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I go through allsorts of cravings, well not cravings but just different things that I fancy.

My first and utmost favourite is cheese, I love cheese particularly Brie.  Hot brie with warm crusty bread to dip into it and the best accompanyment for this is fig chutney.  I can eat a whole french stick and a packet of brie in one go I love it that much.

My next favourite is mussels in a white wine and garlic sauce, again with crusty bread to dip in the sauce with a nice glass of dry white wine to wash it down with.

We’re not quite as equipped for these as the Auzzies might be but we give it a damn good go.

On the first sunny day we had back in April, my boyfriend treated me to an all singing all dancing BBQ. He bought it after work took it home and progressed to put it together. 2 hours later when it was standing in all its glory, the sun had all but dissappeared and it was freezing.

However, being the typical british people we are, we were determined to still cook our tea on it. By 9pm we had starving children but we all enjoyed our burgers and sausages all the more.

I think we have just had our summer, although it was in April. BUt none the less hopefully over the next few months the rain will stop and the sun will shine.

So, it’s time to put the winter stodge meals away which make us want to saty in front of the fire most evenings and bring out the fresh healthy salads.

You can make a salad really tasty by adding all the usual ingredients, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, oinion, but then add some chicken marinated in honey and mustard – still good for you but it makes it a little more exciting to eat. Or you can add some salmon, panectta – the list goes on – go on be creative!

If you like your food and you like it free, you will absolutely love tasty bingo. The site currently has a competition running in which you can win a £30 pizza for just 1p! So, why not leave the cooking for one night and order in a delicious cheesy pizza with all of your favourite toppings – all courtesy of the lovely people at tasty bingo.

To enter this competition, all you have to do is play tasty bingo games every Thursday evening. This will become ‘pizza night’ for all the family if you’re lucky enough to win!

The game starts at 6pm sharp, and you only need to have a spare penny to be able to play. In fact, you can buy as many tickets as you like for the Penny for a £30 Pizza game without spending very much at all.
The winner of this competition, and the one taking home the £30 pizza prize, is the player who is the first to bingo on the Pizza Pattern. This pattern can be identified by the fact that it looks like a pizza, obviously. Good luck, and enjoy your night in!

For more great games and competitions like this one, make sure you check out www.ohmybingo.com for details of lots of other awesome bingo sites.

If your looking to start up a sandwich shop or currently run a sandwich that isnt going as well as you would like then the answer to the golden question – What makes a good local sandwich shop? could be what you need.

Location is important to the sandwich shop as you have to think – will you get passer’s by? can people park nearby and pick up their order? do you have a constant guaranteed crowd from either school or local companies?

Once you have the location sorted the menu needs to have a mix of classic sandwich’s, which will always be ordered and also have some specials to fit in with the time of year and to get the taste buds going.

The 31st of October every year see’s the tradition known as Haloween. To celebrate this day you will probably get a few children knocking at your door in fancy dress which is known as Trick and Treat.

Once the child has performed a trick (not always done as some just knock on your door wanting sweets) they will be wanting some st kind of treat. You will see in the supermarkets in the run up to haloween a lot of offers on multi packs, which have common chocolates in like twix, milky way and smarties. I think these are the best options and kids will love them!

Brisket beef is one of the most popular choices for customers these days but what is the best way to cook it?

My personal choice is to get a large frying pan and fry leeks, garlic cloves, carrots and onions together. Then add the beef into a large caserole dish with hot water and the fried vegatables you just made. It is also a good idea (but not a must) to add some red wine and a beef stock cube.

You should then place the caserole dish in an oven (170 degrees c) for 2-3 hours. The longer it is left in the more the beef soaks in the vegatables flavour. It is then ideals to serve the beef with mash potato, a large yorkshire pudding and some of the friend vegatables from the caserole dish.

With Christmas fast approaching i decided to ask my work colleagues what there favourite christmas sandwich’s were?

I didn’t give them a list to choose from as i thought it would be better to let the imagination run wild.

From the 15 people i asked we got two top choices the classic turkey and stuffing was one. The other was chicken, bacon, cranberry and brie. I then asked the people who gave me a different answer to the choices their opinion to get an ultimate winner.

With 11 out of 15 votes the christmas sandwich we should all be getting this year is – chicken, bacon, brie and cranberry. Enjoy people.

Whatever type of shop you run, you will always have those loyal customers who visit time and time again, and who you now consider as friends.

This is likely to ring particularly true if you run a local sandwich shop, and whether it’s office workers, builders or retired members of society who pay you a visit on a regular basis, it’s always nice to show just how much you value their custom and their conversation.

Offering a loyalty discount scheme in the form of stamped cards is a good way of showing your appreciation and keep regulars coming back for more, and with everyone looking to save the pennies nowadays, a loyalty scheme could really come in handy. These cards will be really cheap for you to make too- which makes the idea a winner all round.

As well as showing your gratitude in the form of delicious discounts, with the festive season approaching with alarming speed, why not think about creating personalised Christmas cards for your most loyal of customers?!

Giving Christmas cards might only seem like a relatively small gesture, but you will be amazed at how grateful your customers will be at such a personal and thoughtful gesture.

Give your customers something to really smile about next time they pay you a visit by showing them just how much they mean to you.

When you do a buffet for a birthday party or an occasion where you’re having guests round what are the first things you think of when missioning round the supermarket? Little sandwiches, crisps, sausage rolls, cheese and pineapple, quiche, garlic bread, chicken legs?! Anything else? Well why not try to be a bit more inventive and do a Mediterranean style, Greek mezze type banquet with stuffed vine leaves, hummus, olives, tomato and basil salad, chickpea and lentil salads, flatbreads, stuffed tomatoes and peppers, breaded prawns and anything else you can think of. You can still add your favourites but by adding a few foreign touches your buffet will really come to life. Stick some vegetable samosa’s and some chicken satay sticks on too and you’ve got a party!