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 am a Real Women of Philadelphia Ambassador and I receive special perks
as part of my affiliation with the brand. The opinions on this blog are my own.
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Crystal Hunter says
I love all the recipies that are found there….such a great variety of things to cook or bake
Joy says
I love the community feel, and the connections that can be made! And the recipes of course!
francine says
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.
tanyab79 says
the recipes and the people
Denise S. says
I enjoyed reading the answers to questions people had and they were some of the questions I had too!!
Dreena says
I like the Fall Recipe Gallery! Lots of inspiration!
Cheers.
trish says
The recipes!
lexi says
all the wonderful fall recipes yum 🙂
seham says
questions, recipes and giveaways 😉
psychojo213@hotmail.com says
You have to love all the recipes that are available. I often visit the site if I don’t know what to make!
Jamie Shirlaw says
The Fall Recipes are awesome!! Can’t wait to try out some new ones!
Isabelle Simard says
I LOVE RECIPE !!!! always looking and say hummmmmmm!!!
Jessica @ Just a Mum? says
I always love trying out new recipes 🙂
Vanessa says
I love all the different recipes!
Erin McGrath says
The recipes! I’ve tried a couple of the desserts and they are delicious!
Brenda Roy says
would love a piece of that cake! So many good things can be made from Philadelphia Cream Cheese!!
jenniferlucas says
there is nothing better than Kraft.I’ve been a fan for many many years
Maggie C says
the recipes!!! they all look sooo good!
Tanis says
I love all the recipe ideas as I’m also stumped!!
Vivian D says
it definitely has to be the recipes!
Johanne LaurinCastonguay says
I love all the recipes!!! 🙂
Nichole cicero says
I love recipes and all the ideas!
KittyPride says
The recipes are outstanding and I really enjoy all the tips for using Philly in recipes.
Amanda says
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!!
Aimee W (Logan Alexander (Aimee) says
All the yummy recipes!!
Aimee W (Logan Alexander (Aimee) says
All the yummy recipes!
ivy pluchinsky says
I love their contests and their recipes. It sure is a great site. As is yours too. 🙂
Lucie Harvey says
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.
Soozle says
I really like the recipe section – the Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns caught my eye right away
Josie says
I love all the recipes! there is something for every meal.
Sharon Silljer says
I love all the recipes & giveaways, Kraft products are the best!!!
Pat McCormick says
I love this site! Great recipes for all occassions! Philidelphia Cream Cheese is the only brand I use.
elaing8 says
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.
Kristy. V says
I love the overall layout of their site. Easy to navigate, great recipes and reviews on recipes with lots of tips. Thanks!
Jamie says
Cream cheese frosting mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Jamie says
Cream cheese frosting mmmm
Jamie says
Sorry about the double post =-S
Lindsay C says
I like the recipes and how people can share their tips.
409cope says
I love all the recipe ideas!
Elizabeth says
Love the recipes
Monique L. S. says
I love the community – very friendly and helpful people there.
Ami L says
yummy recipes!
Louise Gilbert says
I love all the recipies that are found there. I’ll be busy the next few days:)
Lisa Cannavan says
Love all the great recipes
Ashley Lund says
I really enjoy all of the recipes!!
Elizabeth R says
All the great recipes that you can find from breakfast to dinner.
Leah S says
giveaways and recipies
Christina Ferguson says
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.
Shirley M says
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!
Sirkku says
Wow, mouthwatering pics and recipes! *drools*
Teresa Claire says
I am always looking for new recipes…the Santa Fe Chicken Casserole looks so easy to make!
Maureen says
There is part that has games and ideas to keep busy and learn.
Jonnie says
I love that it has a forum where people can really interact.
caryn s says
I love all the free recipes especially the CRANBERRY-GLAZED CINNAMON CHEESECAKE recipe yummy!
Anna Johnson says
The recipes have videos
Sean says
So many recipes and easy to navigate
loriag says
The recipes are what I love.
ann says
I love all the recipes. Lots of great ideas
Doris Calvert says
I joined last week, great recipe’s, people are so nice!
Dianne Melnick says
the recipes 🙂
LYNN CLAYTON says
the layout the recipes are easy to find
Agnes says
I really love all the recipes that are available. and the helpful tips you share with us
Jasen H says
I like all the recipes on the site
Glogirl says
I like forum section which offers great tips and discussions.
Heidi C. says
There are a lot of wonderful recipes that made me drool!
Catharine says
Great recipes
Tina L. says
I love all the yummy recipes.
Julie Dutremble says
Love all the recipes!
charityk says
i like that you have contests and also the recipes are very easy to search and well organized
Anne Taylor says
I love that you can download free recipe e books! and the recipes alone are amazing!
Kristina Ziegler says
The Recipes are the best!
Sandy J. says
I love all the different recipes!
Karla Sceviour says
I love all their surprise contests they have;)
Dayna Wilson says
I like the recipes and giveaways!
Amanda @ The Mommy Mix says
Definitely the recipes… I already sign up for the KRAFT recipes through email and have made some pretty tasty meals because o f it!
Vicki Hill says
ALL of the recipes!
