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 it’s too hot to cook!
For regular blog readers, you already know all about Rancho Vignola and my love for their exceptionally high-quality products and their values as a company. I have been a regular customer of theirs since well before we started running a giveaway on my blog.
Rancho Vignola is a direct mail-order company based in BC. They sell freshly harvested nuts and dried fruit, as well as chocolate and confections. The company owners, Sue and Richard Vignola, work directly with farmers to ensure that they buy only crops of nuts that are ethically grown and harvested, and are at the peak of freshness when they are delivered to my (or to your) door. And believe me, nuts at the peak of freshness are something most of us rarely, if ever, experience, and they are a GAME CHANGER, folks!
If you want a chance to taste peak-of-fresh nuts (the kind that made my almond farmer friend cry with joy) come to the Harvest Event this weekend. Customers can sample most of Rancho Vignola’s many products, enjoy live music and cooking demonstrations, and decide what they might like to order. The Harvest Event on the Island is coming to Sidney on November 24th and 25th at Mary Winspear Centre. Less than one week away!!
I will be at the Harvest Sales Event on Saturday (25th) doing a few cooking demos and handing out samples. I hope to see you there! In the meantime, please enter the giveaway to win a gift basket of Rancho Vignola products valued at $100 (rules below).
The winner of the blog giveaway can pick up their basket at the Harvest Sale on the 24th or 25th, or have it mailed to their home.
To qualify for delivery, you must have a Canadian shipping address. Enter the draw in one of four ways:
Giveaway ends by 3 pm on Thursday, November 23rd, and a winner will be announced by 9 pm that evening. That’s five days, folks!
(Non-winners will be very happy to note that Rancho Vignola’s December Online Harvest Sale is coming Dec 1st to 15th. No minimum order required! So, if this post has piqued your interest, and you can’t make it to any of the Harvest Sales locations, you can order some products to try through the December online sale.)
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 it’s 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 have to echo everyone else who has written accolades for Rancho Vignola and its products. It is consistently a great company to deal with.
Cheers for the holiday season!
How fabulous! Thank you for hosting such a lovely giveaway!
I look forward to this every year! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!
Wow, I didn’t know there was a Canadian company supplying nuts!
Glad to hear about this source. Some Xmas favorites call for walnuts which are rarely optimally fresh from grocery or bulk stores.
I remember going to Rancho Vignola’s sales with my mom in the Okanagan…stoked that they’re coming to the island now as well!
What a great opportunity to stock up with this giveaway. Rancho Vignola does use the finest ingredients and I look forward to being at their show at Mary Winspear this weekend. Thanks!
Would love to try these delicious sounding products!
Another year of delicious, fresh treats from rancho. , well done rancho vignola crew! …would truly appreciate a gift basket, please.
I’m nuts for nuts! Thank you for hosting this fabulous giveaway. Fingers crossed.
My fav are their macadamia nuts…. but all are wonderful!
Thanks for offering this again and I hope to win this year!! 🙂
I love all the Rancho products we have enjoyed over the many years we’ve been ordering from them. Hope I can get the gift basket. Love your blog too and one of our favourite tofu recipes is your sesame oil baked medium firm tofu…delish! Thanks.