One thing that I look forward to about having a house with a yard is the ability to plant a garden. I have looked forward to having my own garden for many years. I want to be able to grow cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, string beans and corn, to name a few. Of course I know nothing about having a garden, so I’ll probably start with things that are easy enough to grow and care for and work my way up to the more complicated things – like a pumpkin patch.
Nothing beats fresh from the garden fruits and veggies. I love knowing that the fruits and veggies don’t contain a lot of chemicals, additives and preservatives. I like things to be as fresh and natural as possible.
Until I have my own garden I’ll continue to buy my fruits and veggies from the local farmers market.
One thing I would love to try is making my own pickles. My family loves pickles. We eat them year round, not just in the summer months. It will be a long, long time before I get to something like pickling. For now I am more than happy to enjoy the flavorful varieties of Vlasic Pickles available at my local grocery store.
Have you had the opportunity to try the new Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickles? They are a new line of pickles that offer consumers pickles that are free of preservatives, artificial coloring and artificial flavoring. Even the fluid in the jars are clear. No more green murky water in the jar. The jars only contain fresh cucumbers, garlic, crunchy carrots, peppers and spices.
You can even re-purpose the jars they come in.
I love the way the Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickles look. They remind me of homemade pickles that I enjoyed when I was a child. They look like they could have easily picked and picked from your own garden. There is kind of a nostalgic appeal to them.
Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic come in several tasty varieties.
- Dill Chips – NEW cut of the traditional flavor with a refreshing dill taste.
- Kosher Dill Spears – the perfect cut for a classic sandwich side.
- Kosher Dill Halves – the original “out of the jar” snack.
- Bread & Butter Chips – sweet and delightful, cut in extra-crunchy slices.
- Zesty Garlic Chips – a fan-favorite variety that is bold with a tangy kick.
Some people think of pickles as a summer time food. After all, they go great with burgers, especially fresh from the barbecue. Pickles are great year round. My family enjoys them as a snack. They will eat them straight from the jar. They are also great along side a grilled cheese sandwich.
One of my favorite ways to enjoy pickles is to take a piece of Virginia ham (or your favorite ham), spread a little cream cheese on it and then top if with a Vlasic pickle half or spear. Then roll it up and enjoy. I actually made these as appetizers many years ago (I cut them up into bite size pieces) but I enjoyed the taste so much I sometimes make this for lunch.
Did you know that Vlasic pickles are low in calories? Most of the Farmers Garden by Vlasic pickles have ZERO calories per serving. You read that right – ZERO calories! Only the bread and butter have calories in them (25 per serving). Considering just how delicious and flavorful they are they really do make an enjoyable and satisfying snack.
If you need a little inspiration you should check out the recipes on the Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic website. They have pickle recipes there that I would never think of making with pickles. For example, I would never think to add pickles to Devil Eggs. I haven’t had a chance to make Devil Eggs yet but the next time I make them I’m going to make them with pickles. I think my family and my extended family would really enjoy that.
Another recipe is for Hummus Canape. The recipe shows you how to make the Hummus from scratch. I would think even store bought Hummus and crackers, along with the Zesty Pickle slices sounds just as yummy. I was even thinking that spreading some cream cheese on a cracker and topping it with a pickle slice would be yummy too.
If you would like to check out the recipes for yourself, or learn more about Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic visit www.FarmersGardenbyVlasic.com. There is even a store locator on the site to see if they are available near you. Walmart, Target and most major grocery chains carry them. You can also check out the store/product locator – www.FarmersGardenVlasic.com/Where-to-buy.
You can find out more about other Vlasic products at www.Vlasic.com. You can also connect with the Vlasic Stork on Facebook. In addition you can find the VlasicStork on Twitter and Vlasic on Pinterest. You should check out their Pinterest page. My favorite is their Pickle Puns & Funnies board. 🙂
You can also check out what others have to say with the hashtag #FarmersGarden.
Have you tried the new Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickles yet? If so, do you have a favorite? Feel free to comment and tell me about it.
