I love kitchen goodies.
I L-O-V-E pretty kitchen goodies
I love Cherries
So, it stands to reason, that I really love today’s post.
The one where I tell y’all about a Recipe Contest that the Cherry Marketing Institute is having right now. The one where 3 people are going to win $500, a set of high performance cookware in CHERRY RED and have a professional food photographer photograph their recipe.
um… why are you still here?
You should be here entering the contest or in your kitchen creating a recipe for the contest because it’s kind of awesome!! The contest is open until February 20th so — get movin’!
Now, not everyone can create an award winning recipe, so — I have another opportunity for you to win some pretty cherry red items, too.
All courtesy of the Cherry Marketing Institute.
- that gorgeously detailed recipe box
- a set of 4 cherry red mixing bowls
- cherry red measuring spoon and cup set
- 3 Williams Sonoma Spatulas in Cherry Red
- Anthropologie Pot Holders (gorgeous)
When these beauties showed up on my doorstep Saturday, I did two things: 1) Squealed with Glee 2)Started Cooking.
This stuff is GORGEOUS, if you look, you’ll see the bowls featured in yesterday’s Guacamole recipe.
Want to win?
Nitty Gritty: This giveaway will remain open until Friday, February 11th at 10 PM CST.
Each entry must be left in a SEPARATE comment.
Mandatory Entry:
- Do you have a favorite recipe that you use cherries in? Tell me about it
Bonus entries:
- Enter the cherry recipe contest and come tell me what recipe you entered into the contest
- Tweet about this contest and link the tweet url in a separate comment
- ‘Like’ Choose Cherries on FB, tell them where you came from and then leave me a comment letting me know that you did it
I really don´t have a favorite cherry recipe, cause I usually eat them fresh, but I´m loving those cherry red utensiles, so cute
Ummm…I don’t actually like cherries. I do love Cherry Coke – does that count? But I LOVE red. My dining room is red, and my kitchen is yellow with red accents. Red is my color. Therefore, I NEED (ha!) these goodies!!!
Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect´s most recent brilliance ..Planning a Chinese New Year & Superbowl Party
My recipe is a throw together thing like most of my cooking, since following directions is not my strong suit. I needed something to jazzy up the grilled salmon we had the other night. It’s my 5 yo sons favorite and he will eat a pound of it if you let him. So we eat it a lot. Ok, so here goes… Man up the grille, nice & hot. Prepare the sauce: 8oz Cherry preserves (no sugar added), 4oz chili sauce, 2oz apple butter. Stir. The cherries add the tart, the chili sauce adds the kick, and the apple butter adds a clovey richness that no one expects. Slather skin-side of salmon 1.5 lb slab with olive oil, throw it on the grill (med heat), & heavily coat the top with the oh-so-tasty cherry goodness & close the grill. Leave it. Walk away from the grill. I promise the salmon with not run away from the flames. Check in 10 mins. Coat with more cherry goodness, turn off the flames, close the lid & walk away again. The salmon will finish cooking in the indirect heat. Remove from grill when it’s fleshy side is flaky. Also, the skin will be crispy & peels off easily.
I always have left over sauce. I use it on chicken or fish or in stir-fry. Even to dip chicken tenders in. Keeps well in the frig for a month or so. Give it a try!
We love my mom’s Pretzel Torte! It has a crust of crushed pretzels, sugar, and melted butter, with a filling and topping of sugar, cream cheese, whipped topping (and something else I’m forgetting), and a layer of cherry pie filling in there. It is SO GOOD!
Honestly I don’t think I have any recipes that I make with cherries in them
I love cherry salad dressings though (I have one that I should try making). I am inspired to possibly create a recipe for this contest from a childhood favorite that we bought at the store – not saying what it is so that the inspiration is not stolen 
My family love cherry dump cake. It isn’t the most fancy dessert, but so yummy. Just a cake of cherry pie filling, dry yellow cake mix sprinkled on top, cover with dots of butter and bake! Delish.
Liked choose cherries on FB and left a comment
http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2011/01/sour-cream-cherry-coffee-cake.html
I really want to try this recipe ! I’ve got all the ingredients too just haven’t had the time yet!
Cara´s most recent brilliance ..Great Deals on Great Meals! Giveaway!
I like to chop up cherries and add them to a traditional vanilla box cake recipe. It makes a very pretty Valentine’s Day cake! The whole family loves it
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I like Choose Cherries on Facebook and left a comment on their wall (last name Hatfield)
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I like to make cherry cobbler. Yum!
I liked Choose Cherries FB page and left them a comment. (Last name Raich)
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/#!/simplyandreah/status/35427986647957504
Andrea´s most recent brilliance ..Pop Secret PopCameraAction Movie Night with Giveaway
Cherry cobbler! No question.
Erin @ One Particular Kitchen´s most recent brilliance ..Lemon fairy food cake
I have this recipe for Pink Salad, and it uses cherries. We have it every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We should have more often!
Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children´s most recent brilliance ..Plinks
I made this cherry pie once. OMG, it was to die for. Tart and sweet and yummmmy! Now I want some.
Mishelle Lane´s most recent brilliance ..The Night I Decided I Hate My Black Boots
I did the FB entry! http://www.facebook.com/ChooseCherries?v=wall#!/mishelle.lane/posts/10150404932000501ZAZc
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And, I tweeted the contest!
