Cabbage recipes
From kimchi and sauerkraut to slaw and soup, these are the cabbage recipes we can't get enough of.
Sauerkraut rösti stacks
Dombolo steamed in cabbage leaves
Three-cheese cabbage bake
Kassler chop tray bake
Pan-roasted venison with ’nduja cabbage
Cake recipes
Brace yourselves for our best cake recipes! From classic cake recipes like chocolate cake, carrot cake and fruit cake to inspired birthday cake recipes, beautiful cupcakes, ice-cream cakes, gluten-free cakes and reduced sugar cakes, there's something for everyone.
Vanilla sponge with miso butter icing
Upside-down honey-and-apple cake
Coffee cake
Saadiyah’s chocolate cake
Clay-baked honey cake
Citrus-and-almond sheet cake
Calamari
From crispy to delicately braised, there's no end to what calamari can do. Here are our favourite ways to cook calamari, squid and octopus.
Potage de mer
Grilled squid with crispy onions
Calamari pasta
Salt-and-pepper squid with saffron potatoes
Salt-and-pepper squid
Magica Roma’s Mediterranean calamari
Fried calamari
Calamari with Asian dressing
Canned food recipes
Need inspired recipes to help you use up all the canned food in your pantry? We've got you! From pasta sauces, one-pot wonders and treats on toast here are out best-canned food recipes.
Canned fish (pilchard) biryani
Tuna-and-fennel pasta
Tuna pasta salad
One-pot chicken, mushroom and samp
Asian-style chicken-and-corn soup
Italian tuna meatball soup
Carrot recipes
The humble carrot deserves more recognition. Enjoyed in both savoury and sweet dishes, here are the recipes that prove why carrots are one of the best vegetables.
Carrot-and-orange tahini
Carrot muffins
Carrot-and-jalapeño pickle
Apricot-glazed carrots
Winter citrus salad
Herman Lensing’s mom’s carrot cake
Cauliflower recipes
Cauliflower's popularity has skyrocketed since the banting movement began. Here are our best cauliflower recipes – from cauliflower mash and cauliflower cheese to cauliflower soup and salad.
Grana Padano broth with roasted Romanesco cauliflower
Cauliflower sorghum risotto
Best cauliflower cheese . . . ever!
Curried cauliflower salad
Ceviche recipes
Introducing our very best ceviche recipes! From salmon ceviche and tuna ceviche to yellowtail ceviche, there are hundreds of ways to enjoy this Peruvian fish dish. Here are our favourites.
Chakalaka recipes
Check out our recipes for chakalaka from scratch, plus a range of delicious things to serve with chakalaka - from lamb chops to chakalaka muffins! Master this proudly South African veggie relish and you'll be half way to the perfect braai or shisa nyama.
Classic chakalaka
Smashed potatoes with boerewors and chakalaka
Black bean chakalaka
Pap and chakalaka
Smashed boerie taco with caramelised onions
Braaied chakalaka chicken
Chickpea chakalaka
Cheat recipes
Looking for quick, easy tricks to make classic recipes faster? Make our cheat's arancini, paella or box cake, and your guests will never know the difference!
Chicken noodle soup
Savoury cheat’s croissants
Stovetop mac ‘n cheese
Egg-and-sausage sandwich
Easy roast pork shoulder
Thai coconut crunchy chicken noodles
Cauli couscous and crispy pork rashers
Cheese recipes
Our best cheese recipes will satisfy any cheese craving! We're talking mac-and-cheese, cauliflower cheese, cheese toasties, pizzas, lasagne and chilli poppers. Things are about to get seriously cheesy.
Self-saucing stuffing pie
Ricotta gnudi
Cheat’s cacio e pepe
Italian fondue
Cacio e pepe umngqusho
Boerewors ciabatta strata
Flapjack cheese platter
’Nduja arancini
Cheesecake recipes
Are you team fridge cheesecake or team baked cheesecake? Whatever your preference, we've got the best cheesecake recipe for you.
