Cook and Culture: A time of reflection and treats this festive season
Only four weeks of 2018 left! Here are some fabulous tips and tricks to ensure the last few weeks are smooth sailing.
Pro Tip
Be positive and invest in yourself! Make it a priority to advance your skills. For the women, we recommend Women Warriors. Join this coaching programme to experience living like a warrior, being committed to rising above your fears and self-limiting beliefs, creating a habit of positivity, and waging the war against self-doubt and a negativity.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like cocktails
Annie’s Festive Gin Fizz with Pomegranate and Rosemary (makes one cocktail)
Syrup (syrup enough for four cocktails)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 sprig fresh
- rosemary
Boil the water and sugar until the sugar dissolves, remove from heat and add the rosemary and let it sit for about 15 minutes, refrigerate.
In your fancy festive glass, add the following:
- ¼ cup gin (Yes, that’s not a single, a little bit more than a double, but it’s the season to be jolly)
- ¼ cup pomegranate juice
- 1 teaspoon or so fresh pomegranate rubies/arils/ seeds
- ¼ cup of the refrigerated syrup Squirt of fresh lemon juice.
Fill the glass up with soda water. Add a fresh rosemary sprig and more pomegranate rubies to add to the festive look.
The Cook & Culture team had so much fun testing this recipe. Watch the video online!
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Do-Gooder
Rose-Marie Herbst runs a non-profit organisation called Chain of Hope, in Bartlett. Thank you, Rose-Marie, we need kind-hearted people like you in Boksburg.
Charity
Support Rose-Marie by donating old clothes or non-perishable Christmas treats. See online for donation details.
Food For Thought
16 Days of Activism is celebrated annually from November 25 to December 10. The Cook & Culture team feels very strongly about women’s and children’s rights. No one deserves to be a victim of emotional or physical abuse. If you are in such a position, do not suffer in silence. Speak up and look for help. You deserve better. Stop Gender Violence Helpline 0800 150 150.
Home Remedy
For holiday-healthy hair, massage coconut oil into your hair and leave it for 30 minutes under a shower cap or leave overnight for deep conditioning. For the blondes whose hair goes green after a dip in the pool, leave tomato sauce in your hair for 15 minutes.
Check It Out
Take a look at all the Christmas catalogues on the Boksburg Advertiser website. Click on the ‘catalogue’ tab to go to Guzzle – all the specials at the click of a button.
https://boksburgadvertiser.co.za/
Local is Lekker
If you need a break in these last few weeks of the year, visit Sugarcube Café in El Ridge Corner. They have a fun-filled menu, savoury and sweet, and a play area for the little ones.
Digital
With online shopping trending, it is festive season for online thieves as well, so be sure to close all online banking tabs, especially at work. And take note of the ‘s’ in the https:// link. The ‘s’ indicates that the site is secure. If there is no ‘s’, don’t type in any banking details or passwords as your banking details can be used to steal the last little bit of money you have left at this time of the year.
Have You Heard It?
It’s December, so get your Michael Bublé on. Nothing says ‘Christmas’ quite like hearing some jolly jingles by Bublé.
We Need You
Cook & Culture is for Boksburg residents and we would love to have your input, questions and ideas.
Email us at sunelg@caxton.co.za or anel@caxton.co.za
* Cook & Culture is written by Advertiser media specialist Annelette Bezuidenhout and Advertiser journalist Sunel Gilliland. Annelette’s favourite milkshake is lime, and Sunel loves a chocolate shake!
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