09 Mar, 2010
Win! One of three Mother’s Day dinners at the M&S restaurant
Posted by: peter in: Competitions | Sponsored Posts
Treat your Mum to something Special this Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and sometimes it’s hard to know what to get that special lady in your life. Lucky for you, CheapEats.ie and Marks & Spencer are here to help. We’re giving you the chance to win one of three delicious meals for four this Mother’s Day in the Marks & Spencer Rooftop restaurant on Grafton Street.
Mums are always so busy looking after everyone else, so why not let your mum have a day of pampering and relaxation and treat her to a delicious meal this Mother’s Day, compliments of Marks & Spencer and Cheapeats.ie.
Also this weekend, the fantastic M&S dine-in for two offer will be back. It’s perfect for a family dinner this Mother’s Day.
To Win
To be in with a chance to win one of these three prizes, simply click into this post and answer the the following question:
This week, Marks & Spencer generously provided us with three delicious meals for four this Mother’s Day in the Marks & Spencer Rooftop restaurant on Grafton Street, to raffle off to our readers.
And the lucky winners are:
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Here are your random numbers:
66 114 68
Timestamp: 2010-03-12 12:04:02 UTC
Congratulations, Jo-Jo, Josephine and Steve - you’ll each be treating your mammy and two others to a lovely meal this Sunday!
Big thanks to all of you who entered, and special thanks to Marks & Spencer for sponsoring this giveaway.
12 Mar, 2010
Recipe: Beef stew booster
Posted by: jacqueline in: Can of Tomatoes | Healthy Eating | Main Meals | Recipes
Tumeric, spice, and all things nice
My uncle told me about this recipe, and I’m including it because, along with other gorgeous ingredients, it contains turmeric. I am a turmeric virgin, but really want to learn more about what dishes to add it to. This is not a typical turmeric-fuelled recipe, but it is lovely.
It’s called The Barge Casserole because my uncle cooks it up in a big casserole pot (Aldi, €40, seems as good as Le Creuset but time will tell) which he has earmarked as The Casserole Pot That Will Be Used On The Barge We Buy One Day. Keep cooking up one-pot dishes like this, and you can buy your dream barge/yacht/second home by the sea in a few years too. Maybe. Health benefits of tumeric: anti-inflammatory, believed to protect against cancer, good for the heart, flu-fighter - these are just a few.
12 Mar, 2010
Lunch offers in Blazing Salads
Posted by: jean in: Bargains & Special Offers | Lunchtime
Blazing Salads is one of my favourite places to get a takeaway lunch in Dublin city centre: it has a wide range of interesting salads, and you can fill a takeaway box with them for about €7. Unlike many other Irish salad bars, it doesn’t just rely on coleslaw and potato salad and other unfortunate substances drowned in mayonnaise - instead, you can get stuff like tabouleh, shoyu noodles, carrot with toasted almond, toasted nuts and seeds. The range doesn’t change all that often, but it’s always reliable.
While in there the other day, I noticed that they have a few decent lunch offers on:
- Soup, pizza slice and organic bread combi - €5.95
- Soup, multigrain or rye sandwich, organic bread - €7.15
- Soup, pitta sandwich and organic bread combi - €6.90
It does all seem a bit heavy on the bread; it would be nice to see a soup and salad combo. But they do always have a wide selection of healthy wholegrain and rye varieties. Have you tried the lunch offers at Blazing Salads?
I’ve been a bit of a wreck lately. I’ve no idea why I’m confessing this all to the nation, but I’ve been home alone for the past few weeks and eating really unhealthily. I became addicted to Burdock’s, I ate a packet of biscuits for my dinner, and I once woke up with a chocolate bar in my mouth.
Unsurprisingly, my body revolted. It’s not used to being treated so poorly, so it reacted with mouth ulcers and a persistent pain in the side. I ignored them until last week when they started screaming REALLY LOUD. I resigned myself to imminent death.
11 Mar, 2010
Recipe: Ottolenghi’s Savoury Cheesecake
Posted by: rercy in: Can of Tomatoes | Chefs | Recipes | Vegetarian
I’ve recently discovered Yotam Ottolenghi’s innovative and inventive take on vegetarian food. The chef’s exciting approach to Mediterranean cooking is experimental with bold flavours and pure ingredients. Finding new ways to make vegetarian food interesting is always good so I’ll definitely be buying his book Ottolenghi: The Cookbook.
