Summer Entertaining Giveaway!

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Since our summer entertaining season is upon us I think it's time for a giveaway! The good folks at Vanity and CSN Stores have generously donated an $80 Gift Card to use at any of their online stores. The winner will have their choice of any of the fantastic items they carry.

So if you would like a chance to win just leave a comment answering this:

  What's your favorite 4th of July food?

And because it seems the popular thing to do is to offer multiple entries….if you Tweet or Blog about it you can enter again for each. Just leave another comment stating you did just so! Giveaway lasts only one day and ends Monday, June 28th. Good Luck and thanks for playing along!

Congratulations! to  Sherry @ No Minimalist Here said:  Heather, You must have fresh garden tomatoes on the table. Thanks for this great giveaway! xo, Sherry

255 Responses to “Summer Entertaining Giveaway!”

  5. Courtney

    my favorite fourth of july treat is just what you showed in your photo … watermelon! nothing is better on a hot summer evening than a sweet, juicy, chilled piece of watermelon! my nana’s potato salad has to be a close second though!

  6. Lori-Anne

    Can I change the question just a little bit? Since I’m Canadian and our Big Day is just a couple of days earlier (July 1), I’ll tell you what my favourite food to eat then is: Pancakes with fresh strawberries and whipped cream (red and white, like our flag). I think if I was American I’d make it even BETTER with strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream – red white and blue! Oh, yummers!

  10. Jamieng

    Just posted this giveaway on my FB. Can you tell that I thinki this is a fabulous giveaway?! BTW, Jamie and Jamieng are both me, switched profiles on accident 🙂

  11. Connie

    I think my favorite is strawberry shortcake – made with homemade biscuits and whipped cream.

  13. Journal

    S’mores is my favorite. Every year, we try to think of new yummy combinations in addition to the traditional s’more. My favorite new combo is Peanut Butter cups, marshmallow and graham cracker.

  15. Amy

    Oops, my first post didn’t take…
    Homemade ice cream with fresh peaches on top!

  16. Lynn@HappierThanAPigInMud

    Has to be watermelon! We always got the long ones when I was a kid and Ma would cut the end off and I’d eat it with a spoon like it was a bowl!

  17. Lynn@HappierThanAPigInMud

    I’m a follower too (love your chicken coop!). Thanks for the fun give-away!

  22. Comrade Ade

    Who doesn’t love the good ol’ Star Spangled 4th of July Angel Food Cake?!? (maybe some sangria with fresh fruit to go along with it!)

  23. Jenny

    My mother’s birthday cake! I make it for her every year, with sparklers, instead of candles. It has been a tradition throughout her life, since she was a little girl. Her mother made it for her back then, when the whole family got together in Luna Pier, MI, to celebrate the 4th of July on the water. I took it upon myself in recent years to take over the tradition, and I know how much my sweet Mama looks forward to it, and the memories it brings back each time.
    Jenny

  26. Alisha Rivas

    My MIL makes an incredible potato salad and my FIL makes really yummy tri-tip. So excited about next weekend. You have made me hungry now 😉

  27. Alisha Rivas

    Already a your Google friend 🙂

  28. suzanne

    Favorite 4th food? probably grilled burgers! and yummy Napa Oriental Salad…..
    Suzanne

  30. Shana

    Corn on the cob and Homegrown tomatoes. We have the best tomatoes where I live. Just grab a tomato and a salt shaker and bite.

  31. Abby

    Love strawberry shortcake for dessert….there’s something about the warm biscuit mixed with fresh strawberries…mmmmmm

  37. Cris

    I am a Google Reader follower. Desserts with berries – red raspberries, blueberries, red white and blue!

  38. shannon

    barbecued hamburgers with all the fixins. yummmmm!

  39. Dianne

    I love the simple white cake decorated as an american flag with whipped cream, blueberries and strawberries. I never eat white cake any other time of the year and I think the recipe came from an old Better Homes mag. Love the 4th!

  41. Carol Casey

    My middle daughter is a 4th of July baby. And when she was small she thought any time there were fireworks it must be her birthday. She will be 25 this year and we still have to have a big birthday bash for her complete with hot dogs and a huge cake. She graduated from nursing school in December and will have to work this year on her birthday, but we’re going to celebrate a couple of days early so that she can still have family around.
    Smiles,
    Carol
    jcdas@msn.com

  42. Spark

    The menu changes from year to year, but the one thing that stays the same is fresh cucumbers from the garden, peeled, quartererd and salted. Yum!

