{"id":20747,"date":"2026-07-13T10:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/?p=20747"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:39:43","slug":"mienke-meel-die-14-jarige-wat-groot-drome-optower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/blog\/2026\/07\/13\/mienke-meel-die-14-jarige-wat-groot-drome-optower\/","title":{"rendered":"Mienke Meel: Die 14-jarige wat groot drome optower"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Van groen Barney-kolwyntjies met pers versiersel tot kreatiewe verjaardagkoeke, haar liefde vir bak het begin toe haar ma haar toegelaat het om die kombuis lekker deurmekaar te maak \u2013 en sedertdien het sy nooit opgehou eksperimenteer nie. Met hope verbeelding, \u2019n liefde vir detail en \u2019n groot soettand bewys sy dat die kombuis die lekkerste speelplek kan wees.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20751 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103733-271x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103733-271x400.png 271w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103733-284x420.png 284w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103733.png 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vir Mienke Maritz is kreatiwiteit \u2019n belangrike deel van wie sy is. Sy geniet dit om met kleure, geure en nuwe idees te speel en gebruik bak as \u2019n manier om haarself uit te druk. Vir haar gaan dit nie net oor koek en kolwyntjies nie, maar oor die rustigheid en vreugde wat sy in die proses vind.<\/p>\n<p>Die naam \u201cMienke Meel\u201d het sommer natuurlik ontstaan. Met haar liefde vir bak \u00e9n haar naam wat perfek by \u201cmeel\u201d pas, het die twee \u201cM\u201d-klanke net reg gevoel. Voor dit was die naam eintlik \u201cSlim Happies\u201d, maar sy het gou besef haar hart l\u00ea veel eerder by soet lekkernye as gesonde happies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20752 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103801-347x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103801-347x400.png 347w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103801-364x420.png 364w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103801.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sy geniet dit veral om verjaardagkoeke vir jonger kinders te maak, omdat dit haar die kans gee om met temas en kreatiewe ontwerpe te speel. Die grootste beloning vir haar is om kinders se opgewondenheid te sien wanneer hulle hul koek vir die eerste keer ontdek. Hoewel sy nooit verwag het haar passie sou soveel mense bereik nie, hoop sy haar storie inspireer ander jongmense om hul eie unieke talente met selfvertroue uit te leef.<\/p>\n<p>Ten spyte van haar groeiende sukses bly skoolwerk haar eerste prioriteit. Sy hou daarvan om besig te wees met sport, bak en ander aktiwiteite, maar glo dit gaan nie net oor wen nie \u2013 dit gaan oor dit wat jou gelukkig maak. Wanneer dinge te besig raak, s\u00ea sy maklik nee vir bestellings en herinner sy haar maats gereeld dat almal hul eie talente het.<\/p>\n<p>Sy erken dat dit nie altyd maklik is om as jong entrepreneur uit te staan nie, omdat mense dikwels nie besef hoeveel tyd en moeite agter elke koek ingaan nie. \u201cOm een koek te bak is soos \u2019n hele week se netbaloefeninge saam,\u201d verduidelik sy laggend. Tog leer sy met elke uitdaging meer en groei sy saam met haar passie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20753 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103856-275x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103856-275x400.png 275w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103856-289x420.png 289w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-103856.png 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Een van die grootste hoogtepunte van haar reis tot dusver is haar eerste tydskrif-feature in <em>Get It<\/em>. Sy vertel ook dat sy al op televisie verskyn het en saam met Volvo gewerk het \u2013 ervarings wat vir haar baie spesiaal was. Maar vir haar bly dit dikwels die klein oomblikke wat die meeste beteken, soos wanneer iemand \u201cMienke Meel\u201d herken, of wanneer \u2019n kli\u00ebnt s\u00ea dit was die lekkerste koek ooit: \u201cD\u00edt maak alles die moeite werd,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20754 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-305x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-305x400.jpg 305w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-768x1006.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-1173x1536.jpg 1173w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-321x420.jpg 321w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-696x911.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER-1068x1398.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/COVER.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sosiale media speel ook \u2019n groot rol in die groei van haar handelsmerk. Platforms soos Instagram en Facebook help ouers om haar werk raak te sien en gee mense die kans om haar kreatiewe styl eerstehands te beleef. Volgens haar is dit een van die belangrikste maniere waarop klein besighede hul naam kan bou.<\/p>\n<p>Aan ander jongmense wat hul passie in iets groters wil omskep, is die raad eenvoudig: \u201cMoet nooit bang wees om kanse te vat nie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mienke Meel glo \u2019n mens moet doen wat jou gelukkig maak, trots wees daarop om anders te wees en jou eie kreatiwiteit vertrou, eerder as om net in ander mense se voetspore te volg.<\/p>\n<p>En as sy haar hele bakreis in net drie woorde moes beskryf? \u201cDis net lekker!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text: SAZLY MOSES Photographs: GYPSEENIA LION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van groen Barney-kolwyntjies met pers versiersel tot kreatiewe verjaardagkoeke, haar liefde vir bak het begin toe haar ma haar toegelaat het om die kombuis lekker deurmekaar te maak \u2013 en sedertdien het sy nooit opgehou eksperimenteer nie. 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