When I was pregnant with my firstborn (he’ll be 18 on his next birthday!) I went through a phase of buying Pregnancy magazines. Occasionally I would enter one of the postal competitions in it, and a few times I even won! One of the prizes I won once was a Braun hand blender with all the attachments needed to make my own baby food at home.
Would you believe that I still use that hand blender? Braun make products that are built to last, which is why I’m really excited to share with you this fab giveaway they’ve offered my UK readers!
Multiquick 3 Vario Hand blender MQ 3126 SPICE FEATURES
Variable speed wheel – With 11 different speeds to choose from, precise speed setting guarantees maximum precision.
POWERBellPLUS – Extra milling blade delivers more cutting per rotation and blends large pieces of food with less effort.
EasyClick system – Two buttons, one movement for quick and easy changing of all the great EasyClick accessories.
Soft grip handle – Partly soft grip handle for better handling and improved control over performance.
Chopper 350 ml – Chops meat, hard cheese, nuts, herbs and carrots in seconds.
SPLASHControl technology – Prevents splashing – to keep you and your kitchen spotless.
Coffee and spice grinder – Made of stainless steel for grinding coffee, any kind of spices or dry ingredients within seconds.
Braun MQ3126 Spice GIVEAWAY
Braun has offered one of my UK readers a Braun MQ3126 Spice Hand Blender worth £49 as a giveaway prize. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!
HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win a Braun MQ3126 Spice Hand Blender worth £49 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winners will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prize is offered and provided by Golin. The prize is to win a Braun MQ3126 Spice Hand Blender worth £49. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway. The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.
Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
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Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 4 December 2017 (GMT) and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.
Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a complimentary Braun SPICE hand blender in exchange for hosting this giveaway. All photographs copyright Braun. This is not a paid post.
Violet Perkins Phillippo
I would love to make some tasy hummous.
Rachael O'Brien
Soups with lots of veg and add paprika and spice to use for pasta sauces 🙂
Matthew seeds
Just the job for soups!
teresa b
Ice cream
Karen Collier
I would use this to make soup, sauces and also puréed food for my twin boys who are about to start weaning!
Gillian McClelland
I would make roasted red pepper and tomato soup
Jayne Townson
How handy is this? If I won I’d use it to make a nice pasta sauce or some winter soups. Thanks for the giveaway.
ValB
It would be great for smooth soups and sauces
Deirdre M
I’m a curry fiend & love grinding my own spices, so I would love this blender to make curries every day!!
Marie Rule
I would make some soup. Really comforting at this time of year.
Em S
Some hearty soups especially with squashes in season
Michelle Hamilton
id use it for soup and sauces
Debbie Preston
At this time of year I would use it for thick potato & leek soup
Holly Broomhead
I would be making lots of lovely soaps! thank you
Jessica Barber
There’s a lentil and chickpea curry recipe I really want to try but it needs lots of spices so I’d definitely make that!
Shannelle
This is a great competition! I would make sauces, dips and especially soups, perfect for this time of year! Good luck everyone x
Francesca Harrod
Smoothies for the new years health kick 🙂
elle warwick
soup
Sherrill Plumridge
Some lovely soups
Emma Davison
Fruit coulis
Simone Griffin
I’d make curry spice blends with this mixer to make the process easier
Rachell Lynch
The kids ate quite into fruit smoothies at the moment i would use this to blend up the fruit
Lynda Graham
Tasty Winter broths and soups.
sharon martin
as its cold, i’d use it to made some tomato soup
paula cheadle
I would make some spicy soups
alisa moore
I would make a nutty green basil pesto
sarah fielding
Lots of soups for winter!
Anneka Avery
Isn’t make my mamas famous turkish meatballs – using the blender to prep the herbs and dried bread.
Beverley Cousins
Tomatoe soup
Danielle Graves
I would use the hand blender to make dips like houmous, and also soups. Our last stick blended was a cheap plastic one and the plastic melted and became mishapen so was no good anymore!
Kim W
you can’t go wrong with soup. My favourite is vegetable soup disguised as any veg left over in the fridge, blended and cooked. If you have any meat scraps spare, that’s nice to add later.