  43. Kelly

    Homemade ice cream…it wouldn’t be the 4th without it!

  44. Mari

    Im Canadian and we celebrate Canada day on the 1st, however I do have American friends and one year they had the most amazing crayfish bake (cray fish, potatos, clams and corn) and it was all over the table (on news paper) and it was the best time I had in years. For dessert they served strawberry short cake, with real cream… It was so good : ) So we’re doing it here for July 1st.

  45. Susanne

    Hey, I’m following you on Google now. Actually it’s got a couple things I use like the currency and language converters, who know it could be so convenient?!
    We used to camp alot when we were kids, so of course we’d be camping for the 4th. One of the things we used to make was “pudgy pies”. 2 slices of buttered bread with pie filling in the middle placed in a little cooker thingy you’d put in the camp fire. Cook each side a few minutes and pop it out. Hot and nummy.
    Thanks for a chance at the give away, Susanne.

  46. Katie

    The 4th of July is my favorite holiday next to Christmas. My oldest daughter was born on the 4th and it hasn’t been the same since. The 4th wouldn’t be perfect without an iced cold watermelon cut in perfect little cubes! YUMMM! I am not joking when I say I can eat the whole thing! Deviled eggs are also a delicious side for the 4th. EVERYTHING is good when it is shared with wonderful friends and family!
    Have a FUN 4th!

  47. Lisa@Pickles and Cheese

    This is an exciting giveaway! My favorite 4th of July food is Strawberry Pretzel Jello. The crust is made with pretzels, butter, and brown sugar, with a layer of cream cheese and whipped cream and strawberry jello and strawberries on top. I haven’t made it yet this year but plan to for next weekend. I’ll be sure to post the recipe when I do. 🙂

  49. Terri Gordon

    What a wonderful giveaway, I would say my favorite holiday food is fresh fruit salad with blueberries, strawberries, watermelon. I also love great potato salad. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Happy July 4th. Terri

  51. Karen Chaudoin

    Hot dogs! I’m a follower and love your magazine ideas!

  52. Jill

    Well you just can’t beat watermelon, or even better – fruit salad.
    I’m already your google friend! ::Jill

  53. Cheryl

    LOBSTER with real butter. When you live in New England, 4th of July usually means Lobster.
    I am also a google friend
    Thanks, Cheryl

  55. rachel crisman

    This may sound strange but it’s olives.I come from an Italian family and my grandfather always brought olives to the cookout and we kids would fill up on olives before the burgers were done.It brings back fond memories.

  59. Patricia

    Definitely have to be potato salad of some sort. I like trying different recipes. Also lots of blueberries and strawberries with shortcake and whipped cream are a must! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

  61. sissie

    My favorite July 4th food is hot dogs, of course. I like them with chili, slaw, mustard and onions. Yum!!
    Thanks for such a great giveaway.
    hugs
    Sissie

  64. Debbie

    I love to make dirt pudding for the kids…I put it in a “terra cotta” plastic pot and add a real garden trowel (used only for the dirt pudding) to scoop the pudding out. It comes complete with gummy worms and a “sunflower” for added fun. It is soooo yummy, too! Thanks for the giveaway offer!

  65. shannon

    Hot Dogs, I love hot dogs and they are even better on the 4th of July with fireworks!!!

  67. Lisa

    I would have to say cherries and all the fresh berries we have here in CA. Love the photos on your blog!

  75. Deborah & the gang

    I have to say hot dogs with the works…mustard, onions, chili, cheese, relish, sour kraut…whatever i can load on it…and scorched over an open fire of course.

  76. Deborah & the gang

    I have to say hot dogs with the works…mustard, onions, chili, cheese, relish, sour kraut…whatever i can load on it…and scorched over an open fire of course.

  77. Deborah & the gang

    I have to say hot dogs with the works…mustard, onions, chili, cheese, relish, sour kraut…whatever i can load on it…and scorched over an open fire of course.

