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Citrus Yoghurt & Black Sugar Pudding

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:43:00 +0000

I was really excited when The Good Table dropped onto my doorstep and I have really enjoyed reading it, but it has taken me months to get around to making something from it. I don't quite know why. So I am glad to get started and this was an ideal dish to start with. Simple and very quick to put together after a hard day at work. Just layer it up and pop it in the fridge and by the time you have finished your main course it is just perfect. A nice light end to a meal.

In fact that is what I like about this about this book, it is full of comfort food that anyone can make, nothing fancy, just simple recipes full of fabulous flavours to tempt anyone lucky enough to pick it up and turn the pages. There is even a chapter on toast or as Valentine puts it "Toast as a Vehicle".

* Boiled New Potatoes with Stinking Bishop & Spring Onions
* Artichoke with Poached Egg & Hollandaise Sauce
* Ceps & Apples in Puff Pastry
* Mushrooms Baked with Hazelnuts & Pecorino
* Tomatoes with Dijon Mustard & Cream on Toast
* Pear & Chocolate Frangipane Tart
* Barbecued Pineapple with White Rum

Tempted yet?

When I reviewed Jamie's Great Britain, I received a lot of positive comments about the fact I gave a recipe count of the dishes suitable for vegetarians, so that is something I intend to take forward with this and future cookbook reviews.

The Good Table
by Valentine Warner
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (5 September 2011)
ISBN: 978-1845335403
Veggie Recipe Count: 84
Note: Several of the dishes not included in the count could also be easily adapted to suit vegetarians.

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Citrus Yoghurt & Black Sugar Pudding

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum. Recipe taken from The Good Table by Valentine Warner with kind permission.

January 26, 2012

A simple dessert that can be whipped up a couple of hours before you need it and left in the fridge. So quick and easy. The muscovado sugar makes a sweet syrup which cuts through the tang of citrus. Just scrumptious!

Oh and you can reduce the quantities quite easily, it doesn't have to be exact to be yummy. Just throw it together and then marvel at the flavours.

Ingredients

1kg greek yoghurt
finely grated zest of 3 large unwaxed limes
finely grated zest of 2 large unwaxed oranges
finely grated zest of 2 large unwaxed lemons
150g muscovado sugar

Instructions

1. Put the yoghurt in a bowl and mix in all the zest.2. Take a glass serving dish and put just under half the citrus yoghurt in the bottom, then evenly scatter over half the sugar. (Muscovado tends to get little hard lumps in it, so really try to crumble them out between your thumb and finger.)3. Add the rest of the yoghurt in dollops over the sugar and them gently spread it out with the back of a spoon so as not to drag the first layer of sugar around too much.4. Scatter the rest of the sugar on the top and place the puddin, covered, in the fridge for up to a couple of hours but no more.5. Serve alone, or with biscuits, or poached fruit - or both, God damn it!

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Total time: 10 mins Yield: Serves 6-8

Disclosure Statement: I received this book free from the publisher to review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Mini Vanilla Cupcakes

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

I don't often make cupcakes. I am not a huge fan of them to be honest, although they do look so pretty and tempting. However, a while back I bought a set of large piping nozzles from Lakeland and I wanted to try them out.

I got in touch with Prezzybox and asked them if they could send me one of their Mini Cupcake Makers to try and before I knew it, it had arrived, all pink and pretty.

Cooper was very excited to try it out. Every time I turned round he would be following me with the box. He couldn't wait for the weekend to come and the making of the cakes.

The Mini Cupcake Maker is super easy to use. When you take it out of the box, give it a quick clean then wipe it over with the smallest amount of oil and switch it on to heat up. This takes about 5 minutes. Then spoon your cake mix in, until each well is 2⁄3 full (there is no need to use cases, although you can if you wish). Shut the lid and leave the cakes to bake for 8-12 minutes and voila. The cutest little cupcakes that just slide out of the wells.

I used the recipe on the box for my first trial, just adding a little vanilla for extra flavour. I was very pleased with them. A good basic recipe to start with. I piped orange flavoured butter icing onto the cupcakes once they were cool. What a diffence it makes using a decent sized nozzle. It make icing the cakes a breeze. The icing wasn't perfect, but much better than my previous attempts.

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Mini Vanilla Cupcakes

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 24, 2012

A good basic vanilla cupcake mix.

Ingredients

125g soft, unsalted butter
125g caster sugar
2 large free range eggs
125g self-raising flour
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Add your butter and sugar to a stand mixer and mix until pale and fluffy. (You can do this by hand or use an electric hand whisk)2. Add the vanilla, milk, eggs and flour and mix until combined. Do not overmix as this will result in a heavy cupcake.3. Spoon some of your cake mix into each of the wells until they are about two thirds full.4. Bake for 8-12 minutes until a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean.5. Slide out of the wells and leave to cool on a rack before icing.notes: If you are baking these cupcakes in an oven. Spoon the mixture into cases and bake at 325f/160c/140c fan/gas 3 for about 16 minutes. Do the skewer test with these too.I have given the time for one batch of cupcakes using the cupcake maker.

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Total time: 20 mins Yield: 18 mini cupcakes

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Orange Butter Icing

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 24, 2012

Fresh orange juice and orange peel give this butter icing a lovely subtle orange flavour.

Ingredients

150g soft, unsalted butter
300g icing sugar (confectioners' sugar)
3 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
finely grated peel from 1 orange

Instructions

1. Whizz the butter in a stand mixer (you can also use a whisk or an electric hand whisk) until really soft.2. While the butter is whizzing gradually add the icing suagr, orange juice and peel. Whizz until smooth.3. Pipe onto your cupcakes preferably using a disposable piping bag (less washing up) and a large nozzle (gives a more professional finish).4. Top with a wee chocolate decoration or any other decoration you prefer.