Adrian Bold
I would make some soups. Thanks for the competition.
janine atkin
id use it for making soups
Jessica Hutton
I would use it to make some lovely vegetable soups. Perfect for a cold winter day xx
Tess D
the first thing I’d make would be my pea & ham soup
Monika Bascombe
I’ll make lots of soups x
SonnyL
I would use it to help make the base of the curries I love to cook, it would definitely save time with grinding down the spices
Constance Pearce-Romayne
I would make lovely soups for me and my young children
francis lee
i would use it to make my leek and potato soup
Lisa Pond
A winter vegetable soup but our youngest starts weaning next month so this would be ideal, thanks for the opp 🙂
zoe somerfield
Soup and mousse
Erica Price
A warming soup
Rai
I think it would have to be the coffee grinder. From when I was littlemy mum had a little coffee bean grinder and a plain old glass filter jug with the plastic cone and filter paper you plonked in the top, and I can still see her standing there, kettle in hand, slowly pouring water onto the lovely smelling freshly ground coffee. So I’d have a coffee in her memory. Thanks
Kirsteen Mackay
I would use it to make Pasta Sauces. My daughter loves pasta and hates vegetables, so whizzing up healthy sauces will do her the world of good.
Marilyn farquharson
A warming curry with freshly ground spices!
sarah parker
tomato
Rachel Butler
I would make a gorgeous pea and ham soup with garlic bread
Dorothy McDowell
I would make some winter soups with this braun hand blender
Emma h
I’d use it for
Making winter soups
A.E. ADKINS
Sweet potato & red pepper soup, mmmm
jamie Millard
A nice winter spiced carrot and potato soup
Jessica Powell
I’d use it to make some leek and potato soup 🙂
Claire Little
I’d use it when I’m making soup! nothing beats a warm bowl in this weather
Sarah Roberts
Butternut spicy soup, love soups and home made nothing better!. Love to win this fantastic blender so l can make more soups for the Grandkids.
Keith Hunt
Apple Sauce
Chirag Patel
spicy vegetable soups
Helen
I would make soup! Perfect for this colder weather!
Rachel B
I’d make some soups and sauces.
Philana Hagley
SOUPS of course!
mary chez
I would make soup
Kev Cannon
I would make cakes, cakes, and some more cakes and then, when we are bored with cakes I’d make…..Oh! who am I kidding, we’re never going to get bored with cakes
sheri Darby
Clery Soup
Deborah Bird
Soup!
Ian monck
Soups!!!!
Laura Pritchard
A meringue would be awesome!
michelle thompson
id blend up homemade soup
Angela Kelly
I’d make a nice veggie soup.
Chris Bell
Carrot & coriander soup, I adore the shop bought ones so would love to give it a go myself!
Vicki Coats
The mix for chocolate pots, easy to do with a mixer!
Daisy Belle
It’s soup weather now so definitely a few festive soups.
Gary Martindale
Soup
Laura Corrall
Soups, or hummus and other dips.
Victoria Morris
With this cold weather Id definitely make some soups think I’d try a mushroom soup first
angela sandhu
tomato sauce
Lynda Graham
I’d make thick and creamy winter broth, plenty of spice and pepper for inner warmth !!!
ellie spider
I’d make my favourite potato and leek soup
Also I liked and commented on insta but put my name rather than the link in the rafflecopter sorry!
roshni
I’d make hummus
Toni W
I would use it to bring up the spices for a chicken biriyani!
Sarah hanson
I would make tomatoe pasta sauce
Eleanor Powell
Keep me warm curry soup
Thejuicenut
We are big fans of Braun products in our household, I agree, they are made to last. I would love to win a hand blender, I am addicted to squash soup. Great giveaway, thank you
Alma Wilde
I’d love this product to make wonderful soups, stews and salsas!
melissa major
I would make a curry sauce or soup
Oisin Cassidy Kennedy
Lots of tasty soups
Paula Phillips
I’d like to make some leek and potato soup.
Diane Nicholl
I’d use to grind fresh spices for curries and tagines
Chantel L
I think it would be great for soups and smoothies.
Nancy Bradford
A nice hearty winter soup to warm me up on cold days like this.
Jayne Kelsall
Definitely homemade soup .x
Christine Caple
I would use it to make some winter soups
Emma Rawlinson
I’d love to make a bolognese sauce from scratch
Stella Holmes
I would make vegetable soup, healthy, delicious & warming just what I need on a cold day.
Milly Youngman
I’d make some hummus to dip crisps in!
Glynis O'Halloran
It would be great to make tasty nourishing soups for wintry days.
Kristyn Harris
Tomato soup
Charmaine Dance
Homemade soup
Jason Tolliss
This would be great for when I make soups, especially as the weather gets colder
Laura Todd
Soup, Sauces, Cocktails ~ lots of things to try, lovely.
Mandy Betts
Curried parsnip soup
Carole Nott
it would be handy to make fruit smoothies
christine taylor
Yummy winter soup – that’s what I would make x
Elizabeth Smith
Homemade soups
Gillian Holmes
I would make my very special curry and a salad
Stef
hearty soups
Victoria Hall
I would use it to blend soup, so nice in the winter!