Milk tart cheesecake
Rooibos honey Basque cheesecake
Strawberry jelly cheesecake
Frozen peanut butter cheesecake
Ferrero Rocher cheesecake
Raspberry-and-cream cheesecake
Chicken breast recipes
From crispy fried chicken to sticky stir-fries, we've got an extensive collection of recipes using chicken breasts that prove they're anything but boring.
Nani’s khowse (Burmese chicken soup)
Roast chicken with Paloise sauce
Chicken breasts topped with mushroom risotto
Chicken-and-bulgur wheat Greek salad
Chicken-and-jalapeño pies
Chicken katsu with cucumber kimchi
Chicken recipes
Looking for the best chicken recipe to add to your weekly dinner schedule? We've got recipes for roast chicken, chicken schnitzels, chicken pie, chicken curry and so much more.
Sticky miso chicken wings
Anna’s Coke chicken
Honey buffalo wings with blue cheese sauce
Chicken feet
Nani’s khowse (Burmese chicken soup)
Brined chicken
Roast chicken with Paloise sauce
Chicken thigh recipes
Dark meat-lovers, this section is for you! Find our extensive collection of recipes using chicken thighs here.
Nani’s khowse (Burmese chicken soup)
Creamy chicken with dumplings
Chicken-and-radish stew
Citrus chicken with chimichurri
New York cart-style chicken and rice
Abi’s one-pan harissa chicken pilaf
Chickpea recipes
From chickpea curry recipes to how to make hummus from scratch - from canned or dried chickpeas - our chickpea recipe guide is the place to find all things chickpea! We've even got chickpea biscuits and chickpea flour pizza bases!
Ostrich frikkadel traybake
Chickpea fries
Loaded hummus with crunchy chickpeas
Air-fryer crispy salt and pepper chickpeas
Pan-fried calamari with chickpeas
Vegan breakfast
Loaded potatoes 2 ways
Chilli recipes
If you like things spicy, you've come to the right place. These are our best recipes with chilli – from peri peri chicken to curry, hot chilli sauce to chilli poppers.
Crispy chilli peanut sprinkle
Prawns in ginger, chilli and tomato
Sticky orange chicken casserole
Chilli-vinegar chicken
Bombay potatoes with chilli eggs
Ladle eggs with chilli crisp
Cucumber salad with chilli oil
Chip recipes
From classic French fries to sweet potato chips, baby marrow chips to root veggie chips, these are our best chip recipes.
Tikka chicken with Kashmiri chilli chips
Fully loaded “lite” fries
Chickpea fries
Potato chip frittata
Masala chip rolls
Seaweed fries
Chocolate recipes
From chocolate cake to chocolate mousse, chocolate brownies to chocolate fondant, we've got the best chocolate recipe for every occasion.
Créme brûleé doughnuts
Saadiyah’s chocolate cake
Turkish delight oats
Tiramisu-style zuppa Inglese
No-churn chocolate ice cream
Giant éclair
Chops recipes
What’s your favourite way to cook chops? Fried, grilled or braaied? Whichever ever method you prefer, you’ll find loads of chops recipes in this handy guide. Recipes include: braaied lamb chops, glazed chops, kassler chops and crumbed pork chops.
Crumbed pork chops topped with Caesar salad
Lamb chops with rosemary-and-lemon
Air-fryer braai platter
Chops chutney
Pork chops with roasted cabbage and apples
One-pan pork chops
Kassler chops
Grilled Kassler chops
Christmas dessert recipes
From trifle to Christmas pudding, mince pies to Christmas cake, here are our best Christmas dessert recipes.
Coffee, chocolate and cherry trifle
Honey-and-strawberry parfait with mint salsa
Pistachio-and-rose tiramisu
Siba’s spiced Christmas cookies
Christmas recipes
These are our best recipes for the Christmas season! From the ultimate roast potatoes and gammon to trifle and gravy, we've got all the recipes to make Christmas dinner a success.
