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Win stylish OXO salt and pepper grinders worth over £40

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oxo good grips salt and pepper grinders

Salt and pepper grinders from OXO

Imagine these in the centre of your table for a smart dinner party or celebration meal. OXO’s stylish salt and pepper grinders not only look dapper, but they’re pretty clever too.

They have five versatile settings from fine to coarse and dispense from the top avoiding crumbs of salt and pepper going all over your table or worktop.

The clear acrylic body means you can easily tell when you need to refill, and a non-slip grip on the turning mechanism makes them a cinch to use.

They’re worth £20.43 a piece, but I have a pair to giveaway to one lucky Feeding Boys reader!

WIN WIN WIN!

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There is one main way to enter and several ways to get bonus entries.  You must leave a separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they will not be counted.

1. Mandatory. Leave a comment below telling me what style of cook you are.

2. For a second chance to win tweet a link to this giveaway as follows: Win stylish OXO salt and pepper grinders worth £40 @cookingkt http://wp.me/pU5T8-12C #win #prize
Then leave a second comment saying you’ve done so telling me your Twitter ID.

3. Follow me @cookingkt on Twitter and comment to tell me you have done so.

4. And finally you can get another bonus entry by liking the Feeding Boys and a Firefighter page on Facebook too, not forgetting to head back here and comment to tell me you have done so.

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Good Luck!

GIVEAWAY RULES

This giveaway is open to all readers over 18 with a UK postal address.  The winner will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced in a subsequent post.

I am running this competition on behalf of OXO who will be sending the prize out to the lucky winner. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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Closing date: 10pm Friday 30th December 2011
If you want to buy these grinders they’re available from Lakeland and Amazon. Visit www.oxo-uk.com for more details. I’m a huge fan of the OXO good grips range – really solid and practical but looks great too.

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Comments

  1. Lorraine Bishop says

    Im a bit unorganised and tend to throw things together. I aim to plan before I start but it just never works out that way. Still everbody eats it and nobodys need the hospital yet so it must be working ok.

  9. Emily Fawell says

    Hi Katie, As a Nutritional Therapist I’d describe myself as a healthy cook. I’m always looking for ways to increase the nutritional value of recipes, by adding more vegetables, spices and herbs. I always cook from scratch and I LOVE cookery books!

  17. Kathryn Casbolt says

    Weekdays I cheat a bit as always in a hurry. You can get some amazing sauces in jars these days! Come the weekend my creativity come out and I spend many an hour experimenting with different ingredients.

  23. Kirsty Fox says

    I’m a lazy cook, if there’s a way to cheat I’ll do it!!

    Twitter – @bloomingfox
    Facebook – Kirsty Fox

  27. Paul says

    I’m no type of cook. My lovely girlfriend does all the cooking as she likes to be in control. She just asks my advice on what flavoura would go together. Zx

  29. Carolina J. says

    I am a very good cook, I cook from scratch at all times and am not afraid of trying anynew recipes!

  33. Dawn says

    I try to cook from scratch as much as possible. Hubby is vegetarian so a lot of the main meals tend to be meat free.

  36. claire woods says

    Then leave a second comment saying you’ve done so telling me your Twitter ID.

    3. Follow me @cookingkt on Twitter and comment to tell me you have done so.
    done – @clairew137

  38. Dorothy Hardy says

    I am an experimental cook as my hubby has been diagnosed as a coeliac. This means he cannot tolerate gluten or wheat and most of the GF bread and pastry leaves much to be desired. I am getting better with each batch and my pastry is really good, so I am told. Rooks, my local butcher does GF sausages and they are fantastic so we are getting there!!

  42. Rosemary Hamilton says

    I’m a good old fashioned cook but like short cuts if available.My present salt and pepper leave bits on the table, very annoying!

  55. Diane Carey says

    Me and my husband share the cooking. I don’t get a lot of time to try new recipes, but try to cook a variety of different things i.e. fish, meat, pasta, rice. Occasionally we cook something quick to save time i.e. pizza but will put salad with it

  67. Arabella B says

    I like fresh ingredients and I have more than a hundred cook books but I prefer to use them for inspiration rather than following recipes…. You never have everything in the cupboard so you need a little creativity.

  72. Ksenia Zywczuk says

    I love interesting flavors, yet with a rustic style. Though I love Michelin style food out, at home I may use the same flavours, but I like things that feel home-ly.

  73. redrosemummy says

    I can be a little haphazard and tend to not consult the recipe too much, it generally works out alright though!