  78. Deborah & the gang

    I’m a follower, too. Thanks, Heather. We would love to see recent pictures of the girls ;D

  79. Deborah & the gang

    I’m a follower, too. Thanks, Heather. We would love to see recent pictures of the girls ;D

  80. Deborah & the gang

    I’m a follower, too. Thanks, Heather. We would love to see recent pictures of the girls ;D

  83. shabbyloft@aol.com

    Hi Potato salad and burgers….I would love to win, Stanna

  88. Gail

    Definitely potatoe salad, yes I’m a faithful follower!! Thanks…..

  89. Trina

    Anything and everything fresh and summery! Watermelon is a must. So is potato salad and anything BBQ! And festive cupcakes too! I’m starting to salivate! ; ) Trina

  92. Valarie Kraft

    Ah, definitely cherry pie. MMMM….now I can’t wait until the 4th to enjoy some. Thank you for such a wonderful giveaway.
    xxoo Valarie

  97. Lili

    I am a follower! Thanks for the chance for this very generous giveaway! ~Lili

  98. Kelly

    My favorite 4th of July treat is corn on the cob, with a squeeze of lemon, and butter and salt!

  102. Diana Thompson

    It has got to be my dads famous Brazilian barbequed steaks, definately the best!!!!!

  105. Heather

    My favorite Fourth of July treat is strawberry shortcake!

  106. Gina

    I would have to say my mom’s potato salad. It is to die for!! Yummy!!

  108. Connie

    ANYTHING on the grill! And salads, any kind, especially potato salad – but only my mom’s recipe!

  111. homeandheart

    My step mom’s potato salad, and sweet icy cold watermelon!
    Thank you for the giveaway chance!!

  112. June

    Heather my favorite 4th of July food is a macaroni salad that my MIL makes. I tweak it a little for my own family and add fresh dill to it, but it is so yum!

  113. Michele

    Devilled eggs! I could eat the whole plate.

  115. Robin McKeirnan

    Flag cake with FRESH blueberrys and strawberrys of course…..Thanks for the work (fun) you post for all of us…!!!!

  117. Jenny

    Watermelon and any dessert involving fruit and whipped cream!

  118. Evelyn

    WATERMELON and PEACHES! Sooooo goood and refreshing

  120. Sylvia

    Baby Back Ribs are my favorite food for 4th of July.
    Love this giveaway.

  122. Shirley Hudson

    I love my husband’s potato salad and his baked beans….so close on the plate they run into each other and make a great combo!

  125. Jennifer

    My grandma’s potato salad hands down. Not a summer celebration without it! 🙂

  128. Emily

    fried donuts made from biscuits rolled in sugar, or powdered sugar, or homemade strawberry ice cream or homemade peach ice cream. Oh how am I to decide?! This post is making me really hungry.

  129. Carrie

    My favorite 4th of July food is Homemade Ice Cream! Yum. I know I could find something gorgeous to serve it in with the gift card.

  134. Alina

    I love the grilled BBQ baby back ribs!
    Also, I have twitted about this amazing giveaway! 🙂

  135. Jennifer S

    You really can’t beat a nice fresh watermelon…but I feel like that is cheating since that is the pic you posted, lol. I live where there are a lot of watermelon fields and the smell driving by is just so yummy..! I also like a good cupcake. 😀

  136. Maddy

    Simple sheet cake drenched in jello..coolwhip and dressed up as the American flag. I will be making it for a party on the 4th!!!

  138. Claudia Twardus

    My favorite 4th of July food is Strawberry Shortcake!
    Thank you for the opportunity! I am a big admirer of your photography!
    Claudia from Antica Treasures

  140. Emily

    This is going to sound very very cheesy, but one of those dessert salads made of red, white, and blue jello!

  141. Kimberly

    H~ Watermelon! Just had some today and it was delish. 🙂 Blessings, Kimberly

  142. Becca

    Homemade ice cream, like grandpa always made.
    Becca
    becca-homeiswheremystorybegins.blogspot.com

  144. robyn

    OH yum…4th of July food…charcoal grilled burger, potato roll, cheddar cheese bacon, bbq sauce and grilled onions! yum

  146. Emily

    Seafood packets on the grill, or BBQ Ribs! I also love homemade ice cream and usually don’t have time to make it!

