The other day I was in Subway getting a footlong Subway Club for Toby when I look up and see BBQ Pulled Pork!! I knew instantly that this was gonna be something my cowboys would LOVE and was thrilled to try it out. It was FABULOUS and I had it put on flat bread which was heaven! If you haven’t tried it, you should.

Subway wants to know your personality! Are you spicy? Saucy? or a Wiener?  HAHHAHAHA..okay, that was last one was mine!  Right now, you can go find our your BBQ personality and be entered to win a Subway catered BBQ party for you and your friends. How awesome would that be?!

WIN A SUBWAY PRIZE PACK!

The Prize:

• $200 Subway Card
• Cameron Stovetop Smoker
• A sample pack of the most popular flavors of hardwood chips

One winner will win the above prize package and here’s how!

HOW TO ENTER

Required Entry: Head on over to the Subway Facebook page to see what your BBQ personality is.  Come back to this post and tell me what your personality was!

Additional optional entries, leaving all in separate comments to count:

• Join the My Wooden Spoon’s Facebook Community.  I’m always giving freebies like ecookbooks over there!
• Follow @ACowboysWife on Twitter and tweet this giveaway with the URL to this post! (DAILY ENTRY)
• Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Coming soon, there will be special giveaways JUST for email subscribers! If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve already subscribed.

This giveaway ends at 6:00 p.m. CST on 8/13/2011 and is open to all U.S. residents.

Disclosure: Subway sent me the same prize package for my efforts to create this post and providing the prize so that I can share the goodies with some of you!  As always, my opinions are my own. 

With Father’s Day around the corner, I wanted to offer you guys a chance to win a $50 gift card from Dick’s Sporting Goods!  There’s a whole bunch of things that a fella would want from exercise gear to fishing supplies to NFL goodies.  Last I heard, there were closing the deal on the NFL so maybe we’ll have a season after all.

HOW TO ENTER:

Required: Leave a comment telling me what you’d pick out yourself from Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Additional, optional entry methods, leaving each one in a separate comment to count:

• Join the My Wooden Spoon’s Facebook Community.  I’m always giving freebies like ecookbooks over there!
• Follow @ACowboysWife on Twitter and tweet this giveaway!
• Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve already subscribed.

This giveaway ends at 6:00 p.m. CST on 6/17 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older.  You can read rules here and visit the winner’s page here.

I’ve talked about Propel for a long time and when Propel Zero came out, I was even more excited because this one contained the same natural fruit flavor, full of vitamins, but has NO calories!  And when you’re like me, drinking it in place of anything else, those 0 calories make a big difference.  I’m excited share their current sweepstakes with you where you can win a year’s supply of Propel Zero and also host a giveaway for a gift kit!  Read on y’all!

For 2011, Propel Zero is giving away 3 million samples in Walmart stores across the country from March 19th to April 24th in conjunction with a sweepstakes to win a year’s supply of Propel Zero. To enter that particular sweepstakes:

1. Attend a Walmart sampling date at your local store.
2. Snap a photo of yourself with your favorite Propel Zero flavor at a sampling event (or wherever you happen to be).
3. “Like” Propel Zero on Facebook.
4. Upload your photo to the Propel Zero Facebook wall and answer the question: “I stay active by… ” (running, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, taking my dog for a walk, etc.).
5. Fill out the sampling form and let them know A Cowboy’s Wife sent you.
6. Check back to find out who won April 29th!

MY PROPEL ZERO GIFT KIT GIVEAWAY

In the mean time, you can also enter MY giveaway here at My Wooden Spoon for a chance to win a Propel Zero Gift Kit.  There will be 10 winners!!!!  WOOHOO!  Gift Kits include (and is featured in the photo above):

• (2) 20-oz. bottles of Propel Zero
• Propel Zero t-shirt
• (3) FREE Single-Serve Propel Zero coupons
• Drawstring Backpack

TO ENTER

Required entry: Leave a comment here on this post telling me how YOU stay active.  Are you a runner?  Do you workout regularly? Play Sports?  What do you do?

Additional, optional entry options, leaving each one you’ve done in a separate comment to count:

• Join the Propel Zero Facebook Community and  My Wooden Spoon’s Facebook Community.
• Follow @ACowboysWife and @nowpropelled on Twitter and tweet the following. You may do this daily!

Enter to win 1 of 10 @nowpropelledGift Kits from @ACowboysWife: http://mywoodenspoon.com/propel-zero-gift-kits-giveaway-10-winners/

• Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve already subscribed.

