Hay Hay Its Donna and Me...and Event #3

Yes that is Donna Hay hiding behind me.  She has just had a baby and any woman who has ever  "just had a baby" will understand why. I'll never forget hopping on the scales the day after my first son was born and despite having  just delivered a healthy 8 pound 10 ounce   baby I hadn't lost an ounce.

Donna is the special celebrity guest chef at this weeks Auckland Food Show .   Everyone really enjoyed her presentation.  She was professional, well prepared, funny and very relaxed.  Her relaxed manner was a joy. I have been to other cooking  demonstrations where the chef is not comfortable in front of the camera and it can make the whole event tiresome.

Following the demo Donna was very busy signing books but we managed a brief chat about the Hay Hay Its Donna Day.  She seemed quite pleased with the  interest our blog event has created for the magazine .

I had made arrangements to meet up with Celine  at the show and while I grabbed us a couple of good seats  Celine went off to find coffee.  Donna presented a three course dinner of Spinach and Ricotta Soufflé, Roast Garlic Baked Chicken, Salsa Verde Potatoes and Molten Chocolate Cakes.  Donna's secret is all her recipes are quick and easy, making them ideal for our busy  lifestyles. 

Next week I will recreate the recipes and post them. The individual soufflés are so easy.

In the meantime I've decided to go ahead and post the round up of  event  #3.  I've had several emails asking about it.  The host of event#3, Clare at Eatstuff ,  has been away from her computer for so long I'm not sure if she is coming back any time soon.  I felt it wasn't fair on the people who made the effort to enter round #3, they were still without some sort of roundup

Donna Hay's Checkerboard Snap Cookies - Mini Roundup HHDD#3

With the help of  Bron   here is a mini roundup of Hay Hay It's Donna Day #3 - The Checkerboard Snap Cookies.   Together we knew of 9 entries and we are very sorry if we have missed anyone out.  If this is the case please leave us a comment sharing your entry, we'd  love to see it!
Thanks heaps

Stephanies  Rosewater and Pistachio Checkerboard Snap Cookies

Paul's  Paul's Orange and Rum Rainbow Patches

Boo's  Peanut Butter Strawberry Chequerboard, Coconut and Pandan, Earl Grey Tea and Lemon Chequerboards

Laura's  Donna Hay's caramel filled biscuits

Grommie's  Elderberry and Lemon Cookie Flowers

Linda's  Battenberg Checkerboard Cookies with Raspberry jam and Marzipan

Barbara's  Vanilla and Chocolate Stars

Clare's  Original Hay Hay it's Donna Day #3 Introduction

Bron's  Checkerboard Tiles and Icecream Sandwich

Cin's  Chocolate Ginger Chequerboard Cookies

Thanks again to everyone who entered.