WIN Pioneer Woman’s Cooking Essentials!
Erica Lea on Jul 18th 2012
Disclosure: The author (that’s me) received a gift package from Land O’Lakes, including two cookbooks, a whisk, a slotted spoon, tongs and a full-value coupon redeemable for LAND O LAKES® Butter with Olive Oil & Sea Salt, for recipe development and review purposes. All opinions are my own.
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let’s talk butter.
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a major fan of butter. Besides being incredibly healthy, it just plain tastes awesome. On just about everything. That’s why I was excited to be able to test and review some new butter from Land O’Lakes.
Pioneer woman has teamed up with Land O’Lakes to help sing the praises of one of their new products: Butter with Olive Oil and Sea Salt. Last month I was lucky enough to be able to attend a webinar hosted by Ree, in which she detailed some of the wonderful qualities of butter, its history and how to cook with it.
It was so informative and fun, and the folks at Land O’Lakes even sent me a thank-you package with some awesome items (more on that later). When I couldn’t find any of the butter in our little town, Land O’Lakes sent the butter straight to my door. Yep, I was impressed.
To test out the butter, I decided to see how it performed in baking. Using my buttermilk biscuits recipe as a base, I substituted the olive oil & sea salt butter for all of the fat, added a bit of rosemary and brushed the tops of the biscuits with extra virgin olive oil. They were simply scrumptious. My sisters-in-law and I gobbled them down (spread with the olive oil butter & honey, of course) before Reuben could give them a try. Poor guy was rather disappointed.
Final Breakdown of What I Think of the Butter:
- Because there is some oil in this butter, it comes to room temperature faster than “regular” butter, which is quite handy.
- I was a bit skeptical when I heard about this product - it’s “adulterating” my perfect food, I thought. And whereas I think it’s an awesome idea to pair olive oil and butter, I wish Land O’Lakes would have used extra virgin olive oil, which is much healthier.
- As for taste, it’s lovely. I would say, since there’s only one less gram of saturated fat in the olive oil butter than regular butter (olive oil is mostly monounsaturated fat), it’s still mostly butter. Thus, the olive oil doesn’t overpower the butter flavor, it just complements it slightly. It’s wonderful spread on bread and crackers. The sea salt is also a nice addition.
But on to the giveaway. Land O’Lakes will be giving away Ree’s Cooking Essentials (the same package I received) to one lucky Cooking for Seven reader! The winner will receive both of Ree’s cookbooks, a whisk, a slotted spoon, tongs, and a full-value coupon for Land O’Lakes Butter with Olive Oil and Sea Salt.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
Leave a comment on this post answering the following question: What’s your favorite use of butter and/or olive oil?
Rules:
- US residents only, please.
- Only one comment per person allowed.
- You must leave a valid email address in the comment form so I can contact you if you win.
- Giveaway ends Wednesday, July 25th and 12:00 noon, Central Time. No comments will be considered for the giveaway after that time.
- Using random.org, I will choose one winner. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be selected.
Good Luck!
Filed in Baking, Giveaways, Product Reviews, Quick Bread
I would have to say bread……nothing makes me happier than a loaf of crusty bread with Olive Oil and herbs to dip it into. Yum!! And butter on bread? Who doesn’t love that!
I use olive oil and butter in our familie’s favorite Friday night pizza dough!
I love Ree and would love to have her book. Oh, and it’s butter all the way over here. Not to mention that Land O Lakes is a MN company and I am an MN girl!
I would have to say biscuits! LOVE butter AND Pioneer Woman!
Butter spread on hot homemade bread right out of the oven.
My favorite use of either is slathering it on fresh out the oven bread.
I love to make brown sugar blondies. These are brown sugar brownies and contain butter. So good and chewy!
I would agree with Christa, butter on fresh bread right out of the oven, yum!!
I don’t think there is a better use for butter than on warm, crusty homemade bread! Yum!
Slathered on fresh bread. Cut into biscuit dough. Used as the base for a rich white sauce. Your fococcia recipe. Drizzled over pizza crust. Actually, they’re all my favourite! I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a recipe that I DON’T use either olive oil or butter in…sometimes both!
Mmmmm….. favorite use for butter… homemade artisan style bread with a crackly crust just slathered in butter. I already make a olive oil/butter/sea salt spread but this would be so handy to use in certain recipes such as my Italian cornmeal cake!
I love both butter and olive oil for multiple uses. I love having steamed broccoli with melted butter, and a little salt and pepper. I love bread and butter. Both olive oil and butter are just amazing all around.
My favorite use of butter: pie crust!
