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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

CEDARS MEDITERRANEAN FOODS REVIEW AND ~~~GIVEAWAY~~~



I love doing reviews for local companies that I believe in and enjoy. Cedar's products are spectacular!!
"It all began with an idea and a passion during the mid 1980’s in the Merrimack Valley, about 35 miles north of Boston. Founder Abe Hanna’s passion was for Mediterranean foods. His idea was to put these healthy and great tasting foods into the mouths of everyday American people. Noticing the lack of Mediterranean foods in local grocery stores, the Cedar’s family knew it had a mission to fulfill.

In no time, Hommus and Taboule Salad under the Cedar’s brand could be found in grocery stores across New England. Cedar’s became the first manufacturer to self distribute Mediterranean Foods. During the 1990’s, Abe’s son, Charlie Hanna, continued the Cedar’s tradition as diet trends skyrocketed amongst American consumers. Soon thereafter, Charlie’s childhood best friend, Steve Tsakirellis, joined the Cedar’s family. As the demand for healthy, great tasting Mediterranean foods grew, Cedar’s began to infuse different flavors into its Hommus to satisfy the tastes of its newest fans.

Today, Cedar’s can be found from coast to coast, and everywhere in between. What began as a local success is now America’s Best Tasting Hommus. Owners, Charlie and Steve, have taken the Cedar’s family success to a new level, bringing together the many tastes of the Mediterranean. With a brand new 100,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility, Cedar’s has expanded from Hommus to many other new product lines, including an array of Fresh Mediterranean Salads, Salsa, Pita Chips, Feta Spreads, Mediterranean Sweets, Spinach Dips, and Tzatziki Greek Strained Yogurt Dips. By late 2008, the Cedar’s family grew with the addition of Steve’s daughter, Aimee Tsakirellis, taking on the role of Director of Marketing to spread the Cedar’s tradition."

I never really knew what Hommus was. The name alone made me nervous to try it!!!

My Husband one day got some, and I was told I had to try it!!
Wow, was it good!!! I am now hooked!!
For this review, I was given coupons to try some of
Cedar's products.

Ben and I went crazy. Food reviews are always my favorite!!



First we tried the Original Hommus. This has a very light taste to it. It was very creamy and delicious!!


I have always loved Spinach and Artichoke dip, so I figured we would try the Hommus!! YUMMY!!!

This had just the right amount of flavor to it, and it was very creamy!







The Taboule was good too. For me it had alittle too many onions in it, but we just cooked it with some pasta and oil, and it was delicious!!!



We used the wraps to make breakfast burritos. Oh were they good.




We choose the original Pita Chips. That way we could use them with all of the products. They are very crunchy and have a great filling taste to them.

We also did try the Tzatziki Greek Yogurt Dip-Cucumber Garlic.

That was really good too. It had a very heavy cucumber taste to it though.

Over all, we greatly enjoyed all the products we tried. We will be buying more and more!!!

Now for all of you, I have some good news.

One lucky reader will win 12 coupons to try a wide variety of Cedar's products!!!

I found that alot of their products were sold in my local Stop and Shop, but they are also sold at Whole Foods Market and stores like it!!


Mandatory Entry-

1. You MUST be a follower of my blog, and go to
Cedar's Website and tell me one product you would love to try.
For Extra Entries-


1.
Be an email subscriber (+1 entry)
2. Be an RSS subscriber (+1 entry)

3.
Grab My Button and Tell Me Where You Put it!!!! (+2 entries)
4. Blog About This Giveaway and Tell Me Where You Wrote it. (+5 entries)

5. Be a Twitter Follower
(+2 entries)


That's 12 possible entries!! This giveaway will run until 11:59pm on April 30th 2010.


*All opinions expressed are my own. I was given coupons to try their products for free.

34 comments:

  1. Yum../this is my kind of food...I love all of this hommus (I have never seen it spelled like that either), pita...all of it. I follow you and would love to try the celery and chive tzatziki.

    Holly

    PS-Thanks for entering the Ticket to Ride giveaway.

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  2. The spinach dip sounds good! =) (I follow!)

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  3. I follow on twitter (katrinawelch)

    #1

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  4. I follow on twitter (katrinawelch)

    #2

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  5. I follow your blog!

    frugalsciencegal [at] gmail [dot] com

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  6. The snack packs look great! I would like to try those :)
    lindsayrpeterson@yahoo.com

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  7. I have your button in my right side-bar!
    http://lindsaysmommymusings.blogspot.com/

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  8. I would try original hommus.

    runningmatey at hotmail dot com

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  9. follow on twitter as LuckyDuckyToo entry 1


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  10. follow on twitter as LuckyDuckyToo entry 2


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  11. I love Greek food!
    I'm a follower of your blog and I would love the try the Hommus tahini spread yum!
    time4mommy@gmail.com

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  12. I would like to try the Roasted Garlic Salsa. msmith572@yahoo.com

    I follow your blog.

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  13. Email subscriber. msmith572@yahoo.com

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  14. I subscriber to your RSS feed in Google Reader. msmith572@yahoo.com

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  15. Blogged: http://lisa-beautyreviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/cedars-mediterranean-foods-review.html

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  20. I follow you on Twitter(samasam).

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  21. I follow you on Twitter(samasam).

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  22. miriam dot nussbaum at gmail
    gfc follower!
    i'd like to try the tzatziki in celery chive, cucumbe rand garlic, and maybe also artichoke and spinach...
    and of course pita chips! in, uh, all the flacors...

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  23. miriam dot nussbaum at gmail
    gfc follower!
    google reader subscriber

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  24. I'd love to try the pita chips- I've been looking for a good dipper
    june_spirit2628 at hotmail dot com

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  25. I am a follower and would love to try their Artichoke Spinach Hommus
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  26. I am a subscriber by email.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  27. I am a subscriber in RSS.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  28. I follow on google friend...dor
    I love the spinach dip

    dorcontest at gmail dot com

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  29. subcribe to your feed by google reader.
    dorcontest at gmail dot com

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  30. subscribe by email.

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  31. follow on twitter....1
    doreenriopel

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  32. follow on twitter....2
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