Mrs. O’s Fresh Corn Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
Directions: Shuck fresh corn, rinse and pat dry. Cut corn kernels from the cob, cutting close to the cob. Toss the kernels in a large bowl with red onions, green pepper, red pepper, balsamic vinaigrette, salt, and pepper. Toss the vinaigrette as you would a salad, adding more if needed. Other nice additions are chopped tomato and chopped fresh avocado. Taste for seasonings This salad is great if sets overnight, is great a summer side dish and served with fish or chicken. Serves 6-8. To make this recipe even easier, try the OXO Good Grips Corn Stripper. It captures the corn and juices so they don’t splatter all over the counter or work area. It’s one of those items that should be featured in Cook’s Illustrated. Enjoy! -Mrs. O
Red, White & Barbeque
As we prepared for this summer holiday, our goal was to help you welcome your guests, give them something cold (and great!) to drink and something good to eat! Take a look at our Independence Day Fun Facts. Do you remember how many stars and stripes are on our American Flag or how many hot dogs will be consumed this year’s BBQ’s across our country? Stay tuned tomorrow as I will post my all-time favorite summer recipe; Fresh Corn Salad. You will LOVE it! Happy Organizing! -Mrs. O
Summer Camp TipsJust where did this week go? I feel like I’m rushing to get so much done before summer begins and I don’t even have kids that are finishing up school, so what’s my worry? I have seen the middle school graduations in progress on my way to work in the morning and it brought back some great memories of when my children were younger and how fun the last week of school always was. That lasted for about a week and we were all ready for summer camp!
I’m originally from New York, so Summer Camp has a much different meaning to the east coasters than it does to the west coasters. We couldn’t drive to a beach in an hour, so we went to camps that could offer the experience of a summer of fun, water and great activities. I’ll be honest –  I actually hated camp because I didn’t like being away from my mom for that long, but we did go to our family beach house for the entire summer. The mom’s and kids went for the whole summer, the dad’s for about 2 weeks of vacation and then commuted back for the weekends. We shopped for back to school clothes before returning home on Labor Day Weekend. Funny that my kids were the same way about leaving me, but I ‘made’ them go. After all, summer camp is healthy and I was determined for my children to do all the things that I didn’t. We laugh now, but those begging telephone calls were brutal. We did have lots of fun shopping, packing and preparing – it was just the ‘going’ part they didn’t like. Go figure. I think I really got it down and loved making it easy and fun for them. My favorite part was tucking my little notes for them to find in surprise places throughout their stay and sending them care packages. I loved making them feel special and loved. If you have a child going off to summer camp, see our expert tips from our editors to help make it easy for you to prepare for summer camp, along with a summer camp checklist. Be Happy Summer Campers! Mrs. O
Organize.com had a Special Visitor!
Ariel is the cutest little Poodle and she was so good ALL day! She made our Friday! In fact we may bring her back every Friday Do you have a special pet??? We would LOVE to hear about him or her! Check out Organize.com’s pet section to find stylish ways to keep your pets things organized! Hope Everyone had a GREAT Weekend! -Mrs. O
Countdown to Summer Sweepstakes
New York City has something for everyone! Whether you prefer the theater or a museum, a Yankee’s Baseball Game or a shopping trip on 5th Avenue, a stroll through Central Park or a ride in an infamous taxi cab, this city has it all and that is why New York City was last week’s mystery travel destination! Congratulations to Christy Hicks! You guessed correctly and are this week’s winner! Continuing with the countdown to the first week of summer…here is this week’s mystery travel destination!
Think you know where this is??? Stop by Organize.com and submit your answer for a chance to win a fabulous travel prize! Happy Organizing!!! –Mrs O.
Favorite Summer Recipes Facebook Party!
Summer is all about sun, family, friends, outdoor grilling and frozen treats!!! I’m so excited for the unofficial start of summer!!! Long hot days call for chilled salads, frosty cocktails, and easy meals that can be enjoyed under the sun…or the stars. To kick off the unofficial start of summer we are hosting a Facebook party with OXO to share our favorite summer recipes using the best OXO tools! Do you have any summer recipes that you would like to share? We would love for you to share them with us at the party! Just post your favorite recipe on the wall at Organize.com’s Facebook fan page so we can all give them a try this summer. Our fans have already begun to send us some of their favorite recipes and all I can say is YUM! YUM! The party is this Wednesday, the 2nd at 6pm PST where we’ll share our favorite summer recipes and give up to $1000 in fabulous prizes! Only registered guests are eligible to win, so be sure to register anytime before the party at http://www.organize.com/facebook-party1.html See you tomorrow night! -Mrs. O
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If you are looking for something new that everyone seems to love, try my Fresh Corn Salad recipe. It’s easy, can be made ahead of time and is a perfect summer recipe.
We had a special visitor today at Organize.com! As many of you know I LOVE DOGS-especially Sammy our Organize.com mascot 
So when Phil, our graphic artist, asked if he could bring his new puppy, Ariel, in for a visit, I said “Of Course!”
She is a puppy, so she mostly slept…but she did take a liking to office supplies-especially an orange highlighter!
This weekend I got together with some girlfriends and headed to The Pink Carpet Premiere of Sex and the City 2! The movie was GREAT-my new mission is Charlotte’s wardrobe!- and the best part was that all the fun was for a good cause, breast cancer awareness! SATC as you may already know is based in New York City, one of my favorite travel destinations!
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