If you’ve followed my blog in the past, you may have noticed that I use my instant read thermometer on a regular basis. Why do I insist on this seemingly extra step? Because I think it’s important to make my food as delicious as possible and that includes the texture of the meat that I’m cooking. I am not a big fan of chewy, dry and rubbery meat:). I prefer to eat chicken, roasts and steaks when they are tender, moist and juicy.
Since I think that a thermometer is such an important tool in the kitchen, I will be having a giveaway of 3 CDN instant-read thermometers. This is the same thermometer that I use in my kitchen, and I love it.
- It’s small – so it doesn’t take too much space.
- It’s quick – in a matter of seconds you will have know the temperature.
- The probe is a modest size – you won’t end up with a huge gaping hole in your food.
- It’s accurate – that would be the most important selling point, of course.
To enter the giveaway, just write a comment answering this question:
What is your signature dish to prepare with meat/poultry/fish? What is the dish that everyone raves about and begs for recipes when you serve it?
If you’re still learning to cook, what is the dish that you’d love to learn how to cook and would love to impress the people you love with?
- You can also be entered into the giveaway by sharing a link to my blog or a recipe that you like on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Write a comment here, explaining how you shared it.
- You can be entered up to 3 times in the giveaway.
- The deadline for the giveway is Monday, February 18th at midnight. The winner will be announced the next day, on Tuesday, February 19th.
- This contest is open to all continental US residents.
I would like to learn how to make a turkey, I have never made a turkey before just little chicken, but I would love to learn!
I always make baked salmon for parties. it is SUPER easy and very tasty. I always get asked if i’ll have any salmon at my parties.
I would love to learn how to bake a ham like the ones in the honey baked ham store. They are so juicy and never dry!
Otbivnie. I love me some chicken cutlets!
I love to make pot roast but I use pressure cooker since the meat comes out juicy and soft and doesn’t take 1-2 hours. I’ve tried in the oven, slow cooker or just plain stovetop but pressure cooker produces much juicer meat and faster too. I also like to fry Tilapia fish but can’t seem to find one that is wild caught so haven’t cooked it for some time now (I avoid farmed fish for health reasons).
It would have to be BEEF PLOV, always tender beef and so much flavor
altogether. Plov is always requested from me for family gatherings.
I would love to make a turkey. Never made it before but I’m eager to learn!
I have pinned your Red Velvet Mini Cakes and plan to make them this week!
http://pinterest.com/pin/14425661278468562/
Golubtsi and baked chicken breast these two dishes are always in demand, and when we have guests or family they always rave about them:)
Chicken Parmesan is what my family always asks me to make. I am not a pro with the Russian dishes yet but hope to get there in the near future!!!
I love to make friend chicken…it is super easy (but messy) and very tasty!
I love to make for dinner Rustic Chicken with Carrots and Onions I got it from your website,and easy and yammy and very fast to prepare it,,so when I have unexpected quess for diner this is a first what I getting on my mind to cook ,,.thank you.
http://pinterest.com/pin/82542605642555408 I also pinned this recipe
This is one recipe that everyone always asks for. I never do it by a “recipe” so all measurements are not exact, they are estimates.
(ukr) Тушена Риба – Roasted (?) Fish
Ingredients:
10 pieces of whiting fillet
salt
pepper
3-4 eggs
1 1/2 – 2 cups seasoned flour
vegetable oil
unsalted butter
3-4 medium carrots
1 large onion (2 med)
1 28 oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cup half&half
Depending on the size of the fillets, you can cut them into halves. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on each side.
In a medium bowl put eggs and a little bit of water and beat with a fork for about a minute or two.
In another medium bowl put about 1 1/2 cup – 2 cups flour add some salt and pepper and mix.
Get a large skillet and heat some oil in it on medium.
Dip the fillets into the eggs, then into the flour. Cook the fish until light brown. Flip the fish to cook the other side also.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Dice the onions. In another skillet melt about 1 tablespoon butter. Add the onions. While the onions are sauteing, grate the carrots. Add to the onions. (Add more butter/vegetable oil) if needed). Cook for about 5 minutes, mixing every couple minutes. Add the tomato sauce and the half&half. Mix everything together.
Get a glass/ceramic baking dish. (I usually use a round 12″ ceramic dish).
Put a bit of the tomato sauce mix in the bottom and spread it with a spoon to coat the bottom. Put one layer of fish. Then a layer of the tomato sauce. Then another layer of fish. Then some more tomato sauce. Keep doing that until you use up all the fish and tomato sauce. If you still have some tomato sauce left, just pour it all on the top layer.
