I’ve been attempting to take part in the Tesco Blogger Challenge recently, which meant I had to try my hand at vegetable carving. In the end, I’ve had to give up as it seem that my skills really do not lie in carving vegetables. I tried mushrooms and tomatoes and although I could slice and dice with absolutely no problem at all, the more delicate work for carving seemed to escape my hands.
So, in short, I found decorative carving much harder than it looked, but the Thomas knives that Tesco sent me to practice with are absolutely fantastic. I really did think twice about showing you some of the pictures of my disasters, but hey ho, I can only get better if I keep trying.
See how much work I still have to do – to be able to do some of the fabulous carvings I’ve seen online.
Mine:
To give you an idea – THIS is what I was trying to get and failed miserably with. It’s classed as “easy.”
I’ve not given up. I have a plan and am going to try again, so be prepared for another post for Thomas Kitchen Knives from Tesco, but in the meantime, Tesco have also offered a set of 5 knives, including the knife block, for one lucky reader of my blog – and I want to get that out to my readers.
In the set are:
- 1 x Knife Block
- 1 x 4.5″ Utility Knife
- 1 x 5.” Small Santoku Knife
- 1 x 6.8″ Large Santoku Knife
- 1 x 7.4″ Cook’s Knife
- 1 x 7.8″ Bread Knife
For anyone who is not sure what a Santoku Knife is, it has Japanese historical significance. It is a knife that is excellent at chopping, cutting, dicing and mincing. Blades usually range from around 5″ – 8″ and has a design that is comfortable in the hand, and allows good grip while still being able to use the full functions of the knives.
The dimples on the blade help release the food after cutting and helps with its versatility.
The closing date for the set of kitchen knives on offer is 1st of June 2014 at midnight.
Tesco are also running a sticker promotion between 3rd March – 1st June 2014 where you can save up to 70% on exclusive kitchenware products at Tesco. For every £20 you spend online OR in-store you can collect a sticker, once you’ve collected five stickers you can use these to save up to 70% off professional kitchenware items of your own. Stickers can be collected from 3rd March 2014 – 25th May 2014 and must be redeemed by 1st June 2014. Find out more.
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cheese burgers
Curry!
I like bacon
a homemade curry and rice
My fav food is chocolate and beef, not together thou
Grilled chicken and salad
a nice tomato and basil soup with warm fresh bread
Eggs Benedict
eggs any form xxx
shepards pie!
roast beef with roast potatoes and veg
baked tomato and feta cheese 🙂
Chicken mole burritos
Chocolate truffles
sushi
spaghetti carbonara
Curry
Carbonara.
very old fashioned – prawn cocktail
My favorite food is farro and grilled vegetables. Thank you for the giveaway.
my favourite food is mashed potato!
my mums sunday roast 😀
That’s such a hard question but i guess my favourite would be bacon, it’s a great meal in a sarnie but also a great ingredient for so many meals too.
I think i’d have to say steak!
Nice Beef Pie
Cheese ♥
Any sort or roast meat with roast potato and veg…yum yum yum!
Can’t beat Sushi – don’t get it very often, as rest of family don’t like it 🙁
My husbands home made curry
Tough call but I’d have to say CHEEEEEESE
roast lamb dinner. Yum.
Roast lamb with all the trimmings
Salad
Lasagne
Crispy Mongolian Lamb
Chocolate and vanilla cheesecake
Sourdough!
strawberrys
Steak
I love Chinese Stir Fried Food
A nice tenderloin steak medium rare with peppercorn sauce
BBQ Pulled Pork
Anything spicy
Prawn Jambalaya!
Risotto 🙂
Icecream
Chocolate
bacon
love sausages
Steak!
Garlic prawns
crisps unfortunately
My favourite food is my girlfriend’s home cooked chicken ceasar salad! It’s incredible!!!
