Another great round, this time with guest judge @kotturinn's theme "Take Me To Brunch... In Your Country", which inspired many wonderful entries. Thanks for that @kotturinn! On days when you don't have to rush, taking your time over a lazy brunch is soooooo good for the soul I think, either in the quiet of your own company or shared with those you love. If, like me, you enjoy exercise in the morning before any meals, brunch is the perfect choice as it gives you time to clean up and relax a while before having to prepare food - I do not like feeling hurried!!!

We have some truly well-deserved winners here, though as with all our previous judges @kotturinn too had a difficult time deciding which recipes she liked best! We also had an unexpected bonus prize for the 'most quirky entry' from @razvanelulmarin - so much gratitude for that!!! Thanks to everyone for sharing the results of your hard work and passions with us... I know I'm not the only one who feels genuinely delighted seeing each one as its posted. After all - food is health and health is life!

Please note: I will be away Fri-Sun, so if you need me for anything then tough!!! I'm celebrating my 8th wedding anniversary with the most wonderful man ever to exist, and we're treating ourselves to a lovely weekend :-)

A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS FROM @KOTTURINN:

I would like to start with thanking each and every person that devoted their time and took part in SCC #29, I was overwhelmed by all of the beautifully crafted entries this week, I did not expect that!

THANK YOU: @karenmckersie, @haydeart, @jurgan, @lil4a, @amy-goodrich, @helene, @knittybynature, @shady, @emilymichelle, @rouketas and @katebobkova. All of you guys are awesome and it was a pleasure browsing through your recipes, it sounds cheesy but I felt like a kid in a candy store. It was NOT easy having to only pick 4 people, but I have to follow the rules of the challenge, regardless of the outcome, you are all winners to me.

I tried my very best to be as unbiased and objective as possible. One really does not know how hard it is to be a judge until they experience it, perhaps it would be a good idea to let every willing participant the opportunity to try it on themselves.

When choosing the winners, I decided that in order to be an impartial judge, I would pick those that I felt adhered the closest to the predetermined criteria.

Bonus prize of 5 SBD for the Most Quirky Entry "Sweet & Salty Greek Brunch" by @rouketas, generously provided by @razvanelulmarin

4th prize "Venezuelan style Brunch, Arepitas, Tortillas and Fruits" by @haydeart 5 SBD sponsored by @sirwinchester

Awarded for: "the Venezuelan style brunch, I've never been to South America, but thanks to you I can take a culinary voyage that way any time."

3rd Prize "Salad with hot sandwiches" by @shady 10 SBD sponsored by @smooth

Awarded for: "taking me back home for a minute and inventing a delicious Ukrainian brunch. Well done!"

2nd Prize "Lazy Monday Brunch with Gazpacho Blood Mary" by @amy-goodrich 15 SBD sponsored by @smooth

Awarded for: "it made me happy to see a hand crafted bloody Mary mix paired with Latino delights, that I enjoy."

1st Prize "SWEET & SALTY GREEK BRUNCH" by @rouketas 25 SBD sponsored by @smooth

Awarded for: "meeting the challenge requirements, including drinks and creating a truly authentic feast for friends and family, the photos made me feel like I was sitting at the same table with the chef himself, tasting traditional Greek brunch."

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors. Please note: the sponsors are not always able to pay straight away - it can take days or occasionally even weeks, so please be understanding about this. But they have never let us down so be assured they always catch up with payments as soon as they can!

I'd also like to share my sincere THANKS to @smooth and @sirwinchester for their continuous sponsorship of this challenge, the Steemians who regularly or occasionally submit entries, and to everyone who upvotes and supports the entries. I'm well aware there would be no challenge without you all!!!

For those of you who have never entered this challenge before - it's very easy, just see below for this week's theme and criteria for entries. Every week we have a different guest judge and different theme, so if you fancy some culinary excitement then look no further! You don't have to be a great cook - all we ask is you try to be creative with your recipes and take beautiful photos of the finished dish as unfortunately we can't taste the entries so you must help us do this with our imaginations! Original recipes are encouraged, but you may use someone else's recipe as long as you credit the original source.

The guest judge this week is my New Zealand pal @biglipsmama who of course I've never met in real life, but whenever we chat I get a lovely feeling of 'warmth'! She's the only person I've ever heard use the Maori name 'Aotearoa' for New Zealand, meaning 'land of the long white cloud'. Isn't that the loveliest name?! Like me she's very into health, real food, organic produce, DIY quality instead of commercial crap, the general well-being of people and the earth... She vies to keep the Evil Temptress Sugar out of her children's lunchboxes and so does a lot of home baking for them. There's nothing compares to a mother's love!

She originally chose 'Neenish Tarts' as the theme, which you may not have heard of as they are most popular in Australia and New Zealand. They are large or small tarts made with a pastry base, a creamy filling, and dried icing on top in two colours, usually pink and brown or pink and white. But we decided to broaden the theme so you can create your own unique tarts, made any way you like! Sweet or savoury, either is fine. We prepare to be dazzled by whatever kind of tart you present!

1. Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 30: Title of your Dish”

2. Tag your “Tempting Tarts” post with ALL FOUR of the following:

# food

# food-trail

# steemitculinarychallenge

# recipes

3. TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS in preparing your dish.

4. POST A LINK OF YOUR ENTRY below on the comment thread. If you have signed up to Steemit.chat please also post it on the steemitculinarychallenge channel. To sign up you can click here.

5. The DEADLINE for submission is NO LATER than Wednesday at 12:00 Noon UTC.

6. You may submit TWO ENTRIES if you wish.

7. So we can verify your entry is indeed yours and not plagiarised or copy-pasted from the internet, you MUST do ONE of the FOLLOWING:

Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes. Any questions, please ask.

WINNERS together with the NEW THEME will be announced every Friday.

Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors – please allow them time to do this!

Don't forget to THANK and FOLLOW our sponsors for supporting the Steemit Culinary Challenge. Please also consider including @smooth.witness in your voted witness list.

Here you can find the PREVIOUS WINNERS of the Steemit Culinary Challenge:

#29 - Take Me To Brunch... In Your Country

#28 - Cupcakes

#27 - Be A Michelin Star Chef For One Night

#26 - Sugar-Free Raw Vegan Desserts

#25 - Your Favourite Dish

#24 - Mouthgasms

#23 - Otsumami

#22 - Mediterranean Night

#21 - Coffee a la Barista's

#20 - Pancake Paradise

#19 - Sweet and Savory Crepes

#18 - Tasty, Wholesome Meals for Weight Loss

#17 - Shepherd's Pie

#16 - Tacos for a Tech Savvy

#15 - Roast It

#14 - DIVINE LEMONed DESSERT

#13 - The Finest Fish Dish

#12 - Purely Paleo

#11 - Cheeseless Burger

#10 - Anglo–Sino Chicken

#9 - New Year on a Platter

#8 - La Pasta Perfetta

#7 - Battle of Noodles

#6 - HOT Off the Grill

#5 - Unorthodox Chillied Dish

#4 - Super Salads

#3 - Smoothie Showdown

#2 - Out of the Box Sandwiches

#1 - Sniffle Remedy Soup

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by posting your queries on the comment thread below, or you can find me on Steemit.chat under the same name. I will respond as soon as I can.

For the announcement of winners and new themes, follow me :-)