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Red Gold Tomatoes Blogger Contest PLUS Review and Giveaway

December 9 by Stefany 69 Comments

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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.

Red Gold Prize Pack

and this awesome car that my son fell in love with…

Red Gold Car

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.



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Comments

  1. Top Soil says

    January 19 at 11:27 pm

    I am loving it 🙂

    Reply
  2. Jessica Anderson says

    December 23 at 10:01 pm

    I love homemade spagetti sauce.

    PaintedPony17@yahoo.com

    Reply
  3. Quanda says

    December 23 at 8:05 pm

    Sloppy Joe meal.

    Reply
  4. meme says

    December 23 at 7:56 pm

    I love stewed tomatoes

    Reply
  5. Kylie C says

    December 23 at 5:40 pm

    Lasagna! Love that stuff.

    Reply
  6. Diane F says

    December 23 at 12:30 pm

    My husbands linguine with red clam sauce! Yum!

    Reply
  7. Pauline M says

    December 23 at 10:35 am

    My mothers lasagna! Someday, I’ll actually learn how to make this myself!

    Reply
  8. Happi Shopr says

    December 23 at 9:45 am

    Soy Chili!

    Reply
  9. kathy pease says

    December 23 at 9:34 am

    i love a hot chili

    Reply
  10. nicole korson says

    December 23 at 7:55 am

    Taco night!

    Reply
  11. aj harris says

    December 23 at 7:45 am

    A BLT!
    stumble upon name is shmilgah
    forgot to leave it

    Reply
  12. BusyWorkingMama says

    December 23 at 6:43 am

    I love to dip grilled cheese in tomato sauce.

    Reply
  13. Tina Rath says

    December 23 at 6:34 am

    baked spaghetti

    Reply
  14. Angela Cisco says

    December 23 at 1:36 am

    Spaghetti is the only thing I eat with tomatoes

    Reply
  15. Lucy Schwartz says

    December 22 at 11:46 pm

    A tomato and noodle dish usually served with tuna is my favorite mde with tomatoes.

    Reply
  16. Jill Myrick says

    December 22 at 10:48 pm

    My favorite is spaghetti.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

    Reply
  17. Catherine L. Petersen Peters says

    December 22 at 5:38 pm

    spaghetti

    Reply
  18. Donna L says

    December 22 at 2:48 pm

    I like to add tomatoes in my vegetable soup.

    Reply
  19. Sheila K. says

    December 22 at 11:52 am

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is lasagna!

    Reply
  20. Kat Emerick says

    December 22 at 10:56 am

    I make Smothered Boneless Pork Chops.
    kat_emerick@yahoo.com

    Reply
  21. Dree Getz says

    December 22 at 10:00 am

    I love to make Spaghetti.

    Reply
  22. Caryn S says

    December 22 at 9:03 am

    Turkey chili

    Reply
  23. Vanessa says

    December 21 at 7:24 pm

    pizza

    Reply
  24. Barbara Evans says

    December 21 at 6:24 pm

    taco soup

    Reply
  25. Jacqui Odell says

    December 20 at 6:47 pm

    Chili

    Reply
  26. Denise S says

    December 20 at 3:08 pm

    My favorite is Chili.

    Reply
  27. Pamela Schneider says

    December 20 at 11:25 am

    favorite dish with tomatoes…salad!!!

    Reply
  28. katfam says

    December 20 at 8:10 am

    I love to make Chicken Cacciatore.

    Reply
  29. Cori Westphal says

    December 19 at 11:29 pm

    I use Red Gold diced tomatoes in my chili! Yum!

    coriwestphal at msn dot com

    Reply
  30. Nicole C. says

    December 19 at 11:20 am

    My favorite is Tortilla Soup!!

    Reply
  31. Russell Moore says

    December 18 at 4:40 pm

    mexican lasagna using the tomatoes with green chilis.

    Reply
  32. AndreaH says

    December 17 at 11:56 pm

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is my homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that my stepmom and her mom use to make.

    AndreaH
    davandihamilton (at) gmail (dot) com

    Reply
  33. Anita Yancey says

    December 17 at 7:32 pm

    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.

    Reply
  34. Michelle S says

    December 16 at 7:06 pm

    I love almost anything with tomatoes! Today I made chili so I will pick that.

