Hello my dear blogger buddies! Today, I want to share a fun event and opportunity with you that, unfortunately, with a new baby I would not be able to attend. But, since I am the sharing type, I am going to let you all know about it. Please let me know if you decide to enter! I would love for one of my readers to win!
This is an opportunity to attend the popular Taste of the NFL — http://www.tasteofthenfl.
com/ — a fund-raising, food and wine tasting event featuring NFL celebrities, top musical entertainment and some of the best chefs in the country on Feb. 4 in Indianapolis, the day before the Super Bowl. Each year during the Super Bowl weekend, Taste of the NFL raises money for food banks across the country, including MY local food pantry, St. Louis Area Food Bank.To celebrate that the Super Bowl will be in nearby Indianapolis in 2012, family-run Red Gold Tomatoes in Orestes, Indiana — http://www.redgold.com/ — will choose seven bloggers from around the country for an all-expenses paid trip to join them at Taste of the NFL in Indy as well as at their HQ to learn all about growing and cooking exceptional tomatoes during a weekend of great cuisine.
Red Gold takes pride in growing during the true seasons of the Midwest, where the country’s best soil and climate for tomatoes can be found (even the winter is crucial, which breaks up the soil for tiny root systems). At farms in the Midwest, Red Gold grows some of the best tasting tomatoes around.
If you are interested in entering your blog in Red Gold’s contest, it’s easy to sign up right here and see official rules — http://redgold.com/bloggers. The company will be reading blogs who write about their love of tomatoes in a creative way (e.g. game day recipes, food trends, reader challenges, product reviews, giveaways, holiday meal ideas, or really any creative way). Just also mention any interaction with Red Gold tomatoes and show an overall passion for cooking and food, too. The company will follow bloggers online until Dec. 31, 2011. The seven chosen bloggers will be notified in early January, 2012.
Those chosen will attend Taste of the NFL on Saturday evening, Feb. 4, and also will join Red Gold at their headquarters (about an hour from Indianapolis). In Orestes, you would learn about tomatoes from the ground up, including a tour of the production facility and meeting with many tomato experts on staff. Chosen bloggers would fly in on Friday, Feb. 3, spend the weekend, and depart on Sunday, Feb. 5.
I am so sad that I can’t try to win this fantastic opportunity! It sounds like it would be so much fun. I hope you all decide to enter!
Since I was unable to attend, Red Gold sent me this awesome prize pack to give their products a try and let you all know what I think of them.
and this awesome car that my son fell in love with…
Now, to the reason we are here… the Red Gold Tomatoes. I use tomatoes a whole lot in my cooking. I prefer to make my own pasta sauce so tomatoes are a staple in my grocery list. I have them on hand all the time and buy many cans when I do purchase them. I add them to chicken dishes, to soups, to chili (yum) and other random creations. I have purchased tomatoes before though that are not very good. Either they have stems in them (yuck) or they are sour tasting. This is NOT the case with Red Gold tomatoes! They are delicious and look good too.
I am not a huge tomato fan so this is a big thing for me to say… I really like the flavor of the Red Gold tomatoes. They are not tart, are juicy, and have a nice crisp taste. They are the perfect ingredient to my many dishes and they will be the tomatoes I purchase from now on. No more nasty tomatoes, we are sold on Red Gold!
How would one of you like to win the really fantastic prize pack I won? You will get some of the delicious Red Gold Tomatoes I received as well as a lot of fun goodies including the car, a reusable shopping bag, some recipes in a fantastic book and on cards, a key chain, a clip, and magnet. You will also get a valuable coupon to buy more Red Gold tomatoes… because you will want to after you give these a try!
How to enter: The mandatory entry must be completed in order for all others to count. All entries must be recorded into the Rafflecopter widget.
Top Soil says
I am loving it 🙂
Jessica Anderson says
I love homemade spagetti sauce.
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Quanda says
Sloppy Joe meal.
meme says
I love stewed tomatoes
Kylie C says
Lasagna! Love that stuff.
Diane F says
My husbands linguine with red clam sauce! Yum!
Pauline M says
My mothers lasagna! Someday, I’ll actually learn how to make this myself!
