Mixing Bowl Prize Tested Recipes : Spicy Dishes & Ice Cream

CONTEST:   

The July 2011 Prize Tested Recipes Contest features two (2) recipe categories – ”Spicy Main Dishes” and “Ice Cream, Sherbet, and Sorbet” - (each a “Category”). 

Contest begins on November 1, 2010, and ends on December 24, 2010. 

At the conclusion of the contest, judges will select three (3) winners: one (1) winner per Category and one (1) Mixing Bowl People’s Choice Award winner. 

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER: 

1) By Mail: Send entries by postal mail to: 0711 Food Dept., Better Homes and Gardens® magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023. All mailed entries must be neatly written or typed. Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked on or before December 24, 2010, and received by December 31, 2010. 

2) Email: Submit the entry information required below in an e-mail to PTR@meredith.com. Entries submitted by e-mail must be received by 11:59 p.m., CT on December, 31 2010.

3) MixingBowl.com: Enter at Mixingbowl.com by submitting an original recipe in either category, along with a photo of the prepared dish. Online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., CT, on December 24, 2010.

ELIGIBILITY: 

Legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia , 18 years of age or older at time of entry are eligible to enter, except employees of Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa (“Sponsor”), and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Contest and/or their respective agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and members of their immediate families or household members. “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.

ENTRIES: 

For each Category entered, create your original recipe. Multiple entries are allowed, but each recipe must be submitted as a separate entry and each entry must meet the following requirements:

♦ A recipe may be submitted in either of the two (2) monthly Categories. Write or type on each entry the Category you wish to enter. Each recipe may only be submitted for judging in one Category. Multiple entries may be submitted in the same envelope or email.

♦ Recipe entries must be created by the entrant and cannot have been previously published, won another competition or contest, or been used for advertising or promotional purposes.

♦ Entry must: (1) include recipe name and the number of servings that the recipe yields, (2) use ingredients that are available in most grocery stores; (3) list ingredients with measurements in order of use; (4) include step-by-step preparation and cooking directions; (5) for mail and e-mail entries, please include: entrant name, age and complete address with zip code, telephone number with area code and e-mail (optional), and (6) MixingBowl.com entries must include a photo of the prepared recipe.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 

WINNER SELECTION AND PRIZES: 

All eligible entries will be judged by a qualified panel of judges appointed by Sponsor to select one (1) Category Winner for each Category based on creativity (30%), taste (40%), and practicality (30%). In the event of a tie, the entry with the highest score in Practicality will be a winner. Each Category Winner will receive a $500 check. One prize per household. 

For more details, please visit the organizer's website: MixingBowl.com.