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Total time: 8 mins Yield: enough for 18 mini cupcakes

The Mini Cupcake Maker from Prezzybox, comes in at a bargian price of £19.95. They also have a large selection of other Cupcake Goodies.

Disclosure Statement: I received this mini cupcake maker free from Prezzybox to review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Super Mud Smoothie

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:56:00 +0000

Cooper loves smoothies, but this one was for both of us. I wanted to start adding vegetables into his smoothies, to up the nutrients. I decided to start with spinach.

I made this smoothie and added yoghurt and milk. I always have a tub of Total Greek Yoghurt in the fridge for Cooper and last minute desserts and they do a 0% fat version, if you are watching your weight. I don't think you can get a better yoghurt. I am rather addicted to it.

I am going to try this smoothie as a pure juice drink next time. I don't know why I didn't pour myself some to try before adding the yoghurt and milk, but it is possible that Cooper may well have been urging me to hurry up at this point.

This smoothie is a sludgy colour, but don't let that put you off, it is very tasty and so good for you. A great way to start the day.

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Super Mud Smoothie

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 22, 2012

A sludgy coloured smoothie. Packed with nutrients and flavour. The secret ingredient is spinach, but you don't taste it among the other flavours. A sneaky good-for-you drink, tested and approved by my two year old.

Ingredients

150g raspberries
50g spinach
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 banana
½ cup Greek yoghurt
½ cup milk

Instructions

1. Squeeze enough oranges to a cup with juice.2. Wilt the spinach. I like to pop the spinach in a colander and pour over a kettle full of boiling water, then pour cold water over the spinach to refresh it, then squeeze out the excess water before drying on a clean tea towel.3. Add the orange juice, spinach, raspberries and banana to a food processor and whizz until smooth.4. Add the milk and yoghurt and whizz until combined.5. Strain the smoothie through a sieve to catch any large pieces of spinach.6. Enjoy.

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Total time: 10 mins Yield: 3 glasses

I am submitting my smoothie to a new foodie challenge from Ren over at Fabulicious Food. Ren came up with the idea for a weekly event called Family Friendly Fridays, to highlight family mealtimes.

Skinny Topcorn

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

This month Metcalfe's Skinny Topcorn is arriving on the shelves of Caffe Nero coffee shops across the UK. To celebrate this, those kind folks at Metclafe's sent me a rather large box full of popcorn to nibble on.

There are four flavours to sink your teeth into. Here is what the company says about each flavour and what I thought:

Wasabi - Popcorn with a twist. Our wasabi flavour adds a tangy, sweet, mustardy kick to our Topcorn. Mild but enjoyably confident.

Energy Values (kcal) per pack - 121
Fat (g) per pack - 6.5
- of which saturates (g) - 0.7

This was the flavour I liked the least. They weren't as strong in flavour and heat as I expected, but they still weren't for me. I think this is a niche flavour.

Sea Salt - Popcorn lightly tossed in natural Sea Salt; a timeless classic that is still as popular as ever.

Energy Values (kcal) per pack - 115
Fat (g) per pack - 6.5
- of which saturates (g) - 0.7

These were nothing exciting. Very pleasant and the quality of the popcorn does shine through. I would happily munch on these.

Sweet n' Salt - We didn’t want to make you choose between salt & sweet. These two taste bud tinglers have been mixed for maximum flavour, it might sound wrong but it tastes so right.

Energy Values (kcal) per pack - 123
Fat (g) per pack - 6.2
- of which saturates (g) - 0.4

Now things start to get interesting! These are so, so good. You are first teased with sugar and then in moves the salt. The sugar isn't teeth-achingly sweet, but just right as is the hint of salt. I am intrigued as to how they manage to keep the flavours separate like that, but the maybe that is just how the tongue experiences the two flavours. Answers on a postcard!

Chocolate Crackle - Thin strands of delicious chocolate crackle drizzled over our sublime skinny topcorn. Made possible by our hand built warm chocolate drizzling conveyor. We’ve got a new improved recipe that is extra delicious but with 65% less fat!

Energy Values (kcal) per pack - 212
Fat (g) per pack - 2.9
- of which saturates (g)- 0.4

I knew these would be my favourite as soon as I spotted the bag. What could be better than chocolate drizzled popcorn? I immediately warned off everyone, the chocolate crackle popcorn was mine!

You can also buy skinny topcorn online here or from these retailers.

Pop over to Little Tums so see my toddler Cooper in his first video post making his own snacks. Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats.

Mini Savoury Mince Pies (veggie)

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000

These simple little mince pies are great for lunch. Cooper enjoyed one with baked beans, but we just chomped into them without the beans. They would actually be quite good with a layer of beans or mashed potato on top of the mince filling.

You can use ready-made pastry or homemade pastry. It's up to you.

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Mini Savoury Mince Pies (veggie)

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 15, 2012

These are a veggie version of meat and vegetable pies. These mini pies are great for lunch or just as a snack. They are also the perfect size for little ones to hold.

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 large carrot, finely chopped
1 large flat mushroom, chopped
100g frozen veggie mince
½ pint/ 1 cup vegetable stock (1 cube)
¼ pint/ ½ cup red wine
3 tbsp vegetarian worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp cornflour
freshly ground salt & pepper to taste
1 block shortcrust pastry

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. 2. Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until soft and translucent.3. Add the carrot and cook gently for a few minutes until starting to soften.4. Add the mushrooms and cook for another couple of minutes.5. Add the veggie mince and stir well. Mix the cornflour with a little of the stock and mix in.6. Add the rest of the stock and the wine. Simmer gently for 15 to 20 minutes until the gravy has thickened. Season and set aside to cool.7. Roll out the pastry and cut out 24 circles. Line a muffin tin with 12 of the circles and fill with mince filling. Wet the edge of the pastry and top with another pastry circle. Pinch together to seal. Make a little cut in the top of each to let out steam. 8. Brush each pie with milk or egg wash and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden.