My favourite food is pesto humous, absolutely love it nom nom
Being Italian I automatically love pizza, pasta & bread 🙂
Favourite savoury food is Prawns,favourite sweet food is chocolate
tuna pasta bake
pasta
Pad Thai with Prawns
Pork Sausages
Thank you for the competition. I imagine that such carving would be a hard task.
A good old fashioned roast dinner.
Cheese! I’d eat it all the time if I could!
Chocolate first, then chicken in creamy mushroom sauce
salad with lots of fruit and crispy veg
Bread!!
Lasagna
Olives!
Chilli Con Carne 🙂
Roast beef
Just one is hard, but if I’m treating myself I love steak and ale pie 🙂
roasted butternut squash chips xx
Pizza!
Roast Chicken
Beef casserole made with red wine and redcurrant jelly with creamy mash and steamed asparagus – delicious!
mmm I love sushi and lasagne (but only my mums)
I love corn beef pie
Oh my gosh, What a difficult question. I love all food. Right now I fancy a piece of chocolate!
I so love sausages, especially on the bbq
I love raspberries!
I do like cheese
medium rare steak, chips, peas, mushrooms, peppercorn sauce and LOADS of French mustard! Delicious!
Can’t wait to try the Japanese santoku knife. It looks awesome
full roast dinner
Homemade bread
Moules frites 🙂
Lasagne
A hot & spicy curry
My favourite food is curry
Shepard’s Pie
I love stew, tatties and veg followed by sticky toffee pudding if there’s still room 🙂
Chinese chicken chow mein
Chicken curry is my fave
Home-made steak and kidney pudding
I love Mexican food! Can’t beat it 🙂
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icecream
Paella
My favourite is lasagne.
Seafood – prawns, cockles, mussels etc I love em
Toad in the hole with loads of gravey
my favourite food is chinese
my favourite food is chineses yummy
my favourite food is chineses yummy
CHeese!!!!
Thai green curry. Its vegan if you get curry paste with no fish sauce in it, and yet it tastes so rich and creamy with all that coconut milk! Guilt free 😀
roast beef in a giant yorkshire pud with really thick gravy
Garlic King Prawns!
fillet steak with peppercorn sauce and roasted sweet potatoes
fillet steak with peppercorn sauce and roast sweet potato wedges 😉
duck pancakes
Marinaded roast pork with steamed potatoes and lots of vegetables and sauce!
Anything with cheese 🙂
Roast Chicken!
Roast Chicken!
Cheese
steak and chips
My sweet tooth loves alabama fudge cake. (Savoury a nice roast chicken dinner)
My favourite food is poached eggs on wholegrain toast – quick, tasty and nutritious at any time of day.
Chicken Curry
Chinese 🙂
Pancakes
Lasagne 🙂
Curry
chicken jambalaya
steak and chips!!
Spaghetti Bolognese
I love food and have several favourites but if I had to choose one it would be a lamb madras
lasagne and blackberries
Steak, New potatoes, and grilled mushrooms (Tip always cook your steak from room temperature!)
Cheese
A good steak and chips or a Roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings x
My favourite food is toast as it is so versatile but it has to be made from home made bread and it has to be well cooked
nothing beats a nice traditional Sunday Roast dinner 🙂
Wow, what a hard question! I have so many I couldn’t possibly choose. I adore most Italian food and am partial to a nice curry as well – to be honest though there isn’t much food I don’t like!
stew and dumplings.
rare roast beef with all the Sunday lunch trimmings
I’d be totally rubbish at vegetable carving too! I think my favourite food is Caesar Salad.
My favourite is beef stew and dumplings x
Wispa Golds 😀
Pizza
lasagne
Toad in the hole! No veggies to be seen…
Carbonara with lots of parmeasan cheese
I love lasagne
I love lasagne
T BONE
T BONE
T BONE
seafood risotto
Potato – jacket, mash, chips – yum!
Sausage Cassarole with mash, yummy
i love cheese
My favourite food is a roast dinner
My favorite food has to be Beijing roast duck.
