Jun. 28, 2021
Cooking In Season
Salad Meals to Beat the Heat
In this recipe round up, I have gathered my best and most delicious summer salad meal recipes in one post, for days when itโs too hot to cook!
This past week has been pretty nuts at my house. And I mean that literally.ย On Friday, I received a delivery 475 pounds of nuts and dried fruit, which some friends and I spent the evening sorting out and sharing amongst ourselves.
It sounds pretty nutty (read: mentally unhinged), doesn’t it? Well, once you have tasted a “new crop” nut delivered from Rancho Vignola, you will understand that the only intelligent thing to do is to order a direct shipment to your house so that you never have to eat another flavourless or rancid supermarket nut, ever.
I now have squirreled away enough freshly-harvested and delicious almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, etc etc, to last our family the whole year. And, believe me, even after a year of storage, these nuts are still way fresher than most of what you can buy in the store. I have been using Rancho Vignola nuts and dried fruit exclusively for the last 6 years and I have loved every minute of it!
So, being such a huge fan and supporter of Rancho Vignola (and for more than just the freshness of their nuts), I am thrilled to announce my first blog giveaway! Rancho Vignola is offering a basket of mixed dried fruits and nuts valued at $150 to one of my blog readers!!!
To qualify for delivery, you must have a Canadian shipping address. Enter the draw in one of three ways:
(1) comment on this post
(2) post to my facebook fanpage
(3) tweet with the hashtag #chefheidisnuttygiveaway to @chefheidifink
Giveaway ends by midnight, Saturday, December 7th, and a winner will be announced Sunday, December 8th. That’s one week, folks!
(Non-winners will be very happy to note that this giveaway is running simultaneously with Rancho’s December online Harvest Event. No minimum order required! So, if this has piqued your interest, you can order some to try.)
In the meantime, keep checking the blog this coming month for recipes and ideas for some the amazing products I get every year from RV. It may be the baby pecan butter cookies, or the sour cherry chocolate pound cake, or the hazelnut flour torte, or….
Jun. 28, 2021
In this recipe round up, I have gathered my best and most delicious summer salad meal recipes in one post, for days when itโs too hot to cook!
Oct. 25, 2020
Quince have a wonderful flavour, but an almost impossibly hard texture. Read on for a quick kitchen tip that makes quince easy to peel and cut!
Sep. 27, 2020
Pumpkin spices scones are a perfect fall treat; not-too-sweet, fragrant with spices, with a full complement of rich pumpkin flavour.
I love nuts, trail mix, dried fruit. Totally impressed you can store it for a year and it’s still fresh. Pick me, pick me ๐
With the holiday season coming up wouldn’t we all love the opportunity to have some premium nuts and dried fruits to offer.
Mmmmm …. nuts and fruit. Perfect time of the year for them.
those nuts sound intriguing. I had to pass on buying some roasted almonds on sale at my regular grocer as they were too stale for my taste.
Ooooo….I’ve been wanting to try making a vegan pecan pie….this would help!
Sounds amazing! Thanks for the chance to win!
Would love to win this for the holidays!
Looks delicious I love dried pears and apricots.
My family loves nuts and I use them in cooking, baking and for snacks. I’m excited to hear about Rancho Vignola and will look them up. Thanks!
Sounds fabulous, Heidi!!! I’ll have to check them out as well. Thanks for the tip.
I am very interested in this company now. Thank you for the tip!
Anything you recommend is worth a try for SURE, Heidi! I’ll get some this season….. but if I should win, even better! :–)