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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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I love a simply bowl of cherries, sweet and cold !
06/27/2011 6:31:58 PM CDT
Love fresh cherries, but I also love to make cherry jam.
06/27/2011 6:33:26 PM CDT
I love to add dried cherries to cookies and muffins. The flavor is strong enough to blend well with oatmeal. My kids add them to their ice cream as a toping.
06/27/2011 6:37:11 PM CDT
Cherries - lovely in steel cut oatmeal with brown sugar and cream!
06/27/2011 11:10:16 PM CDT
I can't eat fresh cherry, so I usually bake a pie or make jelly/jam. Prefect for 4th of July!
06/27/2011 10:45:10 PM CDT
Cherries in vanilla yogurt with granola, or just by themselves. With such good cherries here in California, fresh is best!
06/27/2011 10:46:07 PM CDT
Cherries, best food ever!!!! I eat them in salads, main dishes, side dishes, breakfast, dessert, flaming, frozen, blended, fresh of the tree.This post was supposed to be longer but I got hungry....excuse me while I go have a sweet, good to eat, bowl of yummy goodness. Cherries!!!! Ahhhh.....
06/27/2011 10:56:38 PM CDT
When I was a young girl my best friend and I started a summertime tradition. We would get on our bikes and meet halfway between our houses, going through miles of wooded trails. When we met up, we would eat a bag of cherries together. Sometimes I wonder if there is a cherry tree growing at that spot now...from all those cherry stones...
06/29/2011 10:29:20 PM CDT
How can anyone resist dark chocolate cherries?!?! :-)
06/29/2011 11:39:55 PM CDT
My favorite way to enjoy cherries is in a dish of ambrosia with fresh orange slices, and shredded coconut.
06/29/2011 11:41:17 PM CDT
dried cherries in oatmeal-intense!
06/29/2011 11:06:19 PM CDT
I love cherries and my favorite way of enjoying them is by going to a local farmers market and putting them in the fridge to get chilled. There is nothing better than a nice cold cherry on a summer day.
06/29/2011 11:08:05 PM CDT
growing up, I loved cherry pie, but now I just love to eat fresh cherries and spit out the pits! I had no idea how good they were when all the cherries in my life were maraschino...
06/28/2011 11:51:31 PM CDT
Straight up fresh cherries while sitting out on the patio is my all-time favorite way to enjoy cherries! I'd love to get more creative.
06/29/2011 4:40:24 PM CDT
I love to eat my fruit/ cherries after a hard morning workout my protein shakes.. with a bunch of berries try to include the whole berry family so I can get my antioxidants n all the other vitamins iron,vitamin c,potassium etc.. helps me with my sugar cravings also lost 60 pounds from 260 everyone go organic no pesticides less chance of cancer im all for it
06/29/2011 11:30:30 PM CDT
I love Cherry anything! <3 I love to eat Fresh Cherries the best though :) but I love to make healthy cherry pie too!! CHERRIES ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!
06/30/2011 12:50:32 AM CDT
I love eating cherries by itself, as well as when they are blended into ice cream!
06/30/2011 12:53:47 AM CDT
Growing up, there was a cherry tree in our yard, and mom would make the best sweet/tart cherry pies!!! Today, I still love cherry pie but dried cherries added to salad are my favorite new thing.
06/30/2011 4:29:49 AM CDT
I love to eat freshly picked bing cherries!
06/30/2011 2:41:12 AM CDT
wonderful
06/30/2011 3:22:18 AM CDT
I try to come up with great dishes for cherries when i buy them, but by the time I decide what to make, most of them are gone ;)
07/01/2011 5:07:34 AM CDT
Chilled cherries are the BEST !!! Also, I love cherry banana bread, cherry waffles and pancakes....yummy !!!
07/02/2011 4:33:29 PM CDT
I love dried cherries in oatmeal, added to whole wheat couscous w/toasted pine nuts, and mixed w/dark chocolate and almonds. It makes a healthier version of a peanut cluster. Love fresh cherries in the summertime just by themselves too!
07/02/2011 4:36:24 PM CDT
You've got to try adding dried cherries and chocolate chips to pancakes. They're delish!
07/02/2011 4:39:14 PM CDT
I always eat fresh cherries on road trips to Eastern Washington to go fly fishing with my best friend Dan! On a hot summer day there is nothing better than having the windows rolled down and spitting the pits out on the side of the road :)
07/08/2011 2:40:57 PM CDT