I love seeing every milestone on my blog! It’s like the little engine that could!
Who would have thought that way back in September of 2008 I would be getting comments and so many visitors. When I look back on older posts, I realized that pretty much only my family was reading and commenting for the first few months!
It took me six months to reach 40,000 page views, in which my lovely Tony posted a guest post. Go ahead and read it, I’ll wait! 😀
And now I’ve reached another 100,000 in four months. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who takes time out of there day to see what I make, see Hannah grow up and share my life with Tony. It really means a lot to me that so many enjoy my little hobby! 😀
So let’s get on with the giveaway loot! My wonderful friend at Cabot Cheese has graciously offered their $60 cheese package! Not only do you get to sample their 50% and 75% reduced fat cheese, you also get a two pound block of their award winning Vermont Cheddar Cheese! 😀
You know how I loves the cheese! What I love about Cabot’s reduced fat cheese is that I don’t feel like I am being cheated – it tastes just as good as the full fat stuff. Please bear in mind that this will ship when the temperatures cool down a bit, so you may need to be patient on this. 😀
But wait, there’s more! I love Eating Well magazine because it uses real ingredients, nothing too fancy, just good clean food. So I will be giving away this cookbook!
And what’s better than one cookbook, but two?! I found this one at my Library and loved that it had simple, straight forward recipes:
But wait . . . there is more! Who wants four jars of my baja fresh salsa??!! I know dozens of you have made it, but if you haven’t yet, now is your chance to get it!
Here is my picture way back from 2008 – I think I’ve learned a couple things about taking photography these last almost two years!
Once canned, it will last up to a year or more. But I doubt it will even get you to the end of summer. Each year I say I am going to can more for the winter, but usually by December I am all out. I’ve been known to grill in December though to make more!
To win, simply leave me a comment. It doesn’t matter what it is. You can leave a comment telling me about your favorite cheese, what your last favorite thing you cooked, or maybe your most requested recipe to make for family gatherings – I’ll leave it up to you! I’ll pick a winner on Monday, July 25. Good luck!
I am tired – I didn’t get home from theB-52’s concert until 11:30 last night. I’ll leave you with a few pics – have a great day!
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I just wanted to tell you that I made your bacon wrapped potatoes on the grill for my parents last week, and they were delicious – everyone loved them!
Your blog has become one of the highlights of my day. I love your recipes and pictures. My last favorite thing I cooked was the Italian sliders with tomato compote. Wonder where I got that one? Ha! My kids, even the 4 year old, LOVED it! Next I’m trying those wheat pitas and chicken gyros. YUMMY!
This is an awesome giveaway…we LOVE cheese! I’ve just recently discovered your blog and so glad I did! I have been using it to get ideas on healthy, diabetic friendly meals (my husband was diagnosed 3 years ago this month). Thanks for the great posts and awesome pics…I get hungry every time I read 🙂
Congrats on the growth of your blog. I can see why people are hooked! I know I was when one of your recipes was featured on tastespotting.com. I keep coming back because I am a visual kind of person and am usually motivated to cook something if I see lots of pictures of it! Keep the good work and the photos up
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Congrats on the page views, you totally deserve it!
I wish that I got to cook what I really wanted to tonight, BBQ chicken, but alas Mother Nature decided to unleash her fury on Milwaukee tonight.
Congrats on 300K – that’s amazing! Looks like the concert was a blast too!
ive been reading your blog everyday since your challange, i love your blog, you give me creativity when cooking, your meals are amazing and with working full time, cooking the way you do and all your energy, i admire and respect you…bring on the cheese and of course the homemade salsa:)
keep it coming
connie munoz
Congrats! I have only just started reading your blog but have really been enjoying it. BTW…my husband and I went to the Cabot Cheese outlet store in Vermont last year during a weekend trip. They have free samples of ALL of their cheeses. It was one of the best afternoons of my life 🙂
FUN!! Congrats! I just ate some gouda at lunch
Have loved your site since I started visiting. Congrats.
and favorite cheese….ummm…pepperjack
congrats on your blog! you were the first food blog I ever read, and I still look forward to it everyday!
What an awesome giveaway! That salsa always looks so good! I love your blog.
CONGRATS!!!! Your blog is new to me. I saw the link to your blog on PriorFatGirl’s blog. The salsa looks amazing, I am going to make some and give it a try. One of my favorite cheese is Dill Harvati and at family gatherings I am almost always asked to bring my Cranberry Upsidedown cake that I make from scratch!
Congratulations on 300,000 views–that is astounding! Almost as astounding is the prize pack–holy moly! Oh, the cheese, the cheeeeese! The cookbooks! Best of all, your salsa! I have made it but I don’t think I did it right (it was good but didn’t knock my socks off) and would love to taste the authentic version. The last thing I made that I loved was a hamburger salad for dinner yesterday. Whenever I don’t feel like having a bun, I top a bed of lettuce with tomato, red onion, dill pickle rounds, a chopped up hamburger patty and drizzle the whole thing lightly with ketchup and mustard. It might sound weird but I adore it. Some day I’ll have to sprinkle on some cheddar to make it a cheeseburger salad!!!
Congrats on the milestone! That’s awesome! I LOVE Cabot reduced fat cheese. It truly tastes amazing!
Here’s my comment/quote:
here’s to the crazy ones. the misfits. the rebels. the troublemakers. the round pegs in the square holes. the ones who see things differently.
they’re not fond of rules & they have no respect for the status quo. you can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. about the only thing that you can’t do is ignore them..because they change things.
Wow! That’s quite a giveaway! Hey if you pick me, I’ll just drive up to get it, no shipping necessary! lol.
Let’s see…what to write??? Well, not to long ago, I found a recipe from the website Eat Better America for a Polenta Ratatouille. I was delicious!
And yes, I want that couscous recipe when you get it! Looks great!
(p.s. loved Tony’s guest post from back in the day!)
I enjoy your site so much. Here’s to 300,000+ more!
Hi Biz! I love your Baja fresh salsa – nothing else on the market compares to it. Congrats on your blog! Yahoo – way to go!
Congrats on the page views Biz!! My most requested recipe is actually banana oats. haha. Once people taste them, they’re always hooked! I can relate 🙂
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com