I LOVE red. My dining room is red. I have a huge set of red dishes, enough table settings for 24. ☺ They complement the white table settings I also have (16). And now I’m venturing into red bakeware.
Why do I like red so much? Because it can be used for so many different holidays: Christmas, Independence Day, Valentine’s, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, etc.
And guess what? You too can have a set of red casserole dishes, courtesy of CSN Stores.com. Just in time for summer BBQs!
Giveaway Rules:
1. Leave a comment telling me your favorite thing about summertime. Mine is the scent of freshly mown hay.
Extra entries: Leave a separate comment for each.
2. Tell me a favorite summertime recipe. We LOVE to experiment around here and enjoy trying new recipes.
3. Spread the word about the giveaway through twitter or facebook.
Giveaway ends Sunday, June 13, at 5pm PST.
Good luck!
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Am I really 1st? Yippee! Let’s see what do I love about summer time… getting fancy toes done with my daughter.
Growing up my mom would make this wonderful pasta tossed with fresh tomatoes, green onions and a little garlic and grated cheese. The trick is to not let the cheese melt. So yummy and very summery!
I posted your link on Facebook. Another reason I should win… my maiden name is AllRED… we love all things RED!
What I love about summer, watching the kids play night games outside.
My favorite part about summer is night time…when you can stay up late and it’s still ight out! My dad used to mow the grass until ten at night in the summertime, lol. My second favorite is LIGHTING BUGS!!!!
I’d have to say taking trips to see our family is my favorite thing about summer. We have lived away from family for 14 of our 15 years of marriage. So being together with our extended family is a highlight for all of us!
Fresh basil pesto! We love to grow basil! We eat pesto at least once a week all summer long and then freeze it so we can enjoy it in the winter!
My fave summertime recipe is Acine De Pepe – it’s small round pasta mixed with whipped cream, pineapple juice, and mandarin oranges. I’m sure I spelled it wrong, though! That’s my husband’s favorite dish, and ONLY his mom can make it right (I’m working on it, though!).
I commented about this on Facebook, and put a link to your post, I hope that’s OK…..if not let me know and I’ll take down the link.
LOL! I also just realized I put “lighting bugs” instead of “lightning bugs” in my comment, lol! Whoopsy…..
My favorite thing about the summer time is being able to be outside to enjoy the SUN and WATER! Growing up I lived in Florida and took the sun for granted. Now living in Oregon for 4 years we never take the sun for granted. Summer doesn’t last long here so we try to spend every second we can outside playing or playing in the water 🙂
My favorite thing about summer is drying clothes on the line outside. My personal favorite are sheets and how they smell when my bed is made. It’s like having summer inside while I’m sleeping.
Favorite summer recipe: FRESH delicious fruit and fruit dip: 1 jar marshmellow creme (aka Fluff), 8 oz cream cheese. Blend till smooth, try not to eat it without the fruit 😉 lol….so good! Our favorite to eat it with is strawberries!
Lets see, I think my fav. summertime scent would be, the smell of parking lots in the heat. Yea, I know I’m weird. But it reminds me of the smell of Six Flags. 🙂
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No school for my children! Hooray!
My fav. summertime recipe would be Banana pudding. I have my Grandmother’s recipe and it is awesome. 🙂
Fresh okra and strawberries. But not together. You knew that, right? 😉
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I just sent the word for the give away to my facebook friends. 🙂
My favorite thing about summer is swimming. I’m such a fish, I could stay in the water all day.
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I love to make my creamy chicken salad recipe then serve it on a bed of lettuce with chopped tomatoes and hunks of mozzarella cheese!
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The longer days! More sunlight!
I love that my children can go OUTSIDE and play. I also love being able to throw open all the windows.
A Favorite Summertime Recipe:
Just made these buckeye balls at my sister in laws.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Buckeye-Balls-II/Detail.aspx
I think I love farmers’ Markets with my family … getting the kids out, picking out fresh food, then having a picnic with it.
my favorite thing about summertime is all the light, and family BBQ’s!
Well, summertime is way too hot here, but I do love playing in water and picking blackberries!!
favorite thing about summer is definitely all the purple lilacs!
New favorite summer recipe is the Lime Herb Chicken from the Fabulous Freezer Meals Cookbook. Love it!
My favorite thing about summertime is the good barbecue weather! I LOVE the smell of bbq on a nice warm summer’s day!
My favorite part of Summer is the longer days. I love being able to enjoy time outside without feeling like I should be in bed at 6pm.