The best way to use butter is to spread it on a really good french baguette
I love to use it on margherita pizza - olive oil, tomatoes, mozzarella, & fresh basil - it doesn’t get any better than that!
I love to use butter and olive oil to saute any vegetable, especially onion and pepper.
I would have to say my favorite use for it is on a good crusty bread!
Some of my favorite things to make with butter and olive oil are Swedish pancakes and steamed vegetables. So yummy!
I love salted butter on freshly baked bread!
My favorite use of butter is on fresh bread, and I love to use olive oil to roast vegetables.
I love butter on my popcorn! (And pretty much everywhere else too… one of life’s best pleasures.)
Erica,
Hi,
I love butter too. I looked in my store to find the olive oil amd sea salt and it hasn’t hit our market yet.
I would love to win the book. Thanks !
Linda F
Homemade sourdough bread!
Butter+Popcorn=happy.
Wait, I have to choose a FAVORITE? You’re horrible. In that case, spread on a delicious, hot, fresh roll or biscuit. But of course, either of those things would also include butter and olive oil…
My favorite use for butter is brushing on layers of filo for spanikopita or baklava!! Yummm
Nothing beats a pat of butter melting on a warm blueberry muffin! Thanks for the chance!
Toast! : )
Nothing goes better with bread fresh from the oven than butter. YUM! I also love to dip a crusty loaf in some olive oil and herb mix.
We go through an inordinate amount of butter. I scoff in the face of margarine. Homemade bread, muffins, pancakes, biscuits, vegetables, poundcake, cookies, steaks, etc. Butter is even good on hotdogs cooked in a skillet.
If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be fresh out the oven homemade bread with butter. I suppose it doesn’t get much better than that.
BTW, I have been reading both of your blogs for close to a year. I love the fact that I can let my daughters read it without worrying about objectionable content. Thanks for that. I have also tried a few of your recipes.
Oh my how to choose?!? I love using either of them to make my veggies taste better!
Both are simply delicious!!
Hmmm - I use butter a lot, but I am sucker for a good loaf of bread with butter slathered on top
I love butter as a basis to cook everything in: from english muffins to hamburgers to pancakes
So awesome you attended a webinar with Ree!
I LOVE butter! As a kid, my mom said I would take bites out of the stick..:)
Anyways, when I think of butter and what I love it on most, it would have to be homemade stove popped popcorn. It just reminds me of my childhood. It’s how we cook our popcorn today for our kids.
P.S. wish we could have been at the reunion! Hope you all had fun!
I’m so excited you’re participating in this!
My favorite way to use butter is on hot fresh bread, right out of the oven. Does it get any better than that?
I like spreading butter on my sesame italian bread.
Thanks for the chance to win…I like the Pioneer Woman a lot!
I love topping off my cup of stew (or soup) with a pad of butter, it adds that extra creamy goodness….I better make some stew for dinner tonight!
Fresh buttered french bread.
And in baking, of course!
On top of steamed veggies. Yum!
Butter is amazing, especially on muffins made out of almond flour. *heavenly*
My favorite use for butter is on a fresh baked piece of homemade bread out of the oven. My favorite use for olive oil is in dressings or in homemade hummus & pesto. YUM!
I make a compound butter with butter and blue cheese and usually just end up eating it instead of putting it on steak or something. : )
to saute in!
I would have to say spread onto fresh bread with a sprinkle of salt…I could eat that everyday and be a happy girl
I love dipping a piece of baguette in olive oil
I enjoy baked fish with butter melted on top. Oh so good.
I love salted butter on a fresh French baguette!
My favorite use of butter and olive oil is to saute shrimps and mushrooms. I usually add both when doing the saute to get the maximum of flavor and heat. This Olive Oil and Sea Salt Butter would be perfect for me!
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I would have to say on fresh homemade bread!
In the middle of my mashed potato crater of course. Work from the outside in, dipping each forkful of taters in melty butter - the best!
Dipping warm, crusty herbed bread into olive oil & freshly cracked black pepper… hard to beat.
Fresh, crusty bread dipped in olive oil is hard to beat!
I agree with so many others - butter on a slice of my warm homemade no-knead bread is wonderful!
My favorite use for butter is on freshly air-popped popcorn.
I love butter SO much, which is one reason why I’ve been trying to stay away from butter wherever I can– like when you don’t necessarily notice the taste (for instance, substituting applesauce for butter in baking). I do my best to just use butter for things that taste good ONLY with butter, like as a spread on a fresh, warm loaf of home-made bread.
I use butter in baking , and I use olive oil in place of vegetable oils. I love butter on fresh baked bread!
I love a good crusty baguette smeared with butter!
