You may already know that Asda and Leiths are working together in a long-term partnership which has seen Leiths approve the Asda Extra Special food and drink range, as well as creating a whole host of simple yet delicious recipes and tips. I will be sauntering off next week for an evening of cooking with and sampling delicious Easter recipes using Leith’s approved Asda Extra Special ingredients, with tips and hints from the Leiths chefs. Yeah, I know, it's a hard job but someone has to do it LOL
Anyway, I have been asked to give away a gorgeous hamper of Asda Extra Special goodies. The hamper of deliciousness includes the following treats which are all from the Asda Extra Special range, and approved by chefs at Leiths:
Extra Special all butter pastry cases
Extra Special artisan flat breads
Extra Special plain chocolate
Extra Special mini meringues
Extra Special strawberry conserve
Extra Special Spanish orange blossom honey
Extra Special Italian pesto alla Genovese
Extra Special Aceto Balsamico di Modena
Extra Special all Butter parmesan and garlic mini twists
Extra Special garlic dipping oil
Extra Special apricot crumbles
Extra Special Italian conchiglioni
Extra Special spiced plum and ginger marinade
Extra Special stem ginger chocolate biscuits
Extra Special Belgian milk chocolate and pecan popcorn clusters
Extra Special black pepper ciabatta croutons
ES Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
ES Chianti Classico Reserva
This giveaway has now closed!
Terms and Conditions, please read these carefully:
The winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on this blog.
The winner will be contacted via e-mail and/or Twitter, if there is no response within 3 days another winner shall be drawn using random.org.
There is one prize of an Asda Extra Special Hamper.
To enter the giveaway to win this fabulous hamper, you will need to leave a comment telling me what your favourite culinary Easter Treat is and either a twitter name or email address so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner.
For an extra entry tweet this post using the button at the bottom of the post and leave a comment telling me you have done so.
Terms and Conditions, please read these carefully:
This giveaway is open to all readers over 18 who live in the UK and have a mainland UK mailing address.
Entries close at 10pm on Monday 26th March 2012. The winner will be contacted on Tuesday 27th March 2012.
The winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on this blog.
The winner will be contacted via e-mail and/or Twitter, if there is no response within 3 days another winner shall be drawn using random.org.
There is one prize of an Asda Extra Special Hamper.
I am running this competition on behalf of Asda who will be responsible for sending the prize to the lucky winner. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Asda reserve the right to substitute the prize, wholly or in part, for one of a similar type or value if the prize detailed above is not available.
Best of luck everyone!
Well I don't exactly save it for Easter but I know I'll treat myself (any excuse!) but I just love strawberry tarts! Pastry? Check. Cream/custard? Check. Strawberries? CHECK!
ReplyDeletePerfect.
@iamwitwitwoo
Hot cross buns!
ReplyDelete@janesgrapevine
I've tweeted @janesgrapevine
ReplyDeleteDefinitely hot cross buns :)
ReplyDelete@cherylp59
Easter treat: X buns, Simmel Cake, can't choose!
ReplyDeleteI love quality chocolates at Easter. @wendymcd83
ReplyDeleteFor me Easter is roast lamb
ReplyDelete@livvyssmile
Well an Easter treat would have to be an evening (with my son tucked up asleep in bed!) spent with a selection of fresh breads, Extra Special Olive Oil and Aceto Balsamico di Modena, and some really good strong cheeses. Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite treat is a gammon joint cooked in coke ( a la nigella )
ReplyDelete@hoops120
I have to have simnel cake and chocolate hot cross buns. It's not Easter if I don't have those!
ReplyDelete@suburban1mummy
Oh no what to choose???? Maybe the chocolate ginger biscuits? Mmmmh.
ReplyDeleteMaggy
@redtedart
My favourite culinary treat which only comes out a special occasions is my homemade Baileys cheesecake! It's a really crowd pleaser!
ReplyDelete@chelseamamma
mine has to be those chocolate shredded wheat cake with mini eggs on top, simple but tasty and good fun for the kids to make.
