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I traded in some blog freebies I got for store credit and bought this terrific OXO slicer to give away to one of you. I have a mandoline slicer and it’s a wonderful kitchen tool. My friends from Melissa’s Produce are going to provide a wonderful box of fresh produce shipped straight to the winner too! SWEEPSTAKES IS NOW CLOSED.
The giveaway includes:
- OXO mandoline slicer
- One box of Melissa’s Produce, including Blood Oranges, Cara Cara Oranges, Key Limes, Seedless Lemons, Jicama, Mini Cucumbers, Bell Peppers, and Red & Sweet Onions
Here is this week’s question:
What’s the first thing you would make with the slicer and this assortment of produce?
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VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. - Prize description: OXO mandoline slicer, assorted fruit and vegetable box, retail value of $89.99.
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Here’s the slicer if you want to check it out:
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I’d make some wonderful marmalades.
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The first thing I would make with those items would be a lovely salad with the vegetables, oranges (all sliced thin or julienned with the mandoline) and a nice spring mix, with a mixed citrus vinaigrette, and a sorbet from the blood oranges for dessert. If there was enough citrus left over, I’d make a sangria or citrus iced tea to drink with it. I’m salivating just thinking about it.
What’s the first thing you would make with the slicer and this assortment of produce?
Using the new OXO mandoline slicer of course, I would make the following: with the blood oranges, Jicama, Mini Cucumbers, Bell Peppers, and Red & Sweet Onions I would add to some bbib letuce for a salad. I would make a vinegarette with the Lemons , and eat the Cara Cara Oranges as a snack. I woulduse the Limes in my water. YUMMO this is so exciting. Thank you for the chance.
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beat chips – I still have a nice bunch of golden beats that would be great as a garnish for a grass fed steak.
A nice fresh salad!
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i would slice up the veggies and use them in a veggie saute. and perhaps slice up some of those limes and lemons to add to a nice bread or cake to go w/ it.
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I would use the mandoline slicer to slice up the jicama and eat it raw with a tiny bit of salt and lots of chili paste (that’s how my Vietnamese mother taught me to eat it growing up!)
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I would immediately make lotus root chips with the mandolin and bake the citrus fruit- I’ll take any excuse to use the oven during the winter!
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Grapefruit marmalade!
A nice winter root veggie gratin, amongst so many other things…I have wanted a mandoline for so long!
Hi, I would make the zucchini with walnut pesto from the Smitten Kitchen cookbook!
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I would make a potato & veggie gratin first of all. I’ve had many a mandoline slicer, but none of them seem to work right. Hoping for one that works and suits my needs.
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The first thing I would make would be Scalloped Potatoes, we love them a lot. Then I would use the lemons in a Chicken dish to go with the scalloped potatoes and then decorate the plate with the oranges.
Awesome giveaway! I would go for the onions straightaway and caramelize them for an onion-gruyere tart. I’ve been craving it for weeks now!
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First, I would thinly slice the jicama with the mandolin and make dehydrated jicama chips! I would probably not be able to stop myself from inhaling the oranges by themselves before that, though.
I would try to make Agua Fresca with the cucumbers and limes.
I would make eggplant bacon and lemon curd
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Lemon bars or a yummy fruit salad. Mmmm!
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i would make veggie chips and dry em in the oven!
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I got a dehydrator for Christmas, so I would use the mandoline and the veggies to make veggie chips. The citrus would be used to make the Citrus Glitter Bars from “Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar” by Moskowitz & Romero, my most popular holiday desert (I’d love to make some for just me!)
I would make a jicama and citrus salad!
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I would make lemon bars, and jicama salad. YUMMY
Using the assortment of produce shown as a base, I’d make a tangy winter gazpacho, garnished with ultra thin slices of citrus, bell peppers, and fresh cilantro.
I’ve make a fun punch and decorate it with the citrus slices – love Melissa’s!
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I’ve been experimenting with a fruit and veggie soup, so I’d try that. Love OXO products!
a fresh citrus drink and use the pepper in a salad.
I would make a citrus salsa with all the ingredients and
A Sangria with tbc extra citrus. The mandoline would
Make a beautiful sangria with thinly sliced fruit!
Yum!
I got a new dehydrator for christmas, so I would be slicing the produce up and dehydrating away!!!
I wanted to make ratatouille but with all of the fruit, a big fruit salad.
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I would make a mixed citrus marmalade, then julienne the veggies to add to a southwestern style quinoa salad. Yum!
I would juice the oranges and make candied orange peel with the rinds.
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I would make a nice fruity drink with water, the oranges, lemons, limes and cucumbers. It would be great poolside but with the weather right now it will have to be fireside!
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I would slice up some blood oranges for marmalade. Great giveaway!
I would slice the limes for margaritas!
Recently saw this slicer used on a cooking show. I’m craving veggies so anything like a cucumber mandoline-sliced salad would do the trick!
I would make fab veggie and fruit skewers
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I would so love to have an OXO Mandoline. The first thing I would make with it is a Shaker Lemon Pie!
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oooh, I would love a mandoline. It is one of the few kitchen tools I’ve desired but not fulfilled.
The blood oranges would be turning into a curd with candied peels for tiny Valentine day tarts.
Cara Cara orange and lemons into marmelade
Key Limes just shout out for a pie, but I’d candy the peels too since I can get them so finely sliced.
Confit the onions, separately I think so I can make a yin-yang plate.
Jicama and bell peppers would make an amazing salad, Might need to add in a sweet potato for the salad, I love jicama and sweet potato salad. Oh and some cilantro
Finally the mini cucumbers would be turned into tzatziki with some garlic from my CSA. My girls will eat bowlfuls of that .
Hi Stephanie! The first things that come to my mind for using the mandolin and produce are making marmolades with the citrus, making veggie fajitas with the peppers and onions, and making a cucumber salad. I’ve never actually used jicama, but I know I would find out how to use it!
A beautiful salad!
Wow Stephanie, you must have been reading my mind! I’ve been dreaming of blood oranges for cocktails for the last few days, so clearly I’d love to win that box of produce! Hubby and I were JUST talking about how nice a mandoline would be, I’ve come across a lot of recipes lately that would be a lot easier to accomplish if I had one to work with. I’ve been wanting to make shaved veggie salad.
With these ingredients and a mandoline I would definitely make a shaved citrus salad with a cilantro and lime dressing!