Lemongrass and Ginger Cookbook Giveaway Result

It is my pleasure to announce the winner of the Lemongrass and Ginger Cookbook Giveaway generated by the true random number service. Janice was the commenter's No 12 of 73 comments. Some of you might be wondering how come I am drawing only 73 comments. It is because there were 2 repeat commenter’s – (Rona and Catherine Lee) so I have to put them as one comment each.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to participate and your kind comments. I wish I can give all of you this cookbook but it is not possible but you can always purchase the cookbook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Book Depository. Do come back and check out another one of my giveaway soon.

Vanilla Beans Giveaway Results

6 more days before Christmas!! Are you done with your baking and shopping yet? For us, it will be a very lay back Christmas. We won’t be doing anything elaborate in the mid of moving. The house is in a mess with boxes and things everywhere. Moreover I am not well since I got back from SF. Still having cough and stuffy nose and with the blasting cold winter it didn’t help much. So I am not in the mood for anything. Not even shopping. I just can’t deal with the crazy traffic and crowd everywhere. I end up buying some of the gifts online this year.

Enough of rambling as I am sure you all are eager to know the results. Here it goes.

The first winner is comment No: 38 - Edith

The second winner is comment No: 70 - Chloe

The third winner is comment No: 44 - Esz

Congratulations to the winners and I will email you soon for your address and Beanilla will mail you the gifts. Thank you everyone for participating and Beanilla Trading Company for providing us with the wonderful gifts.

Vanilla Beans Giveaway (Closed)

It the holiday season again and I am sure all of you are getting ready for Christmas and Chinese New Year baking. During this period I used lot of vanilla extract. Pure vanilla extract is expensive so I like making it myself. As you can see I don’t skim on my vanilla. I will put at least 6-7 beans to make a bottle of extracts that is why I used a lot of them. I’ve ordered vanilla beans from an online store before but I was not too happy with their beans and also their customer service until I found Beanilla Trading Company . I love their fat plum vanilla beans and they come all vacuum pack to retain its freshness and their customer service responds all your queries promptly. I am so glad that I found their online store.

Since it is the holiday season I wrote to them asking if they want to sponsor this year giveaway? Brent of Beanilla responded right away and generously sponsors all the gifts here.

The Beanilla Trading Company specializes in providing the best quality vanilla products to chefs, breweries, restaurants and at-home enthusiasts around the world. They take great pride in the quality of every product we offer.

Beanilla will be giving away their products to 3 lucky readers of My Kitchen Snippets. Each winner will received 5 Madagascar vanilla beans, 5 Mexican vanilla beans and a 2 oz package of vanilla fleur de sel.

Madagascar vanilla is incredibly smooth, rich and creamy. This is the most traditional type of vanilla and it goes well with any type of baking.

Mexican vanilla is bolder with tones of smoke. Mexican vanilla is often regarded as the best in the world. This variety pairs well with chocolates and other rich desserts.

Vanilla Fleur de Sel is a blend of premium sea salt, imported from the coast of Brittany, France. We blend this with our premium Tahitian vanilla beans. The result is incredible. Fleur de Sel is perfect for topping caramels, brownies or anything with peanut butter! This is potent stuff, so just a pinch will go a long way.

1. To Enter: Post your comment here and tell me what you want to do with the vanilla beans or the Vanilla Fleur de Sel.

2. For additional entries: Post about this giveaway at your blog, linking back to this post. Come back and leave me a comment with the link to your post.

This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world. Remember to leave your email address in your comment so that I have some way of contacting you if you win. I will pick 3 lucky winner (s) by random drawings and Beanilla will send the gifts directly to you. Dateline for the Giveaway will be on 19th December 2011 at 9.00am (Eastern Time) Good Luck!!

My Kitchen Snippets Full Disclosure: Beanilla provides their products for the giveaway. I only promote things that stay true to my taste and interests. The opinions expressed here are my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments. Thank you Beanilla for sharing your wonderful products with us.

Closing the 30-Day Challenge .... Announcing One Lucky Winner!

I'm back from San Francisco! What a tiring week! The road trip went well, we passed through 8 states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada to arrive in California. It was a long journey but I'm glad we did it. We are unlikely to make a similar road trip again but there are two states I want to return to visit in the near future - Nebraska and Utah. More about why later.

For now, I thought I'll round-up the Royal Selangor Jellyriffic Challenge with this special video my good friend, Rita Ho created for me to recap all my 30 jelly-mould entries. She made a movie of them! The accompanying song you hear is 'We Are The Champions' by Queen, a favorite song embraced by many breast cancer patients in their individual battle and often played at awareness programs for the illness.