ReplyDeletetweeted too :)
ReplyDeleteTweeted @wendymcd83
ReplyDeleteHas to be roast lamb and chocolate cake with tiny pastel coloured Easter eggs on top :)
ReplyDelete*sigh*
@Maris_world
We make our own easter eggs with Dark Chocolate, White chocolate and every other chocolate we can get our hands on, knowing we've made them ourselves makes them more yummy, so that is our fave Easter treat! (@Baillie_MyLife)
ReplyDeleteI tweeted to
ReplyDeleteMari :)
Tweeted @Baillie_MyLife
ReplyDeleteRum and Raisin ice cream, chopped up mini eggs and a gooey creme egg cracked on top .... heavenly!
ReplyDeleteToo good just for Easter
@laurenbean22
Chocolate I'm afraid - I know it's a predictable answer, but there's something a little bit more delicious about chocolate in the shape of an egg shell than in a bar!
ReplyDeletehot cross buns, toasted with butter. mmmm @rhodak09
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted too. @rhodak09
ReplyDeleteEaster for us is all about the pavlova. I don't know why as we could make it any tine of year but it marks the beginning of sunny weather. All that lovely fresh berry fruit ... yummy!
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted as well @BlueBearWood
ReplyDeletei'm easy. i just like a chocolate button egg! have tweeted. i'm @katscreamy
ReplyDeleteWe make a simnel cake which is a very Easter treat for us. But we also love hotcross buns
ReplyDeletehave tweeted too @mum_themadhouse
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns!
ReplyDelete@janelazy
Have tweeted as well @janelazy
ReplyDeleteEaster eggs from Hotel Chocolat
ReplyDelete@paulahaylock
tweeted as @paulahaylock
ReplyDeleteHot Cross Buns are my absolute favourite "treat" at Easter!
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted too (@nickie72)
ReplyDeleteThanks x
Mini egg nests :-)
ReplyDelete@B4kersgirl
has to be simnel cake, love the marzipan ( not fussed about the cake and cant stand hot cross buns) @pooohbear2811
ReplyDeletetweeted as well @pooohbear2811
ReplyDeletenot sure if I've already commented but I'll do it again :) and I've tweeted it!
ReplyDeleteChocolate crispie nests with mini eggs tucked inside!
@Chippy2907
I think probably anything I make with he children, we made some good Easter eggs last year in moulds @MummyFever
ReplyDeleteI have tweeted too @MummyFever
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns - Easter on a plate!
ReplyDelete@beachrambler
I have tweeted as @beachrambler
ReplyDeleteExtra spicy hot cross buns
ReplyDelete@bospherous
tweeted @bospherous
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns with loads of butter! A Mars Easter Egg always goes down well too as the choccie is so thick & scrummy!
ReplyDeleteI have also tweeted @LottieB77
ReplyDeleteThat would have to be chocolate corn flake cakes with mini eggs on the top. An Easter classic.
ReplyDelete@funkmasterneary
Strawberry shortcake!
ReplyDelete@katiecody7
Freshly baked hot cross buns - not that supermarket rubbish. @ericahughes
ReplyDeleteTweeted @ericahughes
ReplyDeletewow great prize, for me it has to be hot cross buns!
ReplyDeletei have tweeted as @ashlallan
ReplyDeleteI really love Simnel Cake, plus Hot Cross Buns. Not Easter until I've had some of both :)
ReplyDelete@ToybuzzUK
@ToybuzzUK I also tweeted
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is probably an Itslian cake Colomba, very lush.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
@maximka25
Tweeted as @maximka25
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
oh wow, what a giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteHas to be hotcross buns! @azrad89
It's got to be chocolate all the way!
ReplyDeleteEither hot cross buns with butter or simnel cake - I'm not fussy!
ReplyDeleteWow! Lovely hamper. I really love a bit of Easter Simnel Cake. My nan used to make a really nice one, really moist and fruity.
ReplyDeleteWill tweet too @svmitche
Tweeted as @svmitche
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns for me. All year round!!
ReplyDelete@sandycalico
Easter eggs! Broken up into a little bowl. It reminds me of going caravanning with my parents & sister every Easter. They'd give us a bowl of chocolate to keep us quiet in the car!
