Kokova Magazine

Simple summertime smoothies are great for hot summer days and are an ideal way to get your five-a-day or use up softened fruit.

To prove it, the London Green Fair returns with another massive dose of everything good and green about the capital. Celebrating its 20th birthday this year on 9th and 10th of June in Regent's Park, the folks at the London Green Fair certainly have a lot of experience producing the festival - the greenest event in the capital. It recently won Best Event at the National Climate Week Awards and best of all it's FREE.

The countdown to Armed Forces Day on Saturday 30th June 2012 continues and the pace of activity is quickening with over a hundred events, the length and breadth of the country, have now been registered. Plymouth has been chosen to host this year.

Dips are often served to guests when we are entertaining or are placed on the BBQ tressle. If you have leftover dips in the fridge they can be put to inspiring culinary uses. Dips can also be nutritious and using up every bit in the pot can save money too. Great for kids.

Competition now closed. Congratulations to: - Sarah Denney, Banbury - Charlie Bethell, Canterbury - Vicky Carter, Grantham - Maria Rice, Newcastle upon Tyne - Michelle Smith, Gosport - Carole Cambridge, Lancashire - Louise Middleton, Staffordshire - Paula Gilmore-Hardie, Leeds - Antoinette Lynch, Reigate - Bridget Rawlings, Suffolk

Vinopolis, London's premier taste experience, is inviting food and wine fans to come and enjoy some of the UK's best wines at a special Bolney Wine Estate Hosted Dinner on 12th June 2012. Held at Vinopolis' award-winning Cantina restaurant, guests will be able to enjoy a delicious three course meal paired with three top-quality English wines in an evening hosted by Stuart Barford from the Bolney Wine Estate in West Sussex.