Cover the dish with foil and bake for about 35 – 45 minutes. Let it cool for a bit (15 mins) before serving.
Chicken marsala or BBQ grilled chicken are the favorites in our house. We love chicken, I can eat it 7 days a week
Thank you for the giveaway and all the yummy recipes! Love your blog!!!
my husbands plov with lamb. its so far our dish that everyone ask about it and always wanting to try it, especially my sister, when ever she hears my husband is going to make plov she goes nuts, drives 40 minutes just to have some.
I love making salmon. Its always so delicious and so easy to make!!
My roast beef! My dad says it’s better than my mom’s!
http://pinterest.com/pin/517984394611834836/
I pinned your chicken morsala on pinterest
And i make a different recepie for chicken morsala that my family loves, but i really wanna make your and didnt get a chance too yet because i dont have this wonderful thermometer, so hopefully i can win this to make your recepie:)
I’m famous for my fried chicken!!….and I would love one of these thermometers!!
I would love to learn how to bake the perfect turkey so it would turn out to be juicy and yummy and not dry. I just recently started trying out different meat recipes and your blog is one of the best:)
I like to make baked chicken that are in a sauce and has cheese on top. (I don’t have a name for it) but out of anything making dessert it my favorite; and Tiramisu I will never get tired of.
I like to make baked chicken wings/drumsticks. When there is chicken on sale, I stock up for the freezer to pull out anytime. Easy to make and very delicious, and goes with anything, or eat just plain with ketchup. Love your website, I literally check it daily now. Just finished making your chicken kotleti, and will start on the sharlotka (apple) pie now.
My kids love the shrimp linguini that I make.
I love making teriyaki ribs! Theyre one of my favs!
I make real good cabbage rolls (golubtsi). Ppl love them and everyone asks how i do those and always enjoy the “just right” texture and flafor.
Also i shared your link on Twitter!
Thermometers in the Kitchen and a Giveaway j.mp/YU3rGt
Thanks a lot!!!
Pinned famer cheese cookie recipe
http://pinterest.com/pin/311241024217822597/
Raspberry mousse dessert
I love making steak or anything with meat like kotleti. My hubby loves it too!
pinned it http://pinterest.com/pin/273593746084842604/
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pinned it http://pinterest.com/pin/500392208567375323/
i would love to try/learn making ur Chocolate Honey Layer Cake – Торт “Спартак”!!!
BBQ chicken. My father in law shared it with me, it is awesome!:)
I do a variation of shrimp scampi. Use a stick of butter for about 4 lbs of shrimp, 3-4 gloves of garlic, one lemon, some pepper flakes and a little bit of salt. I try to buy either extra large or jumbo shrimp and cook them for just a few minutes until they turn pink – it’s one dish that always first one to be eaten…….
My hubby always asks for chicken otbivnue. And I don’t mind making them.
My fish tacos and secret sauce
I make a good chicken and broccoli dish. And everyone always wants to know my gingersnaps recipe!
Lately it’s been Taco soup (with ground beef) and Buffalo Chicken Dip (with shredded chicken breast).
I would love to learn how to make your stuffed chicken marsala or your beef stroganoff. i love meat
I pinned your amazing Sugar Cookie recipe: http://pinterest.com/pin/13933080069373247/
My specialty is grilled salmon, have not had a party or dinner without a compliment yet, and most important it is super easy
I usually asked to bring dessert, that’d be more my specialty… Otherwise shrimp pasta…
I want to learn how to make real Uzbek plov with lamb or how my mom makes it, tried it couple of times with no success :/ but practice makes perfect! It’s just one of those dishes. I almost never go wrong with baking though!
I’ve never made a roast chicken, and I want to learn how to do it.
The one dish I always get tons of compliments on is Mushroom Rice (adapted from Taste of Home cookbook )and Baked Salmon (natashaskitchen.com), oh and Korzinki (my moms recipe). Lately my husband asks for Velveted Chicken Stir Fry on weekly basis.
Roast chicken! It’s so easy but a classic.
The dish i always get the recipe asked for is chicken in bbq sauce. It is simple but so good!
grilled chicken
Chicken Parm.
