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Spice Giveaway: And The Winner Is!

March 18, 2013 by Kristin Leave a Comment

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And the winner of the Spice Giveaway sponsored by Cooking Planit is….  Ginnean!

 

Congratulations to a very lucky Ginnean and thank you, thank you to everyone that entered!

 

 

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Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: contest, cooking planit, prizes, spice giveaway, spices inc

A @CookingPlanit Spice Giveaway!

March 11, 2013 by Kristin 94 Comments

 

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Did you know that the shelf life of a ground spice is roughly 6 months? Six months! Even with as often as I cook, the bulk of my spice collection dates back to before I moved to Dallas in 2008. Which probably means that my collection is in dire need of a makeover. If your spice situation is anything like mine, then you’ll be pleased as punch to find out that the winner of this giveaway will receive 26 spices from Spices, Inc.!

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To enter, simply leave a comment below letting me know your favorite spice between now and 8PM CST on Sunday, March 17th. I’ll announce and contact the winner first thing on Monday, March 18th. Easy peasy!

The Spice Collection, sponsored by Cooking Planit, includes:

Ground Cumin Basil
Saigon Cinnamon Bay Leaves
Smoked Paprika Thyme
Garlic Powder Mediterranean Oregano
Onion Powder Rosemary
Nutmeg Powder Red Pepper Flakes
Coriander Powder Cayenne Pepper
Ground Cloves Chinese Five Spice
Turmeric Curry Powder
Yellow Mustard Pennsylvania Pepper
Cardamon Powder Cajun Seasoning
Allspice Powder Hill Country Chili Powder
Ginger Root Powder

For additional chances to win, please check out any or all of the lovely blogs listed below:

2013 COOKING PLANIT SPICE GIVEAWAY

Start Stop Flight 1 Flight 2
1 3/6/13 3/12/13 Sophistishe Field and Feast
2 3/7/13 3/13/13 The Wicked Noodle The Cooking Planit Blog
3 3/8/13 3/14/13 The Aliso Kitchen Slow Down & Savor
4 3/9/13 3/15/13 Chicago Foodie Sisters Jessiker Bakes
5 3/10/13 3/16/13 My Happily Ever After the End The Food Yenta
6 3/11/13 3/17/13 Notes from Maggie’s Farm FoodFash
7 3/12/13 3/18/13 My Kitchen Addictions What Jew Wanna Eat
8 3/13/13 3/19/13 Bite Sized Blog Nicole’s Nickels
9 3/14/13 3/20/13 A Busy Mom of Two Food Squeeze
10 3/15/13 3/21/13 Kasey’s Kitchen Kitchen Concoctions
11 3/16/13 3/22/13 Daily Ups & Pounds Lisa Cooking
12 3/17/13 3/23/13 Ditch the Box Huppie Mama
13 3/18/13 3/24/13 Hungry Hutch Food Fetish
14 3/19/13 3/25/13 Cook the Blog Three Diets. One Dinner
15 3/20/13 3/26/13 Sugarfoot Eats Gear Live
16 3/21/13 3/27/13 CopyKat Recipes The Mouthy Housewives
17 3/22/13 3/28/13 Burnt Apple The Butterfly Mom
18 3/23/13 3/29/13 The Mama Report Ancestral Chef
19 3/24/13 3/30/13 A Food Centric Life We Like To Cook
20 3/25/13 3/31/13 Dixie Chik Cooks Baby Boomster
21 3/26/13 4/1/13 Unorganized Mommy of 3 Much Ado About Fooding
22 3/27/13 4/2/13 Better with Butter The Primlani Kitichen
23 3/28/13 4/3/13 Mother Would Know California Country Gal
24 3/29/13 4/4/13 Yi Reservation NY Foodgasm
25 3/30/13 4/5/13 ME Redone Creative Culinary

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Heads Up, 7UP!