Kimberley Ryan
it would be perfect for making soups and purees
Jo Richards
I would make some nice hot soup
maria garcia
i would use it to make lovely healthy smoothies
Iris W
Now the weather is getting colder it would be all sorts of soups
Jilly
I’m still using an old Braun model with a plastic handle that was bought for me by my dear long-gone aunt in 1987!! I’d like to try this new one.
Zoe Brown
blend down food for my nephew bit of christmas dinner he cant eat solids due to disability
Phil Morris
As the colder weather approaches, my mind moves towards soups. A family favourite of ours is Butternut Squash with Roasted Red Peppers with a background of cumin. Hand blenders come into their own when making soups (less mess, less washing-up).
Rachael Sexey
My homemade leek and potato soup
Kim Neville
I would make some nice smoothies
Christine Schneider
Pesto
Jackie Howell
I make soup weekly to take in to work but I don’t have a hand blender and would be so much easier to make with one so would love to win, thanks
Jenn Gillies
I love cooking authentic Mexican food. A hand blender is essential for sauces and refried beans.
Maxine G
Looks like it would be great for making home made dips (thinking of my current favourite of beetroot, yoghurt and cumin)
Keith Glover
Soup, it’s winter
Ruth Harwood
This would be great when making pie, to mix the filling and the pastry xx
Rachel Atkinson
Soup
Family time
Yeah yeah yeh soups or whatever…but come onnn, we all know a blenders primary use is for getting pancake mix right….not limited to shrove Tuesday in this house!
Tee Simpson
I would like to make a tikka masala spice mix with it from stractch
Hassni Malik
Various vegetable soups.
jo liddement
I would use this blender to make my orange polenta cake which is packed with spices and has a spicy syrup poured over it.
Janet Birkin
Would be great for blending my winter soups
Ren Taylor
Id blend up the spices i need for my delicious chicken Murghlai !
Sidrah Ahmed
I would make chicken soup and chutneys
lisa evans
Homemade soups!
leanne weir
I would make an ace veggie soup
Lesley Bain
At this time of the year I would mostly use this to make soups and dips to satisfy all of the hungry Xmas visitors 🙂
Peter Chili Hewitt
Some smashing cocktails for xmas
Sophie Foulds
I’d make a soup! x
Dea B
Lots of delicious healthy soups to get me through the winter months- love a good spiced butternut squash, to be garnished with a drizzle of yoghurt and some toasted sesame seeds.
Toni
I would make fresh pesto! Delicious with almost anything!
mari sutherland
Dips, I love dips!
Tom D
It’d be useful for all kinds of sauces, but I think I’d use it most for making soups.
Daniel
Soup, lots of different soups.
nashath ullah
I would give it to my mum as she loves blending her own spices.
Sue Harrison
I’m making lots of soups during this cold weather, last one was a lovely tomato and lentil. This blender would be really useful for whizzing the veg.
suzanne whyte
this would be great for soups, sauces and creamy mashed potatoes
jennifer Hull
homemade vegetable soup… using homegrown veg from my garden and allotment… the taste of the Vegetables is fantastic
Tania Atfield
I would make leek, pea and potato soup
DAWN HULL
The hand blender would be ideal for making various veggie soups over the Winter months.
Dave C
A really unhealthy chocolatey, ice-creamy milkshake.
Angie McDonald
The first thing I’d make would be a fresh banana milkshake!
Paul Wilson
I would make a nice curry.
Fiona B
Vegetable soup
Jane
I use my old hand blender most days in soups, sauces, dips but has recently started screaming! It’s most disconcerting when making houmous!
Fiona King
I would make some thickshakes
Helen Adams
I’d make a lot of soups for winter
Kim M
A hot chocolate – makes all the difference with a quick whizz x
donna hale
healthy pasta sauce
Marie
I have a really old immersion blender that I probably use every day! I
I never drag out my full sized processor unless I really have to. These things are great for chopping up small bits, purée I g, etc. I love them!
Susan B
I make fresh soup every day or two in winter so wouldn’t be without a good hand blender. In summer, I would use it mostly for soothies.
Jorgelina
I would make tomato soup, sweet potato soup and nice smooth tomato sauces for my pasta, my boyfriend doesn’t like chunky tomato or onion, so blending is the solution for our problem 🙂
Helen Thurston
Would love this to chop nuts, onions, peppers – sometimes I only need a relatively small quantity so this would be ideal.
Bev B
Not at all exciting, but I’d probably test it out on coffee bean grinding first!
