Dish Up the Love This Holiday Season

Disclosure:  I received the products below to review in exchange for sharing my honest opinion.

Baker’s Secret, Pyrex and Corning Ware has teamed up this holiday season to benefit Feeding America through the Dish Up the Love holiday campaign.  Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks leading the fight against hunger.  I think those are great brands to partner together for a great cause at a perfect time.  I think during the holidays so many get wrapped up, myself included, that we sometimes forget about slowing down and enjoying the holidays, our friends and family, and being thankful for what we have.

Well this holiday season I am definitely slowing down (well I am going to try at least) and showing my family how much they mean to me.  One way I show I care is through meals I host at our house.  I go all out from serving dinner on our wedding china to creating a bunch of new dishes each holiday meal.  Pinterest and me are like buddies.

Anyways, back to the Dish Up the Love campaign.  Basically you submit a recipe that helps Dish Up the Love with your friends and family and your entered for a chance to win a trip or other great prizes from the fabulous sponsors – Baker’s Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare!  Not only will you get a chance a winning but for every entry received they will donate $1 to Feeding America!  The $1 will then help provide about 9 meals to local food banks from Feeding America!

Here’s how the program works:

• Cooks and bakers can post their recipe, family story about the dish and photo (optional) on WorldKitchen.com/dish-up-the-love or Facebook.com/BakersSecret
• Dish Up the Love will donate $1 up to $50,000 to Feeding America for every recipe shared
• Each recipe shared will be entered into a weekly sweepstakes to win a suite of Baker’s Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare products weekly
• Chef Antonia Lofaso will select the winning recipe and accompanying story
• The winner will receive the grand prize trip for two to New York City during Valentine’s Day weekend and a suite of Baker’s Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare products

So here is my go-to holiday recipe, well one of them:

Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower with Cranberries and Crispy Onions

Ingredients:

• 1 large head cauliflower
• 3 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil, divided
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 tsp. Ground Black Pepper
• 1/2 cup French Fried Onions
• 1/2 cup Dried Cranberries, divided
• 8 oz. Ricotta Cheese

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Cut cauliflower into bite sized florets. Place on a large baking sheet and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup French Fried onions.
3. Bake for 18 minutes or until cauliflower reaches desired tenderness and onions are brown and crispy. Then remove from oven.
4. In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese with 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
5. In a medium bowl, toss warm cauliflower mixture with dried cranberries. Spoon ricotta mixture on top and fold gently, leaving large bits of ricotta.
6. Garnish with cranberries and crispy onions. Serve immediately.

Notes:

• This reheats well in the microwave for leftovers.
• For a big holiday dinner, you may want to double the recipe.
• You could also add in some nuts if you’d like.

VISIT:  Don’t forget to submit your recipe for a chance to win and to help support a local food bank!

WIN IT:  (1) US winner will receive a Dish Up Love Bakeware Prize Pack

• Top Chef’s Antonia Lofaso new cookbook, A Busy Mom’s Cookbook
• Dish Up the Love apron, to keep your pretty clothes, well pretty!
• Baker’s Secret Signature  9”x 13” Oblong Cook N’ Carry w/Plastic Cover – Perfect for baking brownies for your kid’s holiday party!
• Pyrex Easy Grab 3qt Oblong w/Plastic Cover – Bake your famous chicken and potatoes and afterwards store away the leftovers. The nonporous glass won’t absorb stains or odors.
• CorningWare French White 2.5qt Baker w/Glass Cover – Table-worthy bakeware that can be taken from the oven to the table – less dishes to be washed!

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