ReplyDelete@notsuchayummum
For me, hot cross buns (toasted, with lashings of butter) epitomise Easter. Mmmmm!
ReplyDelete(Also tweeted by @jaysawdy)
Hot cross buns, toasted & with lashings of butter!
ReplyDelete(apologies if this has double posted - the work computer seems to be struggling with Blogger)
Also tweeted :)
@jaysawdy
I love hot cross buns.
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted too.
ReplyDelete@Corinathecook
Has to be chocolate Lidit mini easter eggs. I love them @clairelouise82
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns without a doubt!! email is jenniemoore61@yahoo.co.uk
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted as @clairelouise82
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Easter treat is a Simnel cake, completely adore the combination of light fruit cake and marzipan.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant competition.
Have tweeted as @TheBoyandMe
ReplyDeleteHot crossed buns :) Mmmmm. Love! @pipersky1
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted too :) @pipersky1
ReplyDeleteHot cross bun but in a loaf so its same size!
ReplyDelete@mummyvswork
Tweeted too :)
ReplyDelete@mummyvswork
the chocolate bunny or hen with tiny eggs inside
ReplyDeleteaurelie_monniaux@yahoo.fr
Proper Easter biscuits with Cassia oil in them.
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted as well @meedja
ReplyDeleteWhat I like to do is make my own little chocolates out of unwanted Easter eggs (we're always given too many). Melt them down and then pour the chocolate into funny shaped ice cube trays. Extremely simple but people seem to like it
ReplyDeleteFor me it has to be Hot Cross Bun. When I was growing up we were only allowed to eat them on the Easter Sunday. Now I'm a big girl I start guzzling them as soon as they come out in the shops. My husband doesn't like them which is good news for us!
ReplyDeleteMichelle michelle@mummyratesit.co.uk
We love to bake and eat Easter biscuits. Yum.
ReplyDelete@1978rebecca
Simnel cake!
ReplyDeleteTweeted too @gingerbread_mum
ReplyDeleteHas to be chocolate but the chocolate has to contain nuts yummy!! @mum2alesha :) x
ReplyDeleteI have tweeted @mum2alesha :D x
ReplyDeleteI was going to say a Cadbury Creme Egg but it has to be Hot Cross buns. Hot cross buns just because they remind me of my childhood - we only ever had them at Easter and the smell just brings back happy memories :)
ReplyDelete@those24lilhours
Have tweeted too :) @those24lilhours
ReplyDeleteMini Egg nests made with All Bran
ReplyDelete@littleboo_21
Tweeted too
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/#!/littleboo_21/status/181320755013885952
@littleboo_21
Lovely homemade Easter wreath, made with toffees rice crispies and butter amongst others, then when set filled with Cadbury mini eggs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity and Happy Easter to you soon.
Tweeted too thank you. @Jo_Bryan
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/#!/Jo_Bryan/status/181376850067595265
Toasted hot cross buns with lashings of butter - yummy!
ReplyDelete@LouiseRWs
have tweeted too @LouiseRWs
ReplyDeletethanks
Mine has to be chocolate mini eggs - not very healthy I know!! But a special treat during the easter holidays :-)
ReplyDeleteeatmygreens(at)gmail(dot)com
Hot cross buns!
ReplyDelete@MummyBee81
Have tweeted too.
ReplyDelete@MummyBee81
Ooh it's got to be homemade (by my boys) Easter nests, made from shredded wheat mixed with melted chocolate, with mini eggs on the top - nothing says Easter like those :)
ReplyDelete@Clairey_w
Definitely hot cross buns for Me
ReplyDeleteHas to be Hot Cross Buns with butter on. Gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteIt would have to be Welsh roast leg of lamb followed by Belgian or Swiss chocolates afterwards,lush !
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns with lashings of salted butter.
ReplyDeletej.e.higgins@talk21.com
Simnel Cake - love the decoration, the taste and the celebration!
