competition – win a cirio hamper stuffed with tomato goodness [closed]
This competition is now closed. Many thanks for all your entries, there were some brilliant ideas and inspiration! The winner has been notified by email.
CIRIO is Italy’s leading tomato producer and has been authentically Italian since its foundation in 1856. CIRIO harvests only the finest tomatoes from ten regions of Italy, including Puglia, Lazio, Emilia-Romagna and Campania.
With over 150 years of experience behind them, they really know their stuff. Not convinced? Enter this competition to win one of their hampers and try them for yourself. This hamper is packed with £25 of amazing CIRIO tomato products, to keep you in pasta sauces, pizza toppings and lasagnes for weeks. To be in with a chance to win this bounty, just comment on this post with an answer to the following question:
What’s your favourite tomato-based recipe?
- Competition closes 8pm 30th September. Comments posted after then won’t be counted.
- I’ll pick the winners at random using some fancy random number generator.
- Entrants must be 18 years or older.
- If the winner hasn’t replied within two weeks, someone else will get it.
- Only people from the UK please. Additionally, I’ll only post to a UK address.
Good luck!
We have just had a wonderul bolognese, but we limited the amount of tomatoes – one tin instead of two – and it actually enhanced the flavour – less is more
Well there are so many wonderful tomato dishes which I love, but my favourite summer one is pasta with a raw tomato sauce which my Italian sister in law taught me.
Oooooo tough one! Its got to be spagetti bolognese for me though…the ultimate comfort food! http://wp.me/p2dgEG-cz
Mine would have to be chilli
My homemade lasagne which I make with extra tomatos because everyone loves it 🙂
Fresh Tomato Sauce – http://londonbusybody.com/2012/09/16/recipe-fresh-tomato-sauce/
Definitely bolognese!
Hmmm tricky to choose just one… Aubergine parmagiana is what I fancy right now.
Gnocchi, chickpea & tomato bake. Tasty & quick
With fresh tomatoes from the garden, I love making my grandfather’s spicy tomato ketchup. Works with green tomatoes too, so it’s very versatile. With tinned, I use them in so many things, but my favourite is as the base for curry sauces following mum’s recipes, which include lamb curry, keema curry, chicken curry and chickpea curry. All so good!
A Moroccan tagine of minced lamb meatballs simmered in a spiced rich tomato sauce with eggs cracked in shorly before serving so that they’re lightly poached. Mmmmm!
It has to be pork chop cacciatore with creamy mashed potato and a sprinkling of pangritata. Perfect in this weather
Its my bitsa pasta dish that I make most Thursdays. The core ingredients are onion, garlic, mushrooms, tuna, a tin of chopped tomatoes and a passata (and yes these are from Cirio!) then I throw in whatever we have in the fridge that needs using and can realistically go in the dish. Last week it was mozzarella, usually there is a courgette, sometimes a pepper …. It all goes on top of some pasta.
Nice and simple pasta with tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil – herbs, onions and garlic added for flavour
It has to be Chilli with loads of cheese of top
Has to be lasagne!
Bolognaise all day long!
Would have to be bolognese, love it 🙂
lasagne is lush!!! I am Garfield 🙂
Curry sauce (obviously with the curry!)
I love lasagne too, especially my mum’s homemade!!!
Spaghetti bolognese is my favourite
caponata – gorgeous with some rosemary roasted potatoes on the side!
lasagne
Has to be Lasagne.
Home made pizza – a topping of tomatos, garlic, olive oil & mozzerella are perfection for me.
I love tomato, basil, peppers with garlic olive oil on toast. Lovely
curry, curry, curry!!
love home made lasagne
Spag Bol
courgette and tomato soup
Spag bol for me
Home made tomato soup! Use milk instead of cream so it’s guilt-free – just add a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to stop it curdling.
Spaghetti Bolognese – but just about everything I cook is tomato-based!
Lasagne
Great Competition!! I love pasta Arabiatta which is a favourite of mine because I like hot dishes. I use a lot of tomatoes generally in pasta related dishes so, If I won this it would be a really useful prize! Got my fingers and toes crossed!!
Lasagne
I make a very simple pasta sauce with tinned tomatoes by frying chopped bacon with onion in butter (adding flour to make a roux) and then I add two tinns of tomatoes!
Spaghetti Bolognese always a favourite in our house
I make a great Chilli Con Carne by adding tinned tomatoes so that is my favourite dish aswell as my friends! This is a Fantastic Competition by the way!
My family love Sausage Casserole. It’s so cheap to make – tinned tomatoes and a splash of tomato puree really make it rich and warming, great for winter.
i love spicy tomato pasta with pancetta
I make a traditional spaghetti Bolognes by making my own pasatta sauce with crushed tinned tomatoes. First I fry chopped onion with mince beef and three or four Bay Leafs, then add two tins of tomatoes, reduce it by simmering for one hour and just before I serve I add some basil and parmesan cheese! No carrots, No mushrooms just delicious!
Pasta bake with tomatoes and mozzerella!
Spicy tomato and tofu Thai soup. Sounds weird, tastes great.
Does pizza count?!
