FOOD CHALLENGE! What Recipe Will YOU Make?

UPDATED: this food challenge is over. Thanks so much to those who participated!
I’ve been wanting to host a food challenge for such a long time now and thought 2010 would be the perfect time to start it! This is a monthly challenge with a grand prize winner.  You DO NOT have to be a blogger to enter. There will be a form that non-bloggers can fill out to enter their recipe so everyone is welcomed to join in!

ABOUT THE FOOD CHALLENGE

Participants will be asked to create an original recipe using the required ingredients in the current month’s challenge.  Each challenge will have two guest judges that, with their combined scores, will determine the winner of the Food Challenge.

THE RULES & JUDGING/VOTING

**You must use ALL 3 of the ingredients given in the challenge with any other ingredients you want.

**A photo is required of the final dish.

**The recipe needs to be original, not copied.

**Bloggers  need to provide a link back to the homepage or to the Food Challenge post.  Grab code is available for you to use.  All bloggers will need to leave their entry link in the linky below. .

The entries will be narrowed down to the Top 3 by judges. Judging criteria consists of creativity, presentation, and virtual taste buds.  If it’s something that we see and start to drool over, you get higher points but if it’s something that makes our eyebrow raise on one side, then you likely will see a lower score. Once the entries have been narrowed down, a poll will be put in place for voting. The winner will be determined by the most votes.

JANUARY’S FOOD CHALLENGE

Mandatory ingredients for January’s food challenge are:

• Corn Flakes
• Hot Sauce
• Honey

DEADLINE

Recipe submission deadline is January 20th, 2010 at 2pm CST.

THE PRIZE

The winner of the Food Challenge for January will receive a $50 Gift Card to Cooking.com!

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–NONBLOGGERS-If you do not have a blog but want to participate, you may submit your recipe here.

–BLOGGERS LINK DIRECTLY TO YOUR ENTRY HERE

Good luck to all who enter! Can’t wait to see your recipe creations!