March 9, 2013 by Kristin 1 Comment

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Hi friends!  A little heads up about how I’ll be hosting a giveaway with Cooking Planit for this spice set (including 26 spices!) that will begin on Monday, March 11th.  The Spice Giveaway is unique in that 49 other bloggers are also participating over the next month.  This means, there is a serious opportunity (50 chances, to be exact) to win an awesome prize and an even bigger opportunity to meet some new blogging friends.  Hope this giveaway is as exciting to you as it is to me!

2013 COOKING PLANIT SPICE GIVEAWAY

Start Stop Flight 1 Flight 2
1 3/6/13 3/12/13 Sophistishe Field and Feast
2 3/7/13 3/13/13 The Wicked Noodle The Cooking Planit Blog
3 3/8/13 3/14/13 The Aliso Kitchen Slow Down & Savor
4 3/9/13 3/15/13 Chicago Foodie Sisters Jessiker Bakes
5 3/10/13 3/16/13 My Happily Ever After the End The Food Yenta
6 3/11/13 3/17/13 Notes from Maggie’s Farm FoodFash
7 3/12/13 3/18/13 My Kitchen Addictions What Jew Wanna Eat
8 3/13/13 3/19/13 Bite Sized Blog Nicole’s Nickels
9 3/14/13 3/20/13 A Busy Mom of Two Food Squeeze
10 3/15/13 3/21/13 Kasey’s Kitchen Kitchen Concoctions
11 3/16/13 3/22/13 Daily Ups & Pounds Lisa Cooking
12 3/17/13 3/23/13 Ditch the Box Huppie Mama
13 3/18/13 3/24/13 Hungry Hutch Food Fetish
14 3/19/13 3/25/13 Cook the Blog Three Diets. One Dinner
15 3/20/13 3/26/13 Sugarfoot Eats Gear Live
16 3/21/13 3/27/13 CopyKat Recipes The Mouthy Housewives
17 3/22/13 3/28/13 Burnt Apple The Butterfly Mom
18 3/23/13 3/29/13 The Mama Report Ancestral Chef
19 3/24/13 3/30/13 A Food Centric Life We Like To Cook
20 3/25/13 3/31/13 Dixie Chik Cooks Baby Boomster
21 3/26/13 4/1/13 Unorganized Mommy of 3 Much Ado About Fooding
22 3/27/13 4/2/13 Better with Butter The Primlani Kitichen
23 3/28/13 4/3/13 Mother Would Know California Country Gal
24 3/29/13 4/4/13 Yi Reservation NY Foodgasm
25 3/30/13 4/5/13 ME Redone Creative Culinary

Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: cooking planit, spice giveaway, spices inc

An Early Friendsgiving

November 14, 2012 by Kristin 1 Comment

Oh how I put Cooking Planit through the ultimate test!  Prior to last night, I had only used this kitchen app to make a single dish.  And typically, I have the bulk of a meal prepared before guests arrive.  But last night…  I invited Ginnean and Juliette (FoodFash Junior in the making) over for dinner and a slumber party.  I left it up to Cooking Planit to keep me on track preparing multiple dishes while in the company of a good friend and her little munchkin.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, I’m out of this world organized.  But give me a little outside distraction, like say company, and I lose things, drop things, maybe even burn things.  Give me a lot of distraction, like the most adorable baby ever, and who knows what could happen.

This is where Cooking Planit had the opportunity to save my world, and it did.  This app allowed me to make an entire meal AND spend time with my current company.  I could chat with Ginnean while following each step, because I didn’t have to think about what came next.  And I could clean up dishes chase Juliette around the house when there was dead time before the next step.

The Menu:

Quinoa with Butternut Squash & Pine Nuts

Pomegranate Kale

Sweet Potato Hash

Cranberry Sauce (made earlier in the day)

Homemade Bread (made earlier in the day)

We filled our plates with modern-day Thanksgiving sides, filled up our glasses with red, red wine, and sat on the back porch enjoying the almost-fall-feeling weather.  Since Ginnean and I both favored the quinoa with butternut squash and pine nuts it acted as the main dish.  And the pomegranate kale and sweet potato hash did a wonderful job acting as supporting sides.  We even paired the leftover hash with an egg the next morning for a mighty delicious start to our day!

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