I’ve used them so many times, they’re always in my dishwasher ready for the next use. One of my favorites uses these cocoettes is for entertaining when I want to make individual portions when I have friends come over for dinner.
I even used them as dip dishes! Who wouldn’t want to dip their chips out of these cocoettes? My 5-minute Whipped Caramel Apple Dip looked awful purdy, if I do say so myself!
To win your own set of four of these white cocoettes for the holidays enter below!
Big Kitchen has a huge range of kitchen products from fantastic brands including LeCreuset. It’s hard to pick a favorite. But no matter what you need (or want! – it is the holidays after all!) you will find it here. There is incredible cutlery, stuff to outfit your home bar, and seasonal decorations for people like me who are decorationally challenged.
To Enter::
Tell me what kitchen tool do you use most throughout the year?
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*Fine Print* This giveaway is being furnished by BigKitchen. I was not compensated for this giveaway. I just like their stuff. The giveaway will last until December 15th and the winner will be chosen randomly and e-mailed. They will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is eligible to only US residents, sorry International Friends!
Is your list of cookies set for this holiday season?
My list of what to make keeps changing and I can’t seem to nail it down!! I’ve already loaded up on Eggnog Snickerdoodles. Then there were the Gingerbread Chocolate Cookies, that you will see soon – sorry to be a cookie tease, and then there is the Brown Butter Bundt cakes. Make it stop! No, don’t. I love this. Christmas makes me smile and makes my jeans tight.
January 1st in our house will mean a sweet and sugar embargo – so I’m going to make the most out of it and you should too. With all the baking you’re bound to be doing you have to have the right tools handy to get the job done right!
OXO is known for their ingenuity in kitchen gadget design and functionality – so they are setting one of you up with an entire baking tool kit set. It’s got a whole lotta stuff packed in here so you won’t have to worry one second about not having the right tool of the job.
Included will be a silicone pastry brush, stainless steel measuring spoons and cups, a cupcake corer for filling your holiday cupcakes – cause who doesn’t want filled cupcakes!?!
And then….
There is an egg beater, two bent frosting spatulas to keep your mitts off your gorgeous frost job, two silicone cookie spatulas and even a brownie spatula for clean cut brownies so you can slice them still warm and out of the oven. Don’t lie, you do it too!
The holidays is the perfect time to go out with the old and in with the new and ingenious! OXO has set you up right so be sure to enter below! There is no shortage of gadgetry you could use, so be sure to take a peek for all of your kitchen tool and home organizational needs!
To Enter::
Tell me what kitchen tool do you use most throughout the year?
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*Fine Print* This giveaway is being furnished by OXO. I was not compensated for this giveaway. I just like their stuff. The giveaway will last until December 14th and the winner will be chosen randomly and e-mailed. They will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is eligible to only US residents, sorry International Friends!
I’m a notorious multi tasker and it’s a problem. I finish half a tweet before I get distracted by Instagram. I’ll be talking about Duchess Kate’s wearing a pony tail to a movie premiere and then end up playing tug-o-war with Huck. Someone restrain me. There are things that are meant to multi task and things that aren’t. I shouldn’t multi task. But Fagor should.
This Fagor 3-in-1 Electric cookie does the job of three small appliances in one! It’s a slow cooker, pressure cooker and rice cooker! Fantastic, right?
Every year I get into a canning mood, but have always been forced to stop short on my canning aspirations because half of the stuff I want to can requires a pressure cooker. But in the winter I’m a sucker for my slow cooker and perfect pot roast. This is one appliance that is definitely fit for all year’s cooking.
And if you are like me and not familiar with pressure cooking, this Fagor comes with a recipe book full of recipes for every function. There is an Asian Pot Roast done in the pressure cookier – in 40 minutes no less – that I am dying to try!
This multi function machine has it all going on, including a browning function to sear your roasts to lock in the juices before cooking them. So really, it’s more of a 4 in 1 than just three. More is always better. Don’t you agree?
