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And the Pampered Chef Is…

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:39:23 +0000

Okay, guys, it’s time for the results!! I put all the entries into the random.org integer generator to choose a winner. 1-315 corresponded with the comments, and 315 and up went to the extra entries.

Random.org chooses entry number 27… that’s a comment, so I searched through my comments to find the one labeled 27, and that corresponds with the following comment.

Email and IP address blocked out for privacy.

Congratulations, Pam! I’ll be contacting you for your mailing address. If I don’t hear from her within 48 hours, I’ll choose another winner. Thank you for entering everyone! If you’ve got recipes to share, I’d love to see them!

Win a $25 Pampered Chef Gift Certificate

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:31:41 +0000

It’s time for the Bloggy Giveaways again! I had such a great response last time, and such a fun time giving stuff away that I knew I had to participate again.

I haven’t had a chance to go through much of the list yet, but I know there will be a lot of great prizes, so make sure you go check them out after you get done entering here!

What I’m giving Away

I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate to Pampered Chef.

Who is Eligible

Sorry to the international people, but I’m only opening this up to people with a United States mailing address.

How to Enter

Leave a comment on this post. It’s that simple! You don’t have to have a blog to enter this contest, but make sure you enter a valid email address… if I can’t contact you, I can’t give you the prize!

GET EXTRA ENTRIES

Each comment counts as one entry, but if you vote for Jenn Cooks as best food blog at the Blogger’s Choice Awards, you’ll get 5 additional entries for the gift certificate. Make sure you let me know you voted, so I can keep track!

The rest of the details…

Submissions will be open until 6pm on Sunday April 27th. Any comments received after that point (if I haven’t closed the comment form yet) will not be valid. The winner will be announced Monday April 28th and the prize will be on it’s way as soon as I have the necessary information. Don’t enter if you aren’t willing to share your first and last names, and your shipping address.

I believe that’s all! Good luck! Feel free to share your recipes with me while you are here– email jenn at jenncooks.com!

Edited to add: All first-time commenters will need to have their comments approved before they show up on the post. Don’t worry- they’re in the moderation queue, and I’ll approve them as soon as I can!

45,000 Credit Entrecard Giveaway

Jennifer — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:59:53 +0000

This is probably the most “off-topic” post you’ll ever see on this blog. In fact, I’ve never posted about Entrecard at all, either here or on my other blog. So you’re getting a few firsts all in one post! I first heard about Entrecard at BlogWorldExpo back in November, but I didn’t do anything with the information until January. And even then, the entrecard widget just quietly appeared at the top of my right sidebar and I didn’t make a lot of fanfare about it.

But the truth is, adding Entrecard has been really good for my blog. I’ve gained quite a few new readers, a lot more exposure and a couple hundred extra visitors every day. I’ve also found many new blogs to add to my feed reader, and I seem to add another one every day. Many of these blogs are great food blogs, and many others are personal finance blogs– I’m trying to reduce my debt, so I’m taking in as much information as possible! So what’s the purpose of this post?

The Largest Entrecard Giveaway Ever

When Entrecard reached 5,000 active users, many people gathered together to arrange the LARGEST Entrecard Giveaway ever! The whole thing has been spearheaded by Kacie over at Sense to Save (one of the aforementioned personal finance blogs), and she’s done a wonderful job of keeping track of it all!

The whole purpose of our contest is to encourage more people to join Entrecard and get involved. As such, only new members will be eligible to win. We’ll be giving out upwards of 45,000 credits as more people are coming forward as sponsors and hosts even today. To be eligible to win, you’ll need to sign up for Entrecard, and then leave a comment below with your username. (You sign on with your email address, so your blog name will be your username. As an example, my username at Entrecard is Jenn Cooks.)

There will be one first prize of a whopping 34,000 credits. The rest of the credits will be divvied up between several new users, one for each separate category. You can earn additional entries to the contest by leaving comments on the blogs of the other hosts. I don’t want to try to keep up with the changes, so I’ll just refer you to Kacie to find the other places to comment.

Click Here to See the Complete List of the Entrecard Giveaway Sponsors!

This is a great opportunity if you’ve been thinking about joining Entrecard and haven’t done so yet. It would take a LONG time to earn 34,000 credits on your own, and you can purchase a whole lot of “free” advertising for your blog. And more advertising equals more visitors. So what are you waiting for?

