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A BLOG EVENT, ORGAN DONATION, A WINNER & A PRIZE…HAPPY DAYS!!

2008/09/20 / 23 Comments
“Don’t think of organ donations as giving up part of yourself to keep a total stranger alive. It’s really a total stranger giving up almost all of themselves to keep part of you alive.”
Author Unknown2008 09 20
Guess what arrived in the mail yesterday? Imagine my utter horror when the bell rang & by the time I got to opening the front door, I heard a mild thud & caught sight of a package hitting the ground. My heart missed a beat…the postman had just chucked this parcel over the gate & gone away. One look & I knew what it was. Bubble wrap saved the day!!2008 09 191Back in August, Giz & Pschygrad at Equal Opportunities Kitchen had held Round 2 of Tried, Tested & True, but with a difference. It was linked to Organ Donation, a cause I support completely. Here in India, we don’t have a very organised organ donation programme & public awareness is quite minimal. But the hub & me have each other informed; should anything happen to either of us, we’ve pledged our organs for donation. Next of kin approval is acceptable. The hubs mother had pledged her body for donation/research, but when she passed away due to Multiple Myloma almost 10 years ago, her organs had borne the brunt of the disease. Thankfully, we were able to donate her eyes.deeba32 My entry to the event was Olive Oil Pistachio Brownies, framed above beautifully by Giz & Pschygrad, & it won the 3rd prize. Yipeeeeeee!! They had a guest celebrity judge, Cathy Cushing judging the recipes sent in. Christine Cushing is one of the trailblazers of the Food Network in Canada. Check out her website here. IMG 6004THE PRIZES…
Christine Cushing generously donated a selection of her products, & I am the glad recipient of this great jar of hand-made tomato sauce. I am over the moon & plans for dinner were underway soon; pizzas on popular demand tonight. IMG 6055You can find home-made pizza dough recipe here. I added red chili flakes, Italian grill seasoning & garlic powder to the dry ingredients before making the dough. The pizza was a thin crust one & quite the best we’ve had in a while….YUM!!IMG 6030

I also won this beautiful piece of careware jewellery, which was included as prizes. It was donated by Blue Marigold, a line of jewellery that Giz produces, where 50% of the profits go to a selected charity. It’s absolutely stunning.

Thank you Giz & Pschygrad, & thank you Christine Cushing.

Posted by Deeba @ PAB

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

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23 Comments

  • Susan from Food Blogga

    2008/09/21 at 12:10 am Reply

    Delicious food and a good cause. It doesn’t get much better than that! Well done, Deeba. 🙂

  • Lori Lynn

    2008/09/21 at 12:39 am Reply

    Your opening quote is just floored me. Wow, what a perspective!

    Congrats on the well-deserved win.

  • Elra

    2008/09/21 at 1:43 am Reply

    Deeba,
    Congratulation, you deserved it!
    Thanks for stopping by today, it really make me happy to find a new people visiting my site. I like your blog as well.

  • Purnima

    2008/09/21 at 6:10 am Reply

    Hey Deeba, Congrats! Am so glad you won, more glad to read your views on organ donation!
    The pc of jewellery is marvelous! Moreso, the jar of sauce has come into right hands where not even a drop of it wd b wasted, n m sure, wd find itself in varieties created by you..
    Oh am so PROUD of you again for ur lovely thoughts!

  • Ivy

    2008/09/21 at 7:51 am Reply

    Congrats again Deeba for winning and for all those goodies you have won. I came to tell you congrats for featuring on Foodbuzz’s 24:24:24. I saw it last night at Foodbuzz and to pass on to you another Award.

  • giz

    2008/09/21 at 10:38 am Reply

    I’m so glad the parcel arrived safely. I was worried about it not making it there in one piece. I mean who ships a jar of tomato sauce from Canada to India. Bubble wrap is our friend.

    Thank you also from both Psychgrad and me and also from Christine Cushing who generously donated the price.

    Enjoy – and a job well done.

  • Psychgrad

    2008/09/21 at 3:00 pm Reply

    What a nice post about organ donation. Thank you for taking the time. I’m really glad that everything arrived safely.

  • Alexa

    2008/09/21 at 3:03 pm Reply

    Congratulations Deeba! I am so glad the jar didn’t break in transit or with the postman’s powerful throw. The olive oil brownies are intriguing… I’ll have to play around with that one.:-)

  • Clumbsy Cookie

    2008/09/21 at 4:20 pm Reply

    Wondefull my dear! Congratulations for winning such a special event! You’ve put your prize to a good use, pizza is allways a wondeful choice!

  • Cakespy

    2008/09/21 at 5:27 pm Reply

    There is so much deliciousness going on here!! Those brownies…that pizza….yum! And yay for bubble wrap and such a lovely prize!

  • Bellini Valli

    2008/09/22 at 2:19 am Reply

    It’s just like Christmas Deeba. It is so nice to have presnts and all thge way from Canada:D

  • familiabencomo

    2008/09/23 at 1:08 pm Reply

    How fun!!! What a great prize too! It looks like your whole family won – pizza for dinner!!!

    Tanti baci,
    Amy

  • Sunshinemom

    2008/09/23 at 1:44 pm Reply

    The feelings regarding donation of eyes, organs are the same here!! God Bless You! What a win:)

  • Jeanne

    2008/09/30 at 2:26 pm Reply

    Congratulations – you so deserve the prize! And great of you to help highlight organ donation. My brother has a kidney disease that will probably eventually require him to have a kidney transplant and I hope that when the time comes, there will be a suitable kidney for him.

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