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Total time: 55 mins Yield: 10 - 12 depending on size

How to add a recipe index to your blog

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:58:00 +0000

I have a question for you. Are the recipes on your blog easy to find? Are you relying on people using the search button or clicking on labels? If you are, it may be time to add a recipe index to your sidebar. It really is the best way to display all your recipes.

I have passed this code on to a few bloggers who have asked for my help, but I thought it would be a good thing to share at the start of a new year. I am taking inspiration from Jeanne (Cook Sister), who reminded us during her talk at Bite N Write that we should all support each other and share knowledge, not keep it to ourselves. A good adage for bloggers, especially food bloggers. We have such a supportive community.

To add an index to your sidebar:

1. In blogger: Open the Design Tab and in Page Elements click on Add a Gadget. Select HTML/JavaScript. It is probably laid out a little differently in Wordpress.

2. Copy the code below and paste into the box. Replace the red text with your own information. Save once you have finished. I have tried to make it as simple as possible. It will take some time to index all your recipes, but you can just do a few at a time and add more as you go.

Code to copy and paste:

<div class="clear"></div>
<div id="HTML2" class="widget HTML">
<h2 class="title">Recipes (or add your own index title)</h2>
<div class="widget-content">

<select onchange="self.location.href=''+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value+''" style="width:222px" class="tinyselect">
<option value="" /> name of first category ie pasta
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
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<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe

</select> always end each category with this

<select onchange="self.location.href=''+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value+''" style="width:222px" class="tinyselect">
<option value="" /> name of second category
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
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</select> end of category

<select onchange="self.location.href=''+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value+''" style="width:222px" class="tinyselect">
<option value="" /> name of third category
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
<option value="recipe url" /> name of recipe
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</select> end of category

</div></div><strong></strong><strong></strong> this is the end of the index

3.Add as many recipes and categories as you like, just make sure you start each category with:

<select onchange="self.location.href=''+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value+''" style="width:222px" class="tinyselect">
<option value="" />

and end each category with:

</select>

I hope you give it a go. Do leave me a comment and let me know how you get on. If you have any problems, just drop me an email.

Thanks to Angie, who kindly helped me with my code originally.

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How to add code to a post as text

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

I came across a problem when I was publishing my first 'how to' post' (How to add a recipe index to your blog). The code I was publishing for other bloggers to use was turning into it's function (ie a drop down list style index) instead of just text for bloggers to copy and paste.

After a search on google proved fruitless, I popped onto twitter and put out a call for help. Monica over at SmarterFitter was able to help me and with a wee tweek it eventually worked.

Here is what to do:

1. Each time you have a < in your code, replace it with

2. Each time you have a > in your code, replace it with

Another tip from Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours:

If you are emailing people html, send it in a wordpad document. A wordprocessor can add formatting which can stop it working.

Banana, Coconut & Chocolate Chip Flapjacks & Stirling Castle

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:33:00 +0000

We recently had a family day out with friends to Stirling Castle. I wanted to bake something to take with us, but it had to be something easy to nibble on as we explored the castle and the castle grounds. Flapjacks seemed ideal. I wanted to make them with banana, so I scoured the internet for recipes and read a few to get an idea of how much to use, then set about experimenting. I am happy to say the first batch came out beautifully, well at least if you ignore the fact that I poured in the liquid while it was still hot and melted my chocolate chips. Doh! Melted chocolate or not they were a hit especially with the toddlers.

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Banana, Coconut & Chocolate Chip Flapjacks

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 11, 2012

These are the chewy type of flapjacks. If you prefer a crisper flapjack you simply bake them for longer, but I love them just the way they are.

Ingredients

½ cup soft butter
3 tbsp light brown sugar
5 tbsp golden syrup
2 cups porridge oats
½ cup desiccated coconut
1 banana banana
½ cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to gas mark 3/325f/160c/140c fan.2. Grease a tray or brownie pan.3. In a large bowl mix together the oats, sugar, coconut and chocolate chips.4. Mash a banana until it is squidgy and soft.5. In a small pan, melt together the butter and golden syrup and mix in the banana.6. Leave the melted butter mixture to cool slightly and then mix into the oats. I was too impatient and my chocolate melted. Whoops! It still tasted good, but choc chips would have been nice.7. Bake for 25 minutes. Take out near the end and test with your finger, it should be slightly springy if you want a chewy flapjack. Leave it in longer if you want a crisper flapjack.8. Cut into squares while still warm.9. Enjoy!

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Total time: 40 mins Yield: 24 squares of flapjack

Stirling Castle, Scotland

Carmelised Nectarine & Apricot Jam

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:54:00 +0000

I always enjoy my homemade jam, but I absolutely lust after this jam! I originally made it to giveaway at Christmas, but after tasting the scrapings left in the pot, I just had to keep a jar, which meant I had to make another batch. Such a pity, he he!

The carmelisation was a really just a bit off serendipity, but adds to the flavour. It is the sugar that is carmellised and not the fruit.

The recipe looks long, but it isn't, it is really simple and padded out with tips, that I hope will be helpful. My last piece of advice is MAKE THIS JAM!

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Nectarine & Apricot Jam

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

January 06, 2012

I can say without a doubt this is the best jam I have ever tasted. It is so full of fruity flavour. Just gorgeous and easy to make too.