  147. Lori

    When I was a kid we always had homemade ice cream and watermelon on July 4th. Since my daughter was born we have been doing Root Beer floats as our tradition. Yummy~! Lori

  148. melody

    well there are usually so many wonderful goodies, but I would have to say the s’mores around the campfire while we watch the fireworks in the evening would have to be at the top of the list!

  149. pamq

    Popcorn!
    I like to get a big bowl of popcorn and go sit out on the front step to watch the fireworks that are fired off over the huge old open-cut gold mine in Lead, SD…

  152. Pia

    Strawberry and blueberry pizza. It is not actually pizza, it is a tart with cream cheese and fresh fruit…yum!!! And potato salad is a close second.

  153. Mary

    Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a tradition around here for the 4th!

  155. Alison Gibbs

    If I wasn’t an Aussie I would definitely be over there celebrating 4th July with you guys and having some yummy potato salad.
    Alison

  157. Mountain Mermaid

    am a follower!
    favorite is bbq ribs, corn on the cob,sliced tomatoes and cucumbers..and homemade ice cream!yummy!
    Loui♥

  158. Charlotte

    Thanks for the opportunity for the awesome giveaway! My favorite is a hollowed out watermelon “bowl” filled with all kinds of fresh fruits (including the watermelon, and a light dressing of honey and lime juice. So refreshing!!

  159. marcus

    My favorite fourth of July food is chilled asparagus tossed with toasted sesame seeds. It’s the only thing my entire family would eat, and it was so pretty in the clear glass bowls on grandma’s wobbly old card table. It’s not my favorite for the taste (which was delicious), but for the fact that everyone was together & smiling.

  163. ClassiclyAmber

    My food tastes change a lot…but right now, I would have to say garden fresh watermelons [thanks to your cute pic above!] and homemade ice cream. Or how about homemade watermelon ice cream? I dunno, maybe that would be good? Yum!
    [ClassiclyAmber at gmail.com]

  165. Natalie

    My favorite 4th of July food has to be corn on the cob–with lots of melted butter. Luckily, in Indiana, we’re never far from good sweet corn 🙂

  166. Happy Nester

    I would have to say that my favorite is a good old cheeseburger on the grill, but potato salad is a close second.
    Monica

  167. kathie

    gotta be the “popcicle”. make mine orange, please!!!

  169. susan

    my mom’s potato cheese casserole 🙂 thanks for the chance! susan

  170. flaviasoapsandmore

    We Love to grill! but during 4th of July I love to make Roasted Eggplant and other veggies like portobello mushroom and zuchinnis once nicely grilled I drizzle them with a balsamic, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper vinagrette, optional is to sprinkle some mint on top! it is so good!
    Chiara

  171. amy

    A grilled hot dog and some homemade ice cream.

  175. mmorein@yahoo.com

    I love grilled corn along with anything else on the grill and then homemade ice cream with fresh fruit toppings for desert.

  176. iffer

    My grandparents’ homemade ice cream with strawberries or blueberries.

  177. Romelda McKee

    Ever since living overseas with young children, we have “Happy Birthday America” birthday parties. So, a red, white and blue cake is the favorite with a sparkler of course.

  178. lisaboutell@gmail.com

    Margaritas! Is that a food??! Actually anything on the grill eaten outside and with good company!

  180. teresa

    Love shrimp grilled and a big slice of watermelon! That makes for a happy day

  181. Lisa

    Homemade peach ice cream! With fresh peaches and thick cream, there’s just no beating that sweet, icy goodness on a hot and humid Virginia 4th of July!

  182. rebecca

    We always do a shrimp boil for the 4th, shrimp, smoked sausage, onions and corn smothered in Old Bay! 🙂
    I follow you on Blog Lines (yahoo), does that count? lol

  184. Jennifer

    Hmmm, that’s a tough one. There are so many good things to choose from, though I think watermelon is right up there. Ice cold, and dripping down your arms as you eat it. Yum!

  185. psmullican

    My dad’s bbq’d pork steaks and my mom’s potato salad surrounded by those I love most at my folk’s lake house.

  187. Tracy Barkett

    Fourth of July reminds me of my summers on Cape Cod. So I would have to say lobster tails with butter and some homemade potato salad.

  191. pattycole12345@gmail.com

    i am also a google friend. thanks for the great giveaway.

