Celebrate National Trail Mix Day
September 1, 2010 - Written by Diana
August 31 is National Trail Mix Day – yep, there’s a day for that too. We eat a lot of trail mix, it’s a handy nutritious snack, much better than chips to have on hand.
- My husband likes to take it to work and eat handfuls all day. He also likes to top his yogurt with it.
- We grab a pack when we go hiking to munch on while walking.
- My son packed it for his track meets and band trips in high school.
- I just sent my college daughter some trail mix as a treat when I sent a package to her school. (They will love you for this one.)
- The whole family munches on it at home as a treat when we have a few hunger pangs.
Some fun trail mix trivia:
- Trail mix has been eaten by Native Americans for thousands of years, and originally included buffalo meat.
- Trail mix is featured in Jack Kerouac’s iconic 1958 novel The Dharma Bums.
- Trail mix is the favorite healthy snack of celebrities such as Jessica Biel and Blake Lively.
- Captain Robert Falcon Scott munched trail mix to maintain his energy …
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Food Contests – August 2010
August 26, 2010 - Written by DianaNeed some end of the summer cooking excitement? Here are contests that you can enter to help with that. Some require recipes, others you just need to enter. If you win, let me know because I love it when a Cookerati Reader wins something or has some good luck.
- California Strawberry Commission is hosting the “California ‘Everyday Superfruit’ Frozen Strawberry Recipe Contest” for a chance to win a $250 Amazon Gift Card. Submit your own, original recipe in the form AND upload the image with the exact recipe name to the California Strawberry Facebook page . Please include the words “Frozen Strawberry Contest Entry” in your post. The deadline date is Monday, August 31st at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time and all contest rules can be found here.
- Worldwide Video Recipes and Chefs – Enter or Vote in their Amateur / Pro $1,000 Video Recipe Contest. The contest runs from August-17-2010 to October-31-2010. Anyone may enter, amateur or professional chef.
- Mrs. Cubbison’s invites home cooks across the country to share their creative ideas in its “No More Naked Salads” Recipe Sweepstakes. The Grand Prize winner will enjoy …
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Walker’s Shortbread Cookies – A Trip Back to Childhood (& Giveaway)
August 6, 2010 - Written by Diana
For my son’s party, we had a platter of Walker’s cookies out for everyone to share. These cookies are timeless, classic cookies, that took me back to being a kid growing up in my grandparent’s house.When we were kids, we lived in my grandparent’s house. There were three floors and each floor was a separate apartment. When we were really small, we had one of the floors, my grandparents another, and my cousins the third. My cousins eventually moved out, but we didn’t share the extra floor, so it stayed empty. My grandmother had a store, and she and my grandfather ate a late dinner every night after they closed the store for the night. They were smart grandparents, they knew that the best way to get visits from the grandchildren was to have dessert out while they ate. There were six of us, and we went to bed at different times. However, we all knew about the desserts, and we all knew that if we went up to say good night to our grandparents, we would get some dessert. Most of the time dessert was cookies and short bread cookies was one …
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Top 15 Food Fails
July 24, 2010 - Written by DebFood is a pleasure. Though it’s something to be enjoyed, it’s also to provide sustenance and nutrition for our bodies. Some foods don’t quite make the cut either way. It’s one thing if a food that is bad for you tastes really, really good. It’s quite another story when the food is bad and one bite can land you in the hospital.
Behold: Cookerati’s Top 15 Food Fails
1. Velveeta
There’s a reason it melts better than cheddar, though we wouldn’t exactly tout that as a selling point. This over-processed, greasy alternative to American cheeses is almost inedible, but it’s cheap and it melts and for some that’s all that counts.
2. Cheese that doesn’t need refrigeration
There’s a reason you find most cheeses in the refrigerated dairy aisle. If it’s not somewhere cold, ask yourself why -but whatever you do, don’t read the label if you have a bad heart.
3. Items with the word “product” or “food” next to them
The picture says it all, …
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Produce Bags, the Next Step For Me & ChicoBag Has Them
May 24, 2010 - Written by Diana
I’ve been to this step before in the farm markets. I tell them to just put the produce in my reusable sack. That’s easy with the farm markets, since you are going from stand to stand. They aren’t the best for storage though. ChicoBag makes a Produce stand pack that is great and you can use them in the store shopping cart because your veggies won’t dump out. I am trying my Produce Stand Collection right now. I did get incredulous looks from the clerks when they picked up the bags full of fruit and veggies because they weren’t packed in the stores plastic bags. ChicoBag Produce Stand Collection is meant to replace those plastic bags you pack your fresh produce in that you pick up off the vegetable stands in grocery store.The new collection offers three different bags, each constructed from a different fabric designed to optimize freshness. The Hemp-Cotton blend is perfect for leafy greens, grains and green beans. The rePETe™ Mesh is great for apples, orange and potatoes. The rePETe™ will keep your squash, broccoli and carrots fresh. All bags stuff into …
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Winner! Dinty Moore/ Hormel Chili Giveaway.
