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I had Beverly Hills Kitchen Beef Bourguignon for lunch and my kids ate it #giveaway

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beef The Beverly Hills Kitchen was created Alex Hitz whose life-long passion for cooking and hosting elaborate parties for his famous friends, inspired him to start a chef-prepared food line that combines restaurant-quality cuisine with the ease and intimacy of at-home dining. For those super busy families who love fine dining, but lack the time or skills to cook delicious, classic dinners such as beef bourguignon, The Beverly Hills Kitchen’s entrees are designed for convenience— frozen and ready in ten minutes.

I am always looking for ways to get my children to eat beef and protein. I just don’t know how to get it into their tummies. They look at me and the food and say “all done”. I was positive they wouldn’t eat this but figured it was a free sample and I should make it for lunch. I needed to review it anyways. So, I boiled some water and put the frozen pouch in it and let it heat up for 10 minutes and served it over bread. It might be gourmet but it didn’t look like it from my end. Tasted like it though, I was trying to concentrate on the different flavors but it’s hard when you are sick. I thought I tasted some cinnamon with a little bit of a kick. Hard to say though, my taste buds are out of whack.

All I know is that my kids at enough of it to surprise me. They didn’t eat it all but much more than I expected.

The Beverly Hills Kitchen’s Beef Bourguignon includes five 8oz. portions of prime tender meat, simmered for four hours in a full-bodied red wine sauce with carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, shallots, basil and Dijon mustard. Paired with rice, pasta, potatoes, a simple salad, or just on its own, this classic French comfort dish is a restaurant meal on-scale with the finest Parisian dining in the comfort of your own home. 

The Beverly Hills Kitchen Beef Bourguignon is currently available on QVC for $45 throughout the month of October. Other flavors to look forward to are:

New Orleans style Bread Pudding;

Shrimp and Grits;

Sirloin and Potato Pie;

Salmon Pot Pie;

and Lemon and Ginger Bars

 

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  3. When I want to cook fancy, I grab my Taste Of Home Holiday Cookbook. I haven’t had time to cook fancy in quite some time.

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  7. I’m not too great at cooking fancy, but when I do, I copy recipes that have photo’s to them and stick to the recipe.
    Thanks so much.

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  14. I sometimes go online and get a complicated recipe. To me, cooking fancy is cooking something that takes effort, and where I have to buy special ingredients, like the Enchilada Pie I made last night.

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  46. when i want to cook fancy i start with cookbook for something speial and differant from what i normally cook- and then off to the butcher for a better cut of meat then some veggies that are not the usual then a great dessert add friends and wine

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  51. I don’t really cook fancy. We go out to eat for that. But I guess the fanciest I ever got was cooking 4 different dishes for a dinner (I’m more of a 1-dish-meal type of gal).

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  63. My cooking fancy normally is either following a “fancy” recipe or doing a nice steak dinner and bringing out the nice china and wine glasses! 🙂

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  65. I dont think I ever cook fancy. But I love to have family and friends over for a great time and food. But I usually serve pulled pork, roasts or ham and potatoes. Nothing fancy but good food 🙂
    THank you!
    tatertot374@sbcglobal.net

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  73. I can’t think of how we cook fancy but if we want the feel of a whole dollar restaurant, we put small portions on a big plate and pretty it up with garnish. Then we light the candles and watch DVR by candlelight. Dinner and a movie.

    member (dot) thao (at) gmail.com

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  84. I am not a great cook but I like to add garnishes like parsley or chopped nuts to make a dish a bit more fancy

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  93. I cook everyday an I only cook everyday meals,I cant remember ever cooking fancy,mmmmmm,I quess a sherpards pie is as fancy as I get,gosh that is soooooooooo sad,huh?lol

    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

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  104. We have lots of Italian Cookbooks. When ther’s a special occasion we choose a recipe and make a complicated delicious meal.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  112. i don’t really cook fancy like frou frou foods. I do cook big meals and lots of baking desserts etc. I cook more home classic type meals…like tonight we had porcupine meatballs, mashed potatoes, brown sugar carrots, lemon broccoli for dinner

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  113. I don’t, generally, but now and then I will get more exotic foods at the market to dress up our dinners. I do like to cook some beef dishes with red wine, but that’s not what I would call fancy.

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  148. If I want to cook fancy, I drag out the cookbooks and start searching. Sometimes it works really well. Sometimes I fall on my face.

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  149. I don’t really cook fancy. I have one recipe that calls for wine, so I guess that’s as fancy as it gets

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  151. I try to cook fancy but sometimes it nevers turns out the way I wanted it to or the childfren won’t eat it. I make homemade meatballs and marinara sauce. I make a mean tuna casserole and I am dying to try this. This could be a date night dinner as adults for once.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  161. I lay out a whole buffet of various dishes–salads, meat, pasta, etc. I spend days doing prep work to get it to all come together perfectly.