Some of his dishes include white and yellow Iranian rice with barberry, cumin seeds, almonds and pistachios; Poached leeks with hard-boiled eggs, parsley and tarragon vinaigrette; Mashed beetroot with yoghurt, za’atar and chilli, topped with hazelnut and goat’s cheese; Braised monkfish with fresh fennel, fennel seeds, potato and Parmesan; Roasted saffron chicken with Jerusalem artichoke, lemon, basil and pine nuts and Fish pie with soured cream, lemon zest and basil.
I’m cooking for at least ten this weekend so his Aubergine Cheesecake recipe looks straight forward to make and absolutely delicious - different too.
11 Mar, 2010
M&S Dine In for Mother’s Day: Roast Dinner for Four
Posted by: peter in: Bargains & Special Offers
The beloved M&S Dine In offer is on again this weekend, but instead of the usual Dinner for Two for €12.50, they’re offering a Roast Dinner for Four for €20. The meal consists of a roast joint, a large side dish, dessert for four and a bottle of wine.
The menu includes a half leg of lamb, a large chicken, a salmon joint and much more - you can see the full menu on the M&S website. The offer runs from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th March.
Just-Eat.ie, Ireland’s largest online food ordering website, kindly provided us with a great prize to give away. The following two CheapEats readers have each won a takeaway, to feed two people, from their choice of over 500 takeaways nationwide:
Here are your random numbers:
115, 281
Timestamp: 2010-03-10 21:16:55 UTC
So big congratulations to Josephine Murphy and Jaakko Hame, our two winners, who will shortly be enjoying a free slap-up takeway meal. We really hope you enjoy it! Thanks to all of you for entering, and big thanks again to Just-Eat.
11 Mar, 2010
Recipe: Aldi’s Tuna with Roasted Tomatoes and Garlic
Posted by: peter in: Main Meals | Product Reviews | Recipes
Delicious tuna dinner for a steal
Our own lovely Jacqueline and her partner Dave fed me again recently. I really enjoyed the sea bass, and Jacq told me that they’d picked it up in the freezer section of Aldi.
On a visit to Aldi a a few weeks ago, I made a beeline for the freezer section and picked up some frozen tuna steaks. Branded The Fishmonger, the bags contain a minimum of four steaks weighing 550g and cost just €4.49. There’s more than enough for four adults here, so the steaks could stretch to feed two adults and three kids.
Food Offers
Weekly food offers at Lidl include:
- Parsnips - reduced from 99c per kg to 69c per kg
- Draught Guinness (500ml) - 2 for €3
- Nestle After Eights (200g) - 2 for €3
Remember, you’ll find a new set of offers every Monday. Click here to see them all.
Special offers on Lidl’s “Super Saturday” include:
- Inisvale lean beef mince steak (500g) - reduced from €3.19 to €1.99
- Trolli jelly mix (1kg) - half price - now €1.99
Click here for details.
Special Buys
Now’s a good time to pick up some kitchen equipment, with current Lidl specials including:
- 5-piece stainless steel saucepan set - €24.99
- All purpose chopper - €14.99
- Hand blender set - €16.99
There’s lots more: click here to see.
Special buys from next Monday inclue clothes and outdoor gear. Click here for details.
And finally…
Lidl’s “Taste of Tuscany” specials kick off from next Monday, and include:
- Olive paste (180g) - €1.69
- Cantuccini with almonds (250g) - €2.99
If your giving your mum flowers this weekend, you can do worse than picking them up in Lidl. We’ve been filling our humble abode with bouquets for just €2.99 from the German discounter. Click here for details.
Special buys this week at Aldi include:
- Irish cream liquer (70cl) - €6.36
- Specially Selected Bouquet - €9.99
- iPod/ MP3 travel speakers - €29.99
Click here for more information.
Also at Aldi this week, you’ll find the Super6, a selection of fruit and veg including pineapple, leeks, and potatoes, for just 79c.
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