KitchenAid GIVEAWAY via USA Today Your Life Magazine
There’s a new publication that hit the stands today by USA Today, designed specifically for women.
It’s called Your Life: Guide to Women’s Health.
Christine Neff, from USA Today, wrote an excellent article in this fabulous magazine called, “Holiday Entertaining Made Easy!”
I’m honored that she included RE as part of the interview on each beautiful page of this feature.
Take a peek at these fabulous pages!
There are fantastic recipes, tips on bringing the outdoors in, simplifying during the holidays, staying sane and “putting perfections aside,” and most importantly, realizing the benefits of entertaining.
There are so many benefits to entertaining, the most obvious in my opinion being forging beautiful relationships!
Your Life is also full of good eats, tips, advice, and plenty of reminders that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
Which brings us to our GIVEAWAY here today!
Do you own a stand mixer by KitchenAid? I think I’ve owned a couple in my 30 years of entertaining. I just wear them out, they’re used so much for baking, cooking, and canning. I tend to think of my KA as a friend, who I rely heavily upon. :)
Today in celebration of RE featured in USA Today, KitchenAid is giving away a 7-quart Stand Mixer. This product is brand new, so the winner will be one of the first to own it.
Here are the details (winner gets to choose between silver, black, or red):
KitchenAid’s Best Performing Stand Mixer
• Our Most Powerful, Quietest Available – 1.3HP high efficiency DC motor is designed to run longer and delivers optimum torque with less at build-up. Easily handles recipes requiring longer mixing, kneading and whipping times. The all-metal, precise gear design produces a smooth, quiet sound.
• Our Longest Lasting – Designed for long life of high performance; backed by 2 year hassle-free replacement warranty.
• Our Most Efficient – Advanced feedback control communicates in micro seconds to the motor to ensure optimal power is delivered to the bowl.Professional-Style Attachment Power Hub
Fits all current KitchenAid® attachments and future larger capacity commercial-style attachmentsLargest Capacity Residential Bowl-Lift Available 7-Quart (6.6 L)
• Handles 8 ½ lbs of mashed potatoes, 8 ½ loaves of bread, 14 dozen cookies.Dishwasher Safe Accessories
Maximize bowl coverage with the stainless steel 11-wire Elliptical Whip, coated metal Flat Beater and Power Kneadâ„¢ Dough Hook. Handles small and large jobs equally well.
Cooking for the Cure, presented by KitchenAid, reminds us that cooking with a purpose (and supporting the Cure) helps to bring an end to breast cancer in our lifetime.
Oh, how do I believe in this. My mom had breast cancer, and then ovarian cancer took her life. So cancer is fresh in our family and a reminder that we need to do all we can to help.
–CONTEST IS OVER, COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU!–
HOW TO ENTER THIS CONTEST TODAY – ANSWER TO WIN:
When you host holiday parties, do you make everything yourself or do more of a potluck affair where everyone brings something to share?
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Contest Ends this Friday at midnight, September 23, 2011. This post is sponsored by KitchenAid.
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I usually provide the main dish, bread and drinks then suggest what others could bring when they ask. It works for us!
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Usually just me, and usually lots of small bites. But potluck is fun, too, if the invitees are closer friends.
We try to cover all the main dishes when entertaining for the holidays, but if someone has a specialty we ask to see if they wouldn’t mind bringing it. We want everyone to fell included and welcome. Plus, we want to enjoy the party too.
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I’m all for sharing the workload! Everyone bring a dish! I also liked the KitchenAid Facebook page
I usually make everything myself and try to do as much from scratch as possible, although it is getting to be a bit much and i might start the potluck real soon :)
For the most part I do it all. Unless it is a group of friends getting together for a casual get together, then it’s potluck because they are such wonderful cooks and bakers!
I usually make part of the food and ask family to bring some too. That way everyone has a part to do :)
I usually do a pot luck party but also include many treats that I have made up ahead of time so that I can just enjoy the party and not fuss too much! Thanks for the chance to win the beautiful mixer!
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Usually I’ll “allow” my family members to bring one thing each, but for my 30th birthday I wanted to be more in control. I only let my sister bring a fruit salad, and I prepared the rest…ahead of time, with plenty of time, and it went off without a hitch!
I usually do a mix of both depending. But my favorite is Boxing Day when all I make new is Boxing Day ribs and whatever side dishes we are missing in leftovers and we tell everyone else to come share their leftovers too. SO much fun! And very low key. It usually involves wearing sweatpants! :-)
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I usually make food for everyone, though sometimes I’ll plan lots of food and invite others to bring a dessert or snack to share.
I usually make the main things and then have people bring the extra things. That way if something comes up that they can’t make it, we’re not stuck, Not that just dessert would be that horrible.
Potluck
I do a mixture of potluck & homemade food. All of the homemade cookies & pies are recipes that were passed down from my mom who died of cancer in 2006. She got recipes from my great grandmother & my grandmother. I love my kitchenaid, but with my family of 6 I always have to make more than one batch. Happy Holidays everyone. God Bless.
When you host holiday parties, do you make everything yourself or do more of a potluck affair where everyone brings something to share?
I have done both actually! Sometimes if I am feeling very ambitious I will make it all.
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