    Reply
  35. Katharine D says

    December 16 at 6:49 pm

    My favorite is a beef and tomato stew I make

    Reply
  36. Gianna says

    December 15 at 10:16 pm

    Fresh bolognese sauce.

    Reply
  37. Debra Hall says

    December 15 at 2:33 pm

    it would have to be veggie soup

    Reply
  38. Ellie says

    December 15 at 2:17 am

    My favorite ‘dish’ using tomatoes is, by far, BLTs.

    Reply
  39. pu ye says

    December 14 at 4:05 pm

    my favorite dish is egg fried with tomatoes

    Reply
  40. Kristi C says

    December 14 at 9:10 am

    I love tomatoes in spaghetti.

    Reply
  41. Allison Downes says

    December 14 at 6:56 am

    I love having nice big chunks of tomatoes in my Chili!

    Reply
  42. Roy F. says

    December 14 at 12:23 am

    My favorite with tomatoes is Beef Stew

    Reply
  43. Tammy says

    December 13 at 5:34 pm

    I like them on toasted cheese sandwiches

    Reply
  44. Allison says

    December 13 at 12:35 am

    Bruschetta! Yummy!

    Reply
  45. SnowflakeDay (Audra) says

    December 12 at 11:11 pm

    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.

    Reply
  46. Sarah says

    December 12 at 11:53 am

    Spinach lasagna!

    Reply
  47. Rachel Miller says

    December 12 at 6:05 am

    I love homemade tomato sauce on pasta 🙂 Thanks for the great giveaway!

    Reply
  48. sheryl cullum says

    December 12 at 12:54 am

    Spagetti is my fav
    amasfuntime at yahoo.com

    Reply
  49. Janet F says

    December 11 at 10:46 pm

    I like Marinara Sauce.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

    Reply
  50. Kelly Ann T. says

    December 11 at 10:07 pm

    My favorite is Cajun Chicken pasta which is topped with tomatoes.

    Reply
  51. Tia says

    December 11 at 6:40 pm

    My favorite is chili.

    Reply
  52. Beth T says

    December 11 at 5:14 pm

    I love put tomatoes in my eggplant parmesan.

    Reply
  53. kathy dunaway says

    December 11 at 7:19 am

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is chili. Thanks for the giveaway:)

    Reply
  54. Owen's Mom says

    December 11 at 12:40 am

    I make my own tomato sauce also, but tomatoes are also the base of our favorite lentil soup recipe with spinach and seasoning. 🙂
    andrea.kruse at gmail dot com

    Reply
  55. nan says

    December 10 at 10:53 pm

    spaghetti sauce
    nannypanpan at gmail.com

    Reply
  56. Mary Beth Elderton says

    December 10 at 6:49 pm

    I love a Tomato Vegetable soup I make–it’s vegan and spicy

    Reply
  57. Denise B. says

    December 10 at 4:44 pm

    Lasagna is my favorite dish with tomatoes.

    Reply
  58. Ronalee Duncan says

    December 10 at 3:46 pm

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is chicken bruschetta

    RonaleeDuncan{at}aol{dot}com

    Reply
  59. paige chandler says

    December 10 at 1:21 pm

    Lasagna. Mmmmmmm

    Reply
  60. Lisa M says

    December 10 at 12:59 pm

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is baked ziti

    Reply
  61. EMMA L HORTON says

    December 10 at 12:10 pm

    CHILLI

    Reply
  62. DarcyO says

    December 10 at 11:31 am

    I like to make chili with Red Gold tomatoes.

    Reply
  63. Kimberly Schotz says

    December 10 at 11:30 am

    With cooked tomatoes it would be lasagna, with fresh tomatoes I like a BLT
    Kims2312@Verizon.net

    Reply
  64. royalegacy says

    December 10 at 9:55 am

    Spaghetti and Meatballs

    Reply
  65. Penny Snyder says

    December 10 at 7:47 am

    Love good chili in the winter with lots of diced tomatoes!! grammypenny@frontier.com

    Reply
  66. Amy W. says

    December 10 at 7:08 am

    Taco Lasagna

    Reply
  67. Jackie says

    December 10 at 6:32 am

    I like to make spaghetti sauce using tomatoes.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  68. debbie says

    December 10 at 5:43 am

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is spagetti and meatballs.

    Reply
  69. Christina Gould says

    December 10 at 2:45 am

    My favorite dish with tomatoes is a garden salad. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply

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