Okay, so apparently beer is not a popular ingredient these days! I listened to all your feedback and have changed a few things up. I really appreciate every comment, suggestion, and even criticism because it helps me make things like this challenge more fun, easier, and just plain better.  So with that, here are two changes I’m making.

1) There will either only be one required ingredient or a theme each month.   Because I am completely uncreative, I completely understand when you tell me that you can’t think of something that uses all the ingredients.  I get it.

2) No voting.  There will be a judge who will pick the grand prize winner.  I hate voting contests and should have known better so thank you for speaking up and reminding me of it.

3) And finally, this post is the last one that will have all the rules and fine print. Future food challenges will focus on the ingredient/them and the entries and will link back to the rules and such. I realize it’s a lot to read and who has time to look through it every time right?

Thanks for the feedback y’all! Now that we got that out of the way, let’s get this thing started!

**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!  I really want ot see everyone participate!

ABOUT THE FOOD CHALLENGE

Participants will be asked to create an original recipe using the required ingredient/theme in the current month’s challenge.  Participants will need to follow all the rules below.

FEBRUARY’S FOOD CHALLENGE

There is only one ingredient for February’s challenge and that is SUGAR!

DEADLINE

Recipe submission deadline is February 28th, 2011 at 12pm CST.

THE RULES

• You must use the required ingredient (or theme) given in the challenge with any other ingredients you want.
• A photo is required of the final dish.
• Would love for all bloggers  participating to provide a link back to the homepage or to the Food Challenge post.  Grab code is available for you to use if you like.  All bloggers will need to leave their entry link in the linky below.
• Standard Giveaway rules do not apply to any of the food challenges.  These are the rules for this.

Winner will be announced win the next Food Challenge begins!

THE PRIZE & SPONSOR

The winner of the Food Challenge for February wins  a $100 eGift Card from Cooking.com

If you would like to sponsor a Food Challenge month, you can email me at sponsor@mywoodenspoon.com with food challenge in the subject.

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*NONBLOGGERS -If you do not have a blog but want to participate, you may submit your recipe here if you don’t have a place to upload your photo (or know how).  Flickr and Photobucket are great thought if you do want to have your own place to upload photos. Then you can just upload, write the recipe with your photo and grab the URL and add to the linky.  Either way, I’ll help you all I can.

*BLOGGERS -Leave the url to your recipe in the linky below.

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

I reserve the right to cancel if there are less than 10 entries.

Time for Valgal’s Four Foods Friday Meme! Fun and easy to participate in:)

• 1. Brownies. From a box or from scratch?

Depends on my mood. I make killer brownies from scratch but when I’m lazy, I use the box!

• 2. Chicken noodle soup. Does it cure everything? Do you make it from scratch, from a can or from a package?

This is one thing that I have NEVER made from scratch. Good ol’ Campbells for the boys and I don’t eat it. Does it make you feel better…you bet it does!

• 3. Red skin potato salad. Do you think the red skin provides flavor or color?

BOTH. I LOVE these potatoes. They are yummy to the tummy and color is always appealing.

• 4. French toast. How do you make yours?

Milk, sugar, cinnamon, egg. Mix it up and double dip your bread. Cook til it’s a golden brown!

Head on over to her place and join in on the food meme fun!

Here’s my weekly submission to Val’s Four Foods Friday Meme.
#1. Lasagne noodles. Do you find a difference in taste between the regular and the no bake noodles?

I only notice a difference if I KNOW they are different. Get it?  I would never be able to tell the difference if I hadn’t seen it or wasn’t told.

#2. What is your favorite flavor PopTart?

I don’t really like Poptarts…I prefer Toaster Strudels:)  BUT, if I had to pick one, it would be Strawberry Milkshake.  My kids eat those and I like them.

#3. What’s your favorite type of pasta? Not how served, but the type – elbows, ziti, spaghetti, shells, etc. Why?

I LOVE medium shells.  I love to make macoroni & tomato sauce and conchitas!

#4. Green beans. What’s your favorite way to make them or dish to use them for?

I like ALL green beans and I like them pretty plain.  I usually boil them in butter for about 30 minutes if they are from a can or bag.  I LOOOOOOVE canned green beans with black-eyed-peas! My great grandmother used to have them canned and they were soooooo good.