How would you like to try out the new Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickles for yourself? FIVE lucky readers will each win ONE coupon for a FREE jar of Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickles.
This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on September 7, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winners will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winners will be notified by e-mail and will have three days to reply or a new winner will be chosen in their place.
To enter please comment on this post and tell me the following – What is your favorite way to enjoy pickles AND what flavor of the new Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic pickle variety would you like to try?
For extra entries you can use the Rafflecopter widget (below) but you must complete the initial entry requirement or the additional entries won’t qualify (I do check). Extra entries are optional.
Kimberly
*I received free product coupons in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
Mila says
I love pickles on the side of a great sandwich and chips!
Jenny B says
I love pickles on my hot dogs! Yummm! And I would love to try the Kosher Dill Spears.
Daniel Karpus says
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Becky Rawlinson says
Kosher dill is my favorite and I love to eat them straight out of the jar!
Renee Perry says
I LOVE DILL PICKLES SO I’D HAVE TO GO WITH THE KOSHER DILL, I LOVE TO EAT THEM ON TOP OF HOT DOGS AND WITH ANY KIND OF SANDWICH!
melina r says
I would like to try the bread and butter chips. I enjoy pickles with my burgers and sandwiches.
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Dana Rodriguez says
I always pack Vlasic pickles in my fiance’s work lunch.I think he would love the Zesty Garlic Chips!
Jackie says
I love pickles right out of the jar, or with a burger or sandwich.
I’d like to try the Kosher Dill Halves
Thank you!
Jennifer Matt says
I just love eating pickles by themselves. Those Zesty Garlic Chip ones sound delicious
Wanda McHenry says
My favorite way to eat pickles is on a sandwich. I would like to try the Bread and Butter Chips.
Jim Nichols says
Dill pickles on a cheese, lettuce, & mustard is one of my favorite ways to eat dill pickles. I love Bread & Butter Chips and would get those.
Rae says
I like them on hamburgers, hot dogs and plain. I would eat the dill chips—
Debbie says
Kosher dill spears on a hot dog.
angie says
I enjoy them with hamburgers or by themselves.
debbie says
I like them as snacks, and I would like to try the bread and butter chips. Sorry if this is a dupe, my computer acted up.
Cynthia C says
I like to snack on pickles and would like to try the Bread and Butter flavor.
angel d says
I like them by themselves or with grilled cheese and i would like to try the kosher dill spears.
Christina says
I like pickles on sandwiches… or just to snack on… fried pickles. I’d like to try the Bread & Butter Chips first..
Gayle J says
I like pickles on burgers and hot dogs and for a snack. i want to try the bread and butter chips
Allie says
My husband is the pickle eater. He would like the dill spears
DorothyTeel says
I would love to try the Bread and Butter Pickles, I love pickles with sandwiches and hot dogs, at times I tell my hubby the pickle is the vegetable instead of cooking a vegetable.. works for us
Catie says
I love pickles right out of the jar! I’d like to try the Zesty Garlic Chips.
Tarah says
I like them as just a snack! I am excited to try the Bread & Butter Chips
Candice says
On sandwiches and I would try the Bread and Butter variety.
Cheryl says
I think the Kosher dill halves would be great to try out. We have pickles beside any kind of sandwich.
Katie K says
i’d try the bread and butter chips, and my favorite way to enjoy pickles is just by themselves!
Janet F says
I like to eat Pickles with a sandwich. I would like to try Bread & Butter Chips.
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Ken Ohl says
i love pickles on a nice big burger
alyce poalillo says
The Kosher Dill Spears would by my pick to use with all kinds of sandwiches and burgers
Melissa M says
I love all types of pickels and eat them with everything! I’d love to try the zesty garlic chips
Cathy Truman says
I like to eat pickles out of the jar for a snack, I would like to try the Kosher Dill Spears.
ANN*H says
I would like to try the bread and butter pickles. I like to eat them on a sweet bologna sandwich with pickles , lettuce and a dab of mayo on.- yummy
Kate D. says
My favorite way to enjoy pickles is along side a burger or a sandwich. I would love to try the Zesty Garlic Chips flavor.
katklaw777 says
I like to chop up pickles to put in my egg salad…I can’t imagive eating it without them.