Valerie Gibson says
I love recipes and contests, so I love this site!
Josh S says
There is a lot of great recipes there.
Carole Dube says
I love that they have lots of recipe.
Andrea Amy says
I love all the recipes (and their giveaways!)
joanne darrell says
The recipes are great.
Julie says
Just love all the recipes
stacey dempsey says
I like the hundreds of recipes alot are easy enough even for me lol
Jank says
Love it all!
Rene says
I think the games are fun – we all need a break from looking at delicious recipes that make our tummies rumble..
Robin says
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!!
Michelle K says
I like all the recipes
Francine says
I love the seasonal recipes
Lori JB says
I love that everywhere you look there are great recipes and great tips.
Jenny says
Love the recipes!
mongupp says
The photos of the food look so delicious!
ChristineB says
Lots of recipe ideas for all meals and desserts and appetizers.
Jeanette Jackson says
I love the recipes too. The ones I have looked at are easy enough for me to make and look delicious.
Vesper says
I like the recipes and I have joined the site and downloaded a cookbook
Andrew P says
I love all the recipes!
Victoria Ess says
I love the recipe ideas!
Jennifer L. says
There are so many great recipes and I like how clearly laid out they are all.
Florence C says
I love the recipes. I used this site often to look for ideas for all types of recipes.
Doris says
Love their collection of recipes! So much to choose from…
Darlene Schuller says
I love the recipes and promos they have.
Gizele says
They have lots of great recipes.
Catherine Robichaud says
The vast array of recipes.
maria says
I love the recipes
Amanda Rauch says
I love the variety of recipes they have. I love reading peoples comments on the recipes as well
Darwin says
I love all the different kind of recipes. Everything from appies, to entrees and dessert.
Lynn M says
Wonderful recipes and a warm community!
Carolyn Flanagan says
I love browsing all the recipes
Jo-Anne Pfoh says
I love the tons of recipes and the weekly contests
Lindsay T says
I love all of the different types of recipes! I’ll have to try some 🙂
Maegan Morin says
I just really really love the recipes! Even before this post I have gone to their website many many times for supper ideas 😀
Katrina Brady says
I like the learning section of the site!
Leah Lucas says
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!
Kaci Guisinger Harrison says
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!
Pamela Fontaine says
I love all the terrific recipes. I also enjoy the forums.
Tammy Dalley says
I love the recipes , a lot of delicious recipes!! Yum
Judy C (Cowan) says
Love the recipes as I am always looking for new one to switch up my meal planning!
Kelly says
I love the recipes!!
ginette4 says
I love all the great recipes that they put on their site and their giveaways
Melinda L. says
I love all the recipes they have there and the giveaways 🙂
Andrea Williams says
The recipes are the best! I like the downloadable cookbooks, the fun contests and the emails I get from them.
janice budgell pollard says
I love all the recipes that they have on there.
Brenda Penton says
I love the forum and the recipes. I’ve made a lot of recipes there.
Rebby says
I love all of the recipes they have and their weekly giveaways!
Lindsay Cyr says
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 🙂
Gvenny says
I absolutely LOVE all their recipes!!!
Mishelle says
I really love the selection of recipes there! Can’t wait to go through them all!!!
Thanks for the chance
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Debbie W says
I always check out their site for recipes, and I love it when they throw in their contests.
Belinda McNabb says
I like the massive amount of recipe they have on the site
Cheryl Grandy says
I love that they have lots of how-to information (and they have contests) as well as tons of recipes.
ToCo says
Recipes by everyday people like me!
Karine says
I really love how there are always new recipe, a nice network and contests!
jen s. says
I like that Philly posts its own recipes and also has an abundance of members that contribute their own home recipes – great variety.
Athena says
The recipes
Jordi says
The recipes, of course.
Karry Knisley says
I love all of the recipes and contests they host.
Julie G. says
I’ve been a member on the RWoP site for quite awhile now & I enjoy all of the tasty recipes.
mary fanara coleman says
I just love all the really good recipes there.
Sarah Stickney says
i love the recipes
Fan R says
I like the recipe section and my fav is Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns.
Karin Dollery says
I love all the fall recipes, yummy stuff 🙂
Stephanie LaPlante says
That’s an easy question for me. The cheesecake recipes of coarse.
suzi says
I love that they host regular giveaways and that they are always fun!
Emma says
All the recipes to browse. So many options to choose from.
mysweetiepiepie says
Lots of the Fall recipes that I might want to try.
Kristy S says
the recipes are awesome!
Stephanie says
I love the easy recipes!
Deb Dorrington says
I love the share section, just the questions and answers are fun to read. The recipes of course are awesome!
Harvinderks says
I like the recipes on the site.
Ali Piwtorak says
Love all the recipes and contests RWoP has!! I’m also a member. 🙂
Kim says
Recipes, recipes, recipes! I’m a recipe junkie!!!
Tom Ds says
I like all the recipes!
Leanne M says
I love all the recipes!! I would like to make the CREAM PUFF PASTRY
Leanne M says
I love all the recipes!! I would like to make the CREAM PUFF PASTRY.
