I am not a professional chef in any shape way or form {the thought actually makes me chuckle}, yet I have no choice but to cook. There might be a law or two about it, but I kinda have to feed myself and the kids.
So, I try and embrace the task by being somewhat creative while keeping favourites in mind. I’m not an apron wearing, kitchen ninja as yet, but I like the act of trying and sometimes with great success.
Like many others out there, I get my inspiration and ideas from websites, magazines and books. Yet my absolute favourite site for all things cooking and baking is Real Women of Philadelphia.
Disclaimer: yes, I am a RWoP Brand Ambassador, yet there are some key points about this place on the net that I find most appealing {kinda like chocolate}. I know with all certainty I’ll be a frequent reader, commenter and member of the site long after my ambassador duties are done.
The reason is very simple, yet strikingly awesome.
It’s a community.
Yes, there’s professional recipes and photos much like any other food brand website, yet it’s not entirely one sided. Not at all. You can find conversations and recipes from everyday cooks, parents, food-lovers. People like myself that are in no way professional, yet have to cook and want to fine tune their ninja skills.
It’s sharing, support and the truest sense of community, and a delicious one at that. Of course there’s also contests, how-to’s and all that goodness like cream filling in a cake.
Real Women of Philadelphia had launched their 2013 Cheesecake of the Year contest and many entries piled in. Each one was fantastic and in entirety gave cheesecake ideas to last lifetimes. The winner was announced and I’d like to take this time to congratulate Lisa Bernardi as the 2013 winner!!
While I could go on and on, highlighting the many great things at Real Women of Philadelphia, thing is, there’s great things there daily. Today, I’m all over the FREE downloadable cookbook filled with more than 90 recipes.
If you haven’t already, hop on over to Real Women of Philadelphia and you’ll quickly realize what a vast website it is. Perhaps you’ll discover a meal to make this weekend or perhaps you want to download your favourite dessert or kitchen tips. Maybe all of the above!
In fact, why not stop by right now and drool over the Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing recipe. My husband coined it as ‘the best cake he’s ever had’. *blush*. Yeah, I might not be a professional, but I’m doing my best.
While there, get ideas for your Thanksgiving dinner!
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WIN IT: One Canadian reader will get a Kraft gift basket. It includes an assortment of Kraft products and a Real Women of Philadelphia apron and spatula, arv $50
TO ENTER: Fill in the form below with your qualifying entries. Good Luck!!
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I love all the recipies that are found there….such a great variety of things to cook or bake
I love the community feel, and the connections that can be made! And the recipes of course!
I love the recipes. But I also like that they often have giveaways for posting on certain posts. For example I just got to order a coupon for free chocolate cream cheese.
the recipes and the people
I enjoyed reading the answers to questions people had and they were some of the questions I had too!!
I like the Fall Recipe Gallery! Lots of inspiration!
Cheers.
The recipes!
all the wonderful fall recipes yum 🙂
questions, recipes and giveaways 😉
You have to love all the recipes that are available. I often visit the site if I don’t know what to make!
The Fall Recipes are awesome!! Can’t wait to try out some new ones!
I LOVE RECIPE !!!! always looking and say hummmmmmm!!!
I always love trying out new recipes 🙂
I love all the different recipes!
The recipes! I’ve tried a couple of the desserts and they are delicious!
would love a piece of that cake! So many good things can be made from Philadelphia Cream Cheese!!
there is nothing better than Kraft.I’ve been a fan for many many years
the recipes!!! they all look sooo good!
I love all the recipe ideas as I’m also stumped!!
it definitely has to be the recipes!
I love all the recipes!!! 🙂
I love recipes and all the ideas!
The recipes are outstanding and I really enjoy all the tips for using Philly in recipes.
I found the Philadelphia site last week and printed off the pumpkin cake recipe…can’t wait to try it!
Love all the info you can find there – it’s amazing what you can do with cream cheese!!
All the yummy recipes!!
All the yummy recipes!
I love their contests and their recipes. It sure is a great site. As is yours too. 🙂
I love the recipes and the ambassadors group. I like to know that most of the recipes are made by active moms who are also devoted to their family.
I really like the recipe section – the Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns caught my eye right away
I love all the recipes! there is something for every meal.
I love all the recipes & giveaways, Kraft products are the best!!!
I love this site! Great recipes for all occassions! Philidelphia Cream Cheese is the only brand I use.
Besides drooling over all the food.I like the What would you like to do today? feature. A very interactive and easy to use site.
I love the overall layout of their site. Easy to navigate, great recipes and reviews on recipes with lots of tips. Thanks!
Cream cheese frosting mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Cream cheese frosting mmmm
Sorry about the double post =-S
I like the recipes and how people can share their tips.
I love all the recipe ideas!
Love the recipes
I love the community – very friendly and helpful people there.
yummy recipes!