This giveaway ends at 6:00 p.m. CST on 4/24 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older.  You can read rules here and visit the winner’s page here.

Have you seen the new Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles?  You know what it would be perfect in?  CHEESE DIP! And perfect for football!!

If you have your own original recipe idea using the Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles, then you might just win yourself a trip to New York City to see a live taping of Rachael Ray.   The winner will receive airfare and accommodations for two, as will one of the bloggers who are hosting this contest (there are 10 of us!!).  How? Because the blogger who brought in the winning recipe, will also win the same prize!!

I can think of a million ways to use this so I cannot wait to see who comes up with what!!! Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles are fully cooked and low carb! A great alternative to say…donuts? hehe

HOW TO ENTER:

1. You are to submit TWO recipes using the Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles.  One MUST be a breakfast recipe and the other recipe can be whatever you come up with!
2. Email your two recipes to crumblerumble@mww.com along with your contact information AND–>please mention that you saw this contest on My Wooden Spoon (it might help me win a trip to NYC too!!).

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN SUBMITTING

• Appeal: Does it sound good? Will it make readers want to try the recipe?
• Originality: Is the recipe itself new and/or creative? Does the recipe stand out?
• Use of Crumbles: Is it an appropriate use of the product? Do they use the sausage well or in an innovative way in the recipe?
• Simplicity and Ease: Is the recipe easy to follow? Is the prep time reasonable? Ease of prep. Are the ingredients easy to find? Is the ingredient list reasonable?
• Clarity and accuracy: Accuracy of the recipe. Clarity in the ingredient list (i.e. if onions are listed, state whether they are red, yellow, pearl, green, white that are called for in the recipe); clarity in the production steps (i.e. if something is cut, approximately
• what size: roughly chopped, minced, small dice, etc.); Steps written and/or numbered in a logical sequence.

Entry is open from 10/25 – 11/26 and judging by Sara Lee chefs and the winner will be notified by 12/3/10

I’d love to hear your ideas and thoughts about the Jimmy Dean Crumbles but remember, official entries must be emailed to count.  Good luck y’all!!  I can’t wait to see the winning recipe!

Jimmy Dean on Facebook where by the way, if you “Like” them, you can get a coupon for $1 off any Jimmy Dean Product!!!  AWESOME!

Official Rules

By now, you should all know that I love Velveeta, football, and I love Rotel!  RO*TEL makes for some great recipes and when you combine with cheese, of course you get awesome cheese dip!  If you haven’t tried it, you have no clue what you’re missing!   Because I know so many of you love Queso Dip, I wanted to be involved and share the latest campaign RO*TEL has cooked up for everyone.

Are you ready to feed YOUR game face and win a prize?!

Right now, you can enter in the Feed Your Game Face sweepstakes where the grand prize includes free groceries for a year and 2 tickets, flight and lodging to any college football game during the 2011 season. You can enter once a day to maximize your chances of winning and entering is SO simple! It only requires filling out a contact form.

While you’re there entering, check out their Share the Queso recipes, coupons, and instant win game!  There’s so much going on over there that you’ll need to put aside some time to browse through it all.  You can also enter to win a prize just by sharing YOUR game face!  I would LOVE to have a jersey!!!!  And if you need inspiration, here’s MY GAME FACE! GOOOOO HIGHLAND HORNETS!

NOW FOR GIVEAWAY HERE FOR YOU!

To get you in the game face, queso dip eatin’ mode, I have a great giveaway that will have you hosting an awesome little tailgate party of your own!

One winner will receive this prize pack below:

HOLY QUESO!!!!  Look at all that!  Queso for 100, $50 Grocery Gift Card, AND some extra goodies from FansEdge.  Oh my!

TO ENTER

Simply leave a comment here sharing a queso story!  You can tell me about your first time trying it or maybe the different versions you’ve had or what you’d with the prize pack if you won.  Be creative!

Additional, optional entries that can be left in a separate comment.

• Enter the Feed Your Game Face Sweepstakes and come back here letting me you know you entered. <—DAILY ENTRY!
• Share on Facebook and/or Twitter and follow RO*TEL while you’re there! RO*TEL on Facebook | RO*TEL on Twitter
  Me on Twitter and My Wooden Spoon on Facebook Sharing on twitter and facebook can be done DAILY TOO!
• Subscribe to My Wooden Spoon via email or by RSS.
• Tell me your favorite team!

Giveaway ends on November 1st.