I even add a little bit of the juice too…YUM!
I would like to try the Zesty Garlic Chips…bet they would be great in my egg salad!
tam childers says
Kosher dill on a turkey sandwich
Kristie says
I’d like to try the Bread+Butter Chips and I like to eat them on their own. 🙂
heather says
I love eating pickes on the side of a sandwich and I’d like to try the kosher dill spears.
ashley cabell says
I love pickles classic and straight up so I’d love to try the Dill Chips!
Carla S says
I just eat pickles plain.I would want the farmers harvest dill chips or dill halves.
Kristen says
I like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches on toast….and I’d like to try the deli style halves.
Carol says
I would like to try the bread and butter chips. I enjoy pickles with my burgers and sandwiches.
christina givens says
I enjoy eating pickles right out of the jar. I’d like to try the bread and butter chips
gregg deering says
I’ve had bread and butter style on hamburgers before. I would like to try these.
Donna L says
I like pickles on a turkey sandwich. I would like to try the bread & butter pickles.
Debra Hall says
i like mine on the side of any sandwich
Rebecca Orr says
I like them on subs or burgers! And I want to try out the zesty garlic chips!
Sheila K. says
I like to have pickles on turkey sandwiches, and I’d love to try the bread & butter pickles!
crystle tellerday says
on a hamburger dill chips
Denise B. says
I cut up kosher dills into little pieces to use in macaroni salad. I’m not a big fan of vegetable, but my the new kosher dill.
jeremy mclaughlin says
love dill pickles with a sandwich
Becca says
These are great as a side dish for sandwiches. The kosher dill spears sound great!
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ELIZABETH C. says
I LOVE PICKLES ON MY TURKEY SANDWICH & I WOULD LOVE TO TRY THE BREAD & BUTTER.
michelle elizondo says
I eat them with sandwiches and I like traditional flavor.
Renee G says
I love pickles on my sandwiches. I’d love to try the Kosher Dill Spears.
Cynthia Sizemore says
the bread and butter chips would be the first I would love to try.i like to eat pickles with my deviled eggs,lol
Jennifer T. says
I just like to snack on pickles with sandwiches. I’d love to try the Bread & Butter Chips.
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Pam O says
My favorite way to eat pickles is on a homemade hamburger. The flavor I would like the most is the bread and butter chips.
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Ttrockwood says
I love to eat sandwiches with hummus and pickles!
The zesty garlic chips from vlasic sound awesome
kyl neusch says
Kosher dill, eat them plain
chadro says
I love pickles sliced on a roast beef and whole wheat sandwich with light mayo and onion
I’d like to try the Kosher Dill halves
Tara Liebing says
I love pickles on my hamburgers and BBQ’s. I want to try the Bread & Butter
Denise S says
I like them most on hamburgers.
Mallory Bailey says
I love pickles and eat them on almost everything and also by themselves. I would like to try the Zesty Garlic Chip Pickles.
Angela M says
My favorite way is to just eat them right out of the jar. 🙂 I do love them on sandwiches and hamburgers too.
I want to try the Kosher Dill Halves.
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Colleen W says
I love munching on pickles. They are a snack food for me. I would love to try their kosher dill spears. Yummy.
Angelique Drummond says
I most like to enjoy pickles cooled and straight from the jar. Don’t need anything with it to make a nice snack. I’d most like to try the Kosher Dill Spears.
Carolsue says
I like pickles on hamburgers. I would like to try the new Zesty Garlic Chips.
deb c says
I want to try the zesty garlic chips and I eat pickles as a snack.
cyndi br says
on a hamburger
Allison Downes says
I like having them with burgers and sandwich’s or just on their own as a snack. I want to try the Zesty Garlic Chips
Thank you for the nice giveaway!