I love all the recipies that are found there. I’ll be busy the next few days:)
Love all the great recipes
I really enjoy all of the recipes!!
All the great recipes that you can find from breakfast to dinner.
giveaways and recipies
I really like the Learn section. Even after cooking for many….many..many years I still am learning about certain techniques. The recipes are explained in layman terms and accompanied by pictures which is very helpful.
Mmm…the lemony graham squares and the fettucine recipes really caught my eye. Supper is late, being held for a late arrival, and the hunger is really getting to me. I am positively drooling looking at these recipes!
Thanks for the contest!
Wow, mouthwatering pics and recipes! *drools*
I am always looking for new recipes…the Santa Fe Chicken Casserole looks so easy to make!
There is part that has games and ideas to keep busy and learn.
I love that it has a forum where people can really interact.
I love all the free recipes especially the CRANBERRY-GLAZED CINNAMON CHEESECAKE recipe yummy!
The recipes have videos
So many recipes and easy to navigate
The recipes are what I love.
I love all the recipes. Lots of great ideas
I joined last week, great recipe’s, people are so nice!
the recipes 🙂
the layout the recipes are easy to find
I really love all the recipes that are available. and the helpful tips you share with us
I like all the recipes on the site
I like forum section which offers great tips and discussions.
There are a lot of wonderful recipes that made me drool!
Great recipes
I love all the yummy recipes.
Love all the recipes!
i like that you have contests and also the recipes are very easy to search and well organized
I love that you can download free recipe e books! and the recipes alone are amazing!
The Recipes are the best!
I love all the different recipes!
I love all their surprise contests they have;)
I like the recipes and giveaways!
Definitely the recipes… I already sign up for the KRAFT recipes through email and have made some pretty tasty meals because o f it!
ALL of the recipes!
I love recipes and contests, so I love this site!
There is a lot of great recipes there.
I love that they have lots of recipe.
I love all the recipes (and their giveaways!)
The recipes are great.
Just love all the recipes
I like the hundreds of recipes alot are easy enough even for me lol
Love it all!
I think the games are fun – we all need a break from looking at delicious recipes that make our tummies rumble..
IReally easy to negotiate the website and the recipes are amazing! Today, I loved the suggestion of Broccoli/Cauliflower Au Gratin for Thanksgiving…1less thing tying up the oven!!
I like all the recipes
I love the seasonal recipes
I love that everywhere you look there are great recipes and great tips.
Love the recipes!
The photos of the food look so delicious!
Lots of recipe ideas for all meals and desserts and appetizers.
I love the recipes too. The ones I have looked at are easy enough for me to make and look delicious.
I like the recipes and I have joined the site and downloaded a cookbook
I love all the recipes!
I love the recipe ideas!
There are so many great recipes and I like how clearly laid out they are all.
I love the recipes. I used this site often to look for ideas for all types of recipes.
Love their collection of recipes! So much to choose from…
I love the recipes and promos they have.
They have lots of great recipes.
The vast array of recipes.
I love the recipes
I love the variety of recipes they have. I love reading peoples comments on the recipes as well
I love all the different kind of recipes. Everything from appies, to entrees and dessert.
Wonderful recipes and a warm community!
I love browsing all the recipes
I love the tons of recipes and the weekly contests
I love all of the different types of recipes! I’ll have to try some 🙂
I just really really love the recipes! Even before this post I have gone to their website many many times for supper ideas 😀
I like the learning section of the site!
I love the diversity of the website, it isn’t just a recipe website. There are a lot of different things to do on it!
I’m in recipe heaven! I’ve found so many I want to try, I bookmarked the site!! I’m going back after dinner and planning!
I love all the terrific recipes. I also enjoy the forums.
I love the recipes , a lot of delicious recipes!! Yum
Love the recipes as I am always looking for new one to switch up my meal planning!
I love the recipes!!
I love all the great recipes that they put on their site and their giveaways
I love all the recipes they have there and the giveaways 🙂
The recipes are the best! I like the downloadable cookbooks, the fun contests and the emails I get from them.
I love all the recipes that they have on there.
I love the forum and the recipes. I’ve made a lot of recipes there.
I love all of the recipes they have and their weekly giveaways!
I love that you can download recipe books. I also love all of the pictures of all of the great looking food, my mouth is watering now, lol 🙂
I absolutely LOVE all their recipes!!!
I really love the selection of recipes there! Can’t wait to go through them all!!!
Thanks for the chance
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I always check out their site for recipes, and I love it when they throw in their contests.
I like the massive amount of recipe they have on the site
I love that they have lots of how-to information (and they have contests) as well as tons of recipes.
Recipes by everyday people like me!
I really love how there are always new recipe, a nice network and contests!
I like that Philly posts its own recipes and also has an abundance of members that contribute their own home recipes – great variety.
The recipes
The recipes, of course.