RO*TEL on Facebook | RO*TEL on Twitter

Wilton offers a variety of baking products to help you make the most creative and beautiful cakes.  They also offer themed products and in this case, Halloween themed items!  I’ll be making a few items over the next couple of weeks to get you in the Halloween mood and if you’ve baked something Halloweenish, I’d love to see a photo!

One winner will receive all the items below to help kick start your Halloween baking!

There’s a finger pan, cookie house kit, tons of sprinkles, cupcake stand & stencils, and more!

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

Leave a comment on this post with your Halloween stories.  You may enter daily by telling me a different story each day.

ADDITIONAL entries once the required entry has been completed, leaving each one in a separate comment to count:

• –Share the giveaway via Twitter and/or Facebook.  Be sure to follow @WiltonCakes and @ACowboysWife at twitter and ‘Like’ us on Facebook! You may tweet once a day. Just be sure to come back here each day and let me know.
• –Subscribe to My Wooden Spoon via email or by RSS.
• –Visit the Wilton website and tell me what you’d like to have from there or your favorite idea you saw there. Can be done DAILY.

Giveaway ends on October 10th at 6pm CST.

I don’t know about you but packing a lunch always seems t be a nightmare for me. Trying to be creative day after day can be quite exhausting and well, I’m lazy sometimes so I welcome the Lunchbox Builder.  Smuckers, Motts, and Pepperidge Farms have brought to you this fun resource where you can design a lunchbox, submit it to the gallery and even rate everyone else’s lunchboxes.  The best part though is that you can get coupons for several treats!

In honor of the Lunchbox Builder, they are giving me a prize pack to give to you with the Back to School theme and it’s worth about $150!

What’s inside??  Here’s a list of the goodies and there’s something in there for everyone.

• *iPod Shuffle
• *Insulated lunchbox
• *Smuckers Strawberry
• *Pencils
• *Coupons
• *Sharpie pens in lots of colors!
• *Colored Pencils
• *Smuckers Uncrustables Container
• *Motts Reusable Shopping Bag
• *Walmart Gift Card
• *Pedometer
• *An Optical Mouse
• *Smuckers Belt Pack

Note: The winner will also receive 5 labels for Education worth 10,000 points each. WOW!! That could do something really great for your child’s school!

HOW TO ENTER

Leave a comment here sharing your a lunchbox story. Either what you used to pack, something you do special for you child, what kind of lunchbox you had and what you wish you had, etc. You get the idea.  Can’t wait to hear them!

This giveaway ends on August 28th!

Where to start?  I think I’ll just dive right in and start with the newsletter. 

Newsletter

A while back, I LOST all my subscribers to my old newsletter.  Were you one of them?  Well, if you were, you no longer are and I do apologize.  Please feel free to subscribe to my new and improved newsletter, The Roundup.  There will be a mixture of things in the newsletter but I promise to make it worth your while.  p.s….some cool giveaways for only subscribers of the newsletter.

Recipe Ebooks

By popular demand, recipe ebooks have been added.  You may now buy and download your recipe ebook for only $5.  You can also pick your own package and save money.  I’ll be adding to the list so keep checking back.  (The main link is in my nav bar above…… for future reference;)

Foodie Community

Still a work in progress, I hope that you help me make the new foodie community a success.  As an incentive to get you rolling, I’ll be giving away prizes to members only in the next coming weeks.  You can have your own page where you can your food photos or even create blog posts!  And check out the forum & post your own questions/thoughts! I currently have forum topics but no discussions (obviously since it’s new) so I encourage you to join!

And if you want to buy an advertisement spot in the foodie community, contact me with your interest.

Contest/Giveaway Rules

I don’t like putting “giveaway” in the title of my posts so I won’t be doing it anymore.  To be honest, it kinda hurts to get so many comments and such on giveaway posts and NOT on a regular post.  So I fee like this.  If you are taking the time to read my post, then you will have a better chance of reaping the rewards because any and all future giveaways will ONLY be mentioned at the bottom of the post.  This is to show some love to my loyal readers.  So if you don’t read, you won’t ever know what’s going on;)

Announcement of winners.  I don’t like to devote posts to winners nor do I like to mention it in my recipe posts.  SO, from now on, if you are a winner, I will email you-contact you via blog-and/or twitter to let you know that you have won a prize.  You will be given 2 days to contact me to claim.  If you do not contact me within those 2 days of the timestamp (of how I contact you), then you forfeit winnings and a new prize winner will be chosen.  This is for 2 reasons.   One–I can’t keep up with a million giveaways, winners, etc for weeks on end.  Two–the prize sponsors don’t like waiting, flat and simple.  So, add lori at thecowboyshack dot com to your address book because this is where the email will come from!