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  163. I wouldn’t say fancy is the word. I try to spice it up every once in a while, but that is about the extent of my abilities

    jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

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  165. My mom’s idea of fancy cooking?
    well i can gaurentee it’ll come from a box!
    My idea is fresh food with great sauces–
    i’d like to get this for my mom so we can all have a fun delishious meal!!

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  169. I have a few “fancy go-to” menus. Most of the time, they’re very formal and deeply ethnic, but with a twist…like maybe served with the good china, crystal, silver and linens…under a tree in the back yard, picnic style. It’s several days worth of work, but since I don’t do it more than once a year, I think it’s great fun.

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  172. The way I cook “fancy” is to cook a large meal with more than one entree/many dishes and several desserts, trying to cook them ahead several days or freeze in advance so I am not worn out trying to do them all at once on the same day. Fortunately, I only do this on rare occasions during the year, mostly for holidays.

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  173. I try to do very fresh ingredients as much as possible. I also watch a lot of food network to get ideas.

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  175. When I want to cook fancy I will consult a Rick Bayless cookbook. He has great recipes and presentation.

    runningmatey at hotmail dot com

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  223. Oh my, fancy cooking! I cook from scratch mostly and serve it up on my nice china with the table set formally with linen tablecloth and napkins. That’s fancy in my house.

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  226. When I cook fancy, I usually try a new receipe that I printed off the web that looked good, like something I want to try. I also like to make the meal and atmosphere appealing by how it is presented on the plate and putting flowers on the table and setting the table in a decorative way.

    ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com

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  238. I usually leave the fancy cooking to my husband, but when I am in the mood I’ll pull out one of my many cookbooks and figure out something that I think I can do.

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  244. When I cook fancy I usually use lobster. I like making a lobster risotto because risotto is one of those things that are extremely easy once you get the hang of it, but it always seems gourmet.

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  248. Fancy cooking? I’d rather go out and east fancy than coom fancy but when I have tried I go online and look for recipes.

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  263. For me, “cooking fancy” usually means cooking with wine and other ingredients not used on a day to day basis. Some recipes are changed dramatically from “good” to “great” by the simple addition of wine or sour cream or some exotic herb or spice.

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  286. I seldom cook fancy anymore, but when I do it’s good. Usually on the holiday with the good china. Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  302. It’s possible to cook fancy by keeping things simple. Frantoia Barbera Extra Virgin Olive Oil is my favorite olive oil for cooking anything. A good bottle of wine also makes almost any casual meal a fancy one.

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  309. A fancy dinner for us is Homemade Lasagna and Fresh Homemade Yeast Rolls. That is about as fancy as it gets here.

    Thank you so much for the chance to win.

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  314. ACK! Cook fancy? Cook at all? I’d have been banished from the tribe back when the females did little but gather berries and cook all day.

    I “cook” fancy by visiting my nearest “gourmet” deli counter and filling out order forms for their most delectable entrees, sides, and platters. Desserts I order from the best available bakeries.

    Dining out works, too.

    Wow, your kids ate it. Must be very special. I want, I want! Thank you for the GREAT giveaway!

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  318. How do I cook Fancy? I wear my high heels,perhaps maybe my little black dress or an off the shoulder gown. If I know that I will need to get something out of the oven than I will wear my long-sleeve gloves. Probably top it off with my drop earrings and my Grandmothers brooch. Just Kidding!…. “Fancy” these days to us just means something besides the usual Grub. But back in the day (Sigh) I could Flambe’ with the best of ’em!

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  319. I don’t cook fancy now that it is just the two us. I used to spend so much more time in the kitchen. I like this product because it doesn’t use MSG. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.

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  327. My secret to cooking fancy…adding a side of sauteed portabella mushrooms..so yummy & not too pricey when you get them on sale.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  336. I make a killer mirin salmon. Thats about as fancy as I get. I am a cooking novice so any time I avoid setting fire to the kitchen is “fancy”

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  358. I really don’t cook that much, it is mostly ready to eat or easy to fix from Whole Foods, Gelsons or Trader Joes

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  362. How do I cook fancy?
    Well, I’m just a copy cat.
    When I see a great recipe on Food TV,
    then I’ll copy that!

    (Thanks to Guy Fieri and Big Daddy Aaron McCargo!)

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  365. Nobody except me in my household appreciates fancy cooking, so it’s just not worth the effort.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  387. When I cook fancy I prepare a classic recipe maybe Lobster or Steak. I get ideas from the mear market at the supermarket or from a classic recipe book.

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  390. I just started cooking fancy a little more often. I hate normal cooking because I like the meal to be an event. Cooking fancy takes time and energy, which are two things I mostly lack. However, I’m getting there. I pick a couple of recipes from one of my 75 cook books (for real) and have at it.

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  392. To me cooking fancy is having all the extras from appetizers, a special salad, accompanying vegetables, hot rolls or other specialty bread and a dessert. The meal itself doesn’t have to be fancy but the extras make it special.

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