One Frugal Girl

Get Advice From Food Experts at The Dish and Enter to Win $50

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Do you blog about your trials and tribulations with food? Do you reach out to your readers every so often in search of new and exciting recipes? Are you tired of cooking the same meals night after night and looking for guidance from food experts?Do you ever wander the grocery store aisles in search of something new?

If you answered yes to any of those questions you should check out The Dish. The Dish is an online resource center (aka: a website) designed to help bloggers discover new recipes and read up on the latest food trends.

The site focuses on four main topics, which include Seasonal Spotlight, Recipe Resources, Ask Our Team and First Look, First Taste. The first three content areas are accessible by anyone, but to view First Look, First Taste you have to register with a blog URL.

Of course, I was most interested to discover what little nuggets of information were hiding there. I registered immediately and received an email a few days later with a user name and password confirming my acceptance. This section of the website contains details about new products.

Best of all, if you like the products mentioned you can often request samples of them. I just requested a sample of Orville Redenbacher’s Ready-to-Eat Gourmet Popcorn. Yummy!

Don’t worry if you don’t have a blog. Even those without blogs will find interesting articles and tidbits of information on The Dish. I really enjoyed the articles by Phil Lempert. He’s nicknamed the Supermarket Guru and his articles contain great advice on saving money at the supermarket.

For example, in his article about frozen foods Lempert suggests checking the package for the sight or sound of ice crystals. (I’ve never done or thought about this before.) If you feel or hear them he says it’s probably a sign the package has been thawed and refrozen.

He also points out that juice concentrates are a better bargain than jars or cartons. He writes: “Look carefully at the other jars or cartons and you’ll see the words, ‘made from concentrate’ on most of them. Don’t pay more for water! Add your own at home and you’ll save 30-50 percent, and your shopping bag will be a lot lighter!”

My husband and I often purchase apple juice in concentrated form.You can typically find it perched on the highest shelf in the juice aisle. It comes in a can and I usually store one or two cans in the pantry. If you’re in the mood for apple juice you simply find a pretty pitcher and add a few cups of water. It takes up much less space than a plastic bottle, and it’s expiration date is typically much longer.

If you are looking for new recipes, advice from food experts or simply searching for ways to save money at the grocery store I suggest checking out The Dish.

Sign up now to become a member, follow @ConAgraDish on twitter and request product samples from First Look, First Taste.

Enter for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card! For a chance to win, leave a comment telling me which section of The Dish sounds the most useful.

Rules: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods: a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post b) Tweet about this promotion with hash tag #sweepstakes and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry. This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. The Official Rules are available here. This sweepstakes runs from 8/22/2012-9/8/2012. Be sure to visit ConAgra Foods’ brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!

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Comments

  9. Amanda Sakovitz says

    like the recipe resources section bc I love learning how to make things and getting tips.

  14. Colleen says

    I think the Recipe Resources sound super helpful! I can never think of anything to cook after a long day at work!

  19. Laura Jacobson says

    I love the First Look, First Taste section where you can find out about new products and request samples!

  23. Kelly D says

    I will find the Recipe Resource Section useful. My 2 kids are picky eaters, so I could always use new meal ideas

  37. Christina Tong says

    The Recipe Resources Section sounds the most useful to me, there are Seasonal Fruit & Vegetables Recipes where I can get more meal idea for my family.

    ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com

  43. Sarah L says

    I like the Seasonal Spotlight because I’m always trying to eat seasonally.
    Thanks for the contest.

  51. angie lilly says

    Because I never know what to make for dinner, the Recipe Resources section sounds the most useful for me!