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A favorite recipe with cherries…hmmm… my favorite way to use cherries is hot fudge sundaes with cherries on top!
Kathy @ House of Hills´s most recent brilliance ..Menu Plan Monday 02 07 11
I love to make volcano cookies. Two sugar cookies (unbaked) the one has a small hole in the center. put 2 cherries (with sauce) from a can of cherry pie filling on the whole cookie, then put the holed cookie on top and smoosh to seal. Bake and enjoy the yumminess!
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I like them on facebook and told them you sent me. :O)
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My recipe is called “Naked Cherries.” Ranier or Dark Sweet Red… Fresh.. just the way nature made them. No dips. No fuss. Just eat til you can’t move.
~Heidi
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I love a RED Kitchen. Everything is stunningly beautiful! My tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/carolinadreamz/statuses/35453702382813185
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This is my all-time favorite cherry recipe EVAH:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/dried-cherry-scones-recipe/index.html
Amy @ Taste Like Crazy´s most recent brilliance ..Word of the Day- Oneirodynia
My favorite cherry recipe isn’t anything super special – it’s a creamy pie in a graham cracker crust with cherry filling on top. I don’t even know what it’s called -I just know that my grandmother has made it for Christmas every year of my life, so it automatically reminds me of her. Love = the best treat.
Legally Married´s most recent brilliance ..Panic at the Disco…
Cherry Cheesecake is my favorite. Oh and once a year I make my husband a Cherry tart that his mom used to make for him when he was growing up. In the summer I love to eat fresh cherries – yum!
Lynda@Me and My Pink Mixer´s most recent brilliance ..Green Giant Giveaway
I haven’t used cherries much but my mom has a recipe for a cherry cheese coffee cake that is dee-lish!
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Cherry Fluff is a super quick and delcious not to mention pretty dessert you can take anywhere! 1 can cherry pie filling, 1 can sweet milk, 1 carton whipped topping, 1 can crushed pineapple, super drained, 1/2 cup of crushed nuts, mix together, serve in a pretty bowl! The cherries give it a pretty color!
Super quick cherry cookie recipe, basic cookie recipe, add red and green chopped cherries and roll dough into a log, roll in coconut, refrigerate 2-24 hrs, slice paper thin and bake! Beautiful with the red and green cherries and delcious!
I’m not entering the contest, just wanted to say that it is a great one and like you, I love pretty and different kitchen accessories. Red is such a vibrant colour and these prizes are just gorgeous!
Paula´s most recent brilliance ..A Little Dazed by Glaze
I love black forest cake and would love these red goodies
I have to 2nd Kathy, I LOVE cherries on my sundaes
LOVE red accessories in my kitchen, just got myself a red butter croc so would love some other red cooking gadgets to go with it! GREAT giveaway 
Like some of the others, I prefer fresh cherries and could eat a bucket full of them! However, I do have a favorite “old” recipe that uses a bottle of cherries (juice and all) with vanilla pudding and yummy fresh and/or fruits to make a delicious, easy fruit salad. I have a black & white kitchen with red (my very favorite color) accents, so I really do NEED the red goodies!! Have a happy week!
I have to go with Cherry Perserve Chicken.. Yes please, with a Cherry on Top!!
Roasting a chicken with fresh cherries and cherry perserves, makes for a sweet juicy chicken that goes great with salads! YUM!!
Audra´s most recent brilliance ..Hearty V8 Soup!
I “LIKE” Choose Cherries!!
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I make Cherry-Lime Scones, that are pretty yummy.
would you believe i’ve never used cherries in a recipe? i just can’t keep them around long enough to actually cook with them! LOL, yummy. love the contest
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liked and left a comment at choose cherries
I made a wonderful tart cherry jam from cherries we grow that were plentiful last year.
I went to Choose Cherries on FB and liked, etc.!
love to top cheesecake with cherries
I don’t care for cherries too much, but LOVE them over a cheesecake! That’s about the only time I eat them, other than in fruit cocktail!
I love cherries in desserts or in this pork dish I make. Its a cherry and apple stuffed pork. So yummy! Thanks
Pink Fruit Salad : 1 can of cherry pie filling, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1 tub of cool whip, large can of fruit cocktail, large can of pineapple chunks, a few handfuls of mini-marshmallows. mix pie filling, sweetened milk and cool whip first then add fruit and mallows! yummy in the tummy
i love love love black forest cake with the cherry pie filling layer!!
It’s not a tough recipe by any means, but I add dried cherries to my oatmeal in the mornings for a sweet kick – LOVE IT. Also, love that little photo montage of the time in Michigan and how I wish we could go back!
You know, besides cherry pie I’ve never cooked anything with cherries before. I do love them and I think something with cherries and quinoa might be yummy to try. I’ll have to look for some recipes.
Angela @ Nine More Months´s most recent brilliance ..Mamavation Monday 01-31-2011
I can’t think of a cherry recipe, but cherries make me happy. I likey!
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I really love my mom’s Crazy Crust Cherry Pie but don’t have the recipe handy. It’s sweet, buttery and absolutely delicious!! Makes me wish I had some! : )
Thanks for the chance to win ~
Aimee @
http://www.justkiddingaroundatlanta.blogspot.com
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