Kettle Cuisine Giveaway

I have teamed up with the Charisma Media Network to bring you a soup-tastic giveaway sponsored by Kettle Cuisine.

You may remember last week that I posted about some of the delicious flavors offered by Kettle Cuisine all natural, gluten free soup.

Kettle Cuisine offers chef inspired soups that are frozen in individual bowls for your convenience. Kettle Cuisine offers gluten free, all natural soups that taste every bit as good as they look! The assortment of varieties is impressive, as is the taste!

Look for Kettle Cuisine Soups at a grocer near you in the natural foods frozen section. To find a retailer near you that carries Kettle Cuisine Soup check out the Kettle Cuisine website!

Do you feel lucky?

Kettle Cuisine has generously offered to give 10 lucky readers a fantastic prize pack!

Each prize pack contains a cooler lunch bag with 3 coupons for a free Kettle Cuisine product, an informational brochure and a notepad!

Please enter to win via the rafflecopter form below!

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Did you know the Charisma Media Network is seeking bloggers? Visit www.charismamedianetwork.com for more information!

*The participating bloggers cannot be held responsible for the shipment of the prize, as this is the responsibility of the sponsor, Kettle Cuisine.



Funky Monkey Fruit Snacks Giveaway

Enter this great Funky Monkey Fruit Snacks Giveaway! I have teamed up with the Charisma Media Network to bring you the chance to win a healthy and tasty assortment of freeze dried fruit snacks! One very lucky winner will receive 14- one ounce bags of freeze dried fruit by Funky Monkey! 2 bags of each fantastic flavor!

Funky Monkey offers a delicious and healthy way to enjoy fruit, it is perfect for on the go snacking or as an addition to hot or cold cereal!

Be sure to check out Beauty Brite’s Review here:
http://beautybrite.com/2012/05/funky-monkey-snacks-review.html

Enter via the rafflecopter form below for your chance to win!

Did you know that the Charisma Media Network is seeking bloggers? Please visit us at http://www.charismamedianetwork.com/ to learn more!

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Win $500 (US Dollars) Cash

Want to win $500 (US Dollars) cash?

Here’s your chance! I found a great giveaway for you all and one very lucky individual is going to win $500 (US Dollars) cash thanks to ContestChest.com. I hope it is one of you!
 
You can use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.

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I’m Craving Steak! Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings Review + #GIVEAWAY!

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I don’t eat much meat. But sometimes, I just want a really good steak, hamburger or chicken from the grill.

We grill out year round but there is just something about warmer weather that makes the food taste even better! Being outside and enjoying the sunshine. Watching the kids play ball while Hubby grills big, juicy steaks, hamburgers, chicken, vegetables. MMM MMM! I LOVE IT!

Clay usually uses his own secret seasonings, creating the perfect flavor, but sometimes he likes to try something new. He tried out Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings recently on our steak and it was super good. The fragrance alone was enough to make my mouth water. And that was in-package! Once he rubbed it on the meat and began cooking, it was all I could do not to jump on the grill. hehehe

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For our first steaks, he used the All American Barbecue rub and it was to die-for! It contains ingredients like wheat and brown sugar along with onion, black powder, Chipotle, garlic Worcestershire Sauce Powder and red chile powder. That is just to name a few. That isn’t all the spices. But you can just imagine how good those smell.

For review, I received (and one of you will too) 4 boxes of Char Crust containing the following flavors:

• Roasted Garlic Peppercorn features the robust flavor of roasted garlic and onions with the zing of peppercorns and a hint of Worcestershire and lavender. Its versatility has made it a best seller. It complements steaks, lamb, seafood, pork, poultry, and potatoes.

• Ginger Teriyaki is a balance of sweet teriyaki, fragrant ginger, plus a tingly touch of wasabi that lends a new dimension and creates a modern teriyaki interpretation. It complements chicken, fish, and steak.

• Amazin’ Cajun is a spicy-sweet blend of piquant cayenne pepper, onion, garlic, oregano and a mélange of other Mardi Gras flavors. It brings the sublime heat of New Orleans to catfish, chicken, shrimp, and even “dirty” rice.

• All American Barbecue takes the best flavors of American barbecue and blends them into a tangy-sweet, slightly spicy rub. It has rich molasses from Memphis, tangy tomato from Kansas City, mustard, pepper and vinegar from the Carolinas, plus a wisp of smoke from Texas.

