Mediterranean Mondays in February: Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Inc.
Hi Everyone. I have some really exciting news to report! We are getting ready to launch a new month of fabulous Foodie Blogroll random giveaways in February, sponsored by Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Inc. It will be called “Mediterranean Monday’s Foodie Box Giveaway”.
Inside will be packed with samples of their newest products and a Cedar’s T-shirt!
If you don’t know about Cedar’s, here is some info to get your mouth watering and your stomach rejoicing. Cedar’s is one of the nationally leading manufacturers of Mediterranean Foods, and some of their products recently won 2008 American Masters of Taste Gold Medals for the best tasting in America. These foods include hommus, tzatziki, and pita chips. The people at Cedar’s believe strongly in the Mediterranean Diet and are working with other companies, like The Mediterranean Food Alliance and Oldways to try to teach consumers about the health benefits of eating a diet filled with fruits, vegetables and healthy fats. All things we love here at The Leftover Queen. I was very honored and excited to find out that The Leftover Queen blog was mentioned in an interview of Nicki Heverling, the Program Manager at MFA as a source to find information on eating the Mediterranean way.
Speaking of good fortune, yesterday I was the lucky recipient of one of these Mediterranean food boxes – because you know, I want to sample this great food too – and I can tell you right now that you do not want to miss your chance to be eligible for this giveaway. Inside my Mediterranean box of goodies was pita chips, 2 varieties of hummus, 2 varieties of tzatziki, spinach dip and a very cool t-shirt. Yum yum yum. So you all can guess what we had for dinner, right?…I thought so – a lovely meze/antipasti of all this great stuff. Everything was delicious. Roberto’s favorite was the pita chips and spinach dip and I loved the tzatziki the best – especially the roasted red pepper flavor, which I have never seen before. The baked pita chips are super crisp and the dips all had great flavor.
Also on this plate of food is some delicious chorizo (back left corner of picture) that I received as a gift from my good friend Nuria who blogs Spanish Recipes all the way from Spain! She was kind enough to award me and a few other with this tasty treat by way of saying thanks for bringing extra traffic to her blog this past year. I would have thought just a thank you email would have been enough. But if you know Nuria, you know she goes out of her way to be thoughtful and generous. So thank you Nuria! It was delicious and tender. We loved every bite and we can’t wait to enjoy the rest.
Well, we wanted to involve the whole family in this treat, so we let Pepino lick the plastic seal over the Cedar’s hummus. I am not sure which he preferred, as he was too busy licking to tell me 🙂
So, if you are not an active member of The Foodie Blogroll(meaning you are not displaying a new personalized Foodie Blogroll widget), please go sign up today !
We will be featuring 4 giveaways like this – one per week during the month of February and you really don’t want to miss out!
Catherine - January 8, 2009 at 10:45 am
If Pepino likes it, I’m in! What a great giveaway! It all sounds amazing…I’m not familiar with the brand at all, but wow!
Rachel - January 8, 2009 at 10:53 am
Thanks Jenn for all these cool contests and giveaways that you’ve been offering. I appreciate all your hard work and the generosity in organizing these activities. These Mediterranean delights sound particularly scrumptious.
Happy Cook - January 8, 2009 at 11:03 am
Wow the whoole bunch og giveaway looks so yummy delcious. Pepino looks like he is having fun licking the paper.
Judy - January 8, 2009 at 11:13 am
What a great give away. Love Cedar’s products. I love there Roasted Garlic Hummus!!! Funny puppy!
joan nova - January 8, 2009 at 11:46 am
…so this is a random giveaway? We don’t have to do anything? Could I be that lucky?
Patsyk - January 8, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Great giveaway! Can’t wait to see who’s lucky enough to win next month! Yum!
Núria - January 8, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Happy New Year sweetie!!! This sounds so exciting!!! I would love to try all these giveaways… I’ll cross my fingers 😀
Thanks so much for the mention, Jenn. Chorizo is always a winner ;D
I’m finally back into blogging and my batteries are fully charged so… be careful… there I gooooooooo!
Ivy - January 8, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Good luck to everyone. It would be weird winning tzatziki!!
Carolyn G - January 8, 2009 at 3:57 pm
What an awesome giveaway! Thanks.
Peter G - January 8, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I’ll be sure to look out for it….and yes Nuria is a sweetie! Pepino looks so cute Jenn!
kat - January 8, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Oh what a yummy giveaway!
courtney - January 8, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I love Cedars. Are they Chicago based? We have Cedars of Lebannon restuarants and they have a line of food sold to stores.
Lisa - January 8, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Cool! I love Mediterranean anything. Cute doggie!
Navita - January 9, 2009 at 2:40 am
WoW….pita chips, hummus, chorizo….Jenn am envious of u..lol..love all the delicacies.
Hey Congrats dear on being mentioned in MFA.
Great job and I hope to receive a few goodies this time. (fingers crossed!)
Take care sweets
Dharm - January 9, 2009 at 6:31 am
Yum Yum! All that stuff looks so inviting! Hope the new year is treating you well so far!
grace - January 9, 2009 at 8:16 am
i’m all over this–good hummus is quite possibly my favorite concoction of all time. 🙂
Natashya - January 9, 2009 at 9:48 am
I always get a can of Cedar’s dolmathes in my stocking. I just love them. Great give-away!
Bellini Valli - January 9, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I hope they ship to Canada:D
Dragon - January 9, 2009 at 8:58 pm
That is one lucky dog 🙂