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I love the relaxed way things tend to be. I also love not having to have my feet cooped up in shoes and that I can wear sandals.
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My favorite Summer recipe:
1. Find keys and wallet.
2. Make sure there is cash in the wallet.
3. Get in van.
4. Drive to nearest Sno Cone stand.
5. Select Sno Cone flavor.
6. Order and pay for Sno Cone.
7. Enjoy!
One of my new fave recipes is chipotle tomatillo salsa. Peel, wash, and quarter about 6-7 tomatillos. Peel 3 garlic cloves and wash 1/2 bunch of cilantro. Place in blender and blend away! Away two chipotle peppers canned in adobo sauce and pulse for a few more seconds. DELISH with tortilla chips or over rice or as a green sauce over enchilladas.
I really don’t love putting on a swimsuit, but I love swimming. Go figure!
I love making homemade ice cream and here’s one I’m dying to try with what’s left of my Oregon Blackberries: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/07/blackberry-ice-cream-part-1/
I love spending all day outside, and letting the kids stay up late catching fireflies.
Favorite recipe… slices garden tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil leaves, tossed with balsamic vinegar and served with toasted bread. I could pickle myself eating this stuff.
My favorite thing about summer is the lazy mornings (versus the crazy mornings during the school year) and the local library reading club.
Hooray for red bakeware!
One of my favorite summertime recipes is this Mexicorn Salad. Yum.Mers.
http://mcillecespot.blogspot.com/2008/06/mexicorn-salad-la-jeni.html
My favorite thing about summertime is my June birthday. I also love going hiking in the mountains. However, when i lived in ohio, it had to be the lightning bugs. I wish we had them in utah.
My favorite thing about Summer is not having a schedule, it is also the thing that gets me in the most trouble!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/zucchini-pancakes-recipe/index.html zucchini pancakes one of my favorite summertime recipes. I take Ina’s recipe and add cheese 🙂
My favorite summertime recipe is http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/frosty-orange-creme-layered-113821.aspx
So yummy especially if you like a good 50/50 ice cream bar!
I love swimming! In my parent’s pond, in the river, in the lake, in the ocean… I love it! Thank you!
My favorite summer recipe is fruit salad. I can’t get enough of it! We use watermelon, cantalaupe, honeydew, strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, and raspberries. Sweetened with a tiny bit of sugar if needed, it is perfect as is.
I love all the extra time I have with my children in the summer when they aren’t hanging out with friends.
Too many commenters for me…but here is my comment on the off chance I win! 🙂
We love summer for the camping. I would literally live outdoors if we could be comfy in the winter (too darn cold in the winter here in Canada!) so I look forward to the summer when we can! 🙂
Favorite summer recipe?
We love corn on the cob. I especially love to soak it in water, and pop it on the fire until it is cooked. BBQ’s are also great for corn on the cob the same way. Butter generously and salt and pepper…make sure some of it drips down your chin!
There is also a great idea in this months family fun for dinner in a jar that we want to try. (also over the fire)
This has inspired me to blog about my favorite summer recipes…thanks for the idea. 🙂 (and I don’t FB or Twitter so sorry, no promo from me there)
Hot summer mornings at the pool followed by a movie in the basement in the afternoon to cool off! I love summer!
My favorite summer thing? Early morning runs in shorts and t-shirt and early morning water skiing!
One of my favorite things about summer is having more free time with my children. I also love that my blackberries are ripe. 🙂
My favorite summer recipe is a salad with chickpeas, chopped red, yellow and green peppers, cucumber, tomato, feta and a balsamic dressing. mmmmm!
Wearing Flip Flops…Oh wait I can do that all year long where we live!
Fruit Salad with plain yogurt and honey drizzled all over it!
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My favorite thing about summer is water! I love going to the pool and feeling the sun warm my skin, or splashing in the creek that is rolling down from a nearby mountain, or sitting in a lawn chair feeling the mist from the sprinklers settle over me. Ahh. Water.
Here’s my favorite summer time recipe: Take one tray of ice cubes and put in a blender. Add milk to fill 1/2 of the blender. Add one can of Dole’s frozen Orange Pineapple juice. Add 1 banana and a handful of strawberries. Whip up a frosty smoothie.
Believe it or not, my favorite thing about summer is having my kids home and just hanging out with them.
My favorite thing about summer is being out in the warmth and water games!!
My favorite summer recipe is snow cones with my snowcone maker! You can also use a bosch to shave it. We eat one almost everyday!