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*Fine Print* This giveaway was donated by Park and Main. I was given a Fagor 3-in-1 to review. I was not compensated for this review or giveaway. All opinions are my own. Giveaway will end on 12/12/2013. Winner will be chosen randomly and emailed. If they do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.
Holiday shindigs are in full force party people!! But what do you bring to a friend’s house? More wine? There really is never too much of that, but let’s be honest, it can get a tad bit old to bring the same thing over and over again. Bring something different this year. Make something tasty AND special when you’re going from house to house like a partying Mrs. Clause. You just know Mrs. Clause is a party animal! And so should you be, too!
Here are my 15 Best Homemade Holiday Hostess Gifts for the season. And yes, they’re mostly edible – but that’s what the holidays are for!
And I say “mostly” edible, because one of them is for the Furry friend of the household!
There are so many simple joys in this world. A warm blanket fresh from the dryer. A fire in the fire place. Huck’s velveteen ears that I cant possibly resist. Cheese. Chocolate. Carbs. My husband with a lumberjack beard. Okay, sorry this list is going to get away from me…
Another simple joy I can’t resist is wrapping my hands around a swimming pool sized mug of hot cocoa in the middle of winter. It beckons me. Hot cocoa the siren song of winter drinks – it’s impossible to resist and you always want more!
During the holidays growing up my big thing was to give away hand made gifts to my friends in school. I didn’t have a lot of spending cash laying around, so I always made something from the heart instead. Now that I’m edging on my 10 year reunion – oh my gosh! – I was thinking, I haven’t made Christmas gifts in a really long time. It fizzled out after I graduated from high school and moved on to college. But this year, I’m taking it back! Homemade gifts are mine again. But the problem is no one has room for “stuff”. I know I don’t, so this is when I turn to edible gifts and simple joys – like homemade hot cocoa.
My end all be all favorite holiday cookie is the Seven Layer Magic Bar. Yes, it’s the same one you find on the back of the condensed milk can. So I combined the two! Look at me being like “Hey guys, I’m such a rebel!” Capresso and I teamed up to create the perfect recipe for their FrothTEC this holiday season. And let me tell you, this is one mini appliance you don’t even know you need until you have it. Seriously.
The Capresso FrothTEC, heats and froths you milk all in one little step. Want a vanilla steamer but don’t want to go to the coffee shop? Add your frothing disc to the pot, pour in your milk and vanilla syrup, select the temperature you want your steamer at and press the button. It froths to it’s hearts content and stops automatically when the milk reaches the right temperature and is perfectly pillowy.
It’s the milk frothing version of a lava lamp, people. I’m easily amused and just stared at it the whole time it was doing it’s thing. So mesmerizing.
And if you’re in a hot cocoa mood – who isn’t?! – select your frothing or steaming disc (if you want foam or not), add in your milk of choice, pour your hot cocoa mix right into the pot, hit Go and you’re off to the races. It’s like Magic!
Capresso wanted to spread some holiday cheer and wants to give one ready a FrothTEC of their very own. And I’m giving you all hot cocoa mix ready for holiday gifting and sipping. It’s truly a win-win!
Day 6 is here!! How is it even possible that we’re half way done with the 12 Days of Christmas?! Dang December, you are going by fast. Slow your roll a bit, I’m enjoying these cold (read : oh em gee FRIGID) nights and cozy, cookie eating and hot chocolate sipping evenings with Ben and Huck.
But now that we’re on Day 6, we have to recap!! If you’ve missed any of the other five days of giveaways, you’ve still got a little time to enter the rest.
There are multiple things I love about this giveaway. Let me count the ways…
One. It’s from Australia.
Two. It’s the perfect way to dress up your holiday entertaining. Put a cheeseboard and a cloche on the table and BAM, classy affair!
Three. This giveaway is to YOU from My DAD!