Ingredients

5 nectarines
12 apricots
juice of ½ lemon
1 kilo jam sugar (with pectin)
a knob butter

Instructions

1. Pop a saucer into the freezer, you will test the jam on this later to see if it is ready. 2. Cut a cross in the top of each nectarine, then pop them in a bowl or pot of boiling water for a few seconds. This will loosen the skin. Take them out one at a time and submerge in cold water, The skin will just slide off.3. Take the stones out of the nectarines and apricots and chop into 1 cm pieces.4. Place the fruit and lemon juice in a large heavy based pot and cook gently, bringing to a simmer for a couple of minutes, giving the fruit a wee mash with a potato masher.5. Meanwhile heat the sugar. I used to heat it in the oven, but now I heat it in the microwave. Quite by accident the bowl got a splash of water on it one day and I ended up with warm sugar and some caramel. It really improved the flavour, so now I intentionally splosh water over the bowl before adding the sugar. I microwave the sugar for 6-7 minutes. My microwave is 100w.6. Add the warm sugar and caramel to the pan and stir until dissolved at a low heat. Once the sugar has dissolved bring to a boil and simmer for approximately 5 minutes. 7. While the jam is simmering, add a knob of butter, this helps to prevent foam from building up on the surface.8. Test your jam on your cold saucer. Add a wee dollop, leave for a few seconds and then run your pinkie across it. If it wrinkles it is ready.9. Pour into hot sterilised jam jars using a funnel. Add a greaseproof disc and immediately screw on the lid. Leave to cool.10. Your jam will keep in a cool, dark place for a year. Once open it should be stored in the fridge and used within a month.notes: I sterilise my jars by running them through a dishwasher cycle and bottling the jam while the jars are still hot, but you can dry sterilise them in the oven. Always be careful not to touch inside a jar or lid or bacteria will be introduced into the jar.

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Total time: 30 mins Yield: 4 x 454g.jars

Not only is this jam tasty, but it is good for you too. Nectarines are a good source of carotenes, potassium, flavonoids, lycopene and lutein. Lutein especially beneficial in the prevention of heart disease, macular degeneration, and cancer. Apricots are packed with beta-carotene and lycopene that promote heart health and prevent several types of cancers. They are also a great source of Vitamin A & C which is supposedly to be good for preventing hair loss in women. Well, you learn something new every day!

As I used up nectarines that had been sitting in the fridge for a while and some sale apricots this jam was quite frugal and as such I am entering it into this week's Frugal Food Fridays, a new weekly challenge set by Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours. Just perfect in this month of tight budgets. If you want to join in, just add your post to the linky and link to Helen. The challenge is ongoing.

Hotel Chocolat Hamper Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:28:00 +0000

The winner of the Chocolate Hamper from Hotel Chocolat is Janice from Farmersgirl Kitchen. I had my mother-in-law check my counting and the random number generator did indeed choose Janice. Well done Janice, I hope you can cope with more chocolate.

This is the last giveaway in my 12 Days of Christmas bonanza. I would like to thank all the companies who kindly donated prizes and to everyone who entered.

Normal service will resume on this blog very soon.

The Boy who Bakes - Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:21:00 +0000

On the 11th Day of Christmas Angela over at Garden, Tea, Cakes and Me wins a copy of The Boy Who Bakes courtesy of Kyle Books.

Congratulations Angela, you are going to love this book.

Make Your Own Cookbook - Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:08:00 +0000

On the tenth day of Christmas Helen over at Half a Pot of Cream wins the chance to print her own cookbook courtesy of Bonusprint.

There are just two giveaways left, so get your votes in quickly.

Day Nine - Innocent's Hungry cookbook winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

On the ninth day of Christmas Katie over at Katiecakes wins a copy of Innocent's Hungry.

Congratulations Katie.

Head over to The Food Blog Diary for all the latest giveaways and foodie challenges.

Just another 3 giveaways to go in my 12 Days of Christmas.

On the eighth day of Christmas winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:27:00 +0000

On the eighth day of Christmas Ros The More Than Occasional Baker wins a copy of Jamie's Great Britain courtesy of Penguin Books.

Congratulations Ros (The Baking Addict).

On the seventh day of Christmas & NCR Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:31:00 +0000

On the seventh day of Christmas Ali Thorpe wins a selection of goodies from VUPbaby.

Congratulations Ali, you are going to love your prize. Such good quality products and the lunch bag is so cute!

Now on to the winner of this month's No Croutons Required. All the photos were evocative of the season and much enjoyed, but our winner this month is Ruth's beautiful photo of a Snowy Hawick.

A highly commended to Clare and two of the cutest wee girls in their red coats getting ready to go to church. You just missed out by one vote, but we all loved the photo.

Remember to head over to Lisa's Kitchen for the next No Croutons Required challenge.

A Happy New Year to all my lovely readers here at Tinned Tomatoes. Here's to a fabulous 2012 for you all.

On the sixth day of Christmas - winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:42:00 +0000

On the sixth day of Christmas Corina from Searching for Spice wins a copy of Step-by-Step Baking by by Caroline Bretherton, courtesy of Dorling Kindersley.

Congratulations Corina!

Just another 6 giveaways to go, if you haven't entered yet. Another winner will be drawn tomorrow.

On the Fifth Day of Christmas - Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:40:00 +0000

On the fifth day of Christmas, Paula over at Querty Mum has won a family ticket (up to two adults & two children - valid till the 31st December 2012) for all the Merlin attractions at the Blackpool Tower.

The ticket is worth around £80. Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Dance, The Eye, The Dungeon, The Circus, The Ballroom and Jungle Jim’s.

Congratulations Paula! Do email me your full name and address and I will pass your details on to Merlin. I hope your family have a really lovely time in Blackpool. Such fun!

