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CONGRATULATIONS TO KEN MARSHALL OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI!
People often use the catchphrase “Life is just a bowl of cherries” to mean that life is going well, but we don’t want to stop at just a bowl; we want to bring you a big basket full of cherry goodness! A yummy cherry pie—especially one spotted cooling on a windowsill—has come to signal summer and its sweet flavors, and this basket features all the ingredients you’ll need to bring your own very special cherry pie into fruition.
This isn’t just (cherry) pie in the sky! Enter a comment by July 12th telling us about your favorite way to enjoy cherries and you’ll have a chance to win the Cherry Fest Basket filled with pie making supplies and other special cherry goodies. One winner will be selected at random to receive our Cherry Fest Basket, a $100 value, plus a $50 gift card for you to pick up other important Cherry Fest items like a few pounds of juicy cherries and some ice cream to serve your pie à la mode.
Here’s what you’ll find in the basket:
- 6 Washable Produce Bags
- Good Grips 3.5" Paring Knife
- Pie Server
- 1 bag of Just Fruit Munchies (includes freeze-dried cherries, pineapples, raspberries, etc)
- Santa Cruz Organic Cherry Lemonade
- 2 Black Cherry Almond Clif Bars
- 2 Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew Kind Plus Bars
- Whole Food Market Cherry Almond Bath Bomb
- Celestial Seasonings Black Cherry Berry Herbal Tea
- 365 Everyday Value Black Cherry Soda
- Ceramic Pie Weights
- 365 Everyday Value Vegan Cane Sugar
- 365 Everyday Value Organic 100% Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- Ceramic Pie Tray
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Comments
Nothing beats raw fresh cherries for me!
06/26/2011 9:05:10 PM CDT
My favorite way to enjoy cherries is to eat them as they are. Yumm
06/26/2011 9:10:26 PM CDT
If I can stop eating them straight from the bag... I love to pit them and use them in salads. Or add them to the pan for a pan sauce... that was last year, before we went vegan, and don't need pan sauces anymore.
Cherries straight from the bag, truly, is my favorite way to enjoy them. Thanks for the chance to win!
06/26/2011 9:32:41 PM CDT
Cherries dipped in white chocolate. THE BEST.
06/26/2011 9:41:34 PM CDT
I cut cherries up, mix them with vanilla ice cream, and then freeze the mixture in some ice cream pop molds. My kids and I love them!
06/26/2011 9:45:43 PM CDT
I love cherries in pie or tarts, especially with orange and almonds!
06/26/2011 10:05:36 PM CDT
My favorite memories are just sitting outside on the ground with a bowl full of fresh cherries and eating them all by themselves. Then we had contest of who could actually tie the stems in a knot. Simple fun. And clean in some regards unless of course you got them on your clothes!
06/26/2011 10:41:31 PM CDT
i love eating them fresh out of a bowl of ice water!
06/26/2011 10:57:24 PM CDT
I love cherries just about anyway they are served. I love to eat them fresh, I use them in a recipe I made up myself call cherry chicken, I also like to take the cherries and cook them with diet soda and top them with fat free frozen yogurt or chocolate angel food cake.
06/26/2011 11:31:25 PM CDT
I prefer cherries in their natural state...fresh off the tree or fresh from the produce section of Whole Foods or local farmer's market! Rinse them off, pop them in your mouth...YUM!
06/26/2011 11:42:40 PM CDT
Just off the stem is fine by me! And spitting out the pits all over the place is a requirement.
06/26/2011 11:54:25 PM CDT
I love sneaking cherries while I am cutting them up for my delicious 'Chocolate Cherry Loaf'!
06/27/2011 12:36:34 AM CDT
I live to buy your while fresh cherries. I pit them and then use them as the nutritious potassium base for my breakfast smoothie which also includes grapes, apple, chard or kale, carrot, flaxseed, and a bit of soy milk. If I want it super cold I'll add some ice cubes. It is filling and incredibly nutrient dense.
Try it. You'll like it!
Susan
06/27/2011 12:42:55 AM CDT
Homemade cherry cobbler is my favorite! With ice cream on the side, of course!
06/27/2011 12:51:58 AM CDT
I adore cherries au naturel or dipped in dark chocolate. Yummy!!!
06/27/2011 1:22:06 AM CDT
I'm not sure what I would make but, I'd probably start with soaking the dried cherries in Lemoncello first. Maybe adding fresh cherries to that to make a pie? Whatever I do, I have to win that basket first.
06/27/2011 4:26:12 AM CDT
Ever since I was little a cherry pie has been my favorite treat, nothing beats a warm pie with a little vanilla ice cream! Chocolate covered cherries are too bad either ;)
06/27/2011 5:51:05 AM CDT
Black Cherry hummus!!!
06/27/2011 6:06:39 AM CDT
My great-grandmother's homemade cherry pie! Yum!!
06/27/2011 6:37:27 AM CDT
I love to whip up a batch of cherry preserves so I can enjoy the cherries long after the season has ended and share it with family and friends.
06/27/2011 7:20:31 AM CDT
I like my cherries washed and in a bowl. I pop each one in my mouth and spit out the seed. The best! Second choice is dried cherries in homemade granola with toasted almonds. Yum.
06/27/2011 7:41:55 AM CDT
We love making a cherry pie! :)
06/27/2011 8:27:39 AM CDT
Hey Jennifer! Love the posts!
I like to eat cherries just as they are, but making a cherry pie sounds like fun. :)
06/27/2011 8:31:47 AM CDT
I love making cherry coffee cake.
06/27/2011 8:35:01 AM CDT
I just fell in love with white cherries on Staurday after trying them for the first time at the farmers market! I love them by themselves of course or in a fruit smoothie with peaches and other berries or alone with some mango or banana. They're great to use in cherry popsicles; sliced and sandwiched in between peanut or almond butter with toasted sliced almonds; covered in chocolate; and of course on top of a sundae! So happy Cehrries are in season right now! I definitely need to find the washable produce bags! I already bought the resuable bulk bags the day they came out on the shelves!
06/27/2011 9:01:47 AM CDT