I use olive oil for roasting vegetables, sauces, baking and bread dipping. Butter for baking, spreading, and some sauces. Can’t live without either one!
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I use Olive oil for roasting vegetables, dipping and dressings, while I use butter for baking, spreading and some sauces. Can’t live without either!
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I used to LOVE egg in the hole breakfasts like Ree…I mean like for years. But then I just found a recipe using large onion rings, dipped in a little flour, then milk, then Panko bread crumbs and cooked a little on both sides…then drop an egg in the middle and cook. GLORY…cooked in butter the flavor is wondrous and healthier than my old favorite with bread. My doctor brother says to always cook with real butter…it’s healthier because your body knows how to digest it….just use some moderation. ahhhh, love the flavor of butter
To saute mushrooms & onions…yum!
I love butter on just about anything, but my favorite is on fresh baked bread….nothing quite like it!
Lots of butter to keep a cooking egg from sticking to the pan!
Homemade bread- right out of the oven.
I can’t think of much that doesn’t taste good with butter!!!
We love butter around here…pancakes, bread, eggs, popcorn, etc.
Butter is a delicious addition to so many recipes, as is olive oil. I’d have to say my favorite use of butter is n traditional chocolate chip cookies. Nothing beats that fresh-from-the-oven taste of melting chocolate and heavenly butter. Thanks for the opportunity. Always a fan of the blog and look forward to reading. Good luck to everyone who enters!
My favorite use for butter is on hot biscuits, fresh out of the oven!!
Fresh homemade bread right from the oven. Yummy.
I melt an equal quantity of butter with olive oil and add a clove of mashed garlic, some salt and pepper. Toss this with cubed bread, put in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes and I’ve got yummy, crunchy, garlicky croutons for my salads.
My husband puts butter on everything! Just a little pat but he goes through alot. I like real butter and olive oil because I know it’s healthy for him.
I love butter on warm, toasted bread. Nothing beats that!
Fresh baked bread must have butter.
I love to dip homemade bread into good olive oil!
Love her blog, would love to win this.
Use butter to cook onion, it really brings the flavor out.
Probably just plain spread on (good) bread! Though it’s pretty great to dip bread into the leftover melted butter and garlic from escargots at a French restaurant…
What a great giveaway!!
on toast, with jam.
I love to saute onions in olive oil. I never ate onions until I became an adult and my tastes started to change. I really love them now. And I really love pierogies sauted in olive oil and butter with onions. I would say that is my most favorite ever.
my favorite way of cooking is to use BOTH olive oil and butter in frying recipes, the oil frys it, the butter adds the flavor! delicous!
My favorite thing to use butter in/on is FOOD!!!
lol absolutely anything is better with butter
Amen
Fresh, homemade bread. Still warm. Mmmmmmm
I use it for mainly for baking treats and salads.
I am hard pressed tp pick a favorite use of butter, but I think it is: Mixed with honey and cinnamon and used on anything ! Toast , biscuits, peanut butter sandwiches, bowls of hot rice……..too many to bore you with,lol !
Thanks for a chance to win, Mary
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Baking! When my son’s dairy allergy was declared gone, it was one of the happiest days ever.
I love to saute onions and mushrooms in butter and olive oil.
I love to cook (and eat!) chicken breasts sauteed in butter and olive oil. Lots of salt and pepper is all I put on them and they are my favorite! It’s probably the only time I cook with olive oil since I usually use it raw.
Whole Wheat bread still warm for the oven!
I love to sautee just about any fresh vegetable in butter! Delicious!
Favourite use of butter: pie crust or shortbread.
Favourite use of olive oil: dipping bread into it
What a great giveaway! I love using olive oil to drizzle on fresh vegetables & fruits before seasoning with sea salt, herbs and spices and then putting them on the grill. I also love to use olive oil when sauteing almost anything. Butter - in baked goods
I love them both and use them as much as possible. I have to say, though, that I use olive oil more. I use it in just about all of my cooking. I use butter on breads, vegetables, porridge, etc. I can go on about both of them.
Sourdough toast…mmmm
Popcorn. We love popcorn covered in butter!
I try and only use butter in baking but I can’t resist it on popcorn!
slathered on bread!
Butter honestly makes everything and anything better ! I love to put butter in my oatmeal with sugar and a few splashes of milk!
I just sauteed mushrooms in butter and olive oil last night. I always use butter; for cooking and especially baking. My favorite frosting right now is Swiss Meringue which uses a lot of butter. One of my favorites with butter, though, is Hollandaise Sauce.
I love butter or olive oil slathered on any kind of bread.