  78. Karin Hall says

    I’m a “have a look in the fridge and see what’s there” style of cook – I think I once managed to plan a whole week of cooking, only to then change my mind on various days and not sticking to it at all, so I’ve given up on planning very much 🙂

  82. Carol Williams says

    I’m an old fashioned type of cook, and whenever I cook/bake, I make sure I do enough to put some in the freezer for another day.

  84. deborah davies says

    im a reluctant cook. i never feel like doing it but once i get started i actually enjoy it :o)

  91. Helen Stratton says

    Some days I’m a healthy cook and make things for the family from scratch that my mother made for us as children. Other days I am a chuck it in the oven quick cook and seem to make more mess than anyone would of thought possible 🙂

  96. Marzena says

    I love cooking for my family. I try to cook healthy and I am still looking for new recipes ( usually I ask my mum, family, friend, I check the website)

  100. Ann Willers says

    I love cooking and trying new recipes, but also make a lot of my old trusty ones too. I’m a planner, an organiser and like to clean up as I go along.

  101. Laura Pritchard says

    Clinical! I’m very scientific & like to follow recipes to the letter as I have no flair for cooking!

  105. sandi says

    I am a pretty good cook, I’d describe my style as rustic, but I cook everything from roasts and steaks to curries and pasta.

  107. Jan Beal says

    I tend to cook with whatever vegetables I have fresh from the garden and work round that. This means I sometimes twist an existing recipe or completely make up my own.

  116. Emma Johnson says

    Open the cupboards and see what there is. I would love to be more organised and methodical but I get fed up thinking of new things to cook everyday

  123. helen jones says

    One day organised and follow the plan, next day chaotic and see what I can make with whats in the fridge

  124. Rona Gough says

    I try to cook from scratch as much as Ican.I like to use lots of fresh vegetables in my meals.

  130. J.Taylor says

    I’m a fairly slap-dash cook. I never follow a recipe exactly but generally things turn out O.K

  138. Rochelle Lear says

    A cook who would love more time to create more complicated meals, but, alas, I end up doing something quick and easy :o(

  141. audrey halliday says

    I have liked and shared you on facebook.
    My cooking these days has changed from dinner party to just me, cook when you want, how you want and eat what you like. But I do still love baking cakes for the family.

  143. Christine Ball says

    I am just a run of the mill cook who does not experiment too much but why should I because some of the best home cooking is simple and does not need all of the add ons

  146. Charlotte Hoskins says

    I am a quick cook!! As in I usually get home from work late and want to cook something quick and easy so anything that requires minimum preparation! 🙂

  150. Dessiree Brown-Llaneza says

    I’m an organised cook. I like the scales out, and everything measured into separate bowls, i’m a bit of a cookery programme cook, you know where they have the right amount of everything measured out in endless bowls and you watch it thinking ‘how much washing up?!’ but it makes it more fun. Although with two toddlers it may start organised but it certainly doesn’t end that way!!

  156. Maya Russell says

    I like cooking using recipe books and like to follow it to the letter! I like recipes like casserole dishes.

  167. helena haddock says

    I am not a very good cook, try to follow recipes and always goes wrong, which is why i would love to win these so I could have something posh on the table and use it to mask the flavour

  173. Jackie ONeill says

    okay cook but do need recipes to follow as when I try and be creative it usually ends in disaster!

  175. kim corke says

    I am a chuck it in and see what happens cook, love to experiment with sauces etc usually things turn out ok.

  176. Carole Paton says

    I’m an erratic cook. Go through phases of really healthy batch cooking and baking then can’t be bothered for a few weeks so we live on pasta!!

    Have liked you on FB.

  181. Lesley Renshaw says

    I’m quite a basic cook really. I tend to keep to the recipe (by the book) the first few times of cooking when my confidence grows I get adventurous and add my own twists.

  185. Ellen Stafford says

    I am a nervous cook. Don’t know why just never have much confidence but usually all turns out fine.

  189. maureen.m says

    Anything thats quick to prepare (pasta,casseroles,stir fries,chilli)with lots of healthy ingredients if possible!

  190. Emma Davis says

    I am a busy mum so I do tend to stick to traditional recipes that the whole family will enjoy, however on my days off I do like to be creative and try my hand at new and creative dishes. I also love to bake.

  193. Tracy Nixon says

    I am a creative cook – I always cook from scratch and use fresh ingredients! Luckily I was brought up by a stay at home mum, who always cooked from scratch too – everything was home made, even the veg came out of the garden! She taught me to cook and I hold many of her recipes in my head! We hardly ever weigh out ingredients either – we can just tell by pouring and looking and tasting! Me and my four young children (aged 4, 5, 6 and 7) all love vegetables, even sprouts! My children still enjoy their treats though and we regularly bake cakes and cookies together!

