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Taste.com.au have a new famous blogger and she will be familiar to many. Marion Grasby has taken on the re-launched Taste Kitchen and has her own club called Marion’s Kitchen that already features lots of recipes, how to videos and hints and tips for cooking yummy foods like Christmas Trifle Cups and Pork and Prawn Springrolls. Marion has joined the Taste Team to celebrate a big milestone.

Did you know that Taste.com.au has been sharing recipes and helping people find that simple dinner solution for 5 years! I didn’t realise this until recently and this big milestone means big celebrations with some amazing prize up for grabs! How does a trip to Thailand worth $11,000 sound? I certainly wouldn’t mind laying on a white sand beach with someone serving me drinks after all the Christmas rush! Or how does a Thermomix worth almost $2000 sound as a second prize! Now you can be a Masterchef!



Marion is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to cooking and food and recently I was lucky enough to pick her brain with some questions I have always wanted to know from an expert.



What is your favourite Summer recipe that is quick and easy?

My staple summer dessert is a Christmas pudding semi-freddo.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING SEMIFREDDO



1L vanilla ice cream

200g Christmas pudding, crumbled into small chunks

100g almond or hazelnut chocolate block, cut into small chunks

1 punnet raspberries or 100g glace cherries (roughly chopped)

Place vanilla ice cream in a large mixing bowl.  Mix through pudding, chocolate pieces and raspberries or cherries.  Transfer to a loaf tin lined with cling film and freeze until firm. Freeze until firm.  To serve, cut into thick slices and top with extra grated chocolate or raspberries.

How good does this sound!!! Yum!! I think I might make this for our New Years Eve Celebrations!

What essential pantry ingredients do you recommend to always have on hand?

I’m a bit biased but I always make sure I’ve got my Marion’s Kitchen Pad Thai pack in my pantry.  It has my own pad thai sauce and noodles in the pack, which means I just have to add some chicken, an egg and a squeeze of lime and I’ve got a super yummy dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes.

What are your best tips for creating your own recipe?

Keep it simple.  I think that often the less you do to food, the better it tastes.

What are your best tips for making an existing recipe your own?

 I think fresh herbs or pantry spices are the best way to add extra flavour to existing recipes.  For example, if an Italian recipe asks for basil, I might add basil as well as fresh thyme, oregano and rosemary.  Extra herbs and spices will often add that extra boost of flavour.

Want to know more about how you can win in the Taste.com.au 5th Birthday Celebrations.

To enter the birthday competition, people are to simply share their favourite original recipe with Taste – whether it’s their best banana cake recipe, their never-fail weeknight dinner meal to ultimate entertaining recipe that impresses every time, Taste want to try it!

Entry Requirements:

One original recipe per person
Entries must include a photo of the recipe
Photo specs: 600px x 400px
1st Prize – Trip for 2 to Thailand

2nd Prize – Thermomix

3rd Prize – 10 Cookbooks

For  more information on the competition, and to enter visit: www.taste.com.au/birthday

You can also check out all the entries here and I think there are great odds to win, so if you are creative in the kitchen enter now and you could be sipping drinks in Thailand!

and I will keep you posted and show you a photo if I get creative on New Year Eve with Marion’s Christmas Pudding Semifreddo or maybe I will rename it New Years Eve Pudding Semifreddo, after all they are on sale now so why not make use of them!

TO ENTER USE THIS LINK http://www.taste.com.au/kitchen/competitions/187/
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To celebrate our fabulous 5th year of food and recipes, we are holding a fantastic birthday competition. We invite you to celebrate with us for your chance to win some exciting prizes including a gourmet trip to Thailand for two.

Simply share your favourite original recipe with us. Whether it's your best banana cake recipe, your nanna's perfect lemon curd tart, your never-fail weeknight dinner meal or your ultimate entertaining recipe that impresses every time, we want to try it!

