I’m not made for winter. Give me sunshine and soaring temps any day of the week! In fact, the only decent thing about this bitter weather is that I can slurp on soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

At the moment, the three soup recipes on high rotation in my kitchen are:

• Smoky Tomato and Bacon Soup
• Chicken and Corn Soup
• The Easiest Ever Soup Recipe

To share the love, I’ve teamed up with Crazy Sales to giveaway a Maxkon Blender Soup Maker. Perfect for making soups from scratch, it has six programmed functions to cook, blend, boil, steam, juice or simmer. It’s also really handy for making sauces, slushies or margaritas with the simple touch of a button.

To enter our giveaway and win a Maxkon Blender Soup Maker (valued at $119.95) all you have to do is:

1. Become a Checks and Spots subscriber (if you’re not already!)
2. Leave a comment below sharing what you’d like to cook if you won the Maxkon Blender Soup Maker.

Entries close 10pm Monday 21 July 2014. Good luck!

Edit: Many thanks to everyone who entered! Congratulations to our winner, Trish. Stay tuned for more fun times and giveaways on Checks and Spots.

Competition Fine Print: Competition open to Australian readers only. This is a game of skill. The winner will be decided by Checks and Spots. Winner announced on Checks and Spots on Tuesday 22 July 2014 and contacted via email. Prize is not transferable.