  210. Peta cutts says

    I enjoy experimenting with food, i enjoy cooking Chinese food mostly, there are lots of exciting ingredients to experiment with…..

  211. DANIELLE VEDMORE @tinkertink2010 says

    Im a good cook if Im in the mood and have the time. Otherwise im a bish, bash bosh cook!

  216. Stephanie Green says

    I’m a throw it in kind of cook. If I throw it in the pot then see what we end up with. Nobodys compalined yet and nothing taste the same twicw.

  217. Jenny Price says

    I am self taught from cookery books, watching tv etc. I tend to look at a recipe, then adapt it to whatever I have in the cupboards, freezer etc.

  223. Susan Naylor says

    When I feel like cooking I am a good cook, tasty home cooked meals, deserts, hand made pies and home baked pastries and cakes. When I don’t feel like cooking its out of the freezer and in to the microwave!

  226. MARGARET CAMPBELL says

    Old fashioned cook…just like my mum was
    fresh ingredients, health conscious & heart warming 🙂 xx

  231. Denise Slater says

    I love cooking from scratch when I have the time, and make my own jam too. We grow an assortment of veg which I freeze, and they always taste nicer than anything I have brought 🙂

  235. fikki orekoya says

    I’m a student so i suppose if you call putting food in the microwave cooking then I would say I am a down-to-earth cook.

  236. Katherine Coldicott says

    I love to cook but only when I’ve got the time. Hate to be rushed. Mon – Fri we plan the meals and Sat & Sun is when I cook what I really want to cook.

  242. Sandra Dring says

    i like cooking hearty traditional food, casseroles and pies etc, got a hubby with a big appetite. Also love to use the slow cooker which is great when you have a hectic day planned 🙂

  246. Jennifer Schofield says

    I’m a quick cook – anything that can be cooked in under 10 mins is my speciality!

  249. jeanette baker says

    What type of a cook am I ..
    Well I can bake, grill and fry,
    Serving up quick meals for my 2 sons & my guy,
    Trying to make a little go a long way, as food prices are so high,
    It’s all a juggling act looking after kids, a dog & needing to stand over the hob, temperatures get high,
    I cant follow a recipe, I wont pretend I’m Delia Smith and lie,
    I’m just a Mum who never has enough time so ready meals is what I buy!!!

  252. Suzanne sendell says

    Very traditional,dont like to experiment In case they dont like it
    following @wooohooo2me

  256. Samantha Deakin says

    I tend to start with a recipe and then evolve it into something that is barely recognisable but (I think) far more exciting with my cooking. I have almost the same base for everything though – tomatoes, garlic, chilli and onions. Can’t go wrong with that!

  271. Chris Fliss says

    I’m definitely a ‘Enjoys a new and challenging menu’ am happy to try any new food and always come away from a restaurant want to replicate a meal

  277. JAN says

    It depends on my mood -sometimes I am just in the mood to bake and therefore get cracking and porduce lots of dishes, other times I can barely bring myself to make beans on tast. If I have guests I often make a casserole (or some other ‘oven’ dish) because once it’s in the oven I can relax and if I attempt anything complicated when I have people, I just end up totally stressed!!

  278. Kathleen Connolly says

    I’m a mixture of types of cook – tonight it was a throw it all in the pot type cook with plenty of herbs and spices. I also play around with a recipe until I like it adding my own ingredients and more or less of what is suggested,

  279. angiemann says

    I am the type of cook who just looks in the fridge and chucks things together-it usually works! Unless i am having people over for dinner (ie Boxing Day extravaganza!) where i will find some decent recipes to follow x

  286. Sarah Edwards says

    I like to cook using plenty of healthy ingredients but i don’t scrimp on the butter / cream content. I sway more towards traditional cooking, though I do try some modern dishes too 🙂

  287. Lottiegirl says

    I cook a few staple meals but I’m not a great follower of recipes – I love to chuck a bit of this and a bit of that in and see how it turns out!

  294. Melanie Hunt says

    I’m a experimental cook. i love my recipe books but i also like to add my own twist on things. and also feeding a family sometimes you can supplement something a bit cheaper than whats requested in the recipe. i love putting the ipod on in the kitchen , closing the door and creating !!