I love risottos, especially wild mushroom
steak and chips or lamb curry
On a cold winters night I love haggis and baked beans; easy, fast and tasty!
My favourite food has to be Pasta
lasagne
My Mums fish pie 🙂
Lasagne. Mmmmmmm
At the minute I’m experimenting with prawns, my king prawn kebabs are pretty addictive …!
A good curry.. Chicken biriyani..
Homemade pizza.
Roast dinner
Tell me what your favourite food is.
ooohhh easy question – any thing someone else has cooked
Mexican food
it would have to be prawns
I love chinese food
FISH AND CHIPS
Chicken in any way shape or form xx
Chicken
lasagne
Homemade Lasagne
Anything that involves garlic and king prawns
Pasta
Chocolate!
I love a stir fry either chicken and chorizo or fish eg salmon or prawns. I know the chicken and chorizo isn’t authentic, but it is very tasty.
Lasagne! 🙂 and wow, that rose looks tricky!
My favourite food is sausage and mash!
Lancashire hotpot
roast lamb and all the trimmings
chocolate
Any kind of Indian food, I love it all 🙂
I love a casserole on a sunday but if I am going out for a meal, I would get a fish dish
Salads with everything on it. Peppers,pickles,cheese. You name it id eat it with crusty brown
buns with best butter.
Donuts 😮
Meat and potato pie!
Vegetable Lasagne
Anything spicy so love curries and chillis
I love a stir fry, usually including diced chicken with the usual spring onions, garlic, ginger, then either Thai or Chinese style and lots of other veg with it on long grain fluffy rice.
pizza 😀
CHOCOLATE!!
Hard To pick just one – but I think it would be eggs as they are so versatile.
Well done on trying that carving – it looks really hard and I am sure you will improve, not sure that I would have been able to do as well as you did, tomato ‘flowers’ are about my limit but is does look interesting.
steak and chips
Roast Chicken
Roast beef
Steak and Chips
I love cheese, in particular goats cheese yum yum !
Seafood pizza!
sunday roast 😀
Steak, chips served with fried onions, and homemade red cabbage with onions and apples
roast chicken
My answer to this question changes from moment to moment. But in the interest of fairness, I will attempt an answer, so long as you promise not to hold me to it 🙂
My favourite food is king size prawns, which have been marinated, while still in the shells, in olive oil, tobacco and parsley. Then shallow fried and served with fresh bread, for the sauce.
Clearly I meant Tabasco, not tobacco. Bloody spell check 🙂
cheese on toast 🙂
Toad in the Hole
I love stir fry it’s quick and easy and can change according to what I have in!x
Chicken Chow Mein
chocolate!!!!!
porridge
Chinese please
Fish and chips
Tiger Bread, yummy
Cheese! I really love cheeses but I have to very much limit my nibbles because I am no good at the stopping part!
Macaroni cheese x
Just about any Indian food
Any pasta dish.
marzipan
Favourite food: Rare steak with mixed salad.
fish pie! (cream doughnuts, too)
fish and chips
Curry, any sort, I love it
Salads I Love Them
Lasagne
cottage Pie
I love Pizza!
At the moment my favourite food is sweet potatoes.
Sweet chilli chicken with egg noodles
a succulent rack of lamb, a real treat 🙂
Cheese for me.
A nice lamb roast dinner.
Anything that doesn’t involve olives
Hard to pick just one … I’ll go with roast duck!
Freshly made sourdough bread . Well done for attempting to carve! 🙂
chocolate and pasta (not together)
At the moment it is cheese.
Oh goodness, I don’t have just ONE favourite food – I love it all. Except kidneys and okra. So there you have it, my favourite food is anything that doesn’t involve kidneys or okra.
Paella!
Steak and frites
Just one food?! Eggs would win for me.
Chicken casserole
Oh my word, that does not look easy! I’d love to have a go though.