ReplyDeleteI spend part of the year in Greece and Easter is the biggest celebration in the Greek Orthodox religion. After 40 days of fasting during Lent a great feast is traditionally prepared on Easter Sunday with the main course being lamb roasted on a spit so that is what I love foodwise about Easter, lovely lamb flavoured with garlic, rosemary and oregano.
ReplyDeleteChocolate crispy cakes with mini eggs. Love making them with my Mum :-)
ReplyDelete@katieistravel
................ Hot Cross Buns
ReplyDeletetweeting as @mister_steven
I love my chocolate Easter egg.
ReplyDeleteI'm a child of the 70's and as such, there is no better gastronomic delight than Beef Wellington - and we have it every Easter.
ReplyDeleteHot Cross Buns for me
ReplyDeleteI have to have simnel cake and chocolate hot cross buns. It's not Easter if I don't have those!
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns, legendary!!!
ReplyDeleteHome made simnel cake and hot cross buns it wouldn't be Easter without them. Also homemade birds nests filled with choc eggs-no home should be without. Tweeted @AnneThompson10
ReplyDeleteExtra Special stem ginger chocolate biscuits for me..love ginger :)
ReplyDeleteTweeted @TimothyBain
ReplyDeleteI love a nice spicy hot-cross bun with loads of butter melting into it. Yum :)
ReplyDeletedoc.melldo@gmail.com
Has to be easter eggs of course! oh and Welsh lamb so sweet and tasty
ReplyDeletetweeting as melandjake99
ReplyDeletegood luck all!
i bake a soft chocolate heaven fudge cake and warm it gently before putting on some pouring cream. heaven
ReplyDeleteooh has to be toasted hot cross buns - yum!
ReplyDeleteAlways have a roast leg of lamb for Easter Sunday dinner and if we have eaten all the Xmas cake I sometimes make a Simnel cake with marzipan balls on the top.
ReplyDelete@VjeanBrown
tweeted too @VJeanBrown
ReplyDeleteHot Cross Buns....Yum, Yum....
ReplyDelete@paulaburnside
hot cross buns! have tweeted as well as abigailflo
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns , sliced & spread with butter
ReplyDeleteI love those little conrnflake cakes, @snowted
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted the post as @snowted
ReplyDeletehot cross buns
ReplyDeleteTweeted as @alienbuffy
ReplyDeleteWarm hot cross buns with real butter
ReplyDeleteroast lamb with all the trimmings is always a very special treat at easter
ReplyDeleteChocolate Krispies with Mini Egg Decoration.
ReplyDelete@lilacwheelz
Chocolate "nests" made with my daughter ie cornflake cakes with mini eggs placed on top. Such fun to make with the little ones and yummy to boot! Oh I see Claire has already said that - but I shall try her way with the shredded wheat this year, much better!
ReplyDeleteapricot crumbles, yum much? yup.
ReplyDeletetweeted
@DopeyDi
di.shepherd@hotmail.com
chocolate, chocolate and chocolate...........
ReplyDelete@babsal
Gotta be Easter Eggs - I particularly love the Cadbury's Buttons one!
ReplyDelete@figgygee
Extra Special stem ginger chocolate biscuits - gorgeous!!
ReplyDelete@caliben7
tweeted here
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/#!/caliben7/status/182578105293090816
by @caliben7
Easter cupcakes with egg nest icing & mini chocolate eggs
ReplyDelete@CoxeeFoxy
Tweeted @CoxeeFoxy
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns for me ..YUm
ReplyDelete@muslimahi
I have also tweeted @muslimahi
ReplyDeleteDefinitely hot cross buns, just a shame they seem to be in the shops all year now, what ever happened to seasonal food!
ReplyDeleteTweeted as @tiawanawana
ReplyDeleteWe once spent an entire afternoon out walking debating what was the best chocolate/sweet that we liked. Narrowed it down to Matchmakers or Easter Eggs in the end. There is just something about Easter Egg chocolate yum yum! Thanks for the competition! @WrightyH
ReplyDeleteTweeted the competition! @WrightyH
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this counts but I love Easter Eggs, there is just something quite decadent about eating chocolate in the shape of an egg :)
ReplyDelete@BoostieBoo
I have tweeted - @BoostieBoo
ReplyDeleteAnother vote for Hot Cross Buns always with a thick slice of mature cheddar for me! email is chunters@btinternet.com
ReplyDeleteI love Simnel Cake at Easter
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns are my favourite Easter treet
ReplyDeleteTweeted @debbie1957uk
ReplyDeletehot cross buns and chocolate cornflake cakes! yummy!