The Pampered Chef is…

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:52:17 +0000

Wow! With a whopping 598 comments on the gift certificate entry before the comments were closed, I’m sure glad that I decided to use a randomizer to choose the winner! And without further ado, the randomizer chose…

Lori from A Cowboy’s Wife! Congratulations Lori, with your cooking blog, I know you’ll put the gift certificate to good use!

I’ll be contacting Lori a little later today to get her shipping address, but in the meantime, I just wanted to thank everyone for entering. I hope at least a few of you liked what you saw here and will stick around with me! Stay tuned… I’ll be posting last night’s Mac and Cheese later on this evening!

Win a $20 Pampered Chef Gift Certificate!

Jennifer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:26:59 +0000

I only wish I would have found this a bit earlier, but that’s okay! That just means this will be a fast and furious giveaway, and you won’t have to wait very long to find out whether or not you’ve won! As you may have guessed by this point, I’ve decided to participate in the Winter ’08 Bloggy Giveaways. So stick around, get yourself entered here, but don’t forget to go check out the other contests. As of right now, there are 874 others listed and there are some seriously awesome things being offered!

What I’m giving Away

I’m giving away a $20 gift certificate to Pampered Chef.

Who is Eligible

I’m willing to send the gift certificate anywhere. But I suggest logging on to the Pampered Chef website and making sure they will ship to you… I’d hate for someone to end up with a $20 piece of paper that they can’t use.

How to Enter

The rest of the details…

Submissions will be open until 6pm on Sunday February 3rd. Any comments received after that point (if I haven’t closed the comment form yet) will not be valid. The winner will be announced Monday February 4th and the prize will be on it’s way as soon as I have the necessary information. Don’t enter if you aren’t willing to share your first and last names, and your shipping address.

I believe that’s all! Good luck! Feel free to share your recipes with me while you are here– email jenn at jenncooks.com!

A Contest and a Challenge – Win a Cookbook!

Jennifer — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:28:54 +0000

I have been called out! I have been remiss in responding to the challenge, but here it is now. If you haven’t been following along (and why haven’t you?), this all started over a simple grilled cheese sandwich. Skeet insists that the only proper way to make a grilled cheese sandwich is with cheese and bacon. Yours truly insists there must be Miracle Whip, or mayonnaise at least! No bacon. If you must add extras, go with pickles, or ham. But not bacon. The gauntlet was thrown down. As Skeet and I circled each other, laying down the ground rules of our skirmish, Charlotte jumped in on the action insisting that HER grilled cheese recipe was in fact the best.

In the end, there was only one thing to do… let YOU decide. As with every thing, there are some ground rules, but there are potential prizes involved as well!!

The Rules:
1. Go to each of the recipe links:

Jenn: How Do You Make a Grilled Cheese?

Charlotte: Grilled Cheese and Bacon Sandwich

Skeet: Grilled Cheese and Bacon Sandwich Illustrated

2. Make the sandwiches.

3. Write a post about your experience and name the recipe that you think is best.

4. Go to all three contest announcements and give a link to your post in the comments for each one: (I’ll link the other contest posts as soon as they’re up.)

Jenn: That’d be this one.

Charlotte:

Skeet: Grilled Cheese and Bacon Throw Down- Win a Cookbook

Deadline:
You must complete the process by posting your comments to each of our blogs by midnight EST on Sunday, November 4th.

Prizes:
Charlotte, Jenn and Skeet will each draw a name from among the entrants and will reward a cookbook to that lucky winner. Bonus! Want an extra entry? When you write your post, include a picture of at least one of the sandwiches you made.

Eligibility:
The contest is open to anyone with a US or Canadian mailing address. We have nothing against the rest of you, but postage, taxes and customs requirements could turn this into a major hassle instead of a fun contest.

The Prize
As is mentioned in the rules, each of us will be giving out a cookbook as a prize. You’ll have to visit the others to see what they have chosen, but fitting with the theme, the cookbook I have chosen is the Great Grilled Cheese cookbook.

Just remember, the best grilled cheese sandwich has miracle whip (or mayonnaise) and no bacon! Well, what are you waiting for? Get cooking!