And no back to your regular scheduled programming…………….

I told you I might be giving away a $500 Walmart gift card didn’t I…….well, I wasn’t lying!!!!  Thanks to the fabulous Nickelodeon sponsor, you could win it by sharing your holiday money saving tips with me!!  I think everyone is strapped for cash this holiday season so I’m looking forward to hearing your tips and handing someone some holiday money to spend!!!

PLEASE NOTE…THIS IS A CONTEST, NOT A GIVEAWAY WHICH MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO YOUR ANSWER.

Not only is Nickelodeon famous for Nicktoons, Nick Jr., and Nick at Nite—They also have a sister site called Noggin that I am a HUGE fan of.  My little guy watches Noggin because the show is aimed at preschool-aged and early elementary-school-aged children.  Their website is very toddler friendly and I let my little guy on their frequently and I highly recommend both website and channel.

HOW TO ENTER:

Leave a comment telling me your BEST HOLIDAY MONEY SAVING TIP.  Best HOLIDAY money saving tip!!!  Please put some thought into your answer folks.

ONLY 2 TIPS PER PERSON PLEASE!!!

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How the winner will be chosen:

After all entries are carefully read, the judges will pick their favorite top 20 Holiday Money Saving Tips.  Those 20 entries will be put into a draw, where one winner will be randomly chosen.

In the event that there are identical tips given by different entrants that make the 20, it is at the judge’s discretion to choose which one gets thrown on the hopper.

This contest ends on December 15th and the winner will have 24hrs to contact me with their shipping address at lori at thecowboyshack dot com.

Contest and rules are subject to change if needed.

Other moms are giving away a $500 Walmart Gift Card too!  Go check them out and enter for more chances to win one!

OH YEAH BABY!  I told you I had surprises for you and they’ll be happening all the way through Nov. 23rd in honor of my Velveeta Casserole Challenge where I could sure use your votes if you happen to think my Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole recipe RAWKS!  By the way, YOU can submit your own essay for a chance to win some awesome prizes!  I know you all have to have some sort of Velveeta story!!  For some other cool giveaways, check out the Bloggy Giveaways!!

So today I have for you a Reed & Barton Stainless Steel 103pc. Flatware Set valued at $150.00!! AND, you get to choose between the two below!

If you’re not familiar with the quality of Reed & Barton, then you’re missing out on some fine silverware folks.  Have you heard of the ice cream test?  This is where they take a regular spoon from their collection and scoop out ice cream that is hard and prove to you, the quality & stamina of the flatware.  No bending or anything.  It’s solid and will last you a lifetime!

What pieces do you get??  Here’s the list!
# 12 knives
# 12 forks
# 12 spoons
# 12 salad forks
# 12 teaspoons
# 12 iced beverage spoons
# 12 steak knives
# One sugar shell
# One butter knife
# Two tablespoons
# Two pierced tablespoons
# Two serving forks
# One gravy ladle
# One master spoon
# One master fork
# One pair of all-purpose tongs
# One pie server
# Two berry spoons
# One lasagna server
# One macaroni server
# One spork
# One pasta scoop
# Stainless steel
and a 25-year Limited Manufacturer’s Warranty

HOW TO ENTER:

Go to Velveeta Casserole Challenge and vote for My Wooden Spoon’s Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole if you think it’s AWESOME.  Just enter your email and  You simply click to vote!  Come back here and leave a comment telling me that you voted and which flatware style you like!

YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY.  IF YOU VOTE EVERY DAY, COME BACK HERE EACH DAY AND TELL ME IN A COMMENT THAT YOU VOTED!!

For additional entries you can twitter the contest, blog about it, and/or email your friends about this contest.  Include my email  ( lori at thecowboyshack dot com ) so that I can confirm that you did email someone:)  LEAVE EACH ENTRY YOU DO IN A SEPARATE COMMENT PLEASE!

Contest ends on November 9th at 10:00CST.

The best way to keep up with giveaways, recipes, tips and more is to subscribe to my blog.

Good luck to all!

P.S.  If any of you decide to cut the cheese via video, you’ll be entered into a drawing for $100 bucks!  If you would rather cut the cheese using a photo, you’ll be entered to win $50 bucks!