Review and Giveaway: DOLE Make me a Chef Contest!

Lily absolutely LOVES playing “cooking show” in the kitchen anytime we prepare a meal.  So, I knew the DOLE Make Me a Chef contest was right up her alley!

dolelogoChef Ben Ford has created four signature recipes with DOLE Canned Fruit and you (plus three friends) can win the chance to hang out with the Chef at his Los Angeles restaurant this June!  It’s so easy to enter:

Visit the Registration Page and enter a short essay on how DOLE Canned Fruit is a staple in your pantry no later than May 8, 2009.

In addition to winning the trip, you can also win $100 worth of DOLE products in weekly random drawings OR one of two drawings for a $500 VISA gift card!

Lily and I looked through the recipes and decided to try out the Easy Aloha Smoothie.  Check out my Little Chef!

DOLE has also placed the power in MY hands to select one reader to win a “Stock Your Panty” gift card worth $25 of DOLE Canned Fruit!

How to Enter:

1.  Visit DOLE Make Me a Chef recipe section and tell me which recipe you would like to try!

2.  If you decide to submit an essay to win the Grand Prize, repost your essay in my comments and you will recieve 10 extra entries into the $25 drawing on The Not-So-Blog!

Additional Entries (please leave each entry as a separate comment):

1.  Blog about this giveaway and link back to The Not-So-Blog.

2.  Subscribe to my blog.

3.  Place my button on your sidebar.

4.  Favorite me in Technorati.

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on May 8, 2009.  Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited.  Open to everyone.

Comments

  1. Sue says:

    I’d love to try the Shrimp Curry. Thanks for the giveaway.

  2. I would like to try Pineapple – Mint Lemonade.

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  5. Jessica says:

    The pineapple mint lemonade sounds super refreshing, thanks so much!

  6. Summermouse says:

    My husband wants me to make the Shrimp Curry with Pineapple-Ginger Rice.

  7. Bonnie S says:

    The Easy Aloha Smoothie looks really good!

  8. Lois Shores says:
  9. carol says:

    I would love to bake the pineapple coffee cake. That looks so yummy and warm pineapple is sooo good!

  10. carol says:

    Subscriber!~

  11. christopher h says:

    would love to try the Shrimp Curry with Pineapple-Ginger Rice

  12. Leann S says:

    I like the easy Aloha smoothie.

  13. Dina says:

    Pineapple coffee cake!

  14. Dina says:

    Subscriber

  15. Dina says:

    Faved in Technorati (aitmama).

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  17. Paula H says:

    I think that the Angel Lush Cake looks really good.

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  18. Jennifer M says:

    At Dole, I like the recipe for Asian Mandarin Salad. My five-year-old actually really loves salads!

  19. Vicky Boackle says:

    i like the pineapple coffee cake.

  20. James Jenkins says:

    wow

  21. jan koontz says:

    just to cool

  22. Denyse says:

    I’d love to try the pineapple coffee cake.

  23. Angela says:

    I’d like to try the Mandarin Sunrise Pizza!

  24. Darcy says:

    I would like to try the Pineapple Salsa Chicken. It sounds great. Thank you!

  25. Darcy says:

    I subscribe. Thank you.

  26. Jennifer C. says:

    We’ve already made the Easy Aloha Smoothie and I’d also like to try the Pineapple Mint Lemonade.

  27. Pat says:

    I would like to try the Easy Aloha Smoothie.

  28. BRANDI says:

    Hi!
    I love Dole fruits! The pineapple coffee cake sounds delicious ~ please enter me into the contest. Thanks :)

  29. Marjorie says:

    The Easy Aloha Smoothie sound delish

  30. leslie says:

    Terrific

  31. Adele says:

    The Aloha Smoothie will be great for the hot summer days to come. Thanks for this offer.

  32. GENEVIEVE WARREN says:

    THE PINEAPPLE COFFECAKE WOULD BE MY FAVORITE!!!!
    LONG AGO THEY USED TO HAVE THE MIXES ON THE SHELVES INCLUDING IN THE BOX THE PINEAPPLE!!!!i NO LONGER FIND THEM.

    GENEVIEVE

  33. Sheila R says:

    I wanna try the Angel Lush cake!

  34. Debra F says:

    I’d think I’m going to try the Mandarin Sunrise Pizza. Thanks for the giveaway.

  35. Zoey says:

    I would love to try the Dole Recipe for Pineapple Sweet & Sour Chicken.

  36. Sylvie W. says:

    Talk about interesting flavor combinations. I’d try the Bulgur Wheat with Pineapple, Pecans and Basil.

  37. crystal says:

    I grow peppermint in the summer so i am going to make the Pineapple and Peppermint smoothie with fresh herbs:)

  38. Hesper F says:

    The Angel Lush recipe looks fantastic!

  39. Mark Nason says:

    Totally going to try the Pina Colada Creme Dessert!

  40. Georgie says:

    Pineapple coffee cake, yum! electricisland(at)gmail.com

  41. georgie c says:

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  42. Sonya says:

    I want to try Angel Lush!

  43. lisa says:

    I’d love to try the pineapple coffee cake.

  44. Gabriel J. says:

    I like the Pineapple coffee cake.

  45. Annemarie says:

    The Angel Lush looks yummy!!

  46. Annemarie says:

    I subscribe via email.

  47. Carolyn D says:

    The Easy Aloha Smoothies sound marvelous!

  48. Theresa Clift says:

    I am going to make the Angel Lush, doesn’t it just look delish? I love Pineapple! Thanks for the contest

  49. Carolyn D says:

    I posted an essay, but I’d rather not share it. I used this link, if it helps. http://www.dolemakemeachef.com/create_profile

  50. Tammy Kennedy says:

    I make a pina colada cake but would love to try their
    Pina Colada Creme Caramel With Pineapple Chantilly Cream

    Happy Mothers Day to All

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