  296. Katherine L says

    Hi!
    I consider myself a very neat cook … I always clean as i go … in the same theme, I like to follow recipes until I know what’s going on, then freestyle from there! All about the order in the kitchen 😉

  300. Katie says

    I have to have a recipe to follow… and I follow it exactly. If the conversions aren’t exactly the same that annoys me a little because I need to know how much I’m supposed to use! Have got a little better over the years with some things, but if I’m making something complicated or for the first time I’d always prefer to follow the recipe exactly.

  309. Claire says

    I’m a creative cook, I love trying new recipes out on people and I also love the presentation part, so it looks as good as it tastes.

  319. Kristy Brown says

    I am most definatley a slap dash cook. Everything cooked is from fresh, my kids eat everything, but all I seem to know is old fashioned traditional! I don’t follow recipes, I add things as I go xx

  320. Hilda Wright says

    I am a ‘cornflakes’ type of cook or a throw it in the pan and hope for the best… (cringe)! Thanks for the comp!

  321. Hilda Wright says

    ‘liked’ on facebook. Can’t do the twitter sadly as I’m suspended for being naughty. Oops!

  328. Bernie says

    Probably say I was a desperate cook, always dieting (with good reason :/) daughter coeliac so finding recipes for everyone to eat tricky – so a desperate trier!! Getting better day by day – but in no way could I say I was any good yet.

  331. Christine Howorth says

    I am an awful cook! I hate cooking and do it out of necessity, although I have cooked twice over Christmas for family and friends and plates were emptied, so what does that say?

  335. Terry Hart says

    I’m a family man and my cooking reflects it. A kitchen full of people making lots of family loved recipes passed down from generation to generation with each person adding their own twists along the way, my ancestors had never heard of seasoning!

  340. Carol Wright says

    I’m a bit of an improvisor, I’m a vegetarian and I see it as a challenge to vegetarianize recipes! However this can be rather challenging at times!

  352. Tim Bain says

    I make it up as I go, I like to use my own grown veg and herbs where i can,,,and I’m fast because if I’m not my supper’s in the cats.

  353. Krissy Del Agua says

    I’m a rubbish cook! I would be lost without my trusty microwave :0)
    I even have my own motto “if it don’t go ding, it don’t mean a thing”

  362. sue willshee says

    I’m quite inventive and I love to take other people’s recipes and adapt them. I’m vegetarian and coeliac so I often have to change recipes quite a bit to suit my diet. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t – but that’s half the fun! Finding a combination of ingredients that works is brilliant and with such a restrictive diet I need to keep ‘inventing’ new meals to keep things interesting @piperanddaisy

  365. Rachel King says

    I’d describe myself as a ‘rustic’ cook! Things tend to turn out ok and taste nice (most of the time), but I don’t think I’m going to win any points for presentation.

  369. Steph Armstrong says

    Sort of follow a recipe but add my own tweaks to enhance the ingredients – most times it works sometimes not!

  381. michelle corbett says

    my style of cooking is throw in and try rather than follow recipes. chucker in as my family call it!!!

  386. kay Finlay says

    I am a “Give them what they like,” kind of cook. They won’t know if they like it (or not) until they have been given it!

  387. Rahela Ahmed-Uddin says

    I’m a very messy cook! I use up all the pots and pans, spoons, plates to cook even the most simplest of dishes! I start off in a pot and then realize its not big enough so move it another and then another and before you know it I have no more pots!

    But still the end result is really good!

  389. Kathryn Casbolt says

    Weekdays I am a ‘quick’ cook and make full use of shortcuts – ready made sauces and the like. Weekends I am much more experimental and love taking the time to try out new recipes.

  393. carol dodds says

    I am a traditional family cook and I love the salt and pepper grinders they would look lovely on
    my dining table

  394. lorraine polley says

    im a slap-dash cook, throw it all in and hope for the best!!! its amazing some of the results are actually quite edible!! well, hubby aint left me yet for a woman who can cook!

  399. grumpiestgoblin says

    Love cooking when I have the time – hate it when it’s after work instant food needed!

  402. Shitley Harpley says

    I keep a really good store cupboard so can usually rustle something up. Yesterday I bought everything I needed for a curry, but forgot the naan breads, so went on line, found a recipe and within 30 mins I had fresh homebaked naans. I guess you’d call me a determined cook!

    Love the S&P pots by the way!

  412. maria taylor says

    i am an easy cook, i choose the easiest route to get the meal on the table so take a lot of shortcuts

  417. Victoria Riley says

    I like try new recipes, taking inspiration from cookery shows on TV. The internet is so great for finding new ideas. I’ve tweeted the comment, I’ve liked the facebook page and I’m following you on Twitter 🙂

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