Roast duck with blackberry Port sauce
Self-saucing stuffing pie
Yorkshire puddings
Whole roasted trout
Chuckles recipes
Chuckles – in all their many incarnations – have a bevy of fans, but you haven't truly lived until you've tried them in cakes and bakes. Read on for recipes using the Woolies' exclusive brand in fudge, rusks, waffles, trifle, and more!
Chuckles-chip cookies
Frozen peanut butter cheesecake
Chuckles éclairs
Choc-chip-and-caramel ice-cream sandwiches
Chuckles rusks
Chocolate-and-gingerbread tray sponge
Chuckles millionaire’s shortbread
Citrus recipes
Lemons, oranges and Clemengolds bright zing and sweetness to both sweet and savoury dishes. From chicken recipes and fish recipes to cakes and bakes, here are our best citrus recipes.
Candied citrus
Brined chicken
Citrus pavlova
ClemenGold crème caramel
Citrus-and-almond sheet cake
Citrus upside-down pudding
Asian-style pork belly
ClemenGold mandarin recipes
ClemenGold mandarins are super-sweet, virtually seedless and easy to peel – no mess, no stress. Perfect for lunchboxes, snacks, baking, salads and show stoppers, we share our favourite recipes using this versatile citrus.
Roast lamb with ClemenGold romesco
Smoked trout with ClemenGold salad
White chocolate-and-ClemenGold panforte
Cocktail recipes
From classic cocktail recipes like pina coladas, negronis, mojitos, margaritas, martinis and bloody Marys, to innovative new drinks, here's our guide to the best cocktail recipes.
Tamarind-and-coffee mocktail
Coconut recipes
Coconut is one of Abigail Donnelly's all-time favourite ingredients. Here are our best coconut recipes – from Hertzoggie tarts and macaroons to coconut ice and lamingtons.
Coconut-stuffed crêpes
Date-and-coconut bars
Tropical coconut rice pudding
Coconut fish curry with mielie rice
Raspberry peach melba sundae
Coconut meringue trifle
Coffee recipes
From tiramisu to coffee cake, Vietnamese iced coffee to Irish coffee, here are our best coffee recipes.
Coffee, chocolate and cherry trifle
Ricotta coffee panna cotta
Coffee zabaglione
Coffee cake
Créme brûleé doughnuts
Coffee choux buns with craquelin
Tiramisu-style zuppa Inglese
Tamarind-and-coffee mocktail
Coleslaw recipes
Nacho-fried chicken with coconut-apple slaw
Kale slaw
Avocado coleslaw
Cooking with Alcohol
Alcohol isn't just for cocktails and cheese pairings. Adding a splash of wine, brandy or port (to name a few) to meals can add depth and flavour to meals.
Cinnamon-sugared brandy pancakes
Red wine poached pears
Corona®-lime cake with lime curd
Cape brandy pudding
Corn recipes
It's corn! Sweetcorn to be exact. We have all the sweetcorn recipes you need, from moreish fritters to non-negotiable braai mielies and warming soups. If you love corn, you won't get enough of these recipes.
Burnt sweetcorn sauce
Flame-grilled mielies
Braaied corn salad
Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)
Creamy corn bake
Braai Mexican corn (esquites)
Sweetcorn tamarind soup
Couscous recipes
Couscous is the ultimate, quick solution to bulking up a meal. Here are our best couscous recipes.
Roast chicken with millet couscous
Caramelised butternut-and-beetroot salad
Mediterranean couscous salad
Roast vegetable couscous tower
Grilled prawns with herbed couscous
Cupcake recipes
From classics like red velvet cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes, to inspired ideas like gin-and-tonic cupcakes, these are our best cupcake recipes.
Pistachio-and-vanilla tres leches cupcakes
Coffee cupcakes
Rooibos chai caramel cupcakes
Jam doughnut cupcakes
Red velvet cupcakes
Flop-proof chocolate cake
Chocolate hot-milk sponge fairy cakes
Any-colour-you-like velvet cupcakes
Curry recipes
From Durban curries and Cape Malay curries, to Thai curries and Indian curries: these are our very best curry recipes.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































