I get a lot of requests for kids recipes. Since we dont have kids, I rarely make childrens food, unless its to feed the kid in me. So Im giving away a signed copy of Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunch-Box Set.

The book has lots of delicious recipes for lunches, pool parties, sleepovers, family picnics, bake sales etc (not all recipes are vegetarian). 

The book is spiral bound and full of pictures and illustrations so kids can follow along.

To win Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunch-Box Set signed by Paula,

all you have to do to is one or more of the following:

- Leave a separate comment here saying whats your favorite dish or recipe to feed kids, or the kid in you
or
- ‘Like’ Veggie Belly on Facebook, then leave a separate comment here saying you did
or
- Follow Veggie Belly on Twitter, then leave a seperate comment here saying you did

Do all 3 and you will have 3 chances to win!
If you are already following Veggie Belly on Twitter and Facebook, just say so in your comment.

Deadline: 9pm EST Saturday, July 31st 2010
One random winner will be picked on Saturday, July  31st 2010

I will ship the book anywhere in the world!

Good luck y’all!

 Marx Foods  is offering a great opportunity for Veggie Belly readers to win 2 lbs of FRESH morel mushrooms!

This years Morel season has been fantastic! And one of YOU can win a huge load of these amazing mushrooms. Morel season is very short, so dont miss this chance!

All you have to do to enter is one or more of the following:

- ‘Like’ Veggie Belly on Facebook, then leave a comment here saying you did

- Follow Veggie Bely on Twitter, then leave a comment here saying you did 

- Leave a comment here saying what you will make with the morel mushrooms if you won them!

 
Do all 3 and you will have 3 chances to win!
If you are already following Veggie Belly on Twitter and/or Facebook, just say so in your comment!
If you dont have a blog through which I can contact you if you are the winner, make sure to leave an email address!

Deadline: 9pm EST Saturday, June 26th 2010
US readers only
One random winner will be picked on Saturday, June 26th 2010

I’m a huge fan of morel mushrooms. Check out my recipes for

fiddlehead fern and morel mushroom pasta

or

crispy polenta with morel mushroom and broccoli

Also check out the sponsors of this giveaway, Marx Foods, on facebook or twitter

I used random.org to pick a random winner.

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Congratulations Alana!

You will receive

-Williams-Sonoma Cherry Wood Bread Board with Dip Bowl (in the photo above)

-Dried fruits
-Crystallized Ginger
-Chavrie Coupons – Free Cheese, of course!
-Cooking.com Gift Certificate for $50.00
-Chavrie recipe cards (dips, quick tips and wine suggestions)

Please email me your address! veggiebelly AT gmail DOT com

Thankyou all for entering the cheesy giveaway. We put everyone’s name in a bowl (those of you who blogged or tweeted about this giveaway were counted twice/thrice).  S picked 3 names from the bowl. S always picks my giveaway winners…read this post  to find out why.

And the winners are…

Congrats Alex, Carmen and Mel! Please email me your addresses!

Stay tuned for cheesy giveaway part 2 coming soon!

Alouette savory vegetable spread, with whole grain baguette and olive medley.

The wonderful people at Alouette cheese are giving three lucky readers of this blog a free coupon to try one of their amazing cheeses!

If you haven’t had alouette cheese, you truly dont know what you are missing! My favorite is their garlic cheese spread (which I used in this polenta recipe).

You can win a free coupon for one of these cheeses! 3 random winners will be picked!

1.Soft spreadable cheese

2.Baby Brie

3.Crumbles

How to enter

You can do one of three things to enter this giveaway:

• Leave a comment. Tell me what is your favorite cheese and how you like to eat it

• Mention this giveaway on your blog and link to this post

• Tweet about this giveaway
  

Do all 3 of the above and you will be counted 3 times!

Contest will close at 11.30pm EST on Friday, Oct 2nd ’09.

Three winners will be announced on Saturday, Oct 3rd ’09.

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE.

Thankyou all for entering the random drawing for the Exotic Eats Giveaway! Before I reveal the lucky winner, let me tell you how I picked the winner… I counted everyone that commented in the Exotic Eats Giveaway post. In addition, everyone that blogged about the giveaway and linked to my post were counted twice. I also decided to pick not one, but two winners!

I was initially going to be very scientific and use Random.org to pick a random winner. But then S convinced me that the old fashioned pick-a-name-from-a-hat method was more fun. We didnt use a hat, but we put everyone’s names in a very pretty draw string bag my mother sent from India. We decided S should pick the lucky winner. .

Now, when it comes to stuff like this, S brings a lot of good luck. He has a Forrest Gump like ability to attract all things positive. Seriously. He picked 90% of this year’s Golden Globe winners correctly. And he hadn’t seen even a single one of the movies!

Still not convinced about S’s magical powers? How about this…

When S was 8 years old, he used to pretend to read people’s palms for fun. He read the palm of Mr.M, a family friend. S predicted that Mr.M will own a ship one day. Sure enough, a few years later Mr.M bought a ship (I think he started a shipping company)!

Here are the two winners S picked.

The lucky winner is….

Heather won Malbec Jam!

The bonus winner is….

Hondaray6 won Dulce de Leche with Hazelnuts!

Congratulations to both winners!! Please email me your addresses!

So I bought 2 exotic products from the chocolate factory, just for you. And I’m giving them away in this post! Before I tell you how you can easily enter to win the free random drawing, let me tell you what I bought for you..

One 100g bottle of Malbec Jam

Argentina is famous for its Malbec wine, and wine in general. There is wine in everything – wine sauce, wine jams and they even have wine shampoo! Malbec jam is a fitting representation of this part of the world.

This jam is made from local Malbec wine. It tastes almost like honey with a mild grape and red wine flavor. It’s not as thick as you’d expect a jam to be, but it’s great to drizzle over muffins, granola etc. I think the simplest way to enjoy this Argentine Malbec jam is over toast.

Here are some ways to enjoy the Malbec jam..

Use it in any recipes that calls for honey
Use as a glaze on tofu
Roast some sweet potatoes and toss in Malbec jam
Drizzle over toast, muffins or granola
Add the jam to pear poaching liquid
Make a cocktail with Malbec jam, vodka, grenadine and prosecco

One 100g bottle of Dulce de Leche with Hazelnuts

Dulce de Leche or ‘milk sweet’ is ubiquitous in Argentina. It is made from boiling and reducing sweetened milk. It tastes like caramel..only a lot better! The bottle I have for you is also from the Historias y Sabores chocolate factory in Mendoza. It has hazelnuts it in that lend the dulce de leche a luxurious butteryness.

Ive already made whole wheat cinnamon waffles and served them with dulce de leche – a huge success!

Here are some ways to enjoy the Dulce de Leche with Hazelnuts

Use it in any recipe that calls for caramel
Make caramel apples with it
Drizzle over popcorn
Make dulce de leche icecream by blending vanilla icecream with dulce de leche
Mix into coffee or hot chocolate
Stir into brownie batter while making brownies

Malbec Jam

Its very simple..