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by Kristin M. Lesney

Add Some Garden With Del Monte – $25 VISA Gift Card Giveaway

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It’s so important during the long winter months that you keep a healthy diet. It’s important for many reasons and one being you feel better and you don’t get as sick. There are simple ways to incorporate fresh fruits and veggies into your meals. To help inspire you Del Monte is offering a “Add Some Garden” Contest. Visit the Del Monte Facebook page from November 5th through February 4th to enter the Del Monte “Add Some Garden” contest for the chance to win one of the many prizes available, including kitchen appliances, and $25 or $500 gift cards to Williams Sonoma.

There will be five phases during the contest in which Del Monte will feature a different canned variety every two weeks. Fans will have five days during each phase to submit their best tips, and consumers will be able to vote for their favorite tip during the second week of each phase
The five winning tips for each phase will then go head-to-head for a chance to win a Grand Prize culinary travel adventure, valued at $10,000, which will be announced February 15th

Facts About Del Monte:

  • Del Monte canned fruits, vegetables, and tomatoes contain the same essential nutrients as fresh varieties
  • Del Monte fruits and vegetables are grown in the best growing regions of the United States, providing consumers with a consistently quality product
  • The majority of Del Monte products are picked at the peak of ripeness and canned on the same day, to ensure nutrients and flavor are locked in

Giveaway!

Five (5) Del Monte canned varieties- Green Beans (1), Corn (1), Diced Tomatoes (1), Peaches (1), and Pears (1) and ONE $25 Visa gift card

 

Main Entry: To enter, tell me how you add extra veggies and fruits in your diet. Also be sure to enter the Del Monte Facebook Contest.

Extra Entry Methods:

      •   Twitter –  www.twitter.com/DelMonteFoods
      • Join my community.
      • BLOG ABOUT IT!!! 5 entries.
      • Grab my banner(shoot me an email; I’m willing to exchange banners) 1 entry.
      • SUBSCRIBE: (located home page, right hand side) 2 entries.
      • 1 extra entry (Follow on Twitter and/orFacebook)
      • Tweet once a day for an extra entry.
      • Like Our Ordinary Life on Facebook
      • Add me on Google+
      • You can always leave a comment on any non-giveaway post.

Giveaway ends 12-01-2012

 

“The Del Monte product, information, and two gift packs have been provided by Del Monte.”

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  13. I’m so lucky. My family loves all the vegetables and fruit I can provide. In fact, it’s hard to keep a fresh supply on hand.

  19. Thanks for the giveaway… we have fresh fruits or vegetables with every meal; use pureed fruits & vegetables in our cooking i.e. sauces, desserts, etc.

  28. I add more fruits and veggies to my diet by incorporating them into different salads, pasta sauces, as sides or just fresh. I also do the occasional smoothie 🙂

  41. I try to eat fruits and veggies for snacks…or add them to smoothies…or add fruit to my oatmeal, etc.

  42. We do it with salads. Nuts, dried fruit, veggies on top. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win.

  52. i try to eat a fruit in the morning and a fruit in the evening every day. i also work towards at least 4 servings of veggies a day!

  53. I incorporate veggies in pasta and meat loaf, and have muffins or breads made with fruit whenever I can.

  57. We incorporate fruit with dessert and we love our green beans anytime we have mac & cheese. For convenience, sometimes we get our daily fruit servings with the help of the jello fruit cups.

  65. I love fruits and some vegetables so I eat them pretty often. When I feel like I need a little more vegetables, I just make a nice soup filled with them.

  72. I love fruits and veggies, I eat them at every meal and snacks too so I have no problem getting extra in

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  80. I subscribed via e-mail. (Lieutcrunch27 at gmail dot com)

  82. I liked delmonte on facbeook and follow them on twitter (Chris Alejandro) @lieutcrunch17

  83. I typically buy easy to pack fruits and veggies like fresh fruit cups and baby carrots.

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  89. I try to add more veges in my diet daily by snacking on fruit and adding veges to my cooking for example spinach to my pasta dish.

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  92. I like to add things like carrots in our turkey burgers, also add veggies to other dishes that don’t necessarily call for them. Broccoli in the tacos etc. We eat a lot of fruits and veggies.

  97. I make soups, cassaroles and stews and add vegetables so my kids hardly know they are there.

  102. I try to make more soups, stews and salads all the use more veggies.

  103. I just eat them and I’m lucky that my daughter loves veggies too, so I don’t have a hard time getting her to eat them.

