Vanilla Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce - Tesco Real Food Challenge

Just in case you haven't heard - Tesco are running a competition to find the best Real Food Cook out there in a competition called the Tesco Real Food Challenge.

There are eight mood categories in the competition, each of which is backed by a Celebrity and a Food Blogger.

Do you have a recipe that could be a winner?

If you do, then pop over to Tesco Real Food and enter it now. There are some fantastic prizes to be won and you could even appear on TV in a show if your recipe gets through.

I'm teamed up with TV celebrity Tim Lovejoy in the category 'Date Night Dinners' and Tim's recipe for a date night dinner is Vanilla Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce - and so of course, I had to make it myself; just to make sure it tasted good!

Tim's recipe can be found over at the Tesco Real Food Challenge website or I have a a very similar one here.

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Griddled Tuna Steaks with a Tomato Caper and Olive Dressing

A while back I went to a Masterclass with Marco Pierre White and Knorr and Marco cooked a lovely tuna dish. The very next day I made it myself and have been meaning to post it ever since. So very easy to do and not only tastes good but looks good too.

To be honest you want smaller tomatoes that I could get at the time - just because they'd look better. The recipe uses a chicken stock cube which you might think I've typed in error but Marco used chicken and it worked very well.

This is such a lovely and easy dish to serve at a dinner party as the dressing is prepared in advance to let the flavours mingle together.

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