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GIVEAWAY: Win a $50 Dominick’s gift card and enjoy a “Culinary Challenge” dinner at home!

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UPDATE: GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! The winner is T23!

It’s always fun to mix things up at mealtime, and our family loves many varieties of food. With German, Italian, Jewish, and Filipino heritage in our household, both my husband and I love to cook a wide variety of ethnic meals. So, when Dominick’s asked if I’d be interested in cooking up a meal involving international ingredients as part of a new promotion, I didn’t hesitate!

This was Dominick’s “Culinary Challenge:” They’d send over a $50 Dominick’s gift card and the names of two surprise ingredients if I agreed to make dinner for my family with the ingredients and blog about the meal for my readers, including the recipes I used. And, to make it even more fun for you guys, they’re giving me another $50 Dominick’s gift card to give to one of YOU so that you can have your own Culinary Challenge at home too!

My Dominick’s Culinary Challenge Ingredients? Dell’Alpe Italian Pear Tomatoes and Goya Coconut Water! I had a lot of fun creating a dinner for my family with these, and for all the details, read my “The Most Perfect Hawaiian Pizza” post at this link!

Want to win a $50 Dominick’s gift card and enjoy your own “Culinary Challenge” dinner at home? Simply post a reply in the comments under this article that contains YOUR favorite international ingredient or international dish!

Dominick’s has requested that readers enter on TWITTER too, so follow me @SuperCouponing on Twitter and tweet YOUR favorite international ingredient or international dish for a BONUS entry into this giveaway! Use the @Dominicks handle AND the #DominicksIntl hashtag in your post, and you’ll be entered to win!

This Dominick’s Culinary Challenge $50 Gift Card giveaway begins today, September 30th, 2012 and runs for one week. The giveaway will end on October 6th, 2012 at 11:59pm CST, and on October 7th, I’ll choose a winner via a random number generator!

More about the Dominick’s Culinary Challenge:

We know cooking for your family is an important and fun part of your day, and Dominick’s has an exciting opportunity for you to change things up a bit by incorporating international products into your meal.

Dominick’s stores have more than 1,000 new international items with great everyday prices including Italian, Polish, Hispanic, German, Kosher, Irish, Asian, and Middle Eastern. Some of the brands you may recognize include:

7 Days
Chio
Dell’ Alpe
Makaron Staropolski
Kinder Bueno
Racconto
Crich
Goya
Garden

The challenge: Use two surprise ingredients for in a dish or meal for your family!

Legal: This giveaway is sponsored by Dominick’s. Posting a comment on the blog including the name of an international ingredient or dish qualifies readers to enter. Tweeting on Twitter the name of an international ingredient or dish utilizing both the @Dominicks handle and the #DominicksIntl hashtag in your post qualifies readers for an additional entry. More than one post per participant on the blog and on Twitter do not increase chances of winning. The contest began at midnight CST on September 30, 2012 and will end at 11:59pm CST on October 6, 2012. One winner will be chosen via random-number generator on October 7, 2012 and announced the same day. Winner will receive one $50 gift card to Dominick’s. Products, prize, information, and giveaway have been provided by Dominick’s. I have received a $50 Dominick’s gift card, as well as information to help promote international brands at Dominick’s as part of this giveaway. Winner will be contacted via the Private Messaging feature of JillCataldo.com and via email. If a winner does not reply to the message within 48 hours of notification, that winner will forfeit the prize and a new winner will be chosen. Fulfillment will be handled by Dominick’s. Giveaway is only open to residents of the United States. Odds of winning are determined by number of eligible entries received. Good luck to everyone!

Comments

  1. I like to use grape leaves to make dolmades, or stuffed grape leaves. A ton of work, but soooo worth it. Delish!

  7. It’s a chicken stewish type thing from Belgium. I’ve never been able to successfully recreate it, but I’d love to try!

  10. My favorite international ingredient is any kind of Irish tea. I am not a coffee person so I love to drink hot tea. Right now I am enjoying Barry’s tea from Ireland.

  11. Goya has so many different products that are great. I love making mexican food. My favorite dish is chicken flautas with beans and rice on the side.

  13. I LOVE hummus- so many great flavors on the shelves…but love to make my own with chickpeas and tahini!

  14. Anything Italian goes in this house! We add Mozzarella & other cheeses to everything, and all kinds of sauces on pasta and veggies.