Oven roasted veggies: I use a little olive oil and season salt tossed with whatever veggies happen to be in the fridge – brussell sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
I would like to master turkey recipe
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Tweeted https://twitter.com/kravcvad/status/301750321204559872
My signature dish is very time-consuming, that is why I make it only on special occasions. It is a famous Russian pie called “KURNIK” that is known as the Tsar of all pies and is usually made for weddings, important guests and foreigners. The Kurnik usually consists of several layers of chicken, mushrooms and some kind of Kasha (buckwheat, rice, ets.)divided by blins (crepes) and covered in the yeast dough. The most difficult part is the intricate decoration of the top. Guests are usually stunned when they see my Kurnik.
I Would love to master crispy fried Chicken!!!!! Tried soooo many recipes and none come close to the way i like it!!!
I would love to master macarons!
My all time favorite meat to make is ribs! Everyone loves it and its just so easy prep it and toss it in the oven and then just eat it
hope I win!! 
A slab of BAKED SALMON.
-Drizzle it generously with lemon juice.
-Sprinkle with salt.
-Mix olive oil with basil, black pepper, & crushed garlic. Top the salmon all over.
-Bake @350for 30min or till fish is opaque depending on your oven.
Alwys moist & delicious! Everyone loves it!
This is one recipe that everyone always asks for me “Surna Babka” or “Surnuk” with cherry on the top. Yummy.
we all love the Pasta Shrimp Toss – linguine rich in delicious sauce accompanied with veggies and shrimp. delish!! but i would love to learn how to make chicken saltimbocca. my friend brought it over for Christmas party and everyone raved about it. however, dessert is my specialty!
also pinned the cranberry-raspberry cake roll found at http://pinterest.com/pin/119486196335713179/
My fav dish to make is baked salmon with salsa on top!
My awesome And delicious Dish Would Definately Be Tefteli With cream Sauce
I really want to master making kievskiy cake. The crunchy part always comes out soft on the inside…. Maybe it’s my oven or I heard humidity plays a role in it…. Anyways still working on that:) but other then that ur recipe was awesome!
my coco rulet with dulce de leche creme and roasted hazelnuts is my signature dessert..
My husband loves beef… So he loves when I make the petite beef tenderloin. And that’s why one of the reason I would love to have thermometer
http://pinterest.com/pin/13933080069389331/
Pinned your Salmon recipe. Will Definitely try this. I always cringe at the price of the salmon in the store…
Shared your potato and chicken casserole on Facebook!!! I’ve made it before and it was very good!! Thank you for running this food blog!!
Deep fried turkey is the specialty. Family begs us to make it for holidays. Comes out tender and juicy every time.
I love to make blackened salmon. Turns out flaky and juicy every time.
I like to make pelemeni and salmon…just put whole wild-caught salmon fillet with skin on and brush some mayo mixed with salt,pepper and lots of fresh parsley all over the salmon. Then top with bread crumbs and put slices of lemon on top.. Bake and enjoy!!!
My husband loves my zuppa toskana and i love my husbands pork kebabs
, everybody ask him to make it when we get together
I made a Southwest flavored turkey with chipotle gravy for Thanksgiving a few years ago and my family is still talking about that delicious bird!
My all time favorite dish to make is Parmesan chicken. Easy to make, everyone loves it and its my husbands favorite!
Marinated and baked salmon…my husbands favorite. Also whole roasted chicken is a hit in my house!
One of my favorite meat dishes to make is baked steelhead trout in a creamy mushroom sauce. Its so fast & easy to prepare yet so delicious and flavorful! Was a big hit at our dinner party:)
Beef burgeon is my specialty. I make it in ten crockpot so it is mighty tender.
Mind sharing the recipe?
I shared your page on my Facebook :$
My signature dish is beef/chicken lasagna. My family loves it and I’m cooking it today
Also pined a couple of the recipes from your Pinterest
I make really good meatballs
Shared the giveaeway on FB
My husband and I make delicious sarku(chicken and rice)
Shared on Facebook.
I pinned delicious sweets on Pinterest:)
Моим фирменны блюдом в нашей семье признали отбивную рыбу…процесс относительно долгий , но рыба получается очень сочная в румяной мягкой корочке. Проготовлю, обязательно сделаю фотку и пришлю с описанием!
а многие спрашивают ..это куринное филе ?
Shared your page on FB.
I would love to do a turkey for my family
thanks for the giveaway
I shared it on Facebook.
I make a KILLER lasagne! In addition to lots of seasoned meat, cheese cheese cheese! Ricotta, mozzerella, cottage, etc. Mmmmm!