  196. Darlene L

    My favorite summer food: without a doubt is Homemade Ice Cream. Not only for the taste, but for the social event it creates and the memories of my father cranking that old machine. Now we use an electric maker, but still tastes yummy. Our family recipe has also evolved over the years and we really should write it down. Thanks for the chance to win!

  198. Maureen S

    Cheeseburgers on a charcoal grill. Mmmmm.

  199. racheel

    A family tradition for the Fourth Of July is homemade icecream with fresh strawberries and blueberries!

  200. Lolo

    Yay for Giveaways!
    So, does an ice cold beer count as food?! LOL
    Actually, my favorite food is my hubby’s bbq’d ribs. Its a 4th of July tradition and noone does them better!

  202. Carla H.

    My favorite 4th of July food would have to be what you have pictured…sweet, juicy watermelon!

  205. Cathy Wegner

    Corn on the cob! I could eat it everyday during the summer.

  209. Jenny Lawton

    Fruit salad with melon, strawberries, and pineapple!

  212. Jennifer

    Smoked, fall off the bone ribs. Eaten on a table covered in newspaper, preferably in the company of family and with a good beer.

  213. Michelle Whittaker

    As my former Navy husband would say…sliders and rollers…or what most of us call hamburgers and hotdogs! =]

  214. Kathy

    …the local u-pick cherries at Sugar Plum Acres.

  217. Trudy Gowin

    My favorite has to be anything that my Mom made (she’s with Jesus now). Her fried chicken, potato salad..I kept an envelope with celery seed that she gave me for YEARS and cried when I used the last of it, and lemonade still make me think of her.

  218. Robyn

    I love thick juicy slice of watermelon. I’m a follower!!

  219. Robyn

    I love a thick juicy slice of watermelon. I’m a follower!

  220. Ali

    I have a major sweet tooth, so desserts for sure. Mmm, apple pie!

  225. Suzie

    We make vanilla ice cream and it is the BEST!

  227. Alice

    There’s nothing better than fresh sweet corn from the garden. A little butter, a little salt…..ahh, heaven!

  230. Jen R

    I love the 4th of July because of family, friends, fireworks, and homemade ice cream. Yum!

  232. Karla Nathan

    Everything tastes better on a holiday at a party, doesn’t it? I guess I have to say corn on the cob, since I am a mid westerner!
    Hope your holiday is a good one.
    Karla

  234. Debbie

    Hi Heather! We were just talking (and arguing) about this. We all have favorites…(50 relatvies when we do holiday food fests!) Hot dogs on the grill, watermelon, homemade ice cream(2-3 flavors) potatoe salad, baked beans (with brown sugah and bacon) and sweet tea! Yummy!
    A few vintage tablecloths and serving dishes and we are all set!
    Blessings,
    Debbie

  235. Maureen C

    Hamburgers and grilled corn on the cob!

  237. Jessica Roth

    Grilled burgers and potato salad and of course Marion Berry pie! Heather, I really enjoy your blog!

  238. Sharon

    Favorites are ribeye steaks and corn on the cob, on the grill.

  239. Sharon

    I am following you on GFC. Thanks for the entry!

  240. Kim L

    my new favorite is warm twice baked potatoes with Gouda cheese, sour cream and green onions. A welcomed change from the normal potato salad!

  241. Vintagebejoyful

    Does it get any better than rootbeer floats!!!
    Tracey

  244. Sandi

    My favorite 4th of July food is watermelon hands down! It is okay if I am too late to play. 🙂 Thank you!!
    Blessings~

  247. peg karrasch

    It’s got to be corn on the cob! There is such a short time that you can enjoy this favorite. Peggy from PA

  248. Cydney Wade

    Ribs, good succulent country pork ribs done up slow and tender!

  250. crystal

    For 4th of July, my favorite food is figs stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped with prosciutto on the grill as appetizers, gourmet burgers for lunch and s’mores in the evening around a bonfire!

  251. Kirstin

    Homemade vanilla ice cream with sour cream pound cake!

  252. julie

    oh! i love all of it! ribs, cole slaw, and apple pie! thanks for the chance!

  254. Cherie B

    Grilled baby back ribs and grilled corn salad!
    YUM!!

  255. Robin Smith

    Coney dogs with the works and Grandma’s potato salad!

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