  15. This has become a new favorite in my house. It always turns out great with the Nasoya won ton wrappers I buy at Dominicks! They also have eggroll wrappers available for an extra special treat.

  17. I would love to try the Dell Alpe parmesan cheese, I would make a parmesan cheese sauce to pour over chicken and sauteed veggies, yummy!

  19. I have quite a few international dishes I like to make at home: Spaghetti Alla Carbonara, Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry, Fried Rice, and Mexican Lasagna.

  27. Was hard to pick just one international ingredient, but this is my most recent favorite find. Mix with olive oil & toss with pasta or spread a little on your pizza crust to add a deeper dimension to your pizza. Or for a great appetizer spread. Layer it between cream cheese & top with nuts. Delish!!!

  30. We use Goya canned unsweetened coconut milk in our oatmeal each morning. (Most of the coconut milks in the refrigerated section have sea salt or carageenan in them) I use Dell Alpe tomato paste (in the tube) to thicken up my homemade salsa.

  36. My husband loves mexican food and I like to eat vegetarian so beans and tortillas, whold wheat or crunchy are often used in our house with lots of cumin.

  37. When boiling the noodles for my baked mosticoli I add a little olive oil to prevent the noodles from sticking to each other. At the time of preporation, I add a layer of spinach along with the noodles, sauce, and cheeses for color and flavor. Makes for a good extra main dish on Thanksgiving! :)

  39. So many to choose. I love Mexican so any hot pepper or chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce so many good dishes w that one. Thanks jill

  41. The most international dish anyone will eat here is tacos and fajitas. With lots of Guacamole!

  43. My favoritie international food to make is Schnitzel. My family is of German descent and my Mom good good hearty German meals all the time growing Up.

  44. Chicken Gnoochi soup is a favorite since hubby and I had it at Olive Garden. That darn family of mine will eat everything. Much cheaper for me to make it at home then to take us all out. Gotta love family sit down dinners. :)

  45. Our newest favorite! Great for breakfast and dinner.
    High in protein, high in fiber, fast and easy to prepare and very tasty!
    Gluten free too.

  49. I have sooo many that I love, but I will have to say one of my very favorites is lemon grass, especially on chicken!

  53. Our favorite international food to make is Norwegian lefse. Both my family and my hubby’s family are Norwegian – but we both grew up eating lefse differently. My family ate it with just butter and had it as a bread with meals. My hubby’s family ate it with sugar and butter and had it as a dessert.

  56. I’m Polish, German & Irish and my husband is Puerto Rican so this ‘seasoning’ is a staple in my house just the same as bread and milk! We use it for stews, soups, arroz con gandules, and black/ pink beans as well. LOVE the smell when it hits the pan and starts simmering! *mmm, hungry now!*

  59. hummus, extra virgin olive oil, pita bread, these items are a staple in this household! Dominick’s is one of my favorite place to shop, their Rancher’s Reserve and Open Nature Lamb are great products.

  60. We love artichoke hearts and throw them in with everything especially pesto and penne pasta.

  62. Loves to cook and he usually doesn’t tell me what’s in it for fear I won’t eat it!! LOL…I do know he uses extra virgin olive oil and some wine that he bought to marinate chicken with…and I must say, it was good!!

  66. Ricotta, virgin olive oil, artichokes, Italian lunch meats, so many as I am 100% Italian descent. Also, like Goya black beans, etc.

  68. Jasmine Rice is very popular in our home. Great with proteins and vegetable. They could eat it every day. Olive oil is another. Great with pastas, proteins and vegetables.

  70. I use Lee Kum Kee char siu (barbeque pork) sauce to marinate chicken wings. Before baking them in the oven, I sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. The last time I made these, the family circled the wings like a bunch of hyenas. :)

  71. I enjoy pierogi and Krakus ham. Reminds me of Sunday dinner at grandma’s. Thanks for the chance to win!

  72. black beans & avocado – anything with a mexican flare!

    Thanks for doing this contest ;-)

  75. Hummus is versatile and can be utilized in so many ways. We also love guacamole, naan bread, and teriyaki marinade on meat and salmon.

  80. Dominick’s is my favorite grocery store to shop at and their open nature product line is one of the best!

  84. Great Brands at Dominicks include
    Buitoni pasta (good with or without sauce)
    Michelena’s frozen manicotti entree’s

  85. Found out after I got married that spaghetti sauce is called gravy! Gravy is great on a lot of things,

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