We love butter at our house…no margarine here! And we love extra virgin olive oil with balsamic vinegar over fresh veggies, yum! My favorite use of butter though, is spread over a homemade carmel roll (does that make it healthier?)
I’ll be looking for this new butter combo.
I LOVE butter!! One favorite way to use it is on warm bread and cookies.
Any fresh hot bread
I love to make flavored butters! Fantastic on fresh warm bread! Drabik16@msn.com
I love it on bread fresh from the oven!
In my household, we love butter on freshly baked bread from the bread machine. Olive oil, we use it with herbs to dip bread in!
While I love butter on freshly baked bread and biscuits, my favorite use of butter is actually on something very different - Copper River Salmon. It’s a treat I allow myself every June for my birthday. I adorn the fish with quality butter - nothing else - and grill it. Out of this world amazing.
I love making homemade shortcakes (using real butter, of course) with fresh picked stawberries from our Grandparent’s garden, with a dollop of whipped cream on top!
I love using either butter or olive oil in baking. I love making a variety of different breads with either type of fat. Thanks for the chance to enter.
I seem to use butter making chocolate chip cookies a lot, but for this special butter I would use it on fresh bread or biscuits so it melts into it.
We have a monastary nearby that makes the BEST cinnamon raisin bread…toast it and add a good bit of butter and you have the BEST possible addition to any well rounded breakfast.
I love to make pie dough with Land O Lakes butter. I buy at least two pounds every shopping trip.
In and on biscuits. Yum. And now I’m craving biscuits.
PICK ME! I love Ree and I love Butter! Together, they make the perfect combination! Probably my favorite way to use butter these days is in a simple saute of fresh veggies. Butter, salt, and pepper are a simple and awesome way to bring out the flavor of veggies.
I LOVE butter and use it on almost everything. Veggies , meats etc. etc etc. as
the “King of Siam” says.
I think my favorite use of butter is on some kind of bread, preferably just taken out of the oven and steaming hot. Nothing better than hot bread with melting butter.
I love using butter in baking, and on cheese sandwiches - the best stuff ever!
Right now, I just like my butter spread on a good slice of toasted, crusty bread, sometimes with plum jelly to accompany it, sometimes not. Yum.
I LOVE butter, use it in everything. I have to say one of my favorites is for dipping crab or prawns, maybe with a little garlic in it, yum!!!!!!!
I mix butter and olive oil together when browning meat or making a roux!
I love some thick slabs of butter on fresh baked bread! It’s just plain melted deliciousness!
My favorite use of butter is putting it on fresh baked bread or muffins. I love it when it melts right in. So delicious! In the summer I like putting it on corn on the cob. Yum!
Butter is just so good so it gets used A LOT in my kitchen, from spreading it on toasted GF bread with some preserves, putting a pat on some warm brown rice, to of course its countless other uses in all of the baking I do.
I have a sweet tooth so my favorite use for butter is my grandmother’s Scottish shortbread! The butter/olive oil sounds like it would make a great shortbread, maybe with some parmesan cheese and herbs in it instead of sprinkled with powdered sugar.
On fresh baked sourdough bread. Or hot from the oven Zucchini muffins. Or anything warm and mostly carbs. My 4-year-old loves butter so much I have to keep it hidden and keep the butter knives out of reach. Given the opportunity, she would like the butter knife clean and forget to put it on her bread. Then she yells, “I love butter!” Would you believe she’s small and very petite for her age? Whew!
Chocolate chip cookies with real butter… delicious!
Love butter on fresh Iowa sweet corn!
In the early morning hours, on toast, with a cup of tea!
I love butter on (and in) homemade biscuits. I love to dip crusty bread in olive oil and vinegar.
Such a nice giveaway! I’d love to enter, but I’m not sure I’m allowed if I’m not a follower. ? I couldn’t find a place to follow you, so I hope I can enter.
My favorite use for butter is drizzled over home-popped white popcorn, or just patted onto homemade bread. I love olive oil on salads (along with balsamic vinegar) and with sauteed vegetables.
I love butter on bread, still warm from the oven. Sprinkled with a little course salt.
Crust for a savory pie or tart - like a tomato and goat cheese with basil tart. Mmmm!
Butter goes great with onions and mushrooms! Slather it on French bread.
love love it
I love the combination of butter and olive oil in most recipes. Most of the time when I’m making a dinner type meal and it calls for butter, I usually add olive oil too, as the flavors blend so well together. But my absolute FAVORITE way to just use butter solo is slathered on a warm piece of home made bread.
My favorite use of butter is on a slice (or 2) of freshly baked bread. I love when it starts melting on the bread and becomes soft and oh so yummy.
Butter equals baking in my mind!!!!
I use that combo for fried potatoes!