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  106. I’m a vegetarian, so my diet is mainly made up of vegetables and fruits. It’s very easy to combine vegetables with pasta or rice and you can make a variety of great tasting dishes.

  119. I like to make fruit salsa to get a nice variety for my toddler to eat

  120. I make sure to have a salad at lunch and dinner. Sometimes lettuce, sometimes spinach and sometimes fruit.

  126. we love veggies and fruit..I like to add veggies to casseroles and make fruit salads

  144. We often eat a salad for dinner with just a bit of protein added, and lots of soups

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  150. I shred and chop carrot really fine and add to meat and pasta sauce as a bulking agent.

  151. i make a good cobbler filled with fruits

    and a casserole of veggies

  156. I pack everyone’s lunch and always put fruit, a fruit cup or apple sauce in with it.

  173. like to add veggies to my mexican rice and always add lots of veggies to chicken and other soups

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  181. I like adding veggies in pastas and soups

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  186. I really love pasta– so it’s really easy to sneak some veggies into it– I especially like eggplant, tomatoes, and artichoke hearts

  188. I like to make a fruit salad with whatever fruit I have in the refrigerator for dinner most nights. This gives us a sweet treat for our evening meal which takes the place of dessert most times.
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  199. I add canned fruit to my cold cereal and I also add it to top off a scoop of low-cal ice cream

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  202. By adding fruit to desserts and always make sure to have two veggies cooked a night
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  204. we add extra veggies through breakfast breads/muffins (carrot, zucchini, etc.) and also through desserts (choc. beet cake, pumpkin bread, etc…)

  206. I make sure I have a veggie at lunch and dinner and have a banana in the morning and some type of fruit for an afternoon snack!

    • I always add veggies to whatever meal we make. And we love fruit so we have it as our snack and bedtime snack

  222. I try to have 1/2 cup veggies with every meal..

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  225. Buying pre-made salads like beet salad makes it so easy to add veggies if you don’t have to spend a lot of time fixing them

  230. We have all kinds of salads. Fruit salad, garden salad, and many others.

  236. I visited the Del Monte Facebook Contest. We add vegetables as a side with every lunch and dinner meal, like carrots and peas or a small salad. We add fruits with every breakfast meal, like orange and apple slices.

  242. like on facebook and follow on twitter (Debra L. Guillen) @aliasr2

  248. I keep cut up vegetables in the refrigerator along with various dips which encourages my kids to eat more of them. I also cut up strawberries and watermelon when they are in season and pineapple and other melons. I

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  269. I have a food processor, so I tend to sneak veggies into the foods we love. Carrots in our spaghetti sauce, squash in our mashed potatoes, and beans in our tacos!

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  276. I am too lazy to make side veggie dishes, so I always add extra veggies to whatever one-pot meal I am making. It lets me cut down on the meat that I use, which is healthier and saves money!

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  283. Having them handy is important. Don’t we sometimes grab the snack food because it is handy and read to eat?

  285. I always keep cut up fruits and veggies in my fridge so that I always have a healthy snack.

  302. I try to eat a extra fruit or veges for every meal by munching on them while getting those meals ready!

  308. I had them in with “non” veggie dishes. I like adding extra to spaghetti. yummy sweepmorey at gmail dot com

  312. I make alot of soups and stews to get extra veggies into my family.

  317. I add extra veggies and fruits by using them in baking – like carrot cake and zucchini banana bread!

  323. I add veggies in casseroles and pastas and add fruit in my cereal and oatmeal.

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  334. I’m a facebook fan of Del Monte under username Jennie Tilson.
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  335. I try adding extra veggies to soups, stews, chili, meatloaf, and pizza.
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  347. I add extra fruits and veggies to my diet by adding them into smooties.

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  356. We add a lot of canned veggies to soups!
    Thanks for the cool giveaway!

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  377. I love fruit and veggies! Everyone else in my household is a different story. Hubby like V8 fruit juices so that’s about all I can get him to do.

  391. I like to add veggies like mushrooms and peppers to our lasagna. bekki1820cb at gmail dot com

  400. I add extra fruits and veggies to my diet as well as my families diet by serving at least one vegetable AND one fruit with every meal including dinner! It is not always fresh, sometimes I just pop open a can of Del Monte peas and a can of Del Monte fruit cocktail! I am definitely a southern cook, so I feel better making my family eat fruit to make up for the cornbread and fried foods and sweet tea that my family loves!

