Olive Garden Review + Gift Card Giveaway

My aunt gives my husband and I a gift card to Olive Garden every Christmas to use for a "date night". I is absolutely one of my favorite gifts and I do the same for several of my friends. As parents, its hard to spend quality time together without our small children and a dinner date is always good for us. Olive Garden just happens to be one of my all time favorite restaurants.

Olive Garden recently sent my husband and I a gift card to test out some new menu items. Unfortunately, we missed out on the Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion, but I look forward to when that comes back. I had the New Stuffed Rigatoni with Chicken. I forgot my camera, so I took this with my phone-sorry for the horrible quality.

I never finish all of my dinner at Olive Garden, but I did that night! The Stuffed Rigatoni with Chicken was absolutely amazing and even though I like to try to eat something different each time I go, I will most likely order the same thing. Of course, it isn't a night at Olive Garden without their amazing salad and bread sticks that come with most entrees. I could eat my weight in their salad-the dressing is my absolute favorite.

I look forward to going back at lunch soon because they now have Paninis with prices starting at just $8.95 (Grilled Chicken Caprese, Grilled Chicken Florentine and Grilled Steak & Portobello), each served with their unlimited signature soup and salad, along with breadsticks. You can enjoy this lunch special Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

I also noticed on their facebook page that on 11/11/11, they will be giving one free entree to veterans and active duty military!

Visit Olive Garden to learn more and to view their menu!

Win It

Olive Garden is giving one of my readers a $25 Gift Card.

To enter, visit Olive Garden and tell me a menu item you'd like to try. This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

Extra Entries

You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- For TWO extra entries, subscribe to my blog via email.

2- Follow my blog via google friend.

3- For THREE extra entries, blog about this giveaway and link it back to this post and Olive Garden.

4- Follow twoofakind on twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Leave me a link to your tweet in a comment below. You can Tweet once a day for an extra entry every day! You can copy and paste: #WIN an Olive Garden Gift Card during #HolidayHappiness @twoofakind http://tinyurl.com/dyom4kc #giveaway ends 11/28

5- Include a link to this post in your facebook status letting your friends know you entered this giveaway. Leave your first and last name(or initial) in a comment below. If you tag me (@Dee Twofakind or @Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House), I can actually see your status on facebook. You can do this 1x per day for an extra entry each day.

6- Become a fan of Olive Garden on Facebook.

7- Place my Holiday Gift Guide button on the sidebar of your blog.

8- For TWO extra entries, leave a comment on the K'NEX Review.

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on November 28th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner and they will have 24 hours to respond!

Open to US Only!

This was not a paid post and honest opinions were used. The opinions are solely my own and may vary from others. Thank you to the company and/or pr agency who supplied the products for the giveaway.