While working in Australia he was always on the hunt for new kitchen gadgets, and musthaves for me. Well, really half the stuff he brought home “for me”, was really FOR YOU! “I thought this would be great for you…to giveaway on your blog!!” I see where I stand in this… He likes YOU guys more than me. Uh huh. See Dad, I told you I would give it away like you said. Yay me, listening!! (Oh hey – BTW’s Happy Birthday!)
This cheeseboard from Salt & Pepper is super fabulous, with a gorgeous glass cloche lid and a 12″ diameter acacia wood embossed board. I had never heard of Acacia wood before – but this is so gorgeous.
The board will showcase all of you favorite cheese at this year’s holiday party. We’re gearing up for some serious shindigs and this will definitely make it a glam affair.
*Fine Print* This giveaway is being donated by me on behalf of my dad. I’m not being compensated for this. It will last until December 11th, 2013. The winner will be randomly chosen and e-mailed. If they do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.
There aren’t many cookies that remind me of Christmas the way snickerdoodles do. And there aren’t many things that remind of of Christmas like cookies! The two obviously go hand in hand.
My Christmas cookie association came at a very young age, when my grandma made 15 different cookies every year. And still does. The woman spends days upon days in the kitchen rolling out and making all of the classics she’s made since the dawn of my time, and before. Her prized volcano cookies with boozy cream filling are everyone’s favorite. Love that woman. And NO ONE can make volcano cookies like she can. In all the years of my life, I will never be able to perfect the Christmas cookie like her.
But it doesn’t mean that I’m not going to give it my best shot with my own Christmas cookie recipes. And maybe one day, with lots of practice, I’ll rise to become my grandma’s caliber Christmas cookie baker. I think these eggnog snickerdoodles are a good place to start.
I don’t know what it is about snickerdoodles that makes them so impossible to resist. They’re soft, fluffy, buttery and so comforting. There isn’t a man on this planet that could resist one of these eggnog snickerdoodles.
I’m enamored with these women – they’re confections floor me day in an day out. I just know you’ll find a keeper holiday recipe in here somewhere. Join me and 9 of your favorite foodies as we share our love of baking with Gold Medal Flour. Baking and creating holds special value to each and every one of us.
You can also follow Gold Medal Flour on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTubeand Pinterest for recipes, videos, and tips on baking. Visit GMF for additional baking resources, how-to’s, recipes and inspiration. It’s only a click away.
We’re going to play a little word association game. I say “June Cleaver”, you say….?
Pearls?
High heels and vacuuming with dinner on the table by 5?
Gorgeous, flawless dress?
Yeah, that’s what I’d say, too.
Shabby Apple wants to dress one lucky lady up in vintage style with a party dress this holiday season! I’m in love with their vintage style dresses, cute colors, and flair. They have so many dresses, you could spend hours purusing their site to find the perfect one. I’m in love with all of them.
Yeah, I could go sailing in that adorable little seesucker number up on that photo! Or walk the old walled cities of Tuscany in that color block cuteness.
And of course you’ll see me among the tropical reeds and palms in that orange dress, looking all tan and gorgeous!!
Not to mention – I’ll totally be stepping out walking Huck in that butterfly stunner! There is a dress for every occasion! Okay, well maybe I won’t do all of those things, because inevitably Huck will get his muddy paws on that dress. I’d slip and fall on the palm trees in that orange number, and me on a sail boat is comical. These dresses need to be worn and shown off, and me doing any of those activities in them just wouldn’t do them justice.
To deck you out for the holidays, Shabby Apple is giving away one dress to one winner so they can show off their stunning style this holiday season. Go start shopping now so when you win, you’ll be ready to pick out your favorite dress! I still can’t make up my mind which one I love the most.
And they even have adorable tops and jewelry, too.
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*Fine Print* This giveaway was donated by Shabby Apple. I was given a dress to review. I was not compensated for this review or giveaway. All opinions are my own. Giveaway will end on 12/10/2013. Winner will be chosen randomly and emailed. If they do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. Dress selection will be from a predetermined list from Shabby Apple. Size availability is not guaranteed.