Happi Shopr says
Soy Chili!
kathy pease says
i love a hot chili
nicole korson says
Taco night!
aj harris says
A BLT!
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BusyWorkingMama says
I love to dip grilled cheese in tomato sauce.
Tina Rath says
baked spaghetti
Angela Cisco says
Spaghetti is the only thing I eat with tomatoes
Lucy Schwartz says
A tomato and noodle dish usually served with tuna is my favorite mde with tomatoes.
Jill Myrick says
My favorite is spaghetti.
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Catherine L. Petersen Peters says
spaghetti
Donna L says
I like to add tomatoes in my vegetable soup.
Sheila K. says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is lasagna!
Kat Emerick says
I make Smothered Boneless Pork Chops.
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Dree Getz says
I love to make Spaghetti.
Caryn S says
Turkey chili
Vanessa says
pizza
Barbara Evans says
taco soup
Jacqui Odell says
Chili
Denise S says
My favorite is Chili.
Pamela Schneider says
favorite dish with tomatoes…salad!!!
katfam says
I love to make Chicken Cacciatore.
Cori Westphal says
I use Red Gold diced tomatoes in my chili! Yum!
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Nicole C. says
My favorite is Tortilla Soup!!
Russell Moore says
mexican lasagna using the tomatoes with green chilis.
AndreaH says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is my homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that my stepmom and her mom use to make.
AndreaH
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Anita Yancey says
I like to brown pork chops in a skillet, then dump a can of tomatoes in and let it simmer until done. It makes the pork chops really tender and the tomatoes gives it a really good flavor. This goes really good with rice or mashed potatoes.
Michelle S says
I love almost anything with tomatoes! Today I made chili so I will pick that.
Katharine D says
My favorite is a beef and tomato stew I make
Gianna says
Fresh bolognese sauce.
Debra Hall says
it would have to be veggie soup
Ellie says
My favorite ‘dish’ using tomatoes is, by far, BLTs.
pu ye says
my favorite dish is egg fried with tomatoes
Kristi C says
I love tomatoes in spaghetti.
Allison Downes says
I love having nice big chunks of tomatoes in my Chili!
Roy F. says
My favorite with tomatoes is Beef Stew
Tammy says
I like them on toasted cheese sandwiches
Allison says
Bruschetta! Yummy!
SnowflakeDay (Audra) says
A simple/favorite dish of mine is something I call Mac & Tomato. It’s petite-diced tomatoes, elbow macaroni, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt. I actually like it better than Mac & Cheese.
Sarah says
Spinach lasagna!
Rachel Miller says
I love homemade tomato sauce on pasta 🙂 Thanks for the great giveaway!
sheryl cullum says
Spagetti is my fav
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Janet F says
I like Marinara Sauce.
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Kelly Ann T. says
My favorite is Cajun Chicken pasta which is topped with tomatoes.
Tia says
My favorite is chili.
Beth T says
I love put tomatoes in my eggplant parmesan.
kathy dunaway says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is chili. Thanks for the giveaway:)
Owen's Mom says
I make my own tomato sauce also, but tomatoes are also the base of our favorite lentil soup recipe with spinach and seasoning. 🙂
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nan says
spaghetti sauce
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Mary Beth Elderton says
I love a Tomato Vegetable soup I make–it’s vegan and spicy
Denise B. says
Lasagna is my favorite dish with tomatoes.
Ronalee Duncan says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is chicken bruschetta
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paige chandler says
Lasagna. Mmmmmmm
Lisa M says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is baked ziti
EMMA L HORTON says
CHILLI
DarcyO says
I like to make chili with Red Gold tomatoes.
Kimberly Schotz says
With cooked tomatoes it would be lasagna, with fresh tomatoes I like a BLT
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royalegacy says
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Penny Snyder says
Love good chili in the winter with lots of diced tomatoes!! grammypenny@frontier.com
Amy W. says
Taco Lasagna
Jackie says
I like to make spaghetti sauce using tomatoes.
Thanks!
debbie says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is spagetti and meatballs.
Christina Gould says
My favorite dish with tomatoes is a garden salad. Thanks for the giveaway!