May 14, 2010 - Written by DianaWe had tons of great recipes and comments on our giveaway, it was really hard to think about choosing a winner.
We made our own chili dip and it not only disappeared, but then I made a second batch and it disappeared too. Really. We ran out of nacho chips, so peppers, crackers and pretzels were used.
Here’s the quick dip.
I can of roasted tomato chili – heat up in the microwave in a glass or heat proof bowl Sprinkle with cheese – you can either put in for another minute, or let it melt naturally if the chili is warmed enough. Top with diced peppers, green onions and tomatoes, then dollop sour cream on top. It’s a really cool snack for the high school crowd, that’s for sure.
Okay, enough of the small talk our winner is Cass who said:
Hormel chili in a casserole of Sliced semi-cooked potatoes and cheddar, chives and bacon bits layered and baked at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Great idea Cass, thanks for sharing.
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Winner of our NY Style Garlic Snacks Giveaway
April 25, 2010 - Written by DianaMonique Rizzo is the winner of our NY Style Garlic Snack Giveaway.
She said,”I like the Garlic Crisps with Artichoke dip! Thanks for the chance. ”
My New York Style Garlic Snacks are gone, gone, gone, but Monique should be recieving her shipment as soon as I recieve an email with her postal address. I’ll send Monique an email to let her know.
We’ve got another giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned.
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Foodie Websites
April 19, 2010 - Written by DianaWORSTPIZZA.COM – If you’re looking for the best pizza in town, would you go to worstpizza.com? Why yes, you just might. Craig Agranoff, “The Pizza Expert” is the founder of WorstPizza.com, and reviews and loads information about pizza parlors and their offerings. My only problem is the search engine used doesn’t search by city, state or by zip, but by word. If you enter Columbus, or Grove City, you’ll get weird results because I don’t think he’s been to our neck of the Midwest.
PriscillaWoolworth.com - Priscilla Woolworth has an online eco friendly general store. Browsing the pages are a lot of fun, there is some cool stuff. There are plenty of kitchen items – and since my brother in law didn’t make me a baggie drying rack, maybe the one I found on this site will work. I finally found a drying rack for my mother’s towels, too – when we visit she goes through towels so fast because there isn’t any where to hang them up to dry. Take a look at the neat reusable produce and market bags.
EdibleCommunities.com – I found Edible Columbus …
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Celebrate National Garlic Day with a NY Style Giveaway
April 19, 2010 - Written by DianaCooking with garlic is one of the best ways to flavor a dish. I grow garlic, I cook with garlic, I buy garlic flavored stuff and I love the smell of garlic cooking. Any time you throw a few garlic cloves in with a roast, the kitchen smells wonderful. April 19th (today ) is national garlic day, a day we should all observe by cracking open a few cloves. I might make some garlic potatoes for dinner tonight, that would be a great way to celebrate don’t you think?
New York Style sent me a pack of Garlic goodies to review for National Garlic Day last year, but this year we are even luckier. Cookerati is holding a contest to give away the garlic goodness.
Coupon for $0.75 Off New York Style Snacks
Even if you don’t win, you can still come out ahead.
New York Style has a special coupon so you can stock up on your favorite garlic treats for the annual Garlic Day celebration. Visit www.NewYorkStyle.com and become a member of the Central Park Club to receive a $0.75 off coupon toward a New York Style garlic snack.
If you wanted to use a spread or dip on one of …
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Bertolli’s Into The Heart of Italy Webisode – The Secrets of the Fungaioli
April 1, 2010 - Written by DianaThe second webisode of Bertolli’s Into the Heart of Italy starring Rocco DiSpirito, Marissa Tomei and Dan Cortese came out on Monday, March 29th. The new webisodes are going to appear approximately every 2 weeks. This week they start out in pistoria, and end up meeting the fungaioli and harvesting mushrooms.
Take a look:
Bertolli has more fun viewables and a contest to enter on their site. You might win a culinary trip to Italy, wow, that would be cool.
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