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Giveaway: Russell Hobbs Hand Blender x 2

One of the kitchen gadgets I find the most useful to have is a simple hand blender, which I use often to blend soups, smoothies and even sauces, such as Bolognese to make them easier for the little ones to eat. A hand blender is easy to store, takes up very little space in a drawer and is also quick to clean.

I reviewed the Russell Hobbs Desire range a little while ago. This time I have two Desire hand blenders worth £19.99 each to giveaway.

Desire Hand Blender

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NB Unused products sent to me as part as a review package

About Ren

Ren Behan is a British-born food writer of Polish descent. She is a mum to three young children (13, 10 and 5) and spends lots of time with them in the kitchen. Ren writes about seasonal, family-friendly food on her blog www.renbehan.com. She also contributes recipes and articles to online and print food publications, such as Food52.com, GreatBritishChefs.com, Huff Post Food and JamieOliver.com. She holds a Diploma in Food Journalism with Distinction and has completed a Food Styling course at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

Ren’s cookbook, Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes, draws upon her Polish heritage and regular travels to Poland.

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  4. I can’t get enough of soups- especially when it’s as cold as this! Nice, thick and filling- no need to go outside!

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  31. My favourite soup is home-made French onion soup, with freshly baked bread rolls (my children also have brie on the top of their soup).

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  52. MY FAVORITE SOUP IS HOMEMADE! CABBAGE, LEAKS, CARROTS, PEAS, POTATOES, CHICKEN STOCK CUBES, PEARL BARLEY AND LENTILS ALL IN A PRESSURE COOKER…DONE! PERFECT!

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  61. Has to be a Blueberry smoother with oats in for me, had it at a hotel one morning and have been making it ever since.

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  173. I love making broccoli soup since I had it at a hotel and loved it! I love the colour, the texture and the flavour!

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  180. My mum’s home made tattie soup. I know how to make it but somehow it always tastes better when she makes it! 🙂

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  196. Leek and potato soup – best ever was tasted at The Grand Cafe in Center Parcs – do you reckon you could find the recipe for your blog? x

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  200. Liking the look of the site, never tried to cook Polish food before. I’d like to try making the vodka and honey braised ribs in the near future. They look tasty.

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  210. this looks perfect for me in my kitchen, i am always looking for useful gadgets to help make my life a little easier!

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  234. My favourite soup has to be tomato, i havent got a favourite smoothie, unfortunetly i don’t have anything to make a smoothie at home so this would be perfect as i’m trying to eat more fruit and a smoothie is a great way to do it.

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  241. I loved curry and parsnip soup, only every audit once but never forgot how nice it was, other than that I love a butternut squash soup

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  253. i love my home made sunday dinner soup! any leftover veg, meat even stuffing sometimes all blended into a great soup.

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  260. Vegtable Soup = change the veggies each time so cannot get fed up with it.
    Has certainly been a life saver over the last week when could not get out in the snow.

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  263. A hand blender would be soooo useful for when
    1) I don’t want to use the food processor
    2) I want to blend my hand

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  267. I do love soup but my fav smoothie is made with Raspberries – normally the frozen variety with natural yogurt and cherry juice. Sometimes I add a bit of honey but I always sieve it to rid it of the raspberry pips.

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  299. Russell Hobbs Desire Hand Blender — just the thing for my “almost” famous carrot, orange and ginger soup. Would love one of thosee!

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  312. This is one pretty handblander!

    My favourite has to be broccoli and stilton. Probably not the healthiest soup, but so delicious, especially with lots of black pepper.

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  358. my favourite soup is spinach, kale, onion, garlic, ginger and apple with a little bit of sumac and nutmeg seasoning. It’s a delicious, slightly sweet
    taste and it is also really cleansing for your body

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  359. I love butternut squash soup with a 2 tables spoons of peanut butter and a teaspoon of curry it makes it really really tasty

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  389. Any gadget that saves time and helps make life easier is a winner in my book. I need a new hand blender so fingers crossed 🙂

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  403. I .love soups at this time of year for the post Christmas diet! I think butternut squash and cumin is my fave – simple but tasty 😀

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  404. My homemade ‘thick and smooth’ sweet potato, red pepper and chilli soup … healthy and filling on cold winter evenings!!

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  410. My favourite soup is home made vegetable, made with beef stock, carrots, onions, parsnip, swede, celery, pearl barley, split peas lentils, chopped tinned tomatos or tomato puree, mixed herbs and lots of black pepper, served with crusty bread. Warming and wholesome food

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  471. Looks fab – I only have a large blender and this looks so much easier to clean if you only want to use it for a small task. Thanks for the competition

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  486. im loving the new york soups at the minute … pulled pork and bean is one of many favs … but i like to make a mushroom soup when i do them !

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  496. I love what we call allotment soup. Any vegetables available at the allotment cooked up and blended. Lovely soup.

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  509. Since November, my husband has been talking about making soups and smoothies. No excuse now if we win this!

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  516. What a great prize just the thing to help with the making of lovely soup for these chilly days we’re having 🙂

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  519. I make my own tomato soup with a variety of home grown tomatoes,a new hand blender would be very usefull.

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  522. Potato and leek blended, that’s a good one, I also like lentil and root vegetable, that’s lovely blended smooth.

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  536. I love the soups you whizz up from odd veg lurking in the fridge. Served with old bread fried into croutons!

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  545. My mum has taught my son how to make French onion soup and I can honestly say it’s the best I have ever tasted!

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  551. the beef bisket looks good, always nice to see a good receipe for this as it can be a tough meat sometimes, will give it a try. thanks

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  563. My favourite is left over fruit smoothie, just blend whatever is lurking in the fruit bowl with some fruit juice or milk and that’s my breakfast sorted!

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  577. I love to make Turkish Lentil soup its lovely and warming in this cold weather!! Hubby loves me to make it for him when he has man flu hehe

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  579. Never used a hand blender before when my kids were young we just mashed with a fork or masher,would love to give it a go and make lovely things for my granddaughter..

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  585. I love my mum’s homemade broth!!!! She also makes a gorgeous lentil and carrot too though, oh and a cream of mushroom…..

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