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Holland House is holding a Holiday Sweepstakes Bash on Facebook where you can win $500 for your holiday party. You’ll also get advice from an expert blogger party planner (not me, but one of my fellow Mizkan Blogger Advocates) to help you plan your holiday bash. All you need to do is “like” the Holland [...]

Posted on November 21, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways,Thanksgiving and tagged as ,

A recent culinary challenge I faced was cooking the mountain goat my husband bagged in September. We had our local game processor make the meat into German, Italian and chorizo sausage – all of which have been fantastic. However, I was concerned with the steaks and chops. Would they be gamey? I tentatively grilled up [...]

Posted on October 27, 2011 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Venison and tagged as ,

We’ve had a crazy fall season here in Colorado. Most days have been in the ‘60s and ‘70s until late last week when we had our first overnight freeze warnings. That meant we had to harvest what’s left of our tomato crop – our green tomato crop, that is. Since I got into canning this [...]

Posted on October 27, 2011 in Featured,Recipes and tagged as ,

I just got an email reminder for my kids to place their online football picks for week 8. Week 8? Boy has football season gone quickly! Even so, it’s never too late (or too cold) to do some weekend grilling and barbecuing for the big game or a tailgate party. Recently, I took advantage of [...]

Posted on October 26, 2011 in Featured,Recipes and tagged as , ,

After camping at Stagecoach Lake near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, we usually come home with a cooler full of lake trout. One of my favorite ways to prepare trout is to smoke it our Masterbuilt Electric Smoker. This recipe is good for any type of fresh water lake fish. Once you’ve tried smoked fish, you’ll never go [...]

Posted on July 29, 2011 in Fish,Recipes and tagged as ,

This summer NAKANO is encouraging us to splash it on! That’s right, just go ahead and splash their gluten free rice vinegars on veggies, pasta salads, grilled fish and chicken, and more. Inspired by some feta cheese and a gigantic seedless watermelon that my husband bought at Costco, I came up with this watermelon salad [...]

Posted on July 22, 2011 in Featured,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

Holland House recently announced their summer sweepstakes “Grill of Your Dreams” on Facebook. The grand prize winner will receive a $2,000 Visa® Gift Card, which may be used to purchase a new grill. (For that kind of dough, you can hire someone to build a custom one with gas hookup in your backyard. My idea [...]

Posted on July 16, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways,Recipes and tagged as , , ,

I wanted to let you know that until June 20, World Harbors is running a sweepstakes on their Facebook page to win an all-expenses paid trip to an exotic island along with a video camera so they can capture their adventure. The destination will be selected by World Harbors. But you can see some hints [...]

Posted on June 12, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as ,

I’ve been experimenting with using NAKANO Rice Vinegars and Holland House vinegars in much of my every day cooking. Not only am I trying different types of vinegar on salads, but I’ve also used it on warm vegetable dishes like stir fry and sautéed vegetables. So when I spotted the gorgeous bunches of rainbow chard [...]

Posted on June 7, 2011 in Featured,Recipes,Veggies and tagged as , ,

It’s not often that I find a food product that can meet all my food sensitivity needs. One of the them is NAKANO® rice vinegars. They’re all natural, gluten free, contain no preservatives, and have 50% less sodium than other rice vinegars. NAKANO Natural Rice Vinegar is unsweetened, has no sodium and can be used [...]

Posted on April 28, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as ,