Thursday, December 20, 2012

Holiday Flavors with Nestlé {Giveaway}


I was invited to another wonderful Nestlé event with other bloggers. This time it was hosted by my friend Ericka from Nibbles and Feasts and we were invited to cook! We made tamales and empanadas which are a typical holiday latin food. I don't know where the tamales originated from, I think it's mostly from Mexico but many other countries have their own version of the tamal which helps us all identify with it. In Venezuela we have something similar, it's called Hallaca (see photo on the bottom of the post) and one day I might make them!

I had never make tamales before and it was really nice to make it together with other friends, they are easier than I thought. We made 3 types of tamales (including a chocolate one!) and 3 types of empanadas, they were all absolutely delicious and I feel like making them again at home another time.

My absolute favorite was the Chicken and Poblano Tamales with Cilantro Crema. The perfect touch for this is the Cilantro Cream, oh my! And the cream is the easiest thing to make! Cilantro, Media Crema and salt in the blender! You can find the Chicken Tamales recipe here and if you make them let me know how they end up! You can find lots of more delicious and easy recipes there as well.



Nestlé Basket Giveaway!


Nestlé is giving away a nice basket for one of you with some Nestlé products a beautiful Recipe Book that is bilingual and has delicious delicious recipes, I think I want to make them all too!

To enter the giveaway follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter located at the bottom of the post. Good luck! Giveaway ends Wednesday January 2nd 12am ET.



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Hace poco me invitaron a otro maravilloso evento con Nestlé y otras blogueras. Esta vez mi amiga Ericka de Nibbles and Feasts fué la anfitriona y nos invitaron a todas a cocinar! Hicimos tamales y empanadas, una comida navideña típica latina. Yo no estoy segura a donde se originaron exactamente los tamales pero creo que son de Mexico aunque hay muchos otros países que también tienen sus propias versiones y por eso nos sentimos todos identificados con ellos. Nosotros en Venezuela tenemos algo similar que se llama Hallaca (vean la foto abajo de todo el post) y algún día las haré!

Yo nunca había cocinado tamales y fué chévere hacerlos junto a otras amigas, me parecieron más fáciles de lo que pensaba. Preparamos 3 tipos de tamales (incluyendo unos de chocolate!) y 3 tipos de empanadas, todos estaban riquísimos y los quiero preparar de nuevo en la casa.

Mi favorito fué el Tamal de Pollo y Poblano con Crema de Cilantro, que delicia!!! La crema le da un toque super especial y es suoer fácilísima de hacer, cilantro, media crema y sal en la licuadora, eso es todo! Pueden encontrar la receta aquí y si los hacen me cuentan!!! También pueden encontrar otras recetas de las que hicimos allí que son fáciles y ricas!


Fotos arriba, de izquierda a derecha: Tamales de chocolate / Tamales de Pollo y Poblano / Empanadas de Piña y Coco


Sorteo de una cesta de productos Nestlé


Nestlé me dió una cesta bien chévere con algunos de sus productos y un recetario bilingüe super lindo con unas recetas que me encantaron, las quiero hacer todas!!

Para participar en el sorteo sigue las instrucciones del rafflecopter aquei abajo, suerte! El sorteo finaliza el Miércoles 2 de Enero a las 12am ET.




Venezuelan holiday plate with Hallaca and Ham bread.
Plato navideño venezolano con Hallaca y Pan de jamón.


41 comments:

  1. mi producto que mas me me gusta de Nestle es el chocolate Abuelita gracias

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  2. Me encanta el chocolate abuelita

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  3. Thank you so much for joining us Dari! Glad you had a great time!

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  4. I really love all the NESTLE products, starting with Nescafe I can't live without it.

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  5. la verdad hay muchos o casi todos los productos de nestle me gustan son buenisimoooos! pero si se trata de escojer pues me voy con la lechera! me encanta ponerle un poquito a la gelatina y sabe mmmm riquisimoo!

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  6. Hola el product que mas me gusta es la lechera gracias por la oportunidad

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  7. SANDRA2:22 PM

    Mi producto favorito es La Lechera sveronicap@hotmail.com

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  8. love dulce de leche & la abuelita

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  9. I love nestle!! La crema condensada esta rica y me encanta con mis platanos maduros!!! Y me llamaron mucho la atencion esas empanadas!!!

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  10. A mi lo que mas me gusta el chocolate La Abuelita y la leche condensada para hacer nuestro Ponche Venezolano.

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  11. I like Carnation Evaporated Milk

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  12. Anonymous6:18 AM

    I love the Maggi Bullion cubes. They are my favorite. I also love the Abuelita Chocolate. Patricia.

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  13. I like the carnation evaporated milk

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  14. Me encanta la lechera Nestle

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  15. el chocolate abuelita me encanta

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  16. Mary Calabrese12:43 PM

    I like the Carnation evaporated milk.

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  17. El producto que más me gusta es el chocolate Abuelita!

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  18. definitely nestle quik

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  19. I use their carnation evaporated milk a lot
    thanks
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  20. Hot Chocolate.
    Thanks for the chance.
    mogrill12@gmail.com

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  21. Wow I should eat dinner before reading your blog. I am really hungry now. I'd say my favorite is the abuelita chocolate.

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  22. I use their evaporated milk a lot. I also love their Nesquick Chocolate milk mix.

    Paula Michele Hafner

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  23. Abuelita hot chocolate

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  24. LOVE their Hot Chocolate :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  25. I love nestle- Dorothy Deakyne

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  26. Nestle Chocolate Chips

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  27. I like evaporated milk. I use it in so many things!

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  28. NesCafe and Nestle chocolate chips

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  29. We use their evaporated milk in coffee mostly.It's funny that I like their semi-sweet chocolate chips better than Hershey, but prefer Hershey chocolate bars to Nestle's.

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  30. I've always liked nestle candy bars

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  31. Nestle Quik is still my favorite!

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  32. MARY DEBORDE
    zenrei57 (at) hotmail dot com

    I think I like most everything Nestle makes, candy bars, evap milk, baking chips and more <3

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  33. I love the Nestle's chocolate
    Diane Baum
    esldiane@gmail.com

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  34. Ellen6:43 PM

    Nestle chocolate chips!

    kafkaesk at verizon dot net

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  35. I like the nestle evaporated milk...because you can make so much with it.
    Michelle Tucker

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  36. I like the Nestle's chocolate!
    vikki.billings@yahoo.com

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  37. I use evaporated milk in so many recipes.

    jennylovesjeff (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  38. Nes quick is my favorite!

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