Leanne M says
I love all the recipes
nicolthepickle says
I really like that there are new recipes all the time. New inspiration every time.
Carol M says
All the great recipes
Elva Roberts says
October 14-I think I love every thing about the ‘Real -women -of -Philadelphis’ site!
Carol Denny says
I love all the recipies !
Jennifer C aka JusticeSadie says
The Recipe Gallery but I also love they feature new products & Contests as well.
susan Platana says
I just love recipes that have pics, my attempts never quite look the same but I figure if it still tastes great so what.
Viv Sluys says
I like the forum. That everyone talks with each other and helps each other out with cooking ideas and recipe problems
Lori Bazan says
Recipes, contests and I get their emails…always gives great ideas for dinner!
Mary I says
I love the new Fall Recipe Gallery
lori butler says
I love everything about the site, the ease of the community and the great ideas and stories being shared
natasha severson says
i love how inviting the site is.. i love all the different recipies (i absolutely have to try a few!!)
Jeff Skidmore says
Love the free down-loadable cookbooks and all the great recipes!
amanda says
Loves Kraft products and there site, always have awesome recipes!
Nora Edmiston-Harlos says
love the recipes!
andrea says
Love the recipes!!
Amber says
We love Kraft products and recipes! Family fav’s!
Terry says
Love these recipes
Chandra Christine O'Connor says
I love the recipes the contests
jennifer capin says
recipes
Renee Vanderkuip says
Love the recipes
Carole B. says
love the big community members!
Chris Fretwell says
the recipes. Love the recipes
Judy Bickford says
I love the pictures that accompany the recipes. They always make me want to make it right away!
pat george says
gotta love all the recipes
Clifford says
The website is very user friendly and of course I love all the recipes to choose from. The Forum section is very useful also.
missy dukes says
I love your recipes and the pictures that go along with them thank you
Carolle says
Love the recipes .;)
Autumn Reid says
I love the recipe photos! They are what ussually persuade me to try a new recipe…and everything there looks soooo amazing!
Christina S says
the recipes, giveaways, community
D H says
I like the contests! they’re always fun and the forums are friendly.
phyllis cadwell says
I love all the recipes and contests
angela m says
I love the recipes and contests
Trina Goodwin says
I love all the different recipes ! will be visiting for recipes for suppers and treats !
Natalie says
I love all the recipes! SO many ways I didn’t even think to use Philly!
roger simmons says
I love the delicious Recipes!
amber y says
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!
Brenda Lacourciere says
I like the recipes
Alaina Monster says
I love the givaways (thank you!)
Rhonda Langille says
The recipes and great tips and ideas !
Twixxi says
Recipes! Lots & lots of recipes! That’s what I love about the RWoP site!!
Harjit says
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
bree stegman says
love the recipes on this site
Catherine K (@cathyincanada) says
Love the recipes that I would never have thought of on my own. And their generous offering of contests of course.
Sunshine G says
They’re a great resource if you have a Philly ingredient and are mulling over what to do with it.
Christy Martin says
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.
Erika B says
I love how many recipes there are to choose from, and I love that they always have chocolate giveaways
Ginger Leah Gervais says
all the yummy recipes 😛
Michelle says
I like the ease of finding new recipes to try ..
Angela Mitchell says
It’s such a comprehensive site, wow. I have to say I like the recipes the best though.
Travelbuds says
I love all the recipes.
Dilara says
All the recipes are the best part!
Tricia Lignos says
The recipes 🙂 that u for the contest. also love coupons. thank you
Jenny says
i love all of the recipes
l p says
love all the recipes and pictures of same. thanks
Gillian says
I love the recipes
Lisa Smith says
I love all the pictures, nothing worse then a recipe with no pictures
Beth Gallinger says
I love RWoP’s contests!
Donna L. says
I love the wide variety of recipes
Marjorie L. says
I love all the delicious recipes on the website.
nick a. says
I like their contests
missbobloblaw says
Got to love all of the amazingly simple recipes!
ameirah t says
all the great recipes shared, so many sound so great
ameirah t says
all the recipes, so many sound super great
Cheryl Almas says
I love the recipes
Wayne Lecoy says
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!!!!!!
kathryn says
I love the recipies
Sabrina says
The recipes and giveaways are great!
Debbie S. says
Great site! Great recipes!
SueSueper says
I like the LEARN section. (example -> 5 Tips for Making the Perfect Pie Crust)
marie cat says
i love how they post everyday mothers/bakers post there recipes. also we can comment also the giveaways are a bonus.
Lori P says
I’ve been a member of RWoP for awhile and I really like the selection of recipes!
Heather Holmberg says
I love all the recipes !
Pip444 says
I love the variety of recipes
Pamalot says
I like being able to download free cookbooks.
Julie Bolduc says
I like the layout
MCan says
The recipes!! There are some I am excited to try!
MCan says
Definitely the recipes!! So many I want to try 🙂
Marya says
Love the recipes!!
laurie says
I love the receipe section
Melanie says
This is a yummy looking basket! Just in time to start thinking about that Christmas baking!
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