There are still another 7 giveaways live in my 12 Days of Christmas giveaways. So enter quickly!

On the Fourth Day of Christmas winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +0000

On the fourth day of Christmas our winner is Tracey K Nixon. Congratulations Tracey, you win a set of three picture books from Egmont. I am sure your children will love them.

Remember there is still time to enter the last 8 giveaways over the next 8 days, just click on the links on the side panel.

Good luck everyone!

Bookmarked Recipes - December 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:34:00 +0000

1. Lime-Spiked Black Bean & Quinoa Wrap
Janet (The Taste Space)
Recipe bookmarked from The Two-Week Wellness Solution.

2. Christmas Snowmen Cupcakes
Brittany (Les rêves d'une boulangère)
Recipe bookmarked from ?

3. Enchanted Gingerbread House
Karen (Lavender and Lovage)
Recipe bookmarked from Baking Mad.

4. Chocolate Fondant Pudding
Ros (The More Than Occasional Baker)
Recipe bookmarked from The Little Loaf.

5. Holiday Pumpkin Bread
Simona (Briciole)
Recipe bookmarked from the King Arthur Flour website.

6. Chocolate Mint Black Bean Cookies
Janet (The Taste Space)
Recipe bookmarked from My New Roots.

7. Hot Chocolate on a Stick
Ros (The More Than Occasional Baker)
Recipe bookmarkeed from Recipes from a Normal Mum.

8. Spicy Edamame
Shaheen (Allotment 2 Kitchen)
Recipe bookmarked from Torwen's Blog.

9. Mediterranean Crustless Chickpea Flour Quiche
Janet (The Taste Space
Recipe bookmarked from Diet, Dessert & Dogs.

10. Glitzy Chocolate Mendiants
Choclette (Chocolate Log Blog)
Recipe bookmarked from Eric Lanlard's Cox Cookies & Cake.

11. Rocky Road
Johanna (Green Gourmet Giraffe)
Recipe bookmarked from Not Quite Nigella.

12. Nutella Cookies
Jacqueline (Tinned Tomatoes)
Recipe bookmarked from Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan.

Here ends this month's Bookmarked Recipes and so January's Bookmarked Recipes is open for business. This was a lovely festive roundup, I think you will agree. I hope you enjoyed it and discovered some new blogs too.

If you would like to be included in the next roundup, just add your post to the linky at the bottom of this post. Please remember that bookmarked recipes must be suitable for vegetarians, in line with this blog. You can find the guidelines, current challenge and past roundups here.

Bookmarked Recipes January will be open until Saturday 28 January 2012. Please join in next month and unearth some of those unloved bookmarked recipes, a great way to start the New Year.

Remember to head over to The Food Blog Diary regularly for all the latest foodie challenges, competitions and giveaways.

.....and now on to the next 12 Day Of Christmas giveaway winners. I have three winners today and they each receive a copy of The Ultimate Slow Cooker Book courtesy of Morphy Richards.

The winners are:

Mari from Mari's World

Mummy23

Nic from Nip it in the Bud

Add your bookmarked recipes for the January challenge below.

The Food Hospital - Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:36:00 +0000

......... and the winner of The Food Hospital, courtesy of Penguin Books is Lily F. Congratulations Lily. Email me your full contact details and address and I will have your book sent out.

Merry Christmas & well done again Janice

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Well I just used the random number generator to choose the winner of an Ultimate 10" Chocolate Orange Pizza from Prezzybox. A magnificent 271 votes and Janice over at Farmersgirl Kitchen won yet again. I don't know how she does it. She must be psychic and know just when to enter. I am wondering if you would buy me a lottery ticket Janice, hehe!

Well done Janice!

The next prize will be drawn tomorrow, so there is still time to enter.

I hope you all had a lovely day. I did, but I a now not fit for much.

I will leave you with some photos from today.

Festive Photos - No Croutons Required

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:12:00 +0000

There is a No Croutons Required tradition that December's No Croutons Required asks for photos instead of recipes for soups and salads. Everyone is so terrifically busy in December, so Lisa and I think it is time for a bit of fun and a chance to see what the festive period means to different people. I do hope you all enjoy the roundup and have a wonderful Christmas.

1. Tropical Fruit Christmas Cake
Lisa (Lisa's Kitchen)(host - not in vote)

"Dark, rich, chewy and moist, this may be the best Christmas fruitcake you've ever had — I can say it's by far and away the tastiest I've ever eaten."

London, Ontario, Canada

2. Christmas Baked Donuts with Chocolate Glaze
Pam (For the Love of Cooking)

"I just got a new donut baking pan so I was excited to put it to use. The donuts were super simple to make and so was the chocolate glaze. The girls all decorated their own donuts and loved them."

Oregon, USA

3. Off to church on Christmas Eve
Claire (The Vegetarian Experience)

Claire sent me a lovely photo of her children getting ready to go to church last Christmas Eve, when we had all that snow. Don't they look smart? I was lucky enough to meet Claire last month at Bite n Write in Birmingham. We all had a lovely day of workshops, followed by drinks, then a meal at Jamie's Italian restaurant. It was great to meet everyone. Everyone was so friendly and Claire was just the sweetest.

Hertfordshire, England, UK

4. A Snowy Hawick, in the Scottish Borders
Ruth (Makey-Cakey)

"It was taken on Hogmanay 2009, about a mile or so behind my parents house in Hawick.
I was about 10 weeks pregnant and had awful morning sickness. I'd spend virtually all of the Christmas holiday curled up in a chair feeling miserable, trying and failing to keep down dry toast and generally being a scrooge.
On the 31st December Mr E eventually cajoled me into going for a walk, and we made it about a mile to where this picture was taken. I'm pretty sure he also cajoled me into taking it - I think I was participating in the walk in body only, and moaning about it all the way, but looking at the photos I took afterwards, I'm glad I went - it was a stunning day!"