Again, very special thanks to Royal Selangor for the opportunity in participating for this great cause and to all my blogging friends and readers for their comments, suggestions and support.

Last but not least, it is my pleasure to announce the winner of the Olympus Camera generated by random.org, the true random number service. Josephine was the commenter's No 683 from Bailey's Mocha Pudding - Day 25 .

Congratulations, Josephine! I hope you enjoy snapping endless memories with your prize! Please email me your address so I can send you the gift. My email address is at my profile.

Aprons Giveaway - Results

I am sure you are eager to know the results of the Aprons Giveaway. I really appreciate your participation and kind comments. By using ‘Random Number Generator’ I type in number 1 to 72 (total comments) and let it drawn the winners.

The 1st winner is commenter No 28 (Belle)

The 2nd winner is commenter No 64 (Sweetylicious)

The 3rd winner is commenter No 34 (Min)

Thanks to everyone who participated, and keep reading My Kitchen Snippets for more giveaways soon.

Note: Can Belle and Min please get in touch with me at snwann(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your prize.

Aprons Giveaway (closed)

To tell you the truth I don’t owned a nice apron. What I have is one that I used over 8 years and I am still using it. I went shopping the other day and found some very cute ones and bought one for myself. It has been a while since my last giveaway, so I thought maybe I should get a few more and gives it away to my loyal blog readers.

Thanks to all of you that have visited My Kitchen Snippets regularly, left comments, motivated and kept it interesting for me to continue posting. It's always nice to receive comments and even better when someone out there becomes a friend - and there are many of you that have become real life friends. Some people say that blogging relationships aren’t real, but I know first hand that they are.

Anyway, I am giving away 3 cute aprons to three of my lucky readers.

The 1st winner will get this cute black/pink and purple apron that says ‘with the right shoes I can cook ANYTHING’

The 2nd winner will get this light blue/yellow and white apron that says ‘If you Want Breakfast in Bed….. Sleep in the Kitchen’

The 3rd winner will get this brown and white apron that says ‘My name is not Cinderella. Care to lend a hand?’

To enter once:

Leave a comment here telling me which recipe or recipes from my blog that you will like to try out.

To enter twice:

Post about this giveaway at your blog, linking back to this post. Come back and leave me a comment with the link to your post.

In case you are wondering, this giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world and not just for USA readers. Remember to leave your email address in your comment, so that I have some way of contacting you if you win. I will pick 3 lucky winner (s) by a random drawing. Dateline for the Giveaway will be on the 17th May 2011 at 6.00pm (Eastern Time) Good Luck!! Remember to leave your email address here too.

GuyLian Artisanal Belgian Chocolate Valentine's Giveaway

The winner for the giveaway is Amy. Congratulations!! I will get in touch with you through email.

Thank you everyone for participating.

GuyLian Artisanal Belgian Chocolate Valentine's Giveaway (Closed)

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and you can see all the store shelves are overflowing with boxes and boxes of chocolate. Recently I was contacted by GuyLian, asking me if I wanted to try some of their chocolate and do a Valentine’s Day Giveaway. Of course I said yes. I never turn down a box of good quality chocolate.

Guylian “ultra-indulgent” luxurious chocolate seashells are 100% pure, silky smooth, dark or white Belgian Chocolate and are filled with rich, decadent creamy chocolate praline truffle. The Guylian brand dates back to the late 1950’s when Guy Foubert, a passionate Belgian Chocolataire married his love, Liliane who then joined names creating Chocolaterie Guylian. Today, Guylian crafts the finest authentic Belgian Chocolate Truffles, utilizing the original handmade recipe of Guy and Liliane. The original signature truffle recipe is still made in small-batch copper kettles exclusively by Guylian’s Master Chocolatiers in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

I always like the beautiful seashells design of their chocolate. They were so cute that I almost didn't want to bite into it. From the first bite I was in love! I just love their Extra Dark Chocolate Praline Truffles. The dark chocolate seashell truffles have a 74% dark cocoa shell with an extra dark and decadent chocolate praline truffles center. I took small bites of the chocolate and let each bite melt in my mouth. It was pure chocolate heaven! As for Carlos who has extra sweet tooth prefer their Chocolate Praline Truffles. He said their chocolate is very rich and creamy. I have to agree with him on that.

The Gift:

There are plenty of ways to express your love for others and what better way to do it than with a box of delectable chocolates. You have a chance to win a Valentine’s bag (similar to the picture shown), with a box of Guylian Originals Seashells, 4.4 oz, and a box of Guylian Praline Original Temptations, 4.4 oz

How to enter:

All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address here and tell me what was your most memorable Valentine’s Day? I am so sorry but this giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on February 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winner will be chose using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have three days to reply with a name and mailing address (no PO Box) or a new winner will be selected. The package will be shipped directly to you by Guylian. Good Luck!!

