Kokova Magazine

...with a great chance to win a special summer entertaining hamper.

Fine food specialist COOKS&CO is offering food lovers a 'Cheat's Guide' on how to wow family and friends this summer, with a host of delicious yet simple to prepare dishes for easy entertaining.

Featuring star ingredients from the COOKS&CO range, dozens of easy to follow recipes are available in the 'Our Professional Tips' section of the new look COOKS&CO website, where food lovers will find a host of exciting entertaining tips.

Recipes include: -

• Smoked Paprika Chick Peas - a simple yet celebrated dish in Spain where chick peas are sold cooked and salted as tapas, or a fiesta time snack
• Hearts of Palm 'Cerviche'
• Red Pepper Dip
• Stuffed Vine Leaves with Yoghurt Sauce - Popular in Arabic and Mediterranean countries, a yoghurt sauce with cucumber and garlic makes a classic accompaniment to stuffed vine leaves.
• Forest Mushroom Duxelles - Duxelles is the dark mushroom layer of a Beef Wellington, but it also makes a great starter
• Affogato Classic Italian Dessert - Cherries add a delicious sweetness to the classic Italian pudding, Affogato, which literally means 'drowned'

The beauty about using great ingredients is that you can make beautiful tasting dishes in minutes. Dishes like these are perfect for those days when you want to invite families or friends round and offer them something delicious to eat, but without having to spend hours in the kitchen.

Anne-Marie Cannon, COOKS&CO spokeswoman

More tips and easy to follow recipes can be found at www.cooksandco.co.uk, where food lovers can find even more inspiration and new ways to serve up delicious dishes using COOKS&CO's wide offering of 48 fine food ingredients.

Meanwhile, to celebrate its new 'Cheat's Guide' to entertaining, COOKS&CO is offering the chance to win a special entertaining hamper, jammed full of star ingredients from the COOKS&CO range.

To win the hamper, worth £50, all entrants have to do is log into or sign up to the 'Cooks Club' section to enter.