By Rachel - A Southern Fairytale | Leave A Comment
I’m a Texan, I marinate.
I marinate a lot. It is one of my favorite ways to tenderize tougher meats, add spice and flavor meats and even season veggies.
One of the biggest problems that I have though, is that Plastic Bags don’t stand up and they end up leaking in my fridge, or the containers take up too much room and don’t evenly distribute the marinades.
Until now that is. I was sent a baggie of Ziploc’s new expandable bottom bags to try out and I am officially sold on them. I dropped my chicken into the baggie, dumped in my marinade and the bag stood up the whole time! No slithering or wobbling baggie that I had to hold with one hand, while precariously pouring in my marinade and hoping against hope that it didn’t dump over and spill everywhere.
Do you see that? It is standing up ON ITS OWN! Hallelujah!
That’s right, that is FIVE chicken breasts, tons of marinade, lemons and rosemary and the bag stands up all on its own! Thank you Ziploc for your expandable bottom bags. Just to test them, I closed it and turned it upside down and all around while I smooshed my chicken and marinade together. NO LEAKAGE!
One of the best parts. They stand up in my fridge and take up WAY less room than the traditional baggies that had to lie down or be propped up in the fridge! I can even put two of these side by side in the fridge with no worries!
Isn’t that awesome! I’m a foodie, this excites me 
Want the recipe for that delicious looking chicken? It’s over on my blog today.
You can buy Ziploc items online, did you know that? I didn’t. If you have two ziploc items in your house, and really.. who doesn’t? Go to their website enter the two UPC codes and you can get a free online recipe guide with over 30 recipe ideas!
Now for the super fun part! I have a giveaway!!! Thank you Ziploc!
THREE of y’all are going to win a box of the new Expandable bottom Ziploc baggies and a 3-pack of Ziploc’s Twist-n-Lock Containers! SWEET!
To Enter, you have to do the first thing and the other two are optional for extra entries!
- Tell me about your favorite marinade and how you think the Ziploc baggies will come in handy in your house
- Tweet this and leave your Tweet URL in an additional comment
- Visit the Ziploc website and tell me your favorite product on there.
Contest is open to US residents and will run from Monday, August, 10th thru Thursday, August 13th at 9PM CST.
Random.org will be used to select the winners and the winners will be notified by e-mail.
THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED! Thank you for all of your comments and participation!
Congratulations to commenters: #3, #6 and #8!!!
ABOUT Rachel - A Southern Fairytale
Rachel is a 32 year old deep fried southern belle living in South Texas with her husband and two chi{read more}
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Olive oil, Rosemary, Soy Sauce, Garlic and lemon. A little salt and pepper before you put the chicken on the grill and you’re set!
I my favorite marinade is a orange teriyaki marinade. It’s the best! These stand up bags would be awesome for my many, many freezer meals I’ll be making over the next couple of weeks to prep for the coming of my new baby!!!
The easiest marinade ever for days when I’m in a hurry – a bottle of Italian salad dressing. Add chicken, grill it later. It’s delicious!
I love the Zip n Steam bags. They make it really easy to steam vegetables!
I love marinating chicken in Italian Dressing. And for something different marinate it in French Dressing!
The steak and Chop marinade from Lawrys is awesome too for beef.
I’m not adventurous to create my own marinades yet. Unless you count the pork rub and beer marinade from your pulled pork recipe!
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Favorite product is the quart sized storage bags! They are the perfect size and shape for most things I need to store!
Favorite marinade for filet mignon (3-4 8 oz filets)
1/2 c olive oil
1/4 Aloha shoyu sauce (from Hawaii)
Montreal steak seasoning 3-4 tsp
I use the ziplock storage bags but I had no idea about the expandable ones! Sounds so much better!
Honey and Balsamic Vinegar on salmon.
I like having all the different sizes. I keep snack, sandwich, quart, gallon and 2 gallon bags on hand. It makes my life easier.
Rum, rum, rum. I marinated steak in rum this week and it was delicious. Ziplocs are great for marinating, or freezer storage.
My total fav is soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and a handful of brown sugar. It is great on absolutely everything. Can’t wait to try the new bags!!