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

5. 7 am Christmas Morning
Karen (Lavender and Lovage)

"The photo was taken last Christmas morning, at about 7am, I was the first one up and the the living room was glowing pink from this beautiful sky......there was a smell of candle wax and the air was heavy with spices from the plate of mince pies I had just warmed up.....the tree lights twinkled and the moment was magic......I grabbed my camera and 3 minutes later, the pink dappled sky has disappeared......but I captured it."

France

6. Miss Marples Tearoom
Johanna (Green Gourmet Giraffe)

"You may wonder about Christmas in Australia where our nights are too long for light displays and the blazing sun is no place for snowmen, winter woollies and hot ovens. On the weekend, we had a lovely dinner of festive fingers and Christmas pudding at Miss Marples Tearoom. It is decorated traditionally as is the above Christmas tree in the Royal Arcade. We even have lots of traditional Christmas brick-a-brack in shops such as Tealeaves."

Melbourne, Australia

7. Cooper and Daddy Last Christmas
Jacqueline (Tinned Tomatoes)(host - not in vote)

I cannot believe the last year has gone in so quickly and how much Cooper has grown and learned in the last year and just how bald he was last year. This is a picture of Cooper playing with one of his Christmas toys. His uncle gave him this and he just loved all those moving gears. Such a boy!

Scotland, UK

8. A Snowy Christmas Sunset
C (Crumbs, Cake and Cooking)

"I took this photo of the sun setting last year on Christmas day, with just a sprinkling of snow visible on the rooftops in the foreground. Snow is most unusual for the northwest of the UK, so I doubt I'll get a chance to capture a scene like this again, and on Christmas day itself!

It reminds me of the lovely day I had shared with my family, and how lucky I am to be able to do so."

England, UK

9. The Princes Tree
Laura (Eden Moon)

"I was out for dinner in Glasgow on Saturday night and took this image of the hanging tree in the Princes Square. I love Christmas lights and they created a lovely atmosphere in the centre. I'm quite pleased with how this picture turned out, and it makes me keen to keep taking photos and to keep learning about photography."

Larkhall near Glasgow, Scotland, UK

10. Wartle, Hefflebaum and the Polka Pigs
Pia K (The World According to Pia)

"I'm not a great fan of rock candy, I don't care how classically Swedish these "polkagris" (= polka pig, peppermint rock) candies are, I've never enjoyed them. (Well apart from when they're mixed into Marabou chocolate, then it's all mmmm...). These have been stuck in the pantry for a year now, I've been meaning to put them into cookies ever since. The time to finally do that has come.

My weekend will hopefully consist of the baking of these cookies, food shopping, thinking, writing, knitting, preparing for the kittens - only a few days left now! - and a visit to a nearby Christmas fair. That sounds more than alright to me."

Stockholm, Sweden

11. Winter Hill
Susan (A Little Bit of Heaven on a Plate)

"This is the aptly named 'Winter Hill', we live to the left of the church, as the crow flies."

Lancashire, England, UK

A late entry from Dom over at Belleau Kitchen. The silly sausage forgot to email me and I missed the post. Oh well better late than never and lovely looking mince pies Dom!

Another late entry, this time from fellow Scot Janice over at Farmersgirl Kitchen Janice titled this photo 'Frozen Herbs'. I just hope we don't get too much of snow like that again this year. although, you have to admit it is pretty.

Well that's all our festive photos for this year. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. Be sure to visit each blog and say hi, especially if you have discovered a new blog in the roundup. Making new friends is such a nice thing to do at Christmas. Oh and don't forget to vote for your favourite.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Food In Fiction #3 - Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the third post in my Food In Fiction Series.

I have noticed more and more the tie-in between food and fiction. As foodies, I am sure you love when food takes center stage in a novel and when the author kindly includes some recipes, well that is just an added bonus.

Tesco gave me the idea for this edition. Tesco now have a Book Blog where they review books. They got in touch with me and asked if I would like to review one, but it was a different kind of review. They wanted to categorise books into moods and not genres. I had a wee look through their list and knew immediately which book I wanted to review.

Meet Me At The Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan.

Recipe and author interview after review.

I love Jenny Colgan's books and the fact this one was about someone who loves to bake, well that was just an added bonus. TheTesco Book Blog listed this book as "handpicked to turn your heart in somersaults". I think that is a fair assessment.

Meet Me At The Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan

Meet Me At The Cupcake Cafe is the story of Issy Randall, a girl who has a dull life and a dull boyfriend, but she is about to break away from all that.

The highlight of Issy's day is baking for her friends and work-mates. So when she is made redundant, it is just the push she needs to open up her own cupcake shop, but only after a good long session of moping around at home, feeling sorry for herself and vegetating.

Armed with her Granpa Joe's recipes and years of experience baking with her grandpa in his bakery and creating all sorts of fabulous sweet treats, Issy set's up her shop. Not everyone is happy for her to do well in her business and she soon learns who her true friends are.

This novel, although chicklit does not have the least bit of fluff. It follows the struggle of a young business woman determined to succeed. There is the sadness of a dear family member growing old and frail, there is the struggles of a single mother and that of a single father.

There is a joy in the relationships in this book and I was left feeling slightly bereft when I closed the last page. I think I will be opening this book again and again. Oh and don't let me forget to tell you about all the wonderful descriptions of food and the enticing recipes scattered through the pages. You are going to love it!