We will choose the top 3 recipes for testing, styling and shooting in our food studios. The winning recipe will be featured on the cover of the taste.com.au newspaper section for all of Australia to see. The winning recipes will also be featured on taste.com.au.

Entry requirements

One original recipe per person
Entries must include a photo of the recipe
Photo specs: 600px x 400px
So, all you have to do is upload your original recipe and recipe photo for your chance to win these exciting prizes!

1ST PRIZE - WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO THAILAND

Win the ultimate gourmet trip for 2 to Thailand valued at $11,000, courtesy of Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Airways International, Metropolitan Bangkok and The Shore Katathani.

Two return economy-class air tickets with Thai Airways International from an Australian capital city to Bangkok and Phuket.

2 nights at Metropolitan Bangkok including transfers, daily breakfasts and a signature set dinner for two at David's Thompson's famed Nahm restaurant.

4 nights in a luxury seaview pool villa at the Shore in Katathani, Phuket including transfers and breakfast for two.

A cooking class at Amita Thai Cooking School in Bangkok - including transfers, boat ride, hands-on cooking class and lunch.


2ND PRIZE - WIN A THERMOMIX

Win a Thermomix valued at $1939 plus a copy of In the Mix - Great Thermomix Recipes by Dani Valent valued at $60. Be the envy of all your friends with the most advanced kitchen appliance on the market.

3RD PRIZE - WIN 10 COOKBOOKS

Fill your bookcase with 10 stunning cookbooks for every style and taste valued at $449.91. Titles include: Bill's Everyday Asian - Bill Granger, Indulge - Rowie Dillon, Gingerboy - Teage Ezard & Chris Donnellan, Free Range in the City - Annabel Langbein, Summer Food - Serge Dansereau, Delicious Simply the Best - Valli Little, Made in Sicily - Georgio Locatelli, Easy Meals - Rachel Allen, Leftover Makeovers - Sally Wise and Junior MasterChef.

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Taste.com.au - November 2011
In this month's issue
Eat in, eat out, eat well. Look for the new taste liftout on Tuesdays in the Herald Sun, Courier Mail and Daily Telegraph, on Wednesdays in the Adelaide Advertiser, and in Perth’s Sunday Times.
Entry in the competition constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions by the Entrant.

Information on how to enter forms part of these conditions. Entry into the competition constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Entry is only open to Australian residents 18 years and over. Employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter. You must be a member of Taste.com.au to enter.
The promotion commences at 00:00 AEST on 28 November 2011 and closes at 00:00 AEST on 30 January 2011 (Promotion Period).
To enter, consumers must be a member of Taste.com.au and go online to www.taste.com.au and upload their original recipe and recipe photo.
There will be 3 prize winners chosen by a judging panel based on the creativity of the recipes and photos uploaded. The judging will take place on 27 February 2012. The winners will be notified by email. The winners names will be published on Taste.com.au from 29 February 2012
There are 3 prizes:
1st prize -
Two return economy-class seats with Thai Airways from an Australian capital city to Bangkok and Phuket, including departure taxes
2 nights at Metropolitan Bangkok including transfers, daily breakfasts and a signature set dinner for two at David's Thompson's famed Nahm restaurant
4 nights in a luxury seaview pool villa at the Shore in Katathani, Phuket including transfers and breakfast for two
A cooking class at Amita Thai Cooking School in Bangkok - including transfers, boat ride, hands-on cooking class and lunch
Prize valued at $11,000
2nd prize - Win a Thermomix valued at $1939 plus a copy of In the Mix - Great Thermomix Recipes by Dani Valent valued at $60.
3rd prize - Win the ultimate cookbook package from Harper Collins valued at $449.91
TOTAL OVERAL PRIZE VALUE - $13,4489.91
The first prize is valid between the following dates - 1 May 2012 to 31 October 2012. The prize winner will need to travel between these specified dates. Bookings should be made at least 4 months prior to travel to ensure availability. Please contact Allison Barclay - allison@revolvecommunications.com.au - to make the booking.
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