have a happy week ahead. :-) xo


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