You may expect me to be making cupcakes after reading this book, but I decided to use the ingredients I had to hand and make a simple cookie recipe from the book.

Not Going to Work Nutella Cookies

Issy makes these cookies after she is made redundant and is slopping around the house feeling sorry for herself, of course it never gets so bad that she doesn't want to bake.

I was a bit dubious after reading the recipe as I have never made a cookie dough using the technique for making scones, but I went for it anyway. They are not the prettiest cookies, but they have a lovely brown sugar flavour to them. I imagine they would be great with a cup of coffee, if you liked that sort of thing.

print recipe

Nutella Cookies

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum with kind permission.

December 15, 2011

Also known as Not Going to Work Nutella Cookies from the novel 'Meet me at the Cupcake Cafe' by Jenny Colgan. They have a lovely brown sugar flavour to them, even though they don't contain any brown sugar.

Ingredients

225g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
100g soft butter
100g caster sugar
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, dissolved in a little hot water
2 tbsp warm golden syrup
2 tsp nutella

Instructions

1 Preheat the oven to 200c/gas mark 6.2. Sift the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Rub in the butter, add the sugar, bicarb, syrup and nutella.3. Roll into walnut-sized balls and place on a greased baking tray, pressing down the centre of each ball with your thumb.4. Bake for about 10 minutes. Keep an eye on them, as you can see mine are a little brown at the edges.notes: Issy (the main character in the book) says that while these are baking you should eat 4 tsp of nutella, then eat the entire tray of cookies while reading a gossip magazine and wearing pyjamas.

Details

Total time: 20 mins Yield: 16-18 cookies

Interview with Jenny Colgan

1. Issy Randall loves to bake, it seems only natural, as she spent so much of her childhood in her Grandpa Joe's bakery. Are you a bit of a baker yourself? Did you learn to bake or cook from someone in your own family?

My mother cooks and bakes, but I didn't really learn till I had children of my own then I got interested. The thing is, though, I'm really lucky and only work part time so it doesn't seem too much to ask that I cook!

2. Do you have a dish or cake that is a family favourite?

Everyone likes the usual ones- lasagne, fish pie. I like fish curry and I make a good pad thai. As for cakes, no the children aren't picky! But everyone loves peanut butter cookies and I have to lock fruit cake away from my husband.

3. Is there a cookbook you find yourself returning to again and again?

I keep my own cookbook, if I find something that works very well twice it goes in. Simon Hopkinson is very good, but the one I return to again and again is the BBC food site, their recipes tend to work brilliantly. And for the big things, like Christmas cake, only Delia will do. My mother cooked from Delia religiously, so if I want to do something like she did it, that's where I have to go. My friend who is a brilliant asian cook teases me and calls me the 70s chef because I like to try things like duchess potatoes and bouillabaisse.

4. Issy opens a cupcake cafe and indeed they seem to be popping up all over the place. Do your eyes light up when you see a cupcake or is this very much an Issy trait?

Oh yes, the first concession that opened in Selfridges I used to take a gigantic detour to get there. Gorgeous. It's the icing, isn't it?

5. I have read you spend much of your time in France. Has the cupcake phenomenon taken hold there?

I do live in France, and no they don't bake here- seriously. I need a new mixing bowl and I can't find one. They cook and take that very seriously but nobody bakes, because the patisseries are so good, so you would always buy sweet things. They have macarons, which you have to admit are also very very good.

6. The French are famous for their pâtisseries, do you have a favourite French sweet treat?

Our local patisserie does a melt-in-the-mouth pain au chocolat, it's just unbelievable. I'm also fond of croissant aux amandes, but they have about a jillion calories each so I try and limit myself!

7. I felt happy and sad when I turned the last page of Meet Me At The Cup Cake Cafe. I was really sad to say goodbye to the characters. I did think about Issy and her friends for a few days after I finished the book. Do you find it hard to say goodbye to your characters? Do they linger?

Oh, how kind, that's a really lovely thing for an author to hear. When I finished Olivia Manning's Fortunes of War sextet I was bereft that I'd never meet those people again. When you're writing though, all sorts of other things come into play- your next book, your deadline- so I don't feel sad as such and I'm very lucky with Cupcake as hurrah, we're doing a sequel! So I am currently writing about them all at Christmas time. I did enjoy seeing them all again. Austin and Darny are having some trouble with having a woman living in their house, and Helena has gone completely mad with her new baby, it's funny. And we're doing loads of lovely Christmas recipes.

8. Where do you write your novels? Do you have set routine?

Funnily enough I write them in the local patisserie. They are very nice there. It helps to be amongst the smell of baking! And yes I have a routine; I have three children under six and my husband is a sailor, so I have to be organised. The boys go to school and Delphine goes to creche and I work till 1.30 every day. It's such a luxury, I feel so lucky.

9. I noticed our good friend the Caked Crusader made an appearance at the end of your book with advice on making cupcakes. Do you follow food blogs? Do you have any you would like to recommend?

Isn't she absolutely brilliant! I love The Caked Crusader, and I love How Sweet at How Sweet Eats who shows you loads of gorgeous unhealthy things then tells you to take lots of exercise.

10. I was excited to hear that your next book also has a food theme. Can you give us a sneak preview and tell us a little about it?

Ooh yes, I love this one, we're so excited. It's called Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams and it's about a London nurse who has to go to the country and take care of her great aunt and sell her crumbling closed-down sweetshop to pay for her care. She thinks it's going to be the most boring job of all time but of course it turns out to be a lot more interesting that she was expecting. I talk lots about sweets, especially sweets you eat as a child, and there are recipes for fudge and marshmallows and coconut ice and flashbacks to the sweetshop in the second world war, and it's just generally, I hope, really good fun but quite touching too.

