Red Lentil and Borlotti Bean Crumble

With the severe winter weather that's hit the UK and much of Europe over the last couple of weeks, there's never been a more perfect time to create some warming winter meals to get you through until spring.

Meat eaters generally have a wider variety of choice when it comes to these kinds of recipes with hotpots, stews and casseroles commonly using chicken, pork and beef as the main ingredient. So if you're a veggie and would like a little help coming up with some new comfort food dishes, then help is at hand! Our resident chef Hannah has come up with a great dish that'll be loved by both meat eaters and vegetarians a like.

Hannah's latest creation is a protein and fibre packed Red Lentil and Borlotti Bean Crumble. It's filling is made using red lentils, borlotti beans, herbs and stock, and Walkers Crisps and cashew nuts are used for the crumble.

If you'd like to see details for all of Hannah's recipes you can visit our recipes section on the website. We're lucky enough to have two recipes a month from Hannah, so keep an eye out for these on the site and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

It's Never Too Late To Enjoy A Mince Pie!

Today here in the UK we've been hit with what the press are calling 'the big freeze' and most of the country is currently under a blanket of snow. For many other countries this much snow would not cause a problem, but with the mild conditions we experience 99% of the year, this sort of weather takes us a bit by surprise!

It does seem a bit of shame that we couldn't have had the snow a few weeks earlier and enjoyed it at Christmas, but it's nice to see the countryside looking so beautiful whatever month this wintery weather does come along.

If you're a big fan of Christmas but you didn't discover our website until it was too late to order for the big day, then you might be interested to have a look at our stock clearance category. It's full of many of our most popular festive products that are now at a hugely discounted price.

Many of the products in this category, although enjoyed at Christmas are just as nice to have throughout the rest of the year; such as Cadbury Occasions Biscuits, Quality Street tins and Giant Malteaser Tubes.

So if you missed having traditional British Christmas items at your house in 2012, then why not buy them now and not only get them at bargain prices, but also indulge yourself with a sneaky festive treat 11 months early!

Burns Night Celebrations

Every year on 25th January Scotland celebrate the life and works of their most famous poet - Robert Burns.

Burns is most famous for his poem 'Address to a Haggis' and the New Year anthem 'Auld Lang Syne', but wrote hundreds of other peoms and songs in his lifetime. 

The Burns Night celebration typically involves gathering friends and family for a traditional Scottish feast, consisting of haggis, neeps and tatties.

So if you live abroad and are planning on celebrating Burns Night, make sure you check out our new 'Scottish Corner', full of products such as; StahlyQuality Foods Scotch Haggis and everything else you'll need to celebrate in true Scottish fashion.

If you're struggling for pudding ideas to end your celebrations then you might be interested in trying resident chef Hannah's Tipsy Laird Trifle. This dessert is made using Battenberg cake and was first created for Queen Victoria's daughters wedding!

All the details for this pudding are within our recipe section of the website.

January Promotions at BCS

So the festive season is over for another year and we hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year wherever you were in the world.

To help you all get over the 'back to work blues' we've decided to immediately launch a new January promotion and prize draw.

As of today (Tuesday 8th January 2013) we will be offering our customers 10% off shipping to all countries. This offer will be available for two weeks and so will end on Tuesday 22nd of January.

On top of this we have introduced a prize draw where you can win 40% off your next BCS order. All you need to do to enter is make sure all fields in your customer profile, within the 'My Account' tab, are completed in full (includes all non required fields). Once you have done this you will be entered automatically into every monthly draw.

If you don't currently have a BCS account all you need to do is register with us and complete your profile as described above.

We will be picking the winner on the last working day of each month, so enter before the 30th January to be in with a chance of being this month’s lucky customer! For more details simply check out the latest news section of the website.

We've got lots of other exciting promotions, rewards and incentives planned for 2013, so if you want to be the first to know about these keep checking our Facebook, Twitter and Google + accounts, or sign up to our bi-monthly newsletter.

Our resident chef Hannah is also back and this week is preparing a Scottish pudding for those of you celebrating Burns Night, so we'll be posting this on here and on the website over the next few days!