Umm, swimming as a family.
My favorite thing about summer is grilling and eating outdoors.
I love swimming….or just floating… in the pool…so relaxing!
I love red in my kitchen too! I love freswh produce out of my garden during the summer!
My favorite thing about summer is the 95% humidity? I’m having a hard time with this . . . Really I like winter a lot better! We just try to endure summer here and hope to not get eaten alive by horseflies!
Here is a link to our favorite homemade salsa recipe: http://brudcrew.blogspot.com/2008/09/salsa-salsa-salsa.html
My favorite summer recipe for lunch, dinner, or snacktime:
whole grain crackers
slices of sharp cheddar
apples, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, or canteloupe
Serve on a platter to a table full of hungry kids. Satisfies every time!
My favorite things about summer…sunshine, gardening, and ice cream cones!
My favorite summertime recipe is Cool & Crunchy Tacos from Pampered Chef. I have made it like three time already since I got their newest cookbook. The recipe is here: http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/recipesearch/recipedetail.jsp?recipeId=90154
Let me know how you like it!
My favorite thing about summertime is the time I get off of work, I’m a school teacher. 😉
I like making coleslaw for summer BBQs and trying new ingredients in them like cranberries! YUM! This would look great in a red dish! 🙂
I love watching my kids frolic in the waves at the beach
We eat a lot of salad during the summer. I try to make my own dressing. Raspberry Vinaigrette is so good on a salad especially when you throw in some mandarin oranges, toasted almonds and craisens.
1/4 cup Raspberry Vinegar
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
1/4 cup Sugar
1 T finely chopped onions
1/4 tsp salt
1 T poppy seeds
Put these all in a jar and shake it up.
My favorite thing about summer is lying on the trampoline with the children and waiting for the stars to come out. What a fun opportunity it is just to have some bonding time with them. We talk and laugh and share memories and stories.
Our favorite summer recipe is garden chicken. It is made by sauteing cut up pieces of chicken with a little bit of onion. Then in a casserole dish we add tomatoes, squash, carrots, peppers,( or whatever is ripe from the garden) and the chicken. We top with campbells golden mushroom soup as a gravy and what a few italian spices. bake for 30-45 minutes until bubbly at 350 degress. The great thing about this is it is never really the same.
Favorite Summer Thing? — The noon music concerts at the Tabernacle in Logan, UT.
Favorite Summer Salad (and also a Christmas Favorite).
RED Salad!
Red Leaf Lettuce
Red Potatoes, boiled, cooled, diced into bite sizes
Red Onion
Feta Cheese
Red Wine Vinegar Salad Dressing
Toss & Serve (Far more lettuce than potatoes).
It sounds ho hum, but tastes divine!
Attached a blog link too! 🙂
My favorite part about summer is the laid back schedule with fewer activities and fewer places to run.
Here is a link to one of my new favorite summer recipes.
It’s a BBQ Chicken Salad with Cilantro Ranch Dressing and my whole family loves it!
http://recipeshoebox.blogspot.com/2009/07/bbq-chicken-salad-with-cilantro-ranch.html
one of my favorite summer things is feeling the cool rush of air when you walk inside from outside.
Favorite summer recipe…
watermelon
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Favorite thing about summer….slower mornings with time for small, warm and sleepy people to sneak a cuddle in Mama and Daddy’s bed.Discussing the plans of the day while sharing my pillow with extra little heads.
My favorite thing about summer is swimming.
One of my favorite summer recipes is this Summer Tomato Sandwich:
http://www.meatlessmonday.com/summer-tomato-sandwich/
It is best with fresh flavorful tomatoes, and I am partial to using some nice peppery arugula in it. Just thinking about it makes me wish I had some tomatoes from my garden to make it with.
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hmmm, my favorite part of summer is the atmosphere. I love how everything slows down and suddenly there is time for reading and sleeping and swimming.
My favorite recipe is Southwestern Black Bean Burgers. The recipe is on my blog at http://clarisajo.blogspot.com/2010/06/southwestern-black-bean-burgers.html
Enjoy!
I shared your giveaway on facebook! I love the color red too. It really is a very useful color. 🙂
My new favorite summer recipe is key lime pie ice cream. SOOOOO good! And the recipe comes from Cooking Light so it’s “good” for you too. 🙂
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=682960
My favorite thing about summer time is snow cones!
My favorite thing about the summer is the smell of my grubby kids.
Maybe that sounds gross…but they smell like SUMMER!