I love all of the recipes and contests they host.
I’ve been a member on the RWoP site for quite awhile now & I enjoy all of the tasty recipes.
I just love all the really good recipes there.
i love the recipes
I like the recipe section and my fav is Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns.
I love all the fall recipes, yummy stuff 🙂
That’s an easy question for me. The cheesecake recipes of coarse.
I love that they host regular giveaways and that they are always fun!
All the recipes to browse. So many options to choose from.
Lots of the Fall recipes that I might want to try.
the recipes are awesome!
I love the easy recipes!
I love the share section, just the questions and answers are fun to read. The recipes of course are awesome!
I like the recipes on the site.
Love all the recipes and contests RWoP has!! I’m also a member. 🙂
Recipes, recipes, recipes! I’m a recipe junkie!!!
I like all the recipes!
I love all the recipes!! I would like to make the CREAM PUFF PASTRY
I love all the recipes!! I would like to make the CREAM PUFF PASTRY.
I love all the recipes
I really like that there are new recipes all the time. New inspiration every time.
All the great recipes
October 14-I think I love every thing about the ‘Real -women -of -Philadelphis’ site!
I love all the recipies !
The Recipe Gallery but I also love they feature new products & Contests as well.
I just love recipes that have pics, my attempts never quite look the same but I figure if it still tastes great so what.
I like the forum. That everyone talks with each other and helps each other out with cooking ideas and recipe problems
Recipes, contests and I get their emails…always gives great ideas for dinner!
I love the new Fall Recipe Gallery
I love everything about the site, the ease of the community and the great ideas and stories being shared
i love how inviting the site is.. i love all the different recipies (i absolutely have to try a few!!)
Love the free down-loadable cookbooks and all the great recipes!
Loves Kraft products and there site, always have awesome recipes!
love the recipes!
Love the recipes!!
We love Kraft products and recipes! Family fav’s!
Love these recipes
I love the recipes the contests
recipes
Love the recipes
love the big community members!
the recipes. Love the recipes
I love the pictures that accompany the recipes. They always make me want to make it right away!
gotta love all the recipes
The website is very user friendly and of course I love all the recipes to choose from. The Forum section is very useful also.
I love your recipes and the pictures that go along with them thank you
Love the recipes .;)
I love the recipe photos! They are what ussually persuade me to try a new recipe…and everything there looks soooo amazing!
the recipes, giveaways, community
I like the contests! they’re always fun and the forums are friendly.
I love all the recipes and contests
I love the recipes and contests
I love all the different recipes ! will be visiting for recipes for suppers and treats !
I love all the recipes! SO many ways I didn’t even think to use Philly!
I love the delicious Recipes!
I love the layout – it looks great and is so easy to navigate. I also love the recipe contests they run! Some women are so darn creative!
I like the recipes
I love the givaways (thank you!)
The recipes and great tips and ideas !
Recipes! Lots & lots of recipes! That’s what I love about the RWoP site!!
Dessert squares and pies..oh my!And there is so much more on the website. Love the pictures too. Thanks for the chance, twitter fan@plumerea
love the recipes on this site
Love the recipes that I would never have thought of on my own. And their generous offering of contests of course.
They’re a great resource if you have a Philly ingredient and are mulling over what to do with it.
I love their recipe gallery and that they have a blog. I didn’t know there was a blog, so it is great to read user comments and tips.
I love how many recipes there are to choose from, and I love that they always have chocolate giveaways
all the yummy recipes 😛
I like the ease of finding new recipes to try ..
It’s such a comprehensive site, wow. I have to say I like the recipes the best though.
I love all the recipes.
All the recipes are the best part!
The recipes 🙂 that u for the contest. also love coupons. thank you
i love all of the recipes
love all the recipes and pictures of same. thanks
I love the recipes
I love all the pictures, nothing worse then a recipe with no pictures
I love RWoP’s contests!
I love the wide variety of recipes
I love all the delicious recipes on the website.
I like their contests
Got to love all of the amazingly simple recipes!
all the great recipes shared, so many sound so great
all the recipes, so many sound super great
I love the recipes
I am entering your giveaway.
It would be great to win A Kraft Gift Basket.
In response to your requirement to Visit the RWoP website and tell you something i love about the site!
I love all the recipes that they have.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!
I love the recipies
The recipes and giveaways are great!
Great site! Great recipes!
I like the LEARN section. (example -> 5 Tips for Making the Perfect Pie Crust)
i love how they post everyday mothers/bakers post there recipes. also we can comment also the giveaways are a bonus.
I’ve been a member of RWoP for awhile and I really like the selection of recipes!
I love all the recipes !
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I like being able to download free cookbooks.
I like the layout
The recipes!! There are some I am excited to try!
Definitely the recipes!! So many I want to try 🙂
Love the recipes!!
I love the receipe section
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