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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Sneak Peek The Weekend Gourmet Is Taking Part in H E Bs 2013 Meal Maker Challenge!
I’m thrilled to share some really fun and exciting news with yall today: The Weekend Gourmet has been selected as one of 10 Texas food blogs to participate in this year’s 4th annual Meal Maker Challenge, sponsored by H-E-B grocery stores and ConAgra Foods. The challenge is to create fast and delicious meals to help combat the back-to-school rush. For the next five Sundays, I’m going to be sharing a big-flavor family-friendly dish that’s centered around a theme ingredient. Each recipe contains only 7 ingredients and can be ready to serve a family of four in 30 minutes or less. I’m delighted to share the recipes that I’ve come up with for this fun contest! Here’s a sneak peek of each of my recipes to whet your appetite.
The weekly featured products include:
· Week 1: H-E-B Salsas
· Week 2: Hunts Tomatoes
· Week 3: H-E-B Natural Chicken Breasts
· Week 4: Egg Beaters
· Week 5: Peter Pan Peanut Butter
Make sure to come back each week to get all these great recipes...starting this Sunday with my Salsarific Taco Skillet, featuring H-E-B Smoky Citrus Salsa. My Texas-based readers can visit their local H-E-B store weekly to receive a Combo Loco coupon to purchase that week’s theme ingredient and try my recipe out in their kitchens. Since this is a contest, I’ll also tell you how you can vote for and Pin my recipes each week. At the end of the contest, the two bloggers with the most votes will receive some pretty cool prizes! Honestly, just being selected to take part in this event is a huge honor…but winning would be pretty cool too!
Disclosure: I am being compensated for participating in this program. However, all opinions expressed are solely mine.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Sneak Peek A Few of Our Favorite New York Eats!
Im slowly easing my way back into the kitchen again after last weeks New York trip, but I promise tohave tons of great Healthy Eating recipes for you starting this weekend! But first, I wanted to share a few of our favorite foods that we experienced while in New York last week. We visited casual eateries...and fine dining establishments -- and everything in between. When we werent eating, we enjoyed the pretty Spring temperatures and took in some live music performances. All the foods we enjoyed were delicious, but a few stood out...Ill have all the details in our travelogue later this month, but I wanted to share a few teaser pics with you now.Sweet Treats
We sampled a lot of special treats...and Ill tell you all about them in my upcoming article The Sweet Side of New York. For now, let me whet your appetite! Our first day in town, we visited Laduree to sample their flown-in-from-Paris macarons. I had heard that theyre the very best macarons money can buy, and I believe that after our tasting. The shop owner hand-selected a few flavors for us to sample. For now, let me say that the rose macaron was one of the most uniquely delicious cookies Ive ever tasted. Sigh...
We also visited a long-time favorite of ours this trip, The Doughnut Plant. These are the doughnuts by which Michael and I measure all doughnuts...for good reason. All their ingredients are made by hand, including the jams and fillings. Quality makes a difference! We met with the manager for a tasting of some of their signature and seasonal doughnuts...and chai latte. The carrot cake (bottom left) was the surprise of this bunch...it was moist and filled with cream cheese filling. Paired with the chai, it got our day off to a perfect start!
We visited Thomas Kellers per se after the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Show...both venues are located in Time-Warner Center, so it made for a great date night! The $295/person dinner was a bit out of our price range, but they offer an amazing 5-course dessert tasting for $65 in their Salon overlooking Columbus Circle. That price includes two sweet amuse bouche, 5 creative dessert courses, and chocolates at the end. The portions were perfect for Michael and I to share. It was an unforgettable experience that I cant wait to share with you. For now, Ill share my favorite course: Poached Vanilla Meringue with Champagne Mango and Rice Pudding. It was creative and outrageously delicious!
Savory Dishes
Another New York "must" for Michael and I is Shake Shack. This is not your typical fast-food burger, though. The quality of ingredients is superior, and they cook it to perfection. No trip to New York is complete for us without a Shack Burger and fries. This time, we met with their Marketing Rep at the original Madison Square Park location. We chatted with him and enjoyed our burger as we watched the line snake around the park. Were not the only ones who love these burgers!
Another favorite of ours is pizza...we visited Motorino this trip, which is consistently named among the top pizzas in the city. We shared a Soppressata Picante pizza; if youve never had soppressata, it reminded me a bit of pepperonio with an extra kick. The pizza was spicy and perfectly cooked in the wood-fire oven.
Finally, we visited Normas at Le Parker Meridien Hotel for breakfast our first day in town. Its considered one of the best breakfasts in New York, so we were excited to try it. We ordered one sweet entree and one savory and shared them. For the savory entree, we ordered the Normalitas Huevos Rancheros. It was so good! The spice level was good, the eggs were cooked perfectly, and all the individual components were delicious. Together, they made one of the best breakfast dishes wed had in ages.
I hope you enjoyed this sneak preview of some of the food that we enjoyed during our visit to New York. Ill have the travelogue up later this month, as well as two breakout articles in early July. One breakout article will feature two ideas for romantic New York date nights, and the other will showcase the best bakeries and sweet treats in the city.
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