Girne Market in Colour

I hope you enjoyed exploring the market with me.

Just a wee reminder:

There is still time to enter my TumTum Trainee Lunch Bag over at Little Tums. The competition ends today at midnight (UK). TumTum have given me three of the cutest lunchbags to giveaway.

There is also still time to win a more grown up lunch box from Find Me A Gift. A rather sophisticated glass-look lunch box with a green trim, which holds within seperate compartments, a fork and a tub for dressing. This giveaway is running until the 4th of October 2011. You can find the details here.

Black & White Wednesday

Today we visited the weekly market in Girne. It was awash with sounds, colours and smells. I was agog as I walked around, agog at the variety and quality of the produce on offer. Wow! How I wish we had a market of this standard in Scotland. One near to me please. It would be fabulous and definitely change the way we shop.

One of the highlights for me was being given a sundried fig wrapped around a walnut. Oh my it was good. Sundried figs, purchased, boxed and ready to fly home with us, tick.

This is my first entry for Susan's rather wonderful weekly event - Black & White Wednesday

If you would like to participate in Black & White Wednesday, post a culinary inspired black and white photo and email it to Susan. You can find the details Here

For all your other foodie challenge, competition and giveaway needs, remember to visit The Food Blog Diary.

Bookmarked Recipes - September Roundup

Bookmarked Recipes
September 2011



1. Homemade Dulce De Leche
Sumaiyyah (Every Little Crumb)
Recipe bookmarked from Joy of Baking.







2. Ginger Crunch Slices
Helen (Fuss Free Flavours)
Recipe bookmarked from Anna Hansen in the June edition of The Telegraph.







3. Tomato Chilli Jam
Janice (Farmersgirl Kitchen)
Recipe bookmarked from the Tamasin Day-Lewis book 'Supper for a song' from the library a few weeks ago.






4. Corn and Feta Fritters
Lucy (The KitchenMaid)
Recipe bookmarked from (maybe) NZ House and Garden magazine 2004-ish.







5. Tagliatelle al pesto e yogurt
Jacqueline (me) (Tinned Tomatoes)
Recipe bookmarked from Gino's Pasta by Gino D'Campo.







6. Thai Coconut Corn Stew
Janet (The Taste Space)
Recipe bookmarked from Ashley over at Eat Me Delicious who found it in Eat Drink Be Vegan.







7. Halva Flapjack Carob Cake
Johanna (Green Gourmet Giraffe)
Recipe bookmarked from Dan Lepard





Here ends this month's Bookmarked Recipes and so October's Bookmarked Recipes is open for business. 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.

Bookmarked Recipes October will be open until Saturday 29 October. I hope you enjoyed the roundup, I thought it great, as ever. Please join in next month and unearth some of those unloved bookmarked recipes.

You can find all the up-to-date foodie challenges, giveaways & competitions over at The Food Blog Diary where I am now ably assisted by the lovely Helen.

Getaway & Giveaway

I'm getting away, but before I do I am hosting a giveaway courtesy of Find Me A Gift.

We are heading off to Cyprus to visit Graham's parents for a couple of weeks. I am, as we speak in the middle of packing hell. Trying to fit everything for the three of us into 2 smallish cases is not easy.

The last time we were in Cyprus, Cooper was only a baby and the flight was a breeze. He drank and slept a lot and was perfectly content. I just can't see that happening this time. I really can't see him being content sitting on our knees for five and a half hours five minutes. Eek! To get myself in the mood for our holiday and remember why the five and a half hours will really be worth it and can be got through, I am going to share some photos with you from last year and then we will get on to the giveaway.













Black & Blum Box Appetit Lunch Box Giveaway

I was in Lakeland recently and looking at lunch boxes. I seriously considered buying this lunch box, but I thought it was a bit pricey. Roll on a few days and Find Me A Gift, get in touch and ask if I would like one to review. How psychic are they? Spooky! The good news is that they sell the same lunchbox £4 cheaper (they have great prices and deliver next day) and the great news is that I have one to give to one lucky reader.






To win a Box Appetit Lunch Box from Buy Me A Gift just leave me a comment.


For extra entries:

1. Follow my blog and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
2. Follow me on twitter (@tinnedtoms) and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
3. Tweet the competition using @tinnedtoms in the tweet and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.

Remember to leave separate comments as each comment is a separate entry.

The giveaway is open to UK residents only and runs until Tuesday 4th October 2011.

Good luck everyone.

In other news:

* There is still time to win the cutest lunch bags from TumTum ever over at Little Tums my children's recipe blog. Pop over and leave a comment. You don't have to have a child to enter.


* This month's roundup of No Croutons Required will be posted over at Lisa's Kitchen tomorrow. Which means there is still time to get an entry in.


* Visit Helen and I over at The Food Blog Diary for all the latest foodie challenges and giveaways. The diary is constantly updated.

Roasted Carrot and Hummus Dip

A copy of Discover Organic dropped onto my doorstep this week.

This new cookbook is part of the Why I Love Organic Campaign. It features tips and recipes from celebrities and home cooks. Kate Humble, Raymond Blanc, Lorraine Pascale and Jody Scheckter are among the celebrities that feature.

The book sets out to show us just how easy it is to eat great tasting and natural food without all the nasties. It is divided into seasons and has a great seasonal fruit and vegetable chart, which is very useful for keeping an eye on what is coming into season.

I didn't think I was going to have time to try anything just yet, as I am about to head off to sunnier climes, but I have to make a lunch up for Cooper to take to his childminder's tomorrow, so I decided to try out the roast carrot hummus.

You can check out Cooper's filled lunchbox over at Little Tums and see some cute photos of him decorating his lunchbox. Innocent sent Cooper a shiny, red lunchbox to decorate as part of their 'Design a Lunchbox Challenge'. He had a wonderful time sticking on stickers.

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Roasted Carrot and Hummus Dip

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum with kind permission.

September 18, 2011

A lovely carrot hummus. Such a gorgeous colour and very easy to eat and eat and eat......

Ingredients

• 350g organic carrots, washed, trimmed and cut into 2cm chunks
• 3 cloves of garlic, unpeeled
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 x 400g tin organic chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 220c/Gas Mark 72. Place the carrots in a small roasting tin, add the garlic, cumin and 1 tbsp of the olive oil and toss to mix.3. Place the garlic under the carrots and roast for 15-20 minutes or until the carrots are tender and lightly charred.4. Add the chickpeas to the roasting tin ans stir well to coat them with the cooking juices.5. Remove and discard the skins from the garlic.
6. Transfer the ingredients to a food processor, add the remaining oil and lemon juice, then use the pulse setting to blend to a creamy puree. Season to taste with salt and pepper.Serve: with vegetable crudites and oatcakes.

Details

Total time: 30 mins Yield: Serves 4-6

Cooper hasn't tried the hummus yet. All will be revealed tomorrow. Graham really enjoyed it and pronounced it so much better than standard hummus and me, well I just love hummus in all it's forms.

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.