Dinner time in the Dadic home is fast becoming my favourite time of the day. It’s at least an hour we all spend together in the kitchen, preparing our meal, catching up on the day and trying to be as creative as possible with what can be a boring and (with a toddler) tedious meal time.

As I’m on a healthy eating plan and Dave’s following it with me, our dinners are uber-healthy: steamed vegetables, fish, chicken, steak … but I won’t lie and say that I don’t crave something AMAZING now and again …

Like these apple-stuffed pork chops … 

… followed by this pecan pie … mmm! 

Looking at these pictures, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re creations of the likes of Nigella or Jaime Oliver. But they’re the work of someone who’s been in the business far longer than Ms Lawson or the Naked Chef … these are the culinary treats of the man, the legend, Colonel Saunders himself!

So, as soon as I’ve reached my goal physique, I will certainly be whipping up this exact meal as a reward for my perseverance. In the mean time, I’m going to be trying out some of the recipes on my kids. Mika will, I have no doubt, eat everything I make for him. With Luca, it’s more of a trial and error. He’s in that phase where he doesn’t like ANYTHING, without ever even having tried whatever IT is. Drives me NUTS!

But, as I always do, I will persevere!

While I’m busy rustling up great tasting meals for my family, you can head over to the KFC South Africa Facebook page, where you can download a PDF version of the booklet, for FREE! You could also leave a comment on this post and stand in line to win one of two beautiful hard copy versions of the book! 

Happy cooking!