Win a Chocolate Hamper from Thorntons

January 15, 2013

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This is your chance to bag yourself a chocolate hamper from Thorntons!

I’ve teamed up with UK retailer, Thorntons, to give you the chance to win an ‘I Love Chocolate Hamper . This luxury hamper includes:

• Continental Milk, White & Dark Collection (300g)

• Moments (250g)

• Chocolate Smothered Toffee Box (525g)

• Continental Viennese Bag (105g)

• Premium Collection (96g)

• Continental Alpini Bag (112g)

• Milk Chocolate Block (90g)

Want to be in with a chance of winning? Simply enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. Struggling to find the answer? Click here.

Thorntons sell dark chocolate as well as personalised chocolates for all you chocolate craving needs.

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Beth Sachs

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Meal Plans

Meal Plan 7th January 2013 - 13th January 2013

January 06, 2013

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All back to work and school this week so easy meals it is!

Monday 7th January
Braised Beef and Mushrooms

Tuesday 8th January
Chicken Kievs with Veg

Wednesday 9th January
Fish and Chips

Thursday 10th January
Bacon and Pea Orzo Risotto

Friday 11th January
Homemade Pizza

Saturday 12th January
Eating Out

Sunday 13th January
Roast Chicken, Sweet Potato Mash and Cauliflower Cheese

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Beth Sachs

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Baking

Fresh Cherry Crumble Cake

January 02, 2013

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A warm slice of this certainly perks you up on a grey and drizzly January morning.....who said New Year was meant for diets!

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Fresh Cherry Crumble Cake

by Beth Sachs January-2-2013

A fruity cake perfect with a cuppa

Ingredients

140g Self Raising Flour
1/2 TSP Cinnamon
50g Caster Sugar
1 Egg
4 TBSP Milk
85g Butter, melted
250g Fresh Cherries, stoned
For the Crumble topping
25g Plain Flour
25g Caster Sugar
25g Butter, diced

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4. Grease and base line a 20cm round cake tin, about 5cm deep. Sift the flour, cinnamon and caster sugar into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the egg, milk and melted butter, then combine with a wooden spoon or electric whisk. Beat well to make a thick, smooth mixture. Spoon into the tin and spread evenly.Step 2: Scatter the cherries over the mixture and gently press them in. Step 3: To make the topping, tip all the ingredients into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingers to make a crumb-like mixture, then work the mixture until it comes together in pea-sized pieces. Scatter the topping over the cherries.Step 4: Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean. Leave in the tin until cool enough to handle, then run a knife round the edge, remove the cake from the tin and leave on a wire rack until completely cold.

Details

Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 35 mins Total time: 55 mins Yield: 8-10 slices

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Beth Sachs

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Meal Plans

Meal Plan 31st January 2012 - 6th January 2013

January 01, 2013

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The decorations are down (I get bored of them by Boxing Day but I'm made to keep them up until New Years Eve) but thankfully this household is still on holiday until next week which means plenty of time for baking and creating in the kitchen and trying out all my new kitchen gadgets and utensils. We have my FIL's 60th Birthday tomorrow so are planning a meal out with the family over the weekend but other than that it will be all home cooked as per usual.

Along with learning how to crochet (I can hear the sniggers).....I will be trying even harder this year to be more frugal in the kitchen, wasting as little as possible and also using my garden more to grow different fruits and vegetables. What are your culinary related resolutions this year?

Monday 31st December

Buffet at the neighbours

Tuesday 1st January

Curry at my Mum and Dads followed by a refreshing (*cold and windy) New Years Day walk

Wednesday 2nd January

Sticky Glazed Gammon, Macaroni Cheese and Brocolli

Thursday 3rd January

Leftover Gammon with Egg Fried Rice and Peas

Friday 4th January

Spaghetti Bolognese

Saturday 5th January

Out for a meal