Foodbuzz Giveaways and Contests

One of the things I love about Foodbuzz is all of the contests and giveaways.  Jason from Ancient Fire Wines and I are having our own contest right now for those who subscribe to CSA's or shop at their local farmer's market.  Remember to post your comments for that contest.  Here's the loot I got from our CSA and at our farmer's market today:

And, here's the loot we got from a walk around our yard:

I'm thinking a sweet corn risotto from Cat Cora's new cookbook for the corn.  Scott Duncan's (The Inexpensive Eater) roasted beets with the beets.  A salad with the sunflower shoots and snap peas.  More of the eggplant and tomato salad with eggplant and tomatoes.  (Stay tuned for that posting - it was fantastic!)  Maybe some applesauce with the apples.  An herb salad with the basil and some goodies from our herb garden - chives and chive blossoms, tarragon, parsley...  On top of all of that, I have 10 pounds of blueberries delivered from Michigan early this week.  There's a blueberry pie post and a blueberry crumble post calling my name...


So what are some of the contests going on on Foodbuzz?


Adventures in the Pioneer Valley is giving away some gift cards to CSN.  Here's the URL:  http://pioneervalleyma.blogspot.com/2010/07/lazy-summer-saturdays-tag-sales-and.html


Authentic Suburban Gourmet is having a crostini contest.  I've entered my daughter-in-law's garlic shrimp crostini.  Here's the link to that:
http://kateiscooking.blogspot.com/2010/05/garlic-shrimp-crostini.html

And, the link to the contest:
http://authenticsuburbangourmet.blogspot.com/2010/07/crostini-challenge-giveaway.html#comment-form

Baking Serendipity is also giving away a gift card from CSN but she's doing a muffin contest to do so. 

I've entered the Lemon Lavender Blueberry Muffins here.

Here's the link to the muffin contest:
http://bakingserendipity.blogspot.com/2010/07/banana-blueberry-crumb-muffins-and.html

Enjoy!

Your Best CSA/Farm Market Menu Contest

Kate’s Kitchen (http://kateiscooking.blogspot.com/) and Ancient Fire (http://ancientfirewineblog.blogspot.com/) are teaming up to create some buzz for CSA/Farm Market inspired menus. There are so many fresh ingredients the possibilities are limitless!

 For the next week we are asking for visitors to submit comments to this post on both blogs with a menu inspired by selections found in their CSA share or purchased at a local farm market. Menus can be for any meal of the day and should include the name and ingredients of each of the dishes being prepared. The majority of the ingredients used must come from the CSA/Farm Market, but staple items from the pantry and fridge are allowed; use your own judgment as to the “staple” nature of items used. Detailed preparation steps are not required for entry. Make sure you also tell us why you love a certain ingredient or what your goals were for combining the flavors, and of course anything else that excites you about fresh, local food.

The prize for the lucky winners will be a feature in each of the host’s blog one day the following week. The hosts will pick multiple winners randomly from all the entries we accept (see the rules above) and will contact winners for more information. Take pictures of anything applicable. If you win and you can get us photos we’ll post them. If you have complete recipes available we will also consider including those or link to your site where they are posted.