Pizza
Pasta with tomato and basil sauce.
Spaghetti bolognese for me
Chilli con carne.
A basic tomato sauce is my ultimate favourite and I’m a strong believer that good quality tomatoes make the magic!
Home made salsa with fresh tomatoes onion garlic peppers coriander and lashings of lime juice
I love green tomato chutney which I made with my tomatoes that havent ripened this year – great with pate or cheese
My favourite tomato based dish is Tumbet – a Mallorcan vegetable casserole.
pasta with homemade a roasted tomato and pepper sauce
pork and beef meatballs in a lovely homemade sauce – finely chopped onions & peppers, tinned tomatoes, oregano and basil. Yummy!
it has to be pizza
Good old home-made lasagne for me!
chilli con carne
cream of tomato soup
Homemade tomato soup
I love lasagne
Spaghetti Bolognese 🙂
chilli con carne
Aubergine & mozzarella tomato pasta… mmm!
my own home made marinara pizza
I love lasagne
I love to cook homemade tomato and fresh basil soup
Spaghetti bolognaise
Classic cream of tomato soup! The ULTIMATE feel good food. Chilled as gazpachio in summer or hot with crusty bread in winter, starter for posh nosh or with a sandwich for a sofa supper. You cannot beat it!!
good old Spag Bol for me :O)
Five bean chilli – lots of tomato lots of garlic
Chilli Con Carne, minced beef, tin of chopped tomatoes, tin of baked beans and tin of kidney beans and as much chilli as you can handle !!
Instant pizza. Toast two slices of ciabatta. Spread on tomato puree. Place a couple of anchovies and a few capers on each slice. This is a lot healthier than it sounds.
Mine would be a very good fresh tomato and basil soup!
I love spag bol and chilli but my current fave is gnocchi with tomatoe and chorizo topped with cheese
Chilli n tomatoe chicken xx
soup
Spag Bol – beautifully rich xxx
Homemade tomato and roasted pepper soup – so delicious!
pizza with tomato paste base and cheese and tomatoes on top
I love a good veg spag bol! My partner isn’t at all keen on tomatoes (although I love them!) but he will eat them in this dish! 🙂 I’m not sure what his reaction would be if I won a whole hamper full of tomatoes though, but I would be very happy indeed! 🙂
chicken cacciatore has got to be the best and its so easy to make, but good enough to serve at a dinner party as well
Toss up between spag bol and lasagne. We all love them both! I tend to add tomatoes to casseroles as well, and they enhance the flavour.
Lasagne all the way! X
Buffalo mozzerella and beef tomato salad with green pesto, balsamic vinegar and pine nuts!
mmm love my tomatoes – so versatile and really good for you too…
Mango BBQ beans – so, so tasty.
spagetti bolognese always will be its just makes it
Hmm. I like tomato and garlic soup that I make myself. Extra yummy
Ayam Masak merah…red cooked chicken
I love home made Bruschetta
Homemade pizza
Tomato Bredie (traditional South African Lamb stew)
I do a chilli tomato stew, served with warm bread and a drizzle of balsamic. It’s scrummy!
My best of all is the greek salad – lovely big, ugly tasty sliced tomatoes, lots of olives, feta cheese and olive oil. Requires sunshine to be fully appreciated
I do love me some tomato soup.
You know, salads and everything are great, but you can’t beat a good hot soup.
Can’t go wrong with Spagetti Bolognese
Lasagne
Spaghetti Bolognese
A delicious whisky, garlic, cream and tomato pasta that my husband makes.
Spaghetti Bolognese for me too
definately meat balls and spaghetti mmm my kids favourite
i think theres nothing better than making your own tomato pasta sauce never buy jars.
chopped toms , tom puree , garlic , herbs , chopped onions , mushrooms , ham , smoked sausage + pasta and garlic bread = a lovely “cheap ” filling dinner for the whole family
I love roast tomatoes – just halve them, add fresh basil to the tops & bake in a hot ove fot about 20 mins – great with any grilled meat
A nice spicy curry
Sounds overly ismple, but tomato soup! Real comfort food for the winter and when ill
My other half makes a really nice tomato based pasta meal, the sauce is quite spicy and the bowl is filled with peppers and onions and veg as well as pasta. We call it ‘magic pasta’ because its great diet food as long as we don’t top it with blue cheese and drink too much wine with it which is always tempting!
I love to make a spaghetti Bolognese x
So many recipes to choose from! I’ll go for Paella!
A hot and spicy curry with lots of sauce.
meatballs with spaghetti
One of our family favourites is a thai pork and tomato curry. Very tasty
Can’t go wrong with a Bolognese
spanish chorizo and chicken with tomatos…..lush!
“fruits de mer”
My favourite tomato based recipe is spicy tomato pasta with bacon 🙂
spagettie bolonase
Chilli Con Carne 🙂
Tomato tartlets. Pastry base.rustic rolled edges. tomaoes halved/quartered, lots of fresh hebs, parlsey,basil and marjoram.