I could name on one hand the places I learned to cook from. My mom, step dad, dad, grandma and America’s Test Kitchen. Short list, eh? But there is a reason for it – these are my most trusted sources for cooking knowledge, know how and how-to’s. If I have a baking question – to the library of ATK cookbooks to search for the recipe I need, or find out what trick they have up their sleeve. Some of my favorite How-To’s this year came from the things I learned from America’s Test Kitchen!
I found out the secret to perfect bread pudding was toasting the bread before hand – and it turned out magnificent in my Cranberry Bread Pudding with Bourbon Cream Sauce. And when you’re roasting a chicken, the secret is all in what position you roast your bird in! Did you know you had to flip the bird threet times for the perfect roast? I learned all about it from ATK and put it to use in one of my favorite posts of the year on how to roast and carve a chicken!
There is simply no shortage of information and know-how you can gather from America’s most trusted source in cooking. Which is why I am over the moon and so excited to team up with them to give away a ONE YEAR membership to their online cooking school and a copy of their Cooking School Cookbook!
The cooking school is full of lessons on anything you could possibly want to know all broken down into categories, based on their level of difficulty, their main ingredient or their specific technique! And they have new lessons coming out all the time so you will never get bored. With Christmas right around the corner, their new Holiday Cookie lesson will give you instructional video on how to make all of your favorite holiday cookies! Or in my case, get me the recipes that I’ve longed for since my grandmother refuses to divulge her Christmas Cookie secrets to me!!
There are even lessons for every day meals, hearty grains, classic cakes and more! I’ve never made pasta before in my life, so that would be my first lesson!
The Online Cooking School is taught by the same familiar faces that you see every day on America’s Test Kitchen, like Bridget Lancaster and Chris Kimball, among other notable faces. I’ve watched Bridget, Julia and Chris on TV since I was a kid, so learning from them is like learning from a family member. And they’re hilarious. I mean, c’mon Chris Kimball’s bow ties always make me smile.
Make sure you enter to win this member ship! Whether it’s to brush up on old cooking skills or harness new found kitchen god or goddess power, you’re going to love this! I just know it!
To Enter::
Tell me, what do you most want to learn in the kitchen?
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*fine print* - *Fine Print* This Cooking school membership and cookbook are being furnished by America’s Test Kitchen. I was not compensated for this giveaway, but all opinions are my own. Giveaway will end 12/9/13. Winner will be chosen via random number generator and e-mailed. If they do not respond within 48 hours another winner will be chosen. Unfortunately for my international friends – this giveaway is limited to US residents only. Sorry guys!
**Don’t forget to enter the other giveaways going on at the end of this post!!**
Versatility is key in the kitchen, especially during the holidays. But dealing with multiple larger machine units can be cumbersome, and if you have limited counter space – like I do! – having one compact tool with multiple small attachments that do the same job as it’s larger counter top counter parts is a no brainer.
Whether you are prepping holiday dinner, your weekly meals, or special desserts – this KitchenAid Proline Hand Blender will get the job done and then some!
Check out what KitchenAid says about their new ProThe Pro Line® Series Cordless Hand Blender.
“…With rechargeable 12V Lithium-Ion battery is just as powerful as our corded hand blender and delivers premium performance. With five attachments, five speeds and two blending arms, blending, chopping, whisking, shredding, frothing and pureeing is easier than ever before.”
KitchenAid’s Pro Line® Series Hand Blender clearly does it all! And one lucky winner will get to choose which color they want – from Candy Apple Red, to Onyx Black, Sugar Pearl Silver or Frosted Pearl White.
To Enter:: (mandatory)
Leave a comment and tell me, have you started your Christmas shopping yet?
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*Fine Print* This Immersion Blender kit is being furnished by KitchenAid USA. I was not compensated for this giveaway, but all opinions are my own. Giveaway will end 12/8/13. Winner will be chosen via random number generator and e-mailed. If they do not respond within 48 hours another winner will be chosen. Unfortunately for my international friends – this giveaway is limited to US residents only. Sorry guys!
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