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This Week’s Foodie Freebie: Cuisinart Stick Hand Blender

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Welcome back and Happy Monday! Hope your weekend has been a fun and relaxing one. For me, it was a light weekend of culinary adventures including:

Cookbook & Housewares Swap – friends came over and brought gently used cookbooks and kitchen/housewares to swap with others. It was a great way to share what we no longer wanted or needed and find something different to take home!

In the Kitchen: Homemade Pasta – friends came over and we had a field day in the kitchen making homemade pastas! Check out what we made and be sure to come back all week for the recipes!

This is actually a short week for me since I will be going out of town on Friday. Where am I headed? Boston! Friends from What’s Cookin, Chicago are joining me for a little foodie getaway where we’ll be doing some culinary tours of Boston to find some foodie hotspots! But just because I won’t be here on Friday doesn’t mean Foodie Freebie Friday won’t continue…

It’s soup season with the colder temperatures and sometimes all I’m in the mood for is a smooth, creamy soup. Sure, broth soups are great but the world of soup spans more than chicken noodle. A great way to achieve a smooth soup is with a stick or hand blender. This powerful tool allows you to make creamy soups right in the pot! Aside from soups, you can use a hand blender to make shakes, smoothies, whipped cream, the list goes on. So a lucky winner this week will be receiving this Cuisinart Stick Hand Blender:

The versatile stick design of the Cuisinart® Smart Stick® Hand Blender lets users blend ingredients right in pots, pitchers, bowls, or the clear plastic beaker that’s included. A powerful 200-watt motor operates with an easy one-touch control. Blends drinks, purées soup, mixes pancake and crêpe batters in seconds! Both stainless steel blending shaft and beaker are dishwasher-safe.

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  • Immersion hand blender equipped with powerful 200-watt motor
  • Blade provides smooth blending; protective guard helps prevent splattering
  • Simple push-button controls and lightweight design for one-handed operation
  • Dishwasher-safe stainless-steel blending shaft; 2-cup plastic beaker included
  • Measures approximately 3 by 3 by 14-1/8 inches; 3-year limited warranty

Some guidelines:
– Giveaway is only for those who live in the United States – my apologies to my international readers!
– You must check back on my blog on Friday to see if you’ve won so you can claim your prize!

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment answering:

– What is your favorite kind of soup?


Deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 12 midnight CST.

ONE WINNER will be randomly chosen by Random. Org’s Interger Generator based on the number of your comment and will be announced on Friday, October 16, 2009. Good luck!

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  3. Jaime says

    There are so many that I love, but for a favorite, I have to go back to basics and pick a good chicken noodle with celery and carrots, and the thick Amish/home style egg noodles.

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  10. Kim says

    A creamy sweet potato soup. Perfect for today, where the trees have both leaves (it is just barely October after all!) and wet, gloppy snow.

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  17. Eva says

    Does pho count? If not, I would have to say Chinese seafood soup (I don't know how it translates into English).

    evitawylie at hotmail dot com

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  26. Anonymous says

    I hearty vegetable soup that is almost like a stew. Served with fresh bread and cheese, what could be better!

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  28. jezinthekitchen says

    I have no idea what it's called, but it's a soup my mama made when we were growing up … chicken, bean thread noodles, ginger and veggies … *drool* … I now make it for my family and it always makes me smile with memories 🙂

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  38. kylee says

    I am a soup kind of girl.
    French onion, potato, and my all time favourite Carrot/Cilantro (on my blog) gets rave reviews.

    Definitely could use an immersion blender for it though!

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  47. Marcie says

    I love zuchinni soup! I had never tried it before this year – but, it is definitely one of my new favorites 🙂

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  54. Molly Jean says

    Oh I love ALL soup. That's about the only thing I've been eating lately! Although the top favorites in my rotation have been broccoli cheese, minestrone, and french onion… mmmmm!

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  57. Jenn says

    Great giveaway! That would be so much easier than trying to puree in my food processor! My favorite soup is a cream of pumpkin that I make with leaks, pumpkin, and sage 🙂

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  119. Aesha says

    I love a great corn chowder. Next best is broccoli cheese. I recently took a soup class at Flavour in Forest Park to expand my soup repertoire a bit, and had a fantastic asian noodle soup, so that may find its way to the top soon!

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  122. Tammi says

    My absolute favorite is my mom's beef "stew", it has stew meat, potatoes and carrots in with homemade tomato sauce, salsa, worcestershire sauce, and season salt! Yummy!

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  126. What's Cookin Chicago says

    Bob said…

    Joelen

    I am trying to comment on your soup contest but cant get into the comments

    My favorite soup is one I found just this past January while travelling in Vietnam Pho — I ate it every day in all 3 cities that I visited, Saigon, Hue and Ha Noi. THis weekend my daughter treated me to a Vietnamese feast that started with — of course, Pho.

    bobstar101@gmail.com
    October 12, 2009 8:23 PM

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  130. Working Mom - Jenn Nadeau says

    My favorite soup for this time of year would have to be butternut squash soup. Seeing as how they're talking about snow for the end of the week (eek – it's not even November yet!), I think I may have to make some of this up!

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  133. Amy I. says

    Ohhh I've been coveting an immersion blender, it's at the top of my list of things I'd love but can't splurge on at the moment! My faves are tomato, french onion, and matzo ball.

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  138. Katie says

    Oh my gosh! I am dying to make this Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Hazelnut Oil recipe that I found online, but it requires an immersion blender just like this!

    I would say that my favorite soup is baked potato, even though it's not exactly in the "health" category.

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  150. Elizabeth says

    It's hard to beat clam chowder in a bread bowl eaten near the ocean. However, if I'm feeling a bit more virtuous I'll go for some vietnamese pho, yum!

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  152. *s says

    It is definitely hard to choose just one! However, one of my favorite soups is cream of broccoli — esp. from Nookie's Tree (on N. Halsted) if you go on a Saturday night. yum! My favorite soup that I've made though is corn, crab and shrimp chowder. Hmm…now I'm thinking I need a change in my weekly menu 😉

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  157. Susan says

    I love soup especially the cream soups. They have tons of flavor. Seafood chowder is my all time favorite especially when it is cold outside with oyster crackers. YUMMY!!!

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  160. Karrie L says

    I love soup so much – I look forward to fall coming just so I can make soups. My favorite is potato chowder with bacon and chedder.

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  161. Unknown says

    Oooh, this sounds great! My favorite soup is roasted red pepper with tomato basil! It's pretty simple and doesn't require "hardware". But this would be a great incentive to branch out!

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  163. Melissa says

    My new favorite is butternut squash soup. We grew them in our garden this year, and I made a couple of varieties – it was so easy & healthy too!

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