Spaghetti Bolognese
Has to be chilli for me
Penne Arrabiata (pasta with a tomato and chilli sauce), simple but delicious!
the favourite in our household is spaghetti and meatballs made with traditional tomato and basil bolognese sauce x
Mine would have to be spagetti bolognese with extra garlic
chilli con carne with basil and herb passata
gazpacho soup, mmmm
Lasagne with side salad and garlic bread!
Has to be lasagne with homemade garlic bread can’t beat it
Home made spag bol
spicy tomato pasta
My hubby makes a mean tomato sauce with sun dried tomatoes and pesto as a base for Lasagne – it’s totally delish!
I think my favourite recipe using tomatoes is a good homemade tomato soup! Making your own tomato soup is just so much fresher, zingier and tastier than just heating up a tin or carton from the supermarket. And homemade tomato soup takes such little time to make as well.
Sorry to be unadventurous – I just love home made tomato soup with gin and fresh cream.
I make my own tomato sauce from the tomatoes I grow in my garden, I than use in a lot of tomato based dishes but my tomato soup with vodka is beautiful sweet and tangy, with a good dash of worcester sauce
Tomato and coconut curry!
Homemade tomato soup – so comforting and so versatile too!. Sometimes I make it with basil, sometimes with chorizo and sometimes with a swirl of cream and some good crusty bread. So good on a cold day!
Good old Spag Bog – made with tomato passata and fresh basil – mmmmm
I make a fantastic Pizziola Sauce to serve with steak. Tomatoes, onions, peppers cooked slowly until soft then finished with some torn basil leaves stirred in.
Spaghetti Bolognaise
sphagetti bolognesse
I love lots of tomato dishes but with autumn coming on my current favourite is my homemade tomato, basil and rice soup.
Lasagne
A good old fashioned simple ragu.
Lasagne yummmmmy
Homemade meatballs and pasta in a tomato bolognese sauce with lots of garlic bread!
I adore my slow baked tomato based sauce for spaghetti!! nom nom
lasagne with lots of tomato
tomato soup
Love these in my chicken pasta dish
Spaghetti Bolognese
Tomato & basil chicken with salad and garlic ciabattas 🙂
salsa
Chicken tikka masala – Brit style!
Homemade Lasagne
Tomato and Coconut Curry
Bolognese sauce
Homemade Tomato and basil soup
Polenta with garlic & tomato sauce
Sorry, really old fashioned. When hungry nothing beats potato, cheese and tomato bake. Mashed pots, grated cheese, tomatoes, yummy…and pretty cheap if near end of month!
pizza!
Homemade tomato sauce made with tomatoes, onion, celery, peppers, tomato puree, basil, garlic and salt & black pepper to use on pasta or pizza
Spaghetti Bolognese x
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Lasagne for me
I enjoy a nice ravioli with a tomato sauce and garlic bread
Arabiata and penne with a shaving of parmesan and some garlic bread on the side.
Home made pizza – my daughter loves to spread on the tomato sauce and decorate her own!
Lasagna!!!!
Bolognaise sauce, every time!
Vegetable lasagne – courgettes, mushrooms, carrots – and tomatoes of course.
homemade meatballs for us with a lovely homemade tomato sauce that my mum taught me to make , always a winner !
Homemade bread, packed full of sundried tomatos.
Tomatoes are squishy
Mine would have tol be chilli and themore tomatoes the better
plain and simple tomatoes on toast, yum !!
Baked chicken with onions, mozarello and tomato sauce
Three bean chilli – yummy
I could suggest loads of wonderfully tomatoey recipes, but in a household held culinary hostage by the whims of a fussy four year old, we pretty much just eat spag bol.
Has to be Spaghetti Bolognese
ooooooo how hard is that, ok if i have to pick just one, maybe Aubergines with tomato and mozzarella, although my stuffed, peppers and vine leaves come a close second witha range of different tomato products in them to add an amazing flavour!
Prawns in garlic tomato sauce with feta cheese
My favourite is a traditional spaghetti neopolitana because it was my grandad’s favourite dinner. He loved tomatoes- they were his favourite food and so tomato pasta was what he always made me when I went round for tea.
Now everytime I make it, it brings back lovely memories of my grandad 🙂
it has to be lasagne
It would have to be Spaghetti Bolognaise 🙂
my home made spaghetti bolognese, i always keep a tin of plumed tomatoes in for that recipe and i also use it for my chicken curry, yummy
Soup every time
I love tomatoes with mozzarella and a drizzle of basil oil 🙂
Chorizo pasta with tomato and basil sauce
Marinara sauce with meatballs and spag. Yumm….
Definitely Spag Bol. Pork and Beef mince, with just tomatoes and garlic. K.I.S.S:)
My favourite is Chilli with jacket potatoes
My favourite is spaghetti bolognese.
When on holiday in Spain we had tumbet Mallorquin, which is aubergine, potato and pepper, friend in olive oil and then covered in a thick tomato sauce and cooked in the oven sprinkled with cheese. It’s delicious!
my favourite tomato recipe is bruschetta with tomatoes. simple but delicious
it has to be tomato soup for me. Great comfort food
Spaghetti Bolagnaise
Pollo in postachio! Basically chicken in a tomato sauce with cumin. Very nice!