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Gift Idea and Giveaway: US Wellness Holiday Package

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Every year my great grandpa would send my family some type of gift package. Many years it contained sausages, cheeses and crackers and sometimes applets and cotlets too (I am going to try to make my own this year!). Christmas doesn’t seem quite the same since we stopped getting those packages. My great Grandpa passed away last year and we miss him.

So when I was at the Wise Traditions Conference and sampled some of US Wellness sausages I thought of him and his Christmas packages and knew I had to try to do a holiday giveaway with them. Their grass fed beef is some of the best, most nourishing beef around! And it’s very delicious too. I am so glad that they graciously agreed to do the giveaway. I am just jealous that I can’t win my own giveaway! Not only did they put together some fabulous sausages and raw cheeses, but they plumped the deal up with short ribs, beef snacks sticks, and tallow shortening (perfect for pie crusts)!

One lucky person is going to make out like a bandit!

But if you don’t win, don’t despair. You can do what I will be doing and order your own using the coupon code (15 percent off!) which I will give when the winner is announced. I really think that these grass fed sausages and meats, cheese (and tallow shortening, which I will be discussing in a second) make fabulous gifts, party foods, and everyday busy life food too! So nutritious and so delicious too.

Here’s a run down of what’s in the gift basket. And like I mentioned already, many of these items would make excellent gifts (anyone want to send me a few?).

I decided to go ahead and include their descriptions of the products, since I haven’t tried all of them.


Raw Amish Garlic and Chive Goat Cheese

“Once you start eating our new Garlic and Chives Goat Cheddar Cheese you won’t put it down! This cheese is impossible to stop eating it until it’s gone! Each vacuum sealed package averages 8 ounces.

Ingredients: unpasteurized goat milk, vegetable rennet, sea salt, garlic, chives, culture”

Raw Havarti Cheese
“Raw Havarti grass-fed cheese is produced from Jersey cows at an Amish grass-fed dairy in Indiana and is absolutely wonderful. Being new to Havarti, the US Wellness staff immediately put it on the must sell list after taste testing. Each wedge weighs in at an average of 10.5 ounces. Wedges will vary slightly as the product is hand sliced prior to vacuum packaging.”

Beef Snack Sticks Beef Snack Sticks Nitrate and MSG Free

These grass fed snack sticks are very delicious! A hit with both adults and kids.  They also don’t contain any nitrates, gluten, corn syrup or msg. Ingredients: beef, water, sea salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, coriander

Tallow Shortening

Once upon a time tallow (rendered beef fat) was used to make the very best pie crusts as well as  in everyday cooking and in the deep fryer. McDonald’s used beef tallow to make their potato chips until 1983. It’s been replaced with genetically modified modern vegetable oils and hydrogenated fats. Isn’t that so sad?

Well, you don’t have to put up with it anymore! As part of this holiday giveaway, you will get a container full of ready to use tallow.

Sausages

Like I said, I sampled a lot of their sausages at the conference and they were all so good! Yes, even the ones that contained liver! This is an excellent way to eat liver if you aren’t fond of it. I am fairly sensitive to the taste of liver, and I really enjoyed them. What a nutritious easy meal too! This would be worth keeping around for last minute snacks or meals! Next time I am pregnant I am going to stock up on these for sure.

Salami
“With just one taste of our new salami, you’ll be hooked! Our all beef salami is ready-to-eat and has a great spicy kick. We’ve altered our recipe to include xylitol instead of sugar and have maintained the same delicious flavor in the process. Each package is 8 ounces.
Ingredients: beef, water, Celtic sea salt, non allergenic spices, xylitol, garlic powder”

Head Cheese Sausage:

“U.S. Wellness Head Cheese is an interesting mix of grass-fed beef heart, tongue, and beef trim. This fully cooked product is ready to slice and serve.

Head cheese delivers in a one pound sausage style package with a robust organ flavor packed full of healthy organ nutrients.

Ingredients: beef, beef heart, beef tongue, water, sea salt, onion powder, white pepper, marjoram, allspice”

Liverwurst
“Liverwurst is a mixture of grass-fed beef trim (30%),liver (30%), heart (20%) and kidney (20%). This is a rare opportunity to purchase grass-fed organ sausage.

Ingredients: beef, beef liver, beef kidneys, beef heart, water, sea salt, onion powder, honey, white pepper, coriander, marjoram, allspice “

2 packages of BBQ Short Ribs with All Natural BBQ Sauce

These short ribs are perfect for busy times (like this time of year) as they come precooked, all you need to do is reheat them!

Oh, winner of this giveaway, I envy you.

To enter, follow the link below.

This contest will end on December 10th at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, and will be announced on December the 11th. You must live within the United States to enter this contest.

Like all of the giveaways done with my sponsors I will be receiving a small compensation for hosting this giveaway.

Thanks so much US Wellness Meats for the great giveaway!

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KimiHarris

I love beautiful and simple food that is nourishing to the body and the soul. I wrote Fresh: Nourishing Salads for All Seasons and Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons as another outlet of sharing this love of mine. I also love sharing practical tips on how to make a real food diet work on a real life budget. Find me online elsewhere by clicking on the icons below!

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  7. MMM, I’ve been able to find great local sources for pastured meat. I’m looking for nitrate free bacon. I’d love to buy part of a pig and make it myself. I do make my own sausage from venison since I have trouble finding pastured pork.

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    • Not sure where you are located but ask around. Here is SW MI there are some great places to get Nitrate Free Local Bacon. One is Creswick Farm http://www.creswickfarms.com and their bacon is really good. I also get bacon at Markowycz European Sausage Co in Detroit. They buy pastured meats from Amish Farmers in several states and they hand trim, grind, mix and only add garlic and spices to their meats and then they naturally wood smoke them in a real smokehouse they have on premises. Awesome.

      Lisa

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  8. Oh wow, this all sounds so good! A couple years ago I never would have thought that ‘tallow shortening’ sounded good LOL!

    Looking forward to more giveaways with Real Food Media!

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  11. I just tried entering on the US Wellness site & got a runtime error. Anyone else having trouble entering or is it just me? 🙂

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  19. I’m in! Everything sounds heavenly. Thank you for this fabulous giveaway and good luck to us all.

    P.S. I had to use the Internet Explorer browser because the link didn’t show up when I opened it in my Firefox browser.

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  23. Hi Kimi, I read your blog first thing every morning 🙂 It radiates positive energy.

    This give-away sounds super yummy and tasty!! My family and I would love it. *Fingers crossed* 😉

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  35. Oooh Havarti has always been one of my favorites, and to get a chance to try it raw, oh my! I really hope I win this!

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  43. That sounds wonderful! I am lucky to have so many sources of products like these here in Central Minnesota, but I’d love to win all of this stuff!

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  45. Yeah for giveaways!!! I order their liverwurst, beef tallow and chicken livers (when they have it) regularly and have tried their amish cheese, sausages and bacon. It’s all wonderful and would love to get this all for FREE!!!

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  48. Interesting…. I’ve been eating headcheese for years (not exactly the best kind: pork, not pastured and with nitrites). I always thought it was pieces of ham in aspic (jelly with herbs and spices). I like it thinly sliced over bread; DH eats it in 1″ slab with some raw onion slices and vinegar. When you killed a pig in Europe, making headcheese was standard – I had no idea that I might have eaten tongue in it!! Wow..

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