It’s the National Baking Week 17th – 23rd October, and to celebrate it, we teamed up with Steenbergs Organics to give you a chance to win this Organic Luxury Chocolate Cake Box!

To enter our Bake & Win photo contest…

1/ Get baking (and no cheating please )

2/ Take a photo of your yummy home-made cake or whatever you prefer and upload it on our Facebook page not later than 27th October

3/ Share with your friends and ask them to vote for you. The one with most votes will grab the prize!

Simple as that! And if your little helpers are happy to bake with you, let them take part and share the fun!

Steenbergs Luxury Gift Box for Bakers is ideal for those who love baking their own home made cakes – there’s nothing yummier and why go to all that trouble if you are not using the finest ingredients? This version contains Steenbergs organic Fairtrade vanilla extract. This box isn’t just for cakes and it’s full of delicious ingredients.

This baking hamper contains:

- 500g of Suma’s organic Fairtrade cocoa powder

- 500g of Sunflowers organic self-raising flour, stoneground in Yorkshire

- 150g of Green & Black’s organic 72% cook’s chocolate

- 500g of Suma’s organic icing sugar

- 100ml of Steenbergs organic Fairtrade vanilla extract.

Closing date: 27th October

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1. Preheat your family “get-together on Sunday” mood to max (mark 6).
2. Place the Sunday chaos on the bottom, draw the curtains and spread the summer sunshine evenly
3. In a happy family car add the /secret ingredient/, tight well to the back seat, mix with a handful of crayons and 10 drops of fun, then whisk it, shake it, beat it… until stiff.
4. Add the self-raising mood and the adventure spirit, a little at a time, whisking to incorporate, and then beat in the pinch of travel wind until well combined.
5. Spoon into your day and bake for a few hours – until golden on top and overflowing with happiness. Sprinkle with the “have-a-great-day” spell and enjoy!

Have you guessed what the secret ingredient is? – Please share your suggestions below and stay tuned – something very exciting will follow soon!

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The brand, which is a best-seller in the USA, and also becoming a leader in the UK, offers a completely safe option for parents wishing to avoid any risks from BPA. And it’s not just the BPA-free materials used that has helped BornFreeTM to become number 1 choice for parents, but also the efficacy of the products themselves.

If you are interested in taking part, please email info@greenkiddie.co.uk with your name, baby age, feeding method and your blog address, if any. Another way to let us know you wish to test the BornFree bottles is to join our Facebook page HERE and explain WHY you want to test them!

Closing date: 26th March 2010. The selected mums will be announcedon 1st April.

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There’s less than a week till we announce the winner in our “Love is” competition, receiving the fabulous Sweet & Dreamy gift box from Lush! So far we’ve received hundreds of emails, answering that simple question in the most inspiring way. We wanted to thank you all… and to share some of your most interesting, funny, a bit bizarre, sad, gentle and inspiring thoughts.

Love is… kissing your partners eyelids when they are asleep. Victoria Laithwaite

Love is…  eating the last rolo so your loved one doesn’t put on weight. L. Mundy

Love Is… waking up and seeing my early-bird little boys smiling face beaming at me! Ms Linda Johnson

Love is…holding my hair back, when I’m throwing up because of chemo treatment. Sarah Williams

“Love is… lying in a hot bath of Lush Sweet and Dreamy gift box products with my wonderful husband! Hayley Williams

Love is…. bringing me a sandwich when I’m up with the baby at 3am! Kathryn MacKinnon

Love is cuddling up to my beautiful Italian girlfriend Vivienne.  I am profoundly deaf and she is hearing and she is truly amazing beyond words the way in which she has coped with me and loved me for who I am when I am really hard work and I feel that this should be recognised. She makes my dinners, washes my clothes puts my butties up for work and is always on hand to talk through any worries and concerns as she is a brilliant communicator. Paul Marshall

Love is my son waking me up with a hug and saying i love you mummy. Vicki Francis

Love is…wishing someone a future of happiness, even if that future does not include you! Robert Macolive

There is still time for you to enter the draw and win the Lush gift box for either yourself, of for the love of your Valentine!

Good luck, everybody!

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With some help from mummy and dady she has made some fabulous Christmas tree decoration from simple and all eco-friendly ingredients like flour, salt and water.

She wins a gorgeous wooden toy – just in time for Christmas! Congratulations!

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