Uncle Ben’s Recipe Contest - Winner Announced

Uncle Ben’s is a product I use quite often in many of my recipes. It’s such a versatile ingredient. It makes a great side dish simply served plain with a little salt, some butter and herbs mixed in. Add it to soups or stews to increase the hardiness of a dish. Remix leftovers by stirring in some of Uncle Ben’s rice and steamed vegetables. Grind it and use it to thicken sauces, soups, or stews just like flour. It can even pull dessert duty by adding a bit of cream or milk, some sugar, and cinnamon!

Some of my favorite rice recipes include:

• Crispy Chicken Taco Salad
• Cheesy Taco Chili
• Mexican Style Rice
• Beef Tips and Rice Pilaf
• Universal One Pot Wonder My go-to recipe when I’m short on time or inspiration!
• Red Beans n Rice Hubby’s personal favorite!

Rice is a heart healthy product that can enhance almost any meal. To help you kick start healthy meals, Uncle Ben’s has generously offered one reader an Uncle Ben’s Gift Basket full of fabulous goodies. There are novelty items, coupons for Uncle Ben’s products as well as at least 4 varieties of Uncle Ben’s rice products.

Winner Announced: Comment #24 is the lucky winner!

mamawj said...http://twitter.com/itsallnew2me/status/14056682362

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment with your favorite healthy recipe using rice. (It doesn’t have to be a full recipe, an general description will be fine)
Bonus Entries: Please leave one comment for each entry method. You comment is your entry. If you have 3 entries, leave 3 comments. Please leave the appropriate links in the comment so I can verify your entry.

1. Share the giveaway with social media or bookmarks. (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc) 1 entry per share. You can “like” this giveaway at the top of this post for a quick entry.
2. Follow me or subscribe (Google Friend Connect, RSS, email, Facebook, Twitter, etc) 1 entry per method.
3. Start or reply to a discussion in my Blog Frog Community. 1 entry per reply.
4. Post this giveaway to another giveaway site or linky. 2 entries per link.
5. Blog, tweet or post the giveaway on Facebook. 1 entry per tweet/post

This giveaway will stay open for two weeks. It will end Saturday night, May 22, at midnight CST. A winner will be drawn via Random.org and contacted via the email address or profile link provided in the contest entry. The winning entry will be added to this post after I have received confirmation from the winner.

*Disclosure: The opinions expressed on this blog are 100% mine and not influenced by any free samples, compensation, or free product reviews. I will receive a gift basket just like the prize being offer in this giveaway as a courtesy for posting and processing this giveaway.

Special Bonus Contest

Good Housekeeping is currently running a special Cook Your Heart Out recipe contest. Here’s some official information about their contest.

Recipes can be submitted in one of six culinary categories: Fast and Easy, Elegant Entertaining, Family-Friendly, Ethnic Favorites, Occasional Treats, and Starters.  After all the entries are reviewed in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchens, Good Housekeeping will fly three finalists from each of the six categories to New York City, August 27 – 30, to prepare their recipes for a panel of noted chefs and judges.  The chef with the best nutritious and tasty recipe will receive $125,000 and one runner-up in each category will win $5,000.

The last day for submissions to Good Housekeeping’s contest is May 15th. Each recipe submission must meet the American Heart Association’s guidelines. You can view the contest page and enter here.

P.S.-Don't forget to the Archives.com Giveaway valued at $200!

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