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Try Out Lawry’s Marinades the Next Time You Fire Up the Grill — Review and Giveaway

July 19, 2010 by Holly
Filed Under Contests & Giveaways, Food & Beverage Finds, Home & Food, News

This giveaway is now closed.

Lawry's marinades There is nothing quite like firing up the grill on a summer afternoon, making fantastic food, mixing up some delicious cocktails and inviting your friends and family over. Everyone is always looking for new spins on foods we all love and can’t get enough of–especially during the summertime.

I recently had the opportunity to try out two new flavors of 30-minute marinades from Lawry’s. Thanks to MyBlogSpark, I was sent Lawry’s 30-minute marinades in Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato and Szechuan Sweet and Sour BBQ, in addition to Lawry’s seasoned salt, a glass marinading dish and a set of skewers. Everything anyone would need to prepare their grilled dishes and get some really incredible flavors.

And incredible flavors you will get with these marinades! Out of the two, I really enjoyed the Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato marinade. It contains a great blend of rosemary, oregano, sweet bell peppers and sun-dried tomatoes and while Lawry’s says it’s an ideal marinade for chicken, pork or vegetables, we used it on steak and couldn’t have enjoyed it more.

It’s pretty common knowledge around these parts that I should not be trusted in the kitchen. I make a mess, nothing comes out right and unless you want some burnt something with a side of soggy something, just keep me out of the kitchen. My partner however, is a fantastic cook and he had a great time with these marinades and he was particularly impressed with the quality of the marinading dish and everything he could use it for besides just marinating our meat. Lawry’s has definitely found a home in our kitchen.

Lawry’s Flavor Forecast Giveaway

MyBlogSpark didn’t just give me the opportunity to out these great new marinades from Lawry’s, they are also giving me the chance to share the love and give away a Lawry’s Flavor Forecast prize pack. The winner of this giveaway will receive everything in the picture above–both the Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato and Szechuan Sweet and Sour BBQ 30-minute marinades, Lawry’s seasoned salt, a glass marinading dish and a set of skewers.

To win the Lawry’s Flavor Forecast prize pack, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite grilling tip is. [REQUIRED]

Additional Entries: [Leave a comment for each additional entry.]

This giveaway ends Friday, July 23rd at 11:59PM EST. This giveaway is open to all US residents over the age of 18. The winner will be contacted by email and has 48 hours (2 days) to respond with their mailing address. If I don’t hear back from the winner within that time, another winner will be picked.

Full Contest Disclaimer

Disclosure: I was given the opportunity to try Lawry’s 30-minute marinades from MyBlogSpark. For this post, the factual information, products and giveaway have all been provided by Lawry’s through MyBlogSpark. All opinions throughout this post are 100% mine.

Bacardi’s 60 Second Cocktails, 10 Minute Meals and $100,000 Donated to the USO

July 15, 2010 by Holly
Filed Under Entertaining, Home & Food

60 Second Cocktails Summer is the time for going on vacation with your family, coming up with fun activities for your kids and best of all, enjoying the weather with good friends and great cocktails.

On the 4th of July Bacardi USA launched their “Salute to Summer’s Best 60 Second Cocktail Program” that will go on until Labor Day (September 6th). This program has brought together celebrity chef John Besh and celebrity mixologist Bryan Stowe, both who are also former US soldiers, who have created a phenomenal menu of cocktails and grilled dishes that are healthy and delicious. Both the dishes and cocktails feature and utilize the flavors found within Bacardi’s line of products.

The cocktail recipes on the menu take just 60 seconds to make and the grilled dishes take 10 minutes. With these recipes, you can put together an entire menu of exquisite recipes and accompanying cocktails that will look and taste fabulously. These recipes will also wow the pants off of your loved ones and will look like they were made in more than just a few minutes with incredibly easy-to-find ingredients.

The cocktail recipes use Bacardi’s unique and flavorful alcohol and some of the recipes include Grey Goose Fresh Berry Lemonade and Bacardi Limon Iced Tea. Among the grilled foods recipes you will find Grilled Chicken Breast with Tequila Cazadores Reposado Lime Glaze and Grilled Flank Steak with Louisiana Peach and Grey Goose Citron Glaze, among others.

Take a look at how easy it is to create the Bacardi hand shaken daiquiri in this video from Bryan Stowe.

You can find easy-to-locate recipes right on the cocktail recipes section of the 60 Second Cocktails Facebook page or you can download their entire recipe book! [PDF]

Bacardi USA hasn’t just put together some awesome menus for you to utilize throughout the rest of the summer using their products and flavors, although that is certainly pretty amazing. In addition to recipes and ideas for your own recipes, Bacardi USA has also committed to donate $75,000 to the USO and Bacardi consumers who are over 21 years of age can increase the total donation amount of $100,000 through their participation in the 60 Second Cocktails Facebook fan page. Every time someone becomes a fan of the page on Facebook, Bacardi USA will donate $1 to the USO until they reach $100,000.

So go become a fan of 60 Second Cocktails and get that donation amount increased!

Bacardi USO charity