And the winner of the NatureBox giveaway is…. “Brother Husband”!
Congratulations to a very funny Dan (DJSRSLY) and a big thank you to everyone that entered!
Happy Gobble Gobble!
Happy Thanksgiving from Florida! I hope that your familygivings and friendsgivings are the merriest!
Going Home For Turkey
A few years ago I traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana for Thanksgiving. At that time, my Aunt Michele was a new mom and had just found out that her husband had to travel abroad for work over the holiday. My family sent me up there and Michele and I decided to make it as much of a girls’ weekend as possible having a one year old in tow. We packed up the car Thanksgiving morning and headed to Dallas for a shopping adventure, stopping at Cracker Barrel on the way for Thanksgiving dinner. I cried.
I cried serious tears. Michele looked at me with inquiring eyes. I couldn’t believe that the baby’s first Thanksgiving was at Cracker Barrel, away from our family, away from our food, away from Gramma’s pie crust. We called the family so everyone could tease me, thoroughly, and I dried my eyes. We hopped back in the car and headed to Dallas. It ended up not being a big deal, but in that wink of a moment, it felt like the biggest deal.
When I heard the Lawson brothers, my friends turned neighbors, might not be able to make it back to Wichita Falls for Thanksgiving this year, that same big deal feeling came over me. I immediately made plans to make a mini holiday meal and drop it off before my flight to Florida. I kept portions of each dish aside for my roommate, who is also staying in Austin this week, and quickly realized how not-mini this meal was going to be. A little embarrassing, but what can ya do.
I made classic mashed potatoes, The Pioneer Woman’s green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie with Savory Spice Shop’s Chinese Five Spice. Everything was darn good. The green bean casserole was like bacon macaroni and cheese meets green beans. And even though the pie looked a bit funkier than usual, I suspect the addition of the Chinese five spice in lieu of pumpkin pie spice was a killer trade (I also made this substitution with the Pumpkin Roll Cake).
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
Tis The Season For A @NatureBox Giveaway
As soon as we opened our FoodBuzz Fest swag bags, we had a hunch that whatever was in the big box was going to be our favorite. Bigger equals better, right? But honestly, we spent little time swag bag sorting and, instead, packed our treats away and spent our time galavanting around and eating our way through San Fran.
Fast forward a couple weeks to Halloween when candy posts dominated every ounce of social media feeds which caused me to frantically search through my cabinets for anything that would satisfy my jealousy-induced sweet tooth. I spotted my NatureBox treats, popped a few fancy clusters in my mouth, raised my hands in the air for a mini “hurrah!” moment, finished half of the bag, and then, naturally, tweeted my excitement.
The folks at NatureBox promptly responded to my tweet asking if FoodFash readers would be interested in a giveaway. Surely they would. And what they’d be even more interested in this holiday season would be two Nature Boxes: one for themselves and one for a friend. They loved the idea!
Each Nature Box includes 4 to 6 packages of delish snacks ranging from granola, clusters, trail mix, fruits, and nuts. And when you fall in love with your Nature Box, you can easily sign up for Nature Box delivery for months to come.
Here’s how to win a NatureBox for you and a friend!
Contest Entry Instructions:
Each of the steps below will count as one contest entry, with a maximum of 5 entries per person. The contest will run between now and 8PM CST on Tuesday, November 27th. Please leave a separate comment for each entry as each individual comment represents a number and a random number generator will be used to select the winner.
1. Leave a comment on this post letting me know your favorite snack food.
2. Follow me on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.
3. Follow NatureBox on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.
4. Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.
5. Follow NatureBox on Twitter and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, November 28th.
Best of luck to you all!