Marion
Lots of warming and healthy soups.
Jagruti Dhanecha
I would use it to make onion, garlic , ginger and chilli curry base with this which I need everyday for my curry. I can not do without hand blender in my kitchen.
Jo Hutchinson
I would use it to make a Carrot and Coriander soup
Natalie Jones
It’s getting colder so, like everyone else, soup! 😀
Amanda Hurst
I make so much soup, this would be perfect in so many ways for me.
Alison Johnson
My blender broke & I was only saying to the Hubby today that I don’t know how I’ll blend my leek, potato & onion soup, but this would be ideal.
Pam Martin-Lawrence
I would use it to crush the chickpeas and fava beans for my favourite falafel recipe!
misty
pumpkin cheesecake, ive still got loads to use up!!
Judith Allen
A madras masala , smells just heavenly.
Naila M
This would be great to make some lovely vegetable soup 🙂
cheryl hadfield
homemade soup
claire woods
Soup would be nice in this cold weather.
June Lord
I’d make Slimming World pancakes with oats, eggs and yoghurt.
Fiona Smith
Cream of broccoli soup
Jade Hewlett
I would use it to make a homemade soup
Katie
Oh, I’d probably use this for soups and sauces. Love a good hand blender.
Katie xoxo
Holly King
A lovely warming soup
Stephanie Coals
I’d make a spicy tomato and roasted pepper soup
C Philip
I would chop all the ingredients to make a Nut Loaf.
Maggie Coates
Spicy butternut squash soup
Lyndsey Cooksey
Mmm I would make a carrot and coriander soup, delicious!
Mark R
I would use it for blending my home made mushroom soup.
Melissa Lee
I love making soups so I’d make a nice wintery soup with parsnips
Judith MacInnes
Soup! I don’t have room for a proper soup maker in my kitchen, so I still use a pan & stick blender, but mine’s a cheap nasty one that’s on it’s last legs – let’s just say my soups are lumpy!!
Becky John
Some hearty winter soups.
Margaret Clarkson
Lots of lovely soups
Victoria Prince
Sorry to be so repetitive, but I am in full on soup mode at the moment so it has to be soup 🙂 pumpkin and butternut squash to start with!
Dean T
I would make some fresh pea soup
Kieran
carrot and coriander soup
Emma Nixon
Pasta sauces and vegetable soup
Melanie Gardiner
Leek and potato soup
Thomas Buchanan
we make 4 different soups every week, this would definitely help!
nicola rupawala
winter soups
Helen Rodwell
Low Carb Brownies. There’s no flour in the recipe, so the key is to emulsify all the ingredients using a hand blender.
Rebecca Brown
Lots of yummy home made smoothies and soups
Kristy Brown
Soup! Not sure which flavour but chargrilled tom is a favourite
kate hester
soup
sue mcdermott
Sweet potato & carrot soup
Allan Smith
Perfect for making soup!
Caroline H
It’s soup season so it would be lots of creamy spicy tomato, mushroom and butternut squash for me.
Stephanie Keill
I would use this to help make my favorite homemade lentil and bacon soup.
Fleur
Tapenade and pesto love sauces
yvonne cooke
i would make a lovely curry.x this will help me get the most out of blending all my lovely spices.x yummm.x great blog.x
Jane Willis
The first thing I would make would be butternut squash soup, but the thing I would use it most for is chopping herbs as we grow lots of them in our garden
Sobia
I would use it to grind spices as it is wuite hard to do in a pestle and mortar. I would also use it too make tomato soup.
Paul T
Soups and smoothies!
Teresa Lee
Carrot & coriander soup
David Nicolson
Making lentil soup for those cold winter months…yum!!
John Tingay
I would make my sisters recipe for Mushroom Soup.
Fozia Akhtar
A spicy tomato soup
Edward Guerreiro
Maybe a nice butternut squash soup.
tamsin
potato and leek soup
Debbie W
I’d make smoothies, milkshakes and soups.
Helen Tovell
A lovely arrabiata sauce for my pasta
Nic
I would make mayonnaise and my partner would make roast vegetable soup!
fiona waterworth
probably the wrong time of year, but I would make milkshakes with real ice cream
Hilda Wright
My son’s girlfriend started going to a cookery class and learned how easy it is to make soup! When I saw her this week she was telling me about it and how she needs a hand blender. It would be perfect timing and score mother in law points!
Anthony Harrington
some nice winter lentil and vegetable soup
Chanette Kennedy
Definitely homemade hummus, I think I’d be my sister’s best friend!