A big thanks to Jenny for the interview.

Disclosure Statement: I received this book free from Tesco to review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

On the twelfth day of Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:20:00 +0000

I kept the best to last. Although I think you will agree they have all been good prizes.

On the twelfth day of Christmas I give you a chocolate hamper from Hotel Chocolat.

Those lovely peeps at Hotel Chocolat, sent me a Sparkling Christmas Gift Basket. It was rather special. I am still working my way through it, although I have shared it. Pink Prosecco, classic Processo, a mini festive wreath, a classic Christmas H-Box selection, tiddly dark chocolate reindeer (tiddly because of the size and not because they are alcoholic), cinnamon almonds and my personal favourite the caramel chocolate angels. Their caramel is just the best. You can actually buy the boxes of Caramel Angels individually.

Now Hotel Chocolat have warned me that this hamper is selling out fast, but fear not, Hotel Chocolat have a whole range of Christmas Hampers and have promised something similar for the winner or something even better.

So if you would like a Christmas Hamper from Hotel Chocolat then:

1. Leave a comment to say you would like to win a chocolate hamper from Hotel Chocolat.
2. Follow Tinned Tomatoes on google connect or networked blogs (down the side panel) and leave a second comment to say you have done so.
3. Follow me @tinnedtoms on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
4. Follow @HotelChocolat on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
5. Tweet the competition using (Win a chocolate hamper from @HotelChocolat - 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway #competition #win http://tinyurl.com/bmy3l2k) and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
6. Like the Tinned Tomatoes Facebook Page and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
7. Like the Hotel Chocolat Facebook Page and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.

If you add everything into one comment you will only get one entry, so remember to write a separate comment for each entry.

The giveaway runs until 04 January 2012 and the winner will be announced on 05 January 2012. This giveaway is open to UK residents.

Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways on Tinned Tomatoes.

There is still plenty of time to enter all 12 giveaways.

Day 1: Win an Ultimate Chocolate Orange Pizza from Prezzybox. (runs until 24th December 2011)
Day 2: Win a copy of The Food Hospital from Penguin Books. (runs until 25th December 2011)
Day 3: Win one of three copies of The Ultimate Slow Cooker Book courtesy of Morphy Richards (runs until 26th December 2011)
Day 4: Win a set of three picture books from Egmont. (runs until 27th December 2011)
Day 5: Win a a family ticket (up to two adults & two children - valid till the 31st December 2012) for all the Merlin attractions at the Blackpool Tower.(runs until 28th December 2011)
Day 6: Win a copy of Step-by-Step Baking (runs until 29th December 2011)
Day 7: Win 4 products from VUPbaby (runs until 30th December 2011)
Day 8: Win a copy of Jamie's Great Britain(runs until 31th December 2011)
Day 9: Win a copy of Innocent's Hungry cookbook (runs until 1st January 2012)
Day 10: Win a chance to print your own cookbook or photo book.(runs until 2nd January 2012)
Day 11: Win a copy of The Boy Who Bakes by Edd Kimber (runs until 3rd January 2012)
Day 12: Win a chocolate hamper from Hotel Chocolat (runs until 4th January 2012)

Merry Christmas and good luck everyone!

Disclosure Statement: I received this chocolate hamper free from Hotel Chocolat to review and another copy to give away. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

On the eleventh day of Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Jacqueline) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:46:00 +0000

It is the penultimate giveaway and it is a real doozy. On the eleventh day of Christmas I give you the chance to win a copy of The Boy Who Bakes by Edd Kimber.

Edd Kimber rose to fame last year as the truly likeable chap that won last year's Great British Bake off.

For those of you not in the UK. "Series 1 of The Great British Bake Off saw ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off’s best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline. The rounds took place in various locations across the UK:"

Edd fought off 4000 applicants to win the contest and has since been able to achieve his ambition of baking for a living. This is Edd's first cookbook, but it can only be one of many to come, for this talented baker.

Here is a wee video to tempt you.

* Pumpkin Pie Eclairs
* Bourbon Pecan Pie
* Apple & Pecan Tart
* Chocolate & Orange Portuguese Custard Tarts
* Chocolate, Pecan & Salted Caramel Tart
* Cranberry & Macadamia Shortbread
* Rose & Raspberry Macaroons

Tempted yet?

I thought you might be.

If you aren't eligible to enter this giveaway, why not head over to Edd's blog and have a look through all the tasty recipes, stop to say hi and then go and buy the book regardless.

However, if you like in the UK and would like a chance to win a copy:

1. Leave a comment to say you would like to win a copy of The Boy Who Bakes.
2. Follow Tinned Tomatoes on google connect or networked blogs (down the side panel) and leave a second comment to say you have done so.
3. Follow me @tinnedtoms on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
4. Follow @Kyle_Books on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
5. Follow @TheBoyWhoBakes on twitter and leave a seperate comment to let me know you have done so.
6. Tweet the competition using (Win a copy of The Boy Who Bakes @TheBoyWhoBakes @Kyle_Books - 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway #competition #win http://tinyurl.com/ctqpvlx) and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
7. Like the Tinned Tomatoes Facebook Page and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
8. Like the Boy Who Bakes Facebook Page and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
9. Like the Kyle Books Facebook Page

Yes, that is a staggering 9 ways to up your chance of winning!

If you add everything into one comment you will only get one entry, so remember to write a separate comment for each entry.

The giveaway runs until 03 January 2012 and the winner will be announced on 04 January 2012. This giveaway is open to UK residents.

Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways on Tinned Tomatoes.

There is still plenty of time to enter all 11 giveaways.

Disclosure Statement: I received this cookbook free from Kyle Books to review and another copy to give away. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.