Salted Caramel Iced Coffee Float #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway #ad

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Salted Caramel Coffee Float

Salted Caramel Iced Coffee Float serves up Graeter’s Salted Caramel in a delightful coffee soda float. Add a squeeze of chocolate syrup and stir!

Welcome to Day Five of my #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway !

Enter everyday for a chance to win a #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway Prize pack!

  • 18-inch Weber Jumbo Joe Charcoal Grill
  • Free Minerva Dairy Products
  • Intensity Academy Prize Pack
  • $50 Grill Beast Gift Card
  • Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food Cookbook
  • Free Graeter’s Ice Cream

Smoking Hot Summer Giveaway

We have been heating you up all week so now it’s time for a cool down!

Today’s Spotlight Sponsor is Graeter’s Ice Cream!

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It was hard to pick one flavor to review. So as you can see, I grabbed several!

The Double Chocolate Chip doesn’t skimp on the chocolate chunks. That’s what I said, chunks of soft chocolate. Easy to eat and the chocolate pieces just melts in your mouth!
Black Raspberry Chip is also packed with the same soft chocolate pieces.
Their Butter Pecan is loaded with nuts in every bite!
I also tried the Buckeye with so many gobs of peanut butter. Delish!

Graeter’s Ice Cream is smooth and creamy. This ice cream is great alone and in shakes, sundaes and ice cream sodas!

Today I wanted to share an ice cream drink with you for our last day together in this giveaway.

Salted Caramel Coffee Float

Salted Caramel Iced Coffee Float takes coffee drinks to the next level. Start with your favorite brew. Add seltzer, ice and a bit of chocolate syrup. Top with a large scoop of Graeter’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream. Stir it in if you like for a creamy treat.
The pictures don’t do the drink justice. You will just have to try one for yourself!

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Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup cold coffee
  • 1 cup seltzer
  • 1 Tablespoon chocolate syrup
  • 1 scoop Graeter's Salted Caramel Ice Cream
  • ice

Instructions

  • Stir together coffee and chocolate syrup. Add seltzer.
  • Pour over ice. Top with ice cream.
  • Drink as is or stir in ice cream for a creamy treat.
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Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #207

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Welcome to another fun Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party!

Please share your recipes, crafts and DIY projects with our friends!

Before we get started let’s say, “Congratulations” to last week’s winners!

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You can find the links to our Host Favorite Picks here at Daily Dish Magazine!

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On to the Party!

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Garden Tortellini Toss #TheRecipeReDux

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Garden Tortellini Toss

Garden Tortellini Toss mixes it up with veggie noodles and matchsticks  in a light, vegetable packed sauce.

Welcome to the July Recipe ReDux Challenge!

Get Your Fruits and Veggies in Shape!

“With produce galore, now’s a great time to enjoy lots of fruits and vegetables. Show us how you’re serving the bounty of gardens and orchards in shapes like ribbons, noodles, cut-outs, or other creative cuts.”

A few years ago Zoodles took over summer recipes. I think the popularity stemmed from childhood lunches.

Did you ever try to get your kids to eat their lunch by cutting grilled cheese like a star shape? Mini triangles were my daughter’s favorite way to eat a sandwich. She would start at a point and nibble to the middle, turn the bread and nibble some more.

I was a chicken and stars soup fan. Somehow those little stars just tasted better than long noodles to me.

I was taught that size matters  😉 when it comes to cooking vegetables.

Similar density veggies like potatoes and carrots should be the same size. Mirepoix made with carrots, onions and celery were always diced to about the same size.

S0 how do you successfully mix up the shapes and still get even cooking?

You can accomplish even cooking in two ways:

  • Use more than one cooking method by blanching some and sauté others.
  • Stagger cooking times.

When pasta is involved, I tend to add the zoodles or ribbon cut veggies directly to the cooking pasta. Everything else gets a light sauté.