ReplyDeleteI have never liked hot cross buns, I always find them a bit stodgy. At Easter the rest of my family ate them while I ate the infinitely more delicious buttered crumpets.
ReplyDeleteI´ve tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/heylinguine/status/182635839128473600
ReplyDelete@heylinguine. Thanks!
Hot Cross Buns with peanut butter followed by Chocolate mini eggs
ReplyDeletetoblerone88@hotmail.com
Lightly toasted Hot X Buns with chocolate spread - yummy!
ReplyDeleteblulu25@hotmail.com
It has to be a hot cross bun. From the cheapest supermarket one to the deliciously spiced offeerings from my local bakery, I have never had a bad one once butter is added!
ReplyDeleteHot cross bun with cream & jam @MAIJAMES
ReplyDeleteI love hot cross buns at easter
ReplyDelete@catzinthehat
I love cranberry & orange hot cross buns
ReplyDeleteI love cranberry & orange hot cross buns
ReplyDelete@cqbish
tweeted @cqbish
ReplyDeleteHomemade hot cross buns
ReplyDelete@d858
Hot cross buns with lots, and I mean lots, of butter!
ReplyDeleteIm a massive fan of toasted hot cross buns and this year I will be having them with the new chocolate philadelphia ;)
ReplyDeleteI have tweeted @nataliemay29
ReplyDeleteSpicy hot cross buns
ReplyDeleteI has to be over indulging in Easter eggs!
ReplyDelete@katylittlelady
Its as simple as hot cross buns, though if I won this I might be tempted to change my favourite to one of these ( apricot crumbles sounds yummy
ReplyDeleteI love eating chocolate Easter Egss
ReplyDeleteI have tweeted
ReplyDelete@AMcCutcheon
Hot cross buns
ReplyDeleteI have tweeted @pphil10
ReplyDeleteRoast Lamb :)
ReplyDeleteTweeted too :) @grannybiker
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns, toasted with butter on them..... gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteTweeted @angeldaisy2002
I can never get enough easter eggs, they seem to taste better than choc bars, no idea why mmmmmmmmmmm
ReplyDelete@emmav6
tweeted too :)
ReplyDelete@emmav6
hot cross buns
ReplyDelete@maursieq
Got to be Simnel Cake - I love marzipan!
ReplyDelete@cheekychicken24
Hot Cross Buns
ReplyDeleteI love those lovely cute chocolate easter bunnies
ReplyDeleteHot cross bun!
ReplyDelete@leehicks_
Roast Lamb, we always have a lamb roast on Easter sunday at my sisters, its not easter without it now. xx
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted also @mattalex2008
ReplyDeletescrummy hot cross buns toasted and spread with chocolate spread.
ReplyDeletetweeted - @soosieboo
ReplyDeleteHot Cross Buns for me too - with plenty of butter!
ReplyDelete@devon_mummy
Also tweeted
ReplyDelete@devon_mummy
Hot cross buns with orange zest/peel
ReplyDeletealso tweeted @bbdiva1977
ReplyDeleteChocolate cornflake cakes with mini eggs on top :)
ReplyDeleteHot Cross Buns and as a special treat I have them with lots of butter - yummy! @Bookworm_Em
ReplyDeleteI have also tweeted @Bookworm_Em
ReplyDeleteToasted Hot cross buns with butter ......mmmmmm
ReplyDeletealso tweeted - manna137
ReplyDeletewell it has to be hot cross buns toasted with lashing of real butter! OMG I'm actually drooling now!
ReplyDelete@emmafifema
Love Cadbury's cream eggs & Hot cross buns
ReplyDelete@debsjeav
HAs to be Cadbury's creme eggs for my sins!
ReplyDeleteMy Facebook is Antonia Rookley
hot cross buns x
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