Jacob LaFountaine says
Mostly I use them on sandwiches and hamburgers. I’d try Kosher Dill Spears first
Susan Smith says
I would like to try the bread and butter chips. I enjoy pickles on my hamburgers.
tina reynolds says
I like them on a burger or just for a snack by them selves
Rebecca Peters says
I like to just eat them out of the jar
Melanie Montgomery says
On a sandwich & bread and butter chips
Deb S says
I like to just eat them out of the jar. And I would like to to try the bread and butter chips.
Paula Tavernie says
I enjoy them on my Burgers and I would love to try The Zesty Garlic Chips!
Ed Nemmers says
I like pickles with a hot dog; Zesty Garlic Chips would be my Farmer’s Garden by Vlasic of choice!
kathy pease says
id love to try the Zesty Garlic Chips and my favorite way to eat pickles is on a cheeseburger 🙂
Kelly G says
straight out of the jar and I would like to try Kosher Dill Spears
Sarah Hall says
I love to make tuna salad or chicken salad and put pickles in them. I would like to try the bread and butter chips first.
Brad Merrell says
Pickles are good any way you eat them.
Rebecca Lock says
I like eating pickles on their own. I wan to try the zesty garlic chips.
Christine says
bread and butter chips with a sandwich
Brittney House says
Kosher dill
Jennifer Reed says
My favorite way to eat lots of pickles on my cheeseburgers with great mustard. I also love fried pill pickles. The new Farmers Garden by Vlasic Pickles I am most interested in is the Kosher Dill Halves.
Racheal says
I love adding pickles to my sandwiches and burgers. I definitely want to try the new Vlasic Zesty Garlic chips.
Lisa says
I want to try the Zesty Garlic Chips. I like to eat them as a snack.
Brenda Elsner says
I eat pickles on just about any kind of sandwich I have for lunch. I would love to try the Zesty Garlic chips
Michelle C says
I like fried pickles. And I would like to try the Bread and Butter pickles.
Janice Crespo says
Bread and Butter on a nice burger 🙂
Penny Snyder says
Love pickles with a grilled burger – would love to try the ◾Zesty Garlic Chips!!!
Jenni says
I love pickles right out of the jar, so the dill pickle halves are exactly what I would want.
wendy r says
i enjoy pickles with my hamburgers! Zesty Garlic chips sounds awesome!
amy deeter says
i like them with a sandwich and my favorite is hamburger dill pickels
David says
My favorite way to enjoy pickles is on a hot dog. I would like to try the bread and butter chips to chop up and use as relish.
Sky Kory says
I’d love to try Zesty Garlic Chip! I eat my pickles with sandwiches!
melikegarfield says
Kosher Dill whole pickles are my favorite so I would want to try the Kosher Dill spears, although some of the other varieties sound equally good 🙂
socratesjr says
I love Kosher Dills but I think I would most like to try the Zesty Garlic Chip. I bet they would be awesome on burgers!
susan smoaks says
i like a bite of pickle and a bite of sandwich
Samantha says
I love to enjoy pickles when eating a sandwich and want to try the Dill Chips!
Rachel Higgs says
cold and bread and butter
Joy Q says
I like them by themselves & I would like to try the Zesty Garlic Chips
laurie says
I like them on hamburgers and I want to try the bread and butter pickles
Nicole Millheim says
I would the love Bread & Butter Chips. I like to slice up pickles and put them on my sandwich
Peter G says
Kosher Dill
LeAnn Knott says
I like pickles on the side of my plate. I would like to try the Garlic Chips!!
Michelle Tucker says
I love them beside a sandwich. We are so in love with their pickles! I’d like to try the new Kosher Dill Spears.
Dorothy Deakyne says
love pickles on sandwich
Michelle S says
I just eat them straight out the jar, and the bread and butter would be my choice.
DanV says
I like them on the side with sandwiches. I’d like kosher dill halves.
tallcapp says
Kosher Dill Halves is my favorite. I would just take them out of the jar and eat at once!
Bryan E. says
Thanks for the giveaway…we would like to try the Zesty Garlic Chips; love pickles on the side with sandwiches, burgers.