Fresh soil ground into their hands and feet, smudged on their noses, watermelon slimed on their faces, the lingering scent of sunscreen, all baked in the hot sun.
They smell happy.
Nothing beats a bowl of strawberries fresh from the garden, it’s the best thing about June.
Favorite thing about summer? The chance to get out of the house and be outside enjoying the County Fair, Summerfest (the local art festival) Rodeos, Demolition derby and the BEST thing is the Cache Valley Cruise/classic car show over the 4th of July weekend!!! ITs great fun… and lets not forget… FUNNEL CaKES!!!
My favorite summerthing? Picnics on the lawn with the kids. And sometimes we drive 10 minutes to the lake and have picnics there (just to switch it up). Our summers are short – I need to move south.
Summer recipe?
Wait, don’t laugh – Grapefruit Pie. I never cook with marshmallows – however, this is just yummy and people never guess what is in it.
2 1/2 cups of grapefruit (peeled and sements removed)
1/2 cup grapefruit juice (if you come up short, add orange juice)
35 large marshmallows
1 cup whipping cream (not that yucky Cool Whip stuff)
Put marshmallows and 1/4 c. juice into pot and heat on low heat until melted. Allow to cool. Whip cream until stiff and fold in marshmallows and grapefruit with remaining juice. Pour into any pre-baked pie crust (graham cracker is good) and refrigerate for a few hours.
Decorate with pink candies or sugared flowers and prepare to accept a profusion of accolades.
Too many favorite things to pick, but one of my favorite is our annual day in SLC. We have so much fun as a family. Too bad we are moving to Michigan at the end of this summer. I guess I will have to find a new tradition.
My favorite summer activity is laying on a blanket with my little family and watching the stars blink! We used to do this as kids when we would sleep outside on the trampoline. I also love the smell of fresh corn on the cob…reminds me of the old days on the farm!
Fresh, homemade lemonade, watermelon, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, fresh produce, etc…Check out my blog for my summer recipe!
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My favorite things about summer are the sound of crickets, gentle breezes, homemade ice cream, shooting stars, campfires on the beach and being with my family.
My favorite thing about summer is going on little outings outdoors with my family–hiking, the beach, stuff like that.
My favorite part of summer is playing in the ocean. I love going to the ocean with my girls.
Here is a quick summer time pie recipe I use to make growing up. My Dad only liked pudding in the summer so thats why I always think of this recipe as summer time.
Coconut Cream Pie
Take 2 packages of either French Vanilla or coconut (this is the best way) pudding and make according to the package for pie filling (I use jello and its two packages plus 2 3/4 cups milk beated for around 2 minutes or until thickening). Add shaved coconut to the filling. Pour it into a graham cracker pie shell. Let sit for at least 2 hours or until set. Top with cool whip and more coconut.
My Dad misses me being around during the summer because I use to make this a couple of times a summer. He still talks to me about the pies I use to make.
My favorite thing about summer is the SUN! I miss it so in the winter, esp up here in NY – even if its not snowing, we generally have an overcast. Plus the yearly summer get together with my husbands family – its so awesome when we all get together!
One of my most favorite summer recipes is Strawberry soup! You can serve it warm or cold… as a soup or as a desert. I make a non-dairy version that boils off white wine and sugar ( I’m lactose intolerant), but there are many variations out there!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Strawberry-Soup-IV/Detail.aspx
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My favorite thing about summer has to be feeling the grass under my bare feet and watching the kids play in the sprinklers or pool! 😉
My favorite summer recipe is zucchini relish. We usually grow zucchini in the garden so there’s lots to chop up in little pieces for the relish along with green and red bell peppers, onions, and green tomatoes. If I am short on zucchini, it gets more green tomatoes! We all LOVE this relish!! It’s great on hamburgers fresh from the grill!
oh, my baking skin in the sun! Love it!
My favorite thing about summer is having more time to cuddle with my kids in the morning!
Frozen Lemonade
Mix up a can of pink lemonade and stick it in your ice cream freezer. Run it with the ice and salt just like you would for ice cream. Yum!
Love the blog! I too love the smell of fresh cut grass, but we are fairly recent transplants to Florida and I love the smell of a day at the beach (ok, the non-sweaty day!)
When I think summer cooking, I don’t want to turn the oven on. So I plug in the crock pot and dump in the following: 4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breast, 1 cup salsa, and 1 can of black beans (undrained). Cook 4 hours on high or 6-7 on low. Shred and enjoy on salads, tacos, nachos, etc….