My Kitchen Snippets Full Disclosure: Guylian provides me with product to test and review. I only promote things that stay true to my taste and interests. The opinions expressed here are my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments. Thank you Guylian for sharing your wonderful chocolate with us!

Guess the Flavor of Chiffon Cake – The Result!!

Yes, we have a winner. The person who guessed the flavor correctly is Wendy of Table for 2 or More. The Chiffon Cake is made out of Prickly Pears. The recipe and details of the fruits will be coming up next. Thank you everyone for taking the time to participate. There are some very good guesses and I will be making some of the flavor that you suggested. Do come back and check out another one of my giveaway soon.

Wendy, these gifts will be coming your way soon.

1. 2 packets of cupcake wraps (12 and 18 pieces each)
2. 1 packet of Wild Rice
3. 1  year 2011 and 2012 planner - cupcakes photographs by Kylie Lambert.

Guess the Flavor of the Chiffon Cake (Closed)

Can anyone guess what the flavor of this chiffon cake is? The first correct answer will receive some gifts from me.

Oh, in case you are wondering, this is open to anyone anywhere in the world and not just for USA readers. Remember to leave your email address in your comment. Dateline for this guessing game will be on the 24th November 2010 at 11.00am (Eastern Time) Good Luck.

Update 11/22/2010 (7.30pm): Still no right answer yet. I know the cake color might be a bit misleading. This cake is made out of one type of fruit and not sure what happen as it turn bright orange after baking. Hope this help with the guessing :)

Results of the Christmas Giveaway

I am sure you are eager to know the results of the Christmas Giveaway. I really appreciate your participation and kind comments as I never knew there are so many people reading my blog. It is really fun reading all your kind comments.

By using ‘Random Number Generator’ I type in number 1 to 146 (total comments) and let it drawn the winners.

The first winner is commenter No: 17 (Mangocheeks)




The second winner is commenter No: 51 (Sunshine)




The third winner is commenter No: 2 (Michelle)



Congratulations to the winners and I will email you soon for your address.

Christmas Giveaway!! (Closed)

Is the holiday season again and while you are shopping for your loved ones it is time for some Christmas giveaway here at My Kitchen Snippets. I am giving away 3 fabulous baking books for three lucky readers.

The first winner will get Muffins Galore by Catherine Atkinson. This book is excellent with beautiful pictures inside. The recipe inside is easy to follow and guarantee great results.

The second second winner will get Cupcakes Galore by Gail Wagman. It’s a super book for cupcakes with frosting for all occasions. Great layout and pictures too.

The third winner will get Cake Galore by Valerie Barrett. Plenty of cake recipes in this book with categories like Grandma’s Favorites, Afternoon Tea, Special Occasion Cakes, Healthy and Special Diet Cakes, etc.

If you are a fan of baking and like try out various recipes here’s your chance. All you have to do is write a comment telling me what kind of dessert you like to make or serve at Christmas or any occasions.

Oh, in case you are wondering, this giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world and not just for USA readers. Remember to leave your email address in your comment, so that I have some way of contacting you if you win. I will pick 3 lucky winner (s) by a random drawing. Dateline for the Giveaway will be on 23rd December 2009 at 6.00pm (Eastern Time) Good Luck!!

Pillsbury Simply...Refrigerated Cookies Giveaway!

Who can say no to cookies, right that’s why I was looking forward to try and review the NEW Pillsbury Simply...TM Refrigerated Cookies. I baked two batches of them last night, one Chocolate Chips Cookies and the other one Peanut Butter Cookies. They were so easy. You literally just open the packet, put them in the baking sheet and stick them in the oven. After 15 - 17 minutes you have your dose of cookies. Everyone agreed that they tasted just as good if not better than other refrigerated cookies they have eaten. Best of all they are made with wholesome ingredients like flour, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla and have zero grams trans fat, no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial colors or flavors and no preservatives.

I’ve arranged with Pillsbury to give 3 of my lucky readers a Pillsbury tote bag and two coupons and the coupons entitle you to 2 free package of Pillsbury Simply . . . Refrigerated Cookie Dough. And if you can't wait you can also get a printable discount coupon here to save on either variety of Pillsbury Simply.

To win the giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment telling me what is your favorite cookie. Don’t forget to leave me your email address too so that I can easily and accurately contact the winner.

The giveaway will end on September 6th 2009 at 6.00pm (Eastern Time). The giveaway is open to US only (due to shipping and the coupons can only be use here in the US) I will randomly draw the winner (s). GOOD LUCK!!