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The Awesome #Giveaway and Generous #Sponsors for #HotSummerEats

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Hot Summer Eats is almost here. I have rallied a talented group of 18 food bloggers who will be posting recipes for an entire week. From June 1st through June 8th, we hope to inspire you for your summer grill dates and cookouts, provide you with ideas for your beach bonfires, and get you planning those ice cream socials and cocktail hours. Not only will you find over a hundred summery recipe posts, but you can enter to win our awesome giveaway, courtesy of some amazingly generous donations from sponsoring companies. See details below.

The Sponsors
(with links to their homepages, in alphabetical order)


 The Prizes
BenBella Vegan will provide one winner with one print copy of each of their Spring 2015 releases: Love Fed, by Christina Ross (March 2015); PlantPure Nation Cookbook, by Kim Campbell (March 2015); Plant-Powered Families, by Dreena Burton (May 2015); Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living, by Lindsay S. Nixon (May 2015); and China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook, by Del Sroufe (May 2015).

Casabella will provide one winner with a trio of kitchen gadgets that are perfect for summer entertaining: a set of two large ice cube trays; a citrus juicer and reamer; and a cherry pitter.

Gourmet Garden will provide one winner with each of their stir-in pastes (basil, chili pepper, cilantro, dill, Italian herbs, garlic, chunky garlic, ginger, lemongrass, oregano, parsley, and Thai seasonings), each of their lightly dried herbs (basil, chili pepper, cilantro, ginger, and parsley), and two Gourmet Garden logo coolers.

Not Ketchup will provide one winner with a prize pack of four fruit ketchups - Blueberry White Pepper, Cherry Chipotle, Spiced Fig, and Smoky Date.

Quirk Books will send one winner a copy of their cookbook Summer Cocktails by Maria Del Mar Sacasa, photography by Tara Striano.

Spicely Organics will send one winner their Backyard Barbeque Gift Box.

T.Lish will provide one winner with each of the three current flavors: Sweet Garlic, Asian Sesame, and Chipotle.

Members of the Sauceology Group have donated a summery prize pack that includes six delicious products. You will receive either the Calypso Kick or Island Thyme Spice Rub from Caribeque, Garlic Goodness Hot Sauce and Chai Curry Chup from Intensity Academy, Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette from Out of the Weeds, Guava Girl Gourmet Grilling Sauce from Pirate Jonny's, and Southern Gold Barbeque Gold Sauce from Voodoo Chef.

The Giveaway
begins June 1st and ends June 8th
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 Disclaimer - Thank you to #HotSummerEats sponsors BenBella Vegan, Caribeque, Casabella, Gourmet Garden, Intensity Academy, Not Ketchup, Out of the Weeds. Pirate Jonny's, Quirk Books, Spicely Organics, T.Lish , and Voodoo Cheffor providing the prizes free of charge. These companies also provided the bloggers with samples and product to use for#HotSummerEats without additional compensation.All opinions are my own.
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  1. Debra EliotseatsMay 28, 2015 at 1:46 PM

    Can't wait. Working on my posts now.

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  2. mmstarlaJune 3, 2015 at 8:29 PM

    How awesome! Thats a hard something to tell because I love so much during Summer. Lately I have really been loving shrimp,chicken and steak kabobs with fresh in season vegetables! So yum! Also, a fresh strawberry mojito will get the job done each time! :) xo Starla B

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  3. Tampa Bay Afternoon DelightJune 7, 2015 at 3:05 PM

    My favorite part of summer is corn! Grilling it, making salads and salsas with it, using leftover corn to make soup - the corn options are endless!!

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  4. sandy zJune 8, 2015 at 9:18 AM

    Grilled Veggies and Mushrooms!

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  5. Cookaholic WifeJune 8, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    Favorite summer recipe has got to be steamed crabs with corn on the cob.

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  6. UnknownJune 8, 2015 at 4:42 PM

    I love Greek Turkey Burgers on the grill topped with Tzatziki and cucumber and Greek Santorini on the side.

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