You can cook the zoodles first then the tortellini in the same water for extra flavor, too.

Garden Tortellini Toss

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Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces frozen cheese or meat tortellini
  • 2 medium zucchini
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 medium turnip
  • 1/2 cup red bell pepper slices
  • 1/2 cup red onion slices
  • 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chiffonade
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • grated parmesan optional

Instructions

  • Cut pepper and onion into matchsticks. Sauté in oil with garlic in large skillet. Add vegetable broth and cornstarch. Bring to boil whisking constantly. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened.
  • Cut zucchini, turnip and carrots into veggie noodles. Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil. Blanche veggie noodles until crisp tender about 5 minutes. Remove vegetables and add to skillet.
  • Boil pasta according to label directions. Drain then add to skillet.
  • Toss and serve.
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Food for thought…How do you make eating vegetables more exciting? I’d love to hear your ideas in a comment below!

More about the Recipe ReDux.

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As the first and only recipe challenge founded by registered dietitians, The Recipe ReDux is focused on taking delicious dishes, keeping them delicious, but making them better for you. Dietitians Regan Jones (ofReganMillerJones, Inc.), Serena Ball and Deanna Segrave-Daly (both of Teaspoon Communications) founded the group on the belief that healthier eating should always taste delicious. As the Latin term “redux” means to revisit or reinvent, we are reinventing the idea of healthy eating with a taste-first approach. We aim to inspire the food lover in every healthy eater and inspire the healthy eater in every food lover.

Enjoy all these delicious fruit and veggie recipe ideas from #TheRecipeReDux !


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Champion BBQ Secrets Cookbook #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway #ad

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

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The Championship BBQ Secrets  for Real Smoked Food by Karen Putman & Judith Fertig.  Robert Rose Publishing ©2013

Welcome to Day Four of my #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway ! 

Enter everyday for a chance to win a #SmokingHotSummerGiveaway Prize pack!

  • 18-inch Weber Jumbo Joe Charcoal Grill
  • Free Minerva Dairy Products
  • Intensity Academy Prize Pack
  • $50 Grill Beast Gift Card
  • Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food Cookbook
  • Free Graeter’s Ice Cream

Smoking Hot Summer Giveaway

Today we spotlight Robert Rose Publishing!

Robert Rose, Inc. based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and founded in 1995, is one of North America’s leading publishers of bestselling and award-winning cookbooks and health books designed to guide, inform, advise, and do everything possible to make your life easier. Our books contain an abundance of full-color photographs, important diet and nutritional guides, accessible charts and tables, handy and delicious meal plans, practical make-ahead meal ideas, and easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions.

The Championship BBQ Secrets  for Real Smoked Food by Karen Putman & Judith Fertig Robert Rose Publishing ©2013

I fell in love with this cookbook over the summer. In my humble opinion, it is the end all BBQ advice cookbook!

These ladies have won multiple contests and share their best recipes with you!

Inside this 400 page how-to and recipe guide you’ll find recipes to smoke cheese, nuts, fruit, vegetables and of course, meats. Discover great recipes like Apple Smoked Salmon with Green Grape Sauce, Lobster Tail Kabobs in White Balsamic Vinaigrette, Plum Good Ribs and Barbequed Baked Beans.

This book is packed with gorgeous photos to make you drool!

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  • Check out Monday’s recipe Smoky Chicken Thighs made with Minerva Smoked Butter!
  • Don’t miss Tuesday’s recipe Tangy Tomato Chai Steaks with Saucy Grilled Spuds made with Intensity Academy Gourmet & Hot Sauces!
  • Stop by Wednesday’s post featuring products from the awesome pitbosses themselves at Grill Beast!
  • Friday brings you a cool down recipe. Salted Caramel Iced Coffee Float made with Graeter’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream!

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I was not compensated for including this cookbook in my giveaway. I purchased two awesome cookbooks and wanted to give the winner they’re own copy! All opinions are my own.

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