Sarah Rees
I would make a nice thick soup
Becky Duffy
I’d make a homemade vegetable soup. This would be a great tool in the kitchen
Marc H
Lots of soups, great for lunch in the winter.
Lucy B
chicken curry
Amy Pest
I would make some handmade hummus with wasabi for that extra kick
pete c
I`d make tomato and red pepper soup, one f my favourites
Bob Clark
chocolate cake
Harry Sutton
Soups
Laura Jeffs
I’d make a yummy mushroom soup
Debbie Smith
a carrot and parsnip soup yummy x
Louise A
I would make smoked haddock chowder, a favourite of mine especially during the winter months
Linda S
I would make a smoothie, I am trying to get a bit healthier (well, I am planning to start after Christmas haha) so have seen a few recipes for system boosting. Am sick of getting colds this year!!
Charlotte Pashley-Foy
Delicious pumpkin and squash soup
Keshia Esgate
I would make leek and potato soup!
Elizabeth
I’ve just this very minute used my 18 year old Braun hand blender to blend a homemade tattie and leek soup. 🙂
STUART HARGREAVES
Onion soup
Keith Embleton
Butter chicken curry
amy bondoc
this would come in handy making mash x
Sarah Forster
I make mince a lot but my son isn’t keen on anything chunky, so I’d definitely use it to blend that up into a sauce!
Lisa Rowsell
Mixed vegetable soup
Frances H
Lentil and bacon soup.
Suzanne Jackson
Homemade soup
Emily Henley
In this weather, it has to be soup! Spicy parsnip is my favourite creation 🙂
Elzbieta Znyk
I would make some cakes for kids!
Kelly Glen
I would use it to make smoothies with. It would come in handy for lots of other recipes as well
Emma Waughman
food?
Kerry Kilmister
I would use this to make delicious winter soups
maureen findley
a nice mixed vegetable soup
Zoe C
Carrot and Coriander soup
Sarah Mackay
I would make some buttrnut squash soup
Angela Treadway
A smoothie! X
Dale Dow
it actually would be very good for making mash creamy
S Edwards
some really smooth soups
Marc Chivers
Soup.
abigail edkins
Id make plenty of soups to take to work
Pamela Gossage
To liquidise my soup
gavin
Not very wintery, but I usually keep a pot of hummus on the go.
Fiona
Soup! Great for lunches this time of year.
Henry Little
batter mixes and cakes mixes
Gill Bland
I love making my own energy balls, so I’d do that
cat
knock up some hollandaise sauce
Ray Dodds
I’d make potato and oxtail soup
Ritchie
Roasted red pepper soup
clair downham
homemade tomato soup
Sharon Lou Johnson
i would make a nice warming winter soup x
Anthony G
Like most, I’d make lots and lots of lovely soup! 🙂
Heather Haigh
I’m all excited about the spices – I do like to use whole spices as I think the flavour is better, but grinding away with a pestle and morter is not my idea of fun really. So a good curry would be top of my list.
Mandy
Lentil and ham soup
Lindsey Stuart
I would make some nice homemade carrot and orange soup! Perfect for the winter season.
kev banham
id make a stew
Carolyn99
The most delicious soup! Very often….
Carolyn99
I would make the mos5 deviously delicious soup….very often. My previous hand blender (not Braun) died of overwork.
Mary Heald
My husband would use it so he is the one who makes lovely soups. I would use it to make delicious sauces
Tracy Nixon
Homemade mushroom and garlic soup first!
Solange
Butternut Squash and Quinoa Hotcakes.
john prendergast
I would make a spicy tomato soup
Sadiyya Maryam
Lots of hearty homemade soups. Perfect for this time of year.
Gayatri Gogoi
I’d make a delicious spicy lamb curry with rice, based o a family recipe
Gayatri Gogoi
I’d make lamb curry
Barry Hull
I love making homemade soups.I grow my own veg and the taste is fab
iain maciver
homemade soup cant beat it with this cold weather
Tracey Peach
It would have to be a big bowl of vegetable soup perfect for this time of year, I love home made soup & the Braun SPICE Hand Blender would make it so much easier to make
laura banks
i would use it to make mushroom soup
Frances Sunshine Hopkins
Definitely some nice soup for these cold evenings
Tracy Hanley
Would be great for making soaps for my dinner
melanie stirling
I would make soup,I absolutely love homemade soups especially tomato and red pepper.
craig
i would use this to make winter soups to enjoy with home made soda bread.
Joy B
I love making soup so I would use this braun hand blender to make a Sweet red pepper and tomato soup.
Catherine Booker
I would use it to make some tomato and pepper sauces so we always have something ready to throw over pasta for a quick dinner!