Sweet Heat Monthly Chilli Challenge

Following in the same lines as We Should Cocoa, No Croutons Required and Breakfast Club (to name a few!), I am delighted to announce a new monthly challenge featuring non other than one of my favourite ingredients - Chillies! Sweet Heat is a monthly bloggers challenge that anyone can participate in where the star of the show is of course, the chilli!

The monthly theme will vary from a type of dish, a special ingredient to combine with chillies or a cuisine, but no matter what, the star ingredient will always remain the same. Mild, fiery or blow your head off hot, fresh, dried, crushed or ground - the choice is yours! Each challenge will last roughly 1 month so you have plenty of time to work out what you want to make and participate.

Of course as with all challenges there are a few rules you need to stick to when taking part in this challenge....nothing as scary as a Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (trust me - you'll want to check that out!), just a few things to note!

The Rules:

• You must mention the Sweet Heat Challenge in your post with a link back to this site (and when applicable the host site).
• Send your post url, your name and a photo (if possible no bigger than 300 pixels please) of your creation to vanillacloudsandlemondrops@hotmail.co.uk by the 25^th of every month.
• You can create your own recipe or make your favourite recipe but please credit the original source if using someone else's and you must write your own directions for the recipe.
• You can enter as many times as you like.
• The round up will be on the 1^st of every month which will also include the next months challenge.

To celebrate the launch of Sweet Heat for the first month there will be a spicy prize for my favourite entry which I will announce on the round up.

So challenge number 1! To get things going I'm easing us all in gently with the first month with a large category that has plenty of options where there is no escaping the fact that chillies are the main ingredient. Please welcome....Condiments! That means anything from sweet chilli sauce, your own favourite hot sauce, a chilli relish, ketchup or even a hot and spicy salsa will fit the bill. The options are endless so go grab your favourite chillies and start cooking.

{If you are interested in hosting in the future please email me at vanillacloudsandlemondrops@hotmail.co.uk}