It rained this past weekend so I didn’t get to enjoy the outdoors but you can bet my husband still got his grill on! He set that sucker under the garage door (open) and grilled away! I didn’t get photos AT ALL of our steaks because they were off the platter and on everyone’s plates before I could even grab my camera! But I can tell you that the flavor was outstanding. None of the spices, in any of the flavors, were overpowering. The meat had just the right amount of spice. It wasn’t too salty like some dry rub seasonings can be. I’ve had some that I couldn’t even eat because the sodium content was just too high and I couldn’t handle it.  I didn’t have that problem with the Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings. Our grilled foods were really good, tender and super tasty.

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4 ounce boxes retail price of $5.49 per box. There is a store finder on the Char Crust site.

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Pan-Seared Tilapia by: Char Crust

10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

20 minutes

Pan-Seared Tilapia. I, myself can’t eat fish, but this recipe was shared with me by Char Crust. They prefer catfish over Tilapia in this particular recipe.

Ingredients

  • Tilapia fillets — about 6 oz per person
  • Char Crust® Amazin’ Cajun — about 1/2 Tbsp per fillet
  • A little oil, canola is good
  • A little butter (optional), at room temperature

Instructions

  1. Heat a cast iron pan on the stove until very hot.
  2. Season one side of the fish with Char Crust® Amazin’ Cajun Dry Rub Seasoning, generously covering the surface. Drizzle a little oil all over the seasonings, using your fingers to rub in and distribute evenly.
  3. Seasonings will look moist and darken a bit. Place the fish, seasoned side down, into the pan.
  4. It should sizzle immediately, and you may get some smoke.
  5. Cook a few minutes until just cooked through.
  6. Transfer to plate with seasoned side up and place pat of butter on top.

Notes

Option: We actually prefer this recipe with catfish, but tilapia seems to have more fans.

http://thecinnamonhollow.com/2012/04/23/im-craving-steak-char-crust-dry-rub-seasonings-review-giveaway/

Next, I am going to try the Amazin’ Cajun on a nice grilled chicken breast and some grilled veggies. I promise to get a photo for you!

CHAR CRUST GIVEAWAY - Ends May 7, 2012
In the meantime, one of you lucky peeps are going to win a pack of the same 4 Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings that I have. Just fill out the Rafflecopter below and on May 8 (giveaway ends May 7) I will randomly select one winner. Keep an eye on your email and this post to see if you win!

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Welcome to the #SpringFever Giveaway Blog Hop! US only.

It’s here! It’s here! It’s officially time to enter the Spring Fever Giveaway!!! This giveaway will run from April 15 – 21. ONE reader will receive a grand prize package containing the following items:

I did not do reviews of the Food Fights book (yet, it’s on the way) or the Expecting More pregnancy fitness DVD. The book is from an upcoming review but I am including it in this event because it fits the theme and the DVD is on it’s way. If, for some reason it does not make it in time for shipping, another mom/pregnancy reltated item will be added in it’s place.

The LeadingLady.com gift certificate and the Spiffies teeth cleaning wipes will be shipped separately. The other items will come together in a box and surprise items may be included as well.

There are several possible entry methods to give you bonus entries. Only one method is required for entry and that will be to leave your name and email in the Rafflecopter widget below. The others are optional but give you a higher chance of winning. So you’ll want to complete as many as you can, if not all! Then, after you’ve entered our giveaway, check out the other blogs in the linky list below and enter their amazing giveaways as well! Let me know if you win any prizes! The entire Spring Fever event ends (12:01 am EST) April 22, 2012.

Good luck!!!

If you are not entering our giveaway but would still like to help spread the word, please feel free to tweet it out by clicking here –> Enter the #SpringFever #giveaway @CinnamonHollow. http://bit.ly/HUL4ug

Special thanks to our hostess: {not quite} Susie Homemaker.

Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.
Please NOTE:
This giveaway is open to residents in the US only. I apologize to my Canadian & International friends!
ALL entries are checked for accuracy and will be validated. If you are chosen as the winner and validation shows that your task has not been completed, your entry will not be counted and will be considered invalid and a new winner will be chosen.

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