  401. I add shredded parsnips to my chowders- adds a touch tanginess and helps as a thickener.

  403. I make fruit smoothies and green veggie juices! It’s great way to get in my daily fruits and veggies!

  424. Luckily they love fruits! For veggies, I sneak them into other dishes, grated or pureed.

  443. I’m always trying to add some kind of veggie to our meals. Even if it’s in the pasta, or on the side.

  458. I add veggies to soups and pasta sauces – that works well.
    Fruits I add to yogurt, oatmeal or smoothies.
    Thank you!

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  469. I always serve veggies as a side dish
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  470. I toss veggies into almost everything: rice, beans, pasta sauce, and so much more.

  478. I like to include chopped vegetables in pasta sauce or lasagna or puree them into the sauce.
    Thanks for the chance!

  483. always include some sort of fruit in breakfast and some sort of veggie in dinner

  484. I try to sneak in veggies anywhere I can like using canned pumpkin puree in cakes or breads.

  498. After Thanksgiving, I’ll make turkey pot pies with some of the left over turkey and add Del Monte green beans, corn and peas & carrots.

  517. I add veggies to soups, and we eat fruit all the time. I like to make fruit smoothies

  525. i ADD FRUIT TO MY YOGURT AND VEGGIES WHEN I MAKE A VARIETY OF SALADS.

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  532. I sneak veggies into almost everything! Okay, not usually desserts, but I hide peas in mashed potatoes, carrots and corn in chili, throw them all together in a blended soup, etc. We definitely get our fair share!

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  543. I always add veggies to my sandwiches and even my pasta that way I know I am getting my extra veggies in somewhere!

  553. I try to eat fresh fruit everyday and OK usually put it in the kids’ lunch box too:-)

  556. I add canned tomatoes and zuccini to our spaghetti sauce. I also keep fresh veggies cut up and ready to eat in the fridge. My kids love to grab them and eat with ranch dressing.

  557. i add cans of veggys an tommatoes to my soups make like stews an too all casseroles

  567. we love green smoothies, usually spinich + citrus (pineapple, mango, papaya)

  575. I make a healthy green drink everyday for breakfast and sometimes lunch with fruits and vegetables!

  577. I keep fruit out on kitchen table so it reminds me to eat fruit & veggies, seems to work and buying fresh fruit & veggies at the store weekly

  585. We snack on healthy foods as much as possible, but also try to add them into snacks like jello.

  590. I like to make a stovetop casserole of mixed veggies, cream of chicken soup and pasta. I like to add big chunks of broccoli, cauliflower and zucchini.

  593. I add extra veggies by adding spinach and blueberries to my morning smoothies

  606. I add extra fruits and veggies in my diet by eating fruit for dessert and serving my meal over a bed of spinach or mixed greens instead of with a side of bread.

  631. We add them into our diet by snacking on them and by substituting unhea;thy options in recipes

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  638. I have no problem adding them in, I eat veggies every time I eat.
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  639. i MAKE FRESH SALSA, EAT SALADS WITH FRESH VEGGIES DAILY, AND INCORPORATE VEGGIES IN EVENING MEALS

  645. We love fruits and veggies so adding them to our day is pretty easy. We always have fruit on hand like the fruit cups in the winter when the fresh stuff gets expensive. For veggies, I find if its cut it will get eaten.

  651. You can sneak just about anything into a smoothie 🙂 That’s my favorite way to add some veggies to our diet.

  654. I try to eat 3 serving of either fruits of veggies daily. either a bannana for breakfast or some carrots or corn at dinner even carrots and peanut butter just to get some veggies in my body.
    My daughter loves corn and carrots also so i make sure to make some for her with her dinner each night and i pack some apples with carmel for her in her lunch for school.

  656. I try to sneak veggies onto my daughters fork when she’s not paying attention. I also add them to muffins.

  660. I have to admit that I’m not a veggie lover. I do like some vegetables in soup; and I love lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. My husband loves vegetables, especially any and all beans and squash. He gets most of his veggies when we go out to eat. He piles up on them at buffets. Fruit is not and issue. We all like fruit. We don’t always have fruit in the house at all times; but we eat them straight up or in yogurt, smoothies, with cottage cheese, etc.

  667. I like to add veggies to some of our meals, like adding them in sauces and to pastas.

  680. We buy the Del Monte fruit cups so my grandson can eat them as a healthy snack to get more fruits in his diet. We are usually really good about eating at least one veggie every night for dinner, too.

  690. We buy a lot of the fruit/veggie drinks for my grandson because green beans is the only one he really enjoys.

  704. I add fruits and veggies to lunches. I have been making veggie omlets on the weekends.

  711. I try to eat more vegetables by adding them casseroles, soups, etc.