Any of you Instagram followers will know that I absolutely LOVE spending Wednesday nights with my small group from church. Well, now that our group has grown to around twenty friends, we probably fall in the “not-so-small” group category now. :)

But I adore each of these friends, and look forward to the hilarity, stories, discussions, honesty, thoughtfulness, wisdom, craziness, and love that abound every Wednesday night. And once or twice a month, I also look forward to our dinner parties!!! Oh yes. As much as we love diving into deep discussions, we also love diving into some seriously good food.

So when RO*TEL asked me to host a “Spring Into Summer” party with some good eats, this crew was more than happy to party it up! We lucked out last week with an absolutely beautiful May evening, so we threw the windows open, laid out a rockin’ spread of summer-y food, iced the drinks, set up the yard darts, and were ready to par-tay! I also decided to branch out and try creating some new recipes with RO*TEL, so brought along this delicious queso blanco, black bean and mango salsa cups, stacked roasted vegetable enchiladas, salsa, and my new favorite Coke Float Push-Up Pops. And they were totally delicious! You’ll have to check out the recipes here this week.

But to celebrate the arrival of summer, RO*TEL is sponsoring a giveaway on the site too! So read below to enter, and also to see some more fun party pics. And be sure to check out RO*TEL’s website, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest board for more great recipes. Cheers to springing into summer!

***This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winners, Wendy and Amy!***

***This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winners, Wendy & Amy!***

RO*TEL Prize Pack Giveaway Rules

Giveaway Prize:

Two people will receive a “Spring Into Summer” prize package, courtesy of RO*TEL and ConAgra Foods. Each prize package includes:

• 2 cans of RO*TEL Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles
• Recipe Cards
• Chip-&-Dip Serving Bowl
• Green Chili String Lights
• Outdoor Game Set

Entry requirements:

Leave a comment on this page telling us about your favorite summer recipe!

• You may NOT enter using multiple email addresses.
• Additional entries must leave a separate comment. (For example, you need a separate comment saying that you became a follower on Twitter, or that you were already a follower, etc.)
• Contest ends June 8, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.
• Contest open to US residents only.
• Winner will be chosen via random.org and will have 48 hours to respond before being disqualified and a new winner chosen.

Opportunities for extra entries:

1. Follow GimmeSomeOven and RO*TEL on Twitter and retweet the following message:
   • I want to win a @RO_TEL prize pack at @gimmesomeoven. http://bit.ly/tatRiw #giveaway #FiestaROTEL
2. Subscribe to Gimme Some Oven RSS Feed.
3. Follow Gimme Some Oven on Pinterest.

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The Fine Print: No purchase necessary to enter. Winner will be selected at random by Gimme Some Oven using Random.org. Entries that do not follow the entry requirements will not be considered. Giveaways will be mailed to the winners’ address. I did receive compensation and product from ConAgra Foods, but all opinions are my own.