December 1, 2012

The Great Rancho Vignola Giveaway!

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This past week has been pretty nuts at my house. And I mean that literally. 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….

Reader Comments (139)

  1. Thank you for sharing your source to quality nuts and dried fruit! Sharing our ‘finds’ helps us foodies unite and strengthens quality producers markets. Love your blog too! Best wishes to you and yours Heidi!

  2. Wow, I am nuts about nuts! The thought of all the marvelous holiday treats one could make with all that lovely dried fruit and nutty goodness. Om nom nom!

  3. I am experimenting with cashew creams and nut milks these days. I am sure the freshness of the nuts involved would a critical factor in the deliciousness of the end result!

  4. That is a whole lotta nuts to sort! Thanks for the information on the company, love to support local BC businesses!

  5. I am so envious – dried fruit and nuts always means Christmas to me. I think I was one of the few kis who would get excited about stringed figs and a cello bag of nuts in their shells in her stocking. The nut cracker was a sought after. Thing in my house. Looking forward to your upcoming recipes.

  6. Great contest. I have also tried Rancho Vignola in the past and they have the best dried fruit and nuts. Everything tastes so fresh. We’re addicted! Looking forward to your recipes!

  7. I totally concur… I have bought Rancho nuts and fruit for the last three years and they do last a whole year… I put my extra quantity in the freezer… I would love to have my name in the draw… never enough nuts and fruit.

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