Ok...It's day 3 of my first blog give away and I have gotten some awesome submissions so far. I'm so glad it's Friday and over the weekend I'm going to be preparing some Lobster Scampi. I got a taste for Lobster Scampi this week while we were trying out some Scampi Puffs that we are planning to carry. The light sauce and lobster pieces were wrapped in fluffy phyllo dough and so easy to pop in your mouth. I can't wait til they are available. For those of you who have not entered the contest yet....ENTER!!!! :) Here is the link....cause I like making things easy for you. Enter to win a free "O" olive oil or balsamic vinegar sampler Looking forward to reading some more fantastic sumbissions from you all! Have a great weekend and I'll be back Monday with a Lobster Scampi Video Recipe!
Good Wednesday Morning Foodies! Today is going to be an awesome day because I am having my first (of what will hopefully be many) blog give away contest! I hope everyone is excited about our give away items as I am. Both of these products are staples in my kitchen and have given so much flavor and life to countless meals. Everyone should experience these incredible oils and vinegars, and here is your chance to do that FREE! Here is a short video clip with a sneak peek at the sampler sets you could win!
The Prizes The “O” Olive Oil Set
Valencia Orange (6.8 oz) House Blend Extra Virgin (6.8 oz) Eureka Lemon (6.8 oz)
The “O” Balsamic Vinegar Set Oak Aged California Dark Balsamic Vinegar (6.8 oz) CA White Balsamic Vinegar (6.8 oz) California Port Balsamic Vinegar (6.8 oz)
Enter to Win:
1. Write a post on your blog detailing your best use of either the Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil or both and use the LiveLobRecipe Contest Banner seen here to link back to this give away post.
No blog to post on? Follow NikkiTheFoodie on Twitter and email her your twitter profile link so she can direct message you the link you need to Tweet to enter! 2. Comment on this Contest post with the link to your blog post featuring the oils or vinegars. 3. Email Recipes@LiveLob.com the same link you commented and your Name and address (for receiving the prize) and we will confirm your entry. 4. I (NikkiTheFoodie) and Andy will look over all entries and choose a winner for the Balsamic Vinegar and a winner for the Olive Oil. All entries must be received and confirmed by Midnight on Monday, July 13th 2009. 5. The winner will be announced and contacted on Tuesday, July 14th 2009 and a winners post will be up on my blog that day.
So get in the kitchen, get creative and get some great gourmet prizes from LiveLobRecipes.Blogspot.com & Lobster Gram! Good luck everyone and happy eating!
Hello all of you beautiful foodies! It's Monday, and the only reason I'm so darn chipper is because it looks like it might actually finally be summer here in Chicago! To get this summer spirit rolling, Andy ordered our Fresh Catch Swordfish last week and took it home to make a fresh feast for his friends. He did me the honor of taking my camera so he could capture all the delicious images, so it's time to share now! I'm still nagging him to write down the recipe for me to share with you guys...his first set of directions contained not one single actual measurement of anything. But, he is still new at this so I'll cut him some slack. Patience is a virtue my hungry friends (and one I am always told I should acquire). Hopefully I'll get that from him later this week. Until that time, enjoy the tasty images Andy took for us. See you guys soon!
Good morning all. I all of my beloved foodies are doing well out there! It is ANOTHER rainy dreary day here in Chicago. I swear it's been raining here for a month straight. If I wanted weather like this I would move to Seattle or London. Well it's Father's Day week and everyone here is busy trying to get all the gifts out to Dads across the country in time. I ordered my Father's Day gift the other day, and I really think my Step Dad is going to LOVE it. He is a big meat eater, he had never tried out Bison Sampler before and unfortunately he was out of town on business while I was preparing my Bison Steaks & Burgers (and so disappointed he couldn't' partake). So I ordered him his very own Bison Sampler for Father's Day. It should be at the house on Saturday morning. So I just have to hope the dry ice holds out so I can keep it hidden in the cooler until Sunday. Yesterday Andy and I were in the kitchen preparing some crab cakes. One crab cake was just like our Maryland Style Crab Cakes, and the other was a reformulated version of the same thing. I think the vendor wanted to know if we could tell the difference. Anyone looking at the following pictures for even a split second will be able to tell the difference between these two crab cakes. they both pretty much tasted the same but the texture was worlds apart. I know who the winner is of this contest. What do you guys think?
I'm sure you can see the difference by now. And no worries...we have no intentions on selling the "reformulated" version :)
*Phew*... This is a LOT of Bison Pictures! Hopefully everyone has enjoyed my little bison education chapter. I know I enjoyed preparing and enjoying everything!
Last night I grilled up my Bison Burgers from my Bison Sampler. I really didn't have a good Bison burger recipe, so before I left the office for the day, I got together with our Creative Director and creator of the Lobster Gram Cooking Manual, Nancy and we created a BBQ sauce with simple directions and complex flavor. Here is the video from the recipe, and I will be working on these pictures as well as the pictures from the Bison Strip Steaks & Rib eyes to post very soon. Happy eating foodies!
1 Cup Sweet Baby Ray's Award Winning BBQ Sauce (Original)
1 Tsp Sea Salt
1 Tsp Pepper
1 Tsp Ground Garlic
1 Tsp Ground Thyme
1 Tbs Brown Sugar
1 Shot of Jack Daniels
Spray on Olive Oil (such as Pam)
Directions In a mixing bowl, combine BBQ sauce and other ingredients and blend well. Spray Bison Burgers with olive oil. Using a rubber spatula, cover one side of burger with BBQ Sauce and flip. Cover other side of burger and set to the side. Repeat this with all burgers. Heat electric grill on high (5) and sear burgers for 1-2 minutes per side. Turn grill heat down to low (3) and cook burgers 4 minutes per side. When burgers are about 4 minutes from being done, give them another slathering of BBQ sauce and lay your cheese on the burger to melt. Remove burgers form heat when cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
