A New Hello and A Giveaway

by Kristen on September 29, 2009 · 25 comments

once bright green wheat fields, now ugly stubble that we will see until the spring thaw brings new life

It’s probably my fault, no really. I feel responsible. I just posted about how cousin Autumn hadn’t reared his ugly head yet and we still have beautiful tomatoes. That maybe this year we should have planted more than just cherry tomatoes, possibly the extended growing season might have yielded a variety of those heirloom tomatoes that you see on other food blogs.

the poor abused Braai you are now destined to be abandoned for many months. Don’t be mad.

Yesterday was still a very beautiful Indian summer day. 85°F/29°C and gorgeous, I was careful not to notice the few leaves falling off the big paperbark birch, the giant maple stocking up its little helicopters. You know, those little seed pods that float to the ground like little helicopters creating a carpet within a half mile radius of the tree. It is the epitome of ethnocentric behavior in order to maintain its presence in my garden as the majority.

Today it is freezing! The wind is so cold, I feel a slight roughness in the back of my throat. Thank goodness that the kind folks at PomWonderful sent me a lovely care package of their “antioxidant super power” pomegranate juice. I’ve been chugging it all morning while wearing my sheepskin lined boots. More about the POM juice later, but in the mean time do yourself a favor and get some! Antioxidant powers aside it is yummy.

Now for the new…

Passion4Eating is on the move.

I am scared to death that I have no idea what I am doing here, but I found that I needed to just jump so here I am.

Win Something?
Now that you have made it though my verbose complaints above you will be rewarded, or at least someone will.

A $50 Amazon gift card for the person chosen from random.org

How to Win:
you can get one entry for each of the following
1. leave a comment about your favorite Autumn dish, to help me get in the mood
2. tweet it on twitter, post on facebook or link to it from your blog. Then come back and post a link to it in the comment section
3. subscribe to email updates for my blog then leave a comment

You have until 12 noon Pacific Time, October 14th. At that time random.org or one of my kids will pull your name out of a hat (scientific for sure.)

BE SURE TO LEAVE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU CAN BE CONTACTED SHOULD YOU WIN. If I cannot contact you your prize will be forfeited and another name will be drawn.

what you waiting for?

Tagged as: giveaway

{ 25 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Lori @ RecipeGirl September 30, 2009 at 9:14 am: Looks great Kristen! WP confuses me too, but you’ll do fine, and you’ll like it much better. My fave fall dish- anything with butternut squash. Just made a Butternut Squash Risotto that was fabulous.
2 patsy September 30, 2009 at 9:32 am: My favorite fall dish is roasted butternut squash! Love how it gets all carmelized in the oven and soooo super sweet! It’s a treat that is so perfect this time of year.
3 Kristen September 30, 2009 at 10:00 am: Thanks Lori,
I’m jumping in and hopefully it will all work out. I think my biggest issue is in my head! Butternut Risotto sounds yummy
4 Mud Pies For Mommy September 30, 2009 at 11:06 am: I like the move, why did you decide to do it?
We tried to go get Salmon today to cook and is was not on sale this week anywhere, darn! We will have to try next week, I bought Grouper instead.

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5 Patricia September 30, 2009 at 3:54 pm: I like the new look. It’s clean and easy to navigate.
My favorite fall dish? Most anything with pumpkin or other squashes (acorn, butternut). And lately lots of soups (I made a potato-leek soup Monday that put me in the fall mood).
6 Katie September 30, 2009 at 3:58 pm: I love all kinds of soup once the weather turns colder. Last night I made a cabbage, potato, and sausage soup that was amazing!
7 Tanya Volk September 30, 2009 at 4:38 pm: Kristen – I am getting some freshly picked plums and Cortland Apples from gals at the gym. I am looking forward to making a plum/apple crisp. Nothing says fall like warm apples and cinnamon! Another gal, Laura made homemade carmels and shared them with the class. It was phenominal – we are begging for the recipe.
8 bunnyb October 1, 2009 at 4:55 am: Oooh.. autumn dishes would have to be hot, yummy, comfort food. I love apple crumble!! A delicious bowl of chili can never go wrong
9 bunnyb October 1, 2009 at 4:56 am: Tweeted: http://twitter.com/bunnyb/status/4522831364
10 Debbie October 1, 2009 at 6:48 am: The first nippy weather makes me want to bake something – apple pie, banana bread, carrot cake, notice there’s a theme here. Dessert!!!
11 Mary October 1, 2009 at 8:08 am: Sour cream apple pie! I love, love, love it!
12 Mary October 1, 2009 at 8:10 am: I’m receiving your updates by email now.
13 Kristen October 2, 2009 at 1:47 pm: Patsy, mmm… roasted squash!

mudpiesformommy, I was just ready to jump to the next level (I hope)

Patricia, Thanks for all the help, I appreciate having someone like you! Maybe Potato & Leek soup should be on my dinner table tonight

Katie, Soup! My family LOVES soup, anykind.

Tanya, Plum & Apple Crisp, you better invite me over! If not, you could always bring some to share while we are waiting for the kids after school. The caramels sound divine

bunnyb, Chili & Apple Crumble. What a meal!!

Debbie, DESSERT. of course!

Mary, I’ve never had a sour cream apple pie. Thanks for signing up
14 Samantha October 2, 2009 at 5:26 pm: Apple Pie. without a doubt.
15 Cindy October 2, 2009 at 7:34 pm: Looks good, my friend THAT NEVER CAME TO VISIT ME THIS SUMMER!!! But I forgive you…

Autumn = Au Gratin Cauliflower….yum! Pretty much Au Gratin ANYTHING…
16 Kristen October 2, 2009 at 10:12 pm: @katwmn1 Alzheimer’s already? silly girl, I DID too. Did you come to visit me??? I think not.

and I second the Au Gratin! remember the multi-colored one you made?
17 Cindy October 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm: Yeah, you came once…for a short visit…with lots of other people here…doesn’t count.

Ummm…you live in ___ and I live in ___ – I win!

Yep – Tri-colored Au gratin. I’m waiting for them to come out with a plaid cauliflower…
18 Charles G Thompson October 4, 2009 at 2:32 pm: Congrats on your move over to WP, Kristen. I am about to do the same – still tweaking my new site – it will happen very soon. And same as you: from Blogger (also took me forever to get all its quirks figured out) to WP. Your new site looks great.

Favorite autumn dish is probably something like cassoulet – lots of meat and beans. Hearty and great if it’s cold out!
19 Ninja Fanpire October 11, 2009 at 11:05 pm: Gosh, I don’t know if I could pick one. I guess I’ll just say Pumpkin pie. I like pie. I don’t cook myself, so there’s nothing in particular that I can think of that is my favorite to eat. I don’t really think we have special “autumn” food at my house. Would love to win!

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20 Ninja Fanpire October 11, 2009 at 11:06 pm: Tweeted: http://twitter.com/NinjaFanpire/status/4803058584

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21 Ninja Fanpire October 11, 2009 at 11:09 pm: Do I get another entry for posting it on my blog?: http://ninjafanpire.blogspot.com/2009/10/enter-to-win-50-amazon-gift-card.html

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22 Ninja Fanpire October 11, 2009 at 11:11 pm: Subscribed to blog E-Mail updates

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23 MoniqueAnne October 12, 2009 at 9:02 am: Love the clean, fresh look!

My favorite autumn dish is a nice simple apple pie. It just puts me in the fall spirit!
24 MoniqueAnne October 12, 2009 at 9:03 am: Now following you on Google Reader!
25 MoniqueAnne October 12, 2009 at 9:06 am: And tweeting about you, too!

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