Hotel Chocolate Double Giveaway

If you are pleased by the thought of winning two scrumptious eggs from Hotel Chocolat, then you are going to be absolutely delighted when I tell you there are actually three luxury prizes to be won. One lucky winner will win two eggs here on Tinned Tomatoes and there is also the chance to win a Kids Easter Bunny Basket over at  Little Tums.

So which eggs did I choose?

Bookmarked Recipes in March

Bookmarked Recipes


Bookmarked Recipes: a monthly event to encourage food bloggers to revisit the recipes they have bookmarked from magazines, newspapers, cookbooks. websites, blogs, to try them out and post about them.


Read on to see all the entries and to add any bookmarked recipes you have posted to the linky.

Creamy Rice Pudding with a Boozy Berry Compote

The original recipe calls for cranberries (out of season), flaked almonds (I know I have a bag of these but I just can't find them anywhere), whipped cream and full fat milk (I used semi-skimmed milk and skipped the cream. I am trying to lose weight, not gain it).

The recipe was originally named Danish Christmas Rice Pudding with Berry Compote, but I could hardly call it that once I had changed the key ingredient. I used blueberries in my compote and lovely they were too.

When winter arrives again, as it surely will and you want to make Danish Christmas Rice Pudding with Berry Compote for a family gathering.

Deluxe Carrot, Courgette & Peanut Butter Stuffed Mushrooms

This is one of Graham's favourite dishes. It is one his mother passed on to me and so a great choice for Mother's Day.

Tender, juicy mushrooms, filled with the most delicious filling that is both sweet and salty with a crunch from the peanut butter. I haven't found a better stuffed mushroom yet.

Why not try them and let me know what you think?

Do you have a favourite stuffed mushroom recipe?

Sticky Toffee Banoffee Muffins

These naughty little muffins were dreamt up by the lovely Kirstie Allsopp. I found them in February's edition of Cook Vegetarian Magazine. I did hope to find the recipe on their website, so I could link to it, it just seems more honest. However, no such luck and as you cannot buy the magazine now that we are in the middle of March, I have decided to post the recipe. So forgive me and please go out and buy Cook Vegetarian!

The combination of banana, caramel and pecans is a good one and when you break into these muffins there are splodges of caramel inside. They are good cold, but even better warm. Warm caramel, mmmmmmmmmm!

Mother's Day is Coming

Mother's Day is coming and as a relatively new mummy, Hotel Chocolat rewarded me with a box of chocolates. The H-Box dropped onto my doorstep and there wasn't a hope in hell that they would last until mother's day.

Maple Pecan Sticky Bars

A new daytime baking programme started this week. Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard is on at 12:05pm on Channel 4 each week day for 4 weeks.

Decorating Cupcakes at The Scarlet Bakery

A couple of weeks ago I attended a cupcake decorating class at The Scarlet Bakery. The Scarlet Bakery is our first cupcake shop in Dundee and it is proving very popular.

The Scarlet Bakery is owned and run by Paul & Kelly Fairweather. Kelly took some time out to answer a few questions about the bakery. You can read the interview at the end of the post.

Sangria at La Tasca

I always thought I had a rough idea how to make Sangria. I have never tried to make it until now and it turns out I really didn't know how to make it after all.

Now I have the recipe for a traditional Sangria after a visit to La Tasca in Glasgow.

La Tasca in Glasgow was having a relaunch and they invited myself and a few other Scottish bloggers along for a visit.