Deadline: September 6, 2010.

Submit your original recipe, your recipes must use at least two (or more) of the following products: Mezzetta® Brand (specialty peppers, olives and gourmet foods), Mezzetta®
Deli-Sliced (sliced specialty peppers), Napa Valley Bistro® (specialty pasta sauces and olives) or Kona Coast® (teriyaki and BBQ sauces).

Recipes may be submitted in three categories:
Cold Sandwich
Hot Sandwich
Vegetarian Sandwich

All sandwiches must be served on bread products such as rolls, buns, wraps, biscuits, sliced bread, focaccia, etc. Sandwiches may include any combination of ingredients; in the
Vegetarian category, the ingredients must exclude meat and fish, but may contain vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, egg and dairy products.

Eligibility: United States and Canada
Entry Fee: Free

Three Finalists (one in each category) will be selected by the Judging Panel. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by the Judging Panel from the Three Finalists.

(1) A Grand Prize Winner who will receive a cash prize of $25,000 plus trip to Napa Valley.
(2) Two finalists who will receive a cash prize of $1,000.

Total Make That Sandwich™ Contest cash prize awards: $27,000 (Twenty-seven Thousand Dollars) Value of trip is approximately $2,500.00.

For more information please visit Makethatsandwich.com

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Deadline:  September 4, 2010

Submit your original salad recipe. The recipe must include fresh, frozen or canned fruit, recipe must contain a retail salad dressing. Dazzle us with your creativity and you just
might be the one to win the cash prize.

Theme: Fresh & Fruity Salads
Eligibility: USA
Entry Fee: Free

One Winner will receive $500.

Only recipes submitted via the online form will be considered.

For more information please visit Saladaday.org

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Deadline: August 28, 2010

We want to hear your best recipes for making a special breakfast in bed for someone you love. Enter the Embassy Suites Breakfast in Bed contest today!

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years old and above.

PRIZES

Grand Prize (1): Embassy Essentials™ bedding ensemble which will include a duvet cover, polyester duvet insert, bed skirt, throw, decorative pillow cover and decorative pillow insert in the winner’s choice of sizes: full (53”x80”), queen (60”x80”), hotel king (72”x80”), or eastern king (76”x80”). Winner will choose from four complementary color schemes: White, Polar Silver, Lagoon, or Sienna. Maximum Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) is $697 (based on value of eastern king size). Actual value may vary based on ensemble size selected by winner.

Second Prize (1): $100 credit which may be used toward merchandise available from EmbassySuitesAtHome.com. ARV: $100.

Third Prize (1): $50 credit toward merchandise available from EmbassySuitesAtHome.com. ARV: $50. Maximum Total ARV of all prizes: $847.

For more information please visit  MyOmelet.com

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Deadline:  August 13, 2010

Submit your Best BBQ Recipe… Be it smoked, rubbed, fried, just has to be BBQ!

Malcom Reed, a member of the famous “Killer Hogs” BBQ team, will be judging the top voted recipes. Once he chooses from the top ten recipes or techniques, he will be recreating them and ultimately choose the recipe or technique that is most appealing and delicious.

This contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years of age or older.

Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize of an Ole Hickory Pits Commercial BBQ Smoker. The total Approximate Retail Value of the Grand Prize is $5,000.

For more information please visit Beesandbbq.com

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This Birthday Cake contest has now expired.

If you love Birthday Cakes, be sure to check out the resources at the bottom of this blog post.

If you are looking for more cooking and recipe contests, be sure to visit our Cooking Contest Listings for current deadline contests, and our Ongoing Cooking Contests for a list of re-occurring weekly and monthly contests.

The candles are lit, and we’re making a wish—that you’ll join us in marking 40 years of publication by entering Country Woman’s Birthday Cake Contest.

Send  one, or  several if your confection is best viewed from various angles.  Capture the entire cake in the frame, and photograph it in front of a plain background. Include close-ups of any special detail, include a description of your birthday cake design, a list of materials and basic instructions to create it. (There’s no need to send a recipe.) Also explain how Country Woman stirred you to decorate the cake as you did.

This contest is open to legal U.S. or Canadian residents 18 years or older.

Each of the 3 winners in the Country Woman “Birthday Cake Contest” receives a wonderful prize:

• 1st Place: $500
• 2nd Place: $300
• 3rd Place: $200

Deadline of entries is on July 01, 2010. For more information please visit TasteofHome.com

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Debbie Brown’s Magical Cakes

The Whimsical Bakehouse: Fun-to-Make Cakes That Taste as Good as They Look!

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If the crowd goes wild for your party dip recipe, we want you to show it off in this contest! Whether your prize dip is hot and cheesy or fresh and flavorful.  We’re on the hunt for totable dips and spreads of all kinds, so enter your original recipe today!

Recipes and photos of recipes must be created by entrant, non-professional, unpublished, and may not have won any prize or award.

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, 21 years of age or older.

One (1) grand prize winner will receive a $500 check.

Deadline is on June 30, 2010.  For more information please BetterRecipes.com

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All right, you master chef. We’ve got a challenge for you.

Do you have an original recipe with a secret ingredient that takes a traditional dish from the ordinary to the extraordinary?

Well, it’s time to fess up because there is a prize in store! Submit your recipe, noting what your secret ingredient but remember, photos must be of the actual recipe submitted, and the recipe must be original.

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older.

One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. The grand prize winner will receive a $500 check.

Deadline is on June 19, 2010. For more information please visit MixingBowl.com

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To enter, create a traditional or digital artwork based on the theme. Digital Art is an image in which all elements are created solely on a computer. More information. Traditional art includes paintings, sculptures and other forms of traditional art.

Digital Introduce yourself with a self portrait. Or take a creative approach. Somehow create an artwork that somehow represents you.

Open to all US resident only, 18 years old and above.

The winner takes away a one hundred dollar pre-paid Visa gift card. Second place will win twenty-five member dollars. Third place ten member dollars.

Deadline of entries is on May 23, 2010. For more information please visit FanaAtReview.com

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Submit your best healthy meal and you could win a fabulous suit of healthy cooking appliances. Here what to do cook up your favorite healthy meal, take a photo a photo of your healthy meal and upload your photo and recipe text to the contest site.

The Contest is open to all residents of Canada who have 18 years old and above.

The Winner will be awarded the following healthy cooking appliances prizes from Breville:

(i) A Panini Grill (TG425XL); $129.99
(ii) An ikon Multi-Speed Juice Fountain (BJE510XL) $249.99
(iii) A Slow Cooker with Easy Sear insert (BSC560XL) $179.99
(iv) An ikon Kitchen Scale (BSK500XL.) $70
(v) A Digital Food Steamer (BFS600XL) $99.99

Deadline of entries is on May 25, 2010.  For more information please visit HealthyRecipeContest.Homemakers.com

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Easter is almost here, and we’re on the lookout for your best original dessert recipe. Perhaps your signature sweet is a festive little cookie frosted to perfection. Or maybe you plan to bake up a light and airy cake or cupcake. Just be sure that your most creative idea incorporates Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®.

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older.  Recipes and photos of recipes must be created by entrant and may not have won any prize or award.

The grand prize winner will receive a check for $250.

Deadline of entries is on April 26, 2010. For more information please visit Mixingbowl.com

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