Home for the Holidays. . .Gluten-Free Style!
The holiday spirit is definitely in the air. . . and today, I’m excited to tell you about a blog event in which I’m participating, called the Home for the Holidays. . . Gluten Free Style! It’s hosted by Shirley of Gluten Free Easily and will continue from now until December 23rd.
Please join me, Shirley, and 23 other gluten-free bloggers as we make the recipes that mean both “home” and “holidays” to us. I’m sure you know the ones: one smell or one bite, and you’re enveloped in all the warmth, love, and holiday wonder of the season. Perhaps they’re recipes that have been passed down through the generations, and now you’ve succeeded in making a gluten-free version. Or maybe they’re new, naturally gluten-free favorites. No matter what, they’re recipes you’ll enjoy sharing with family and friends.
I’ll be sharing my own “Home for the Holidays” recipe with you on Sunday, December 11th!
There’s A Giveaway Each Day–with a spectacular Grand Prize of a VitaMix Blender!
In addition to the recipes that say Home for the Holidays, we’ll also be hosting giveaways of the resources you value the most … cookbooks, reference books, apps, and much more.
This event will take place from Monday, November 28 through Friday, December 23. The daily giveaways will be announced each day (with a quick turnaround time to enter, so be sure to follow along so you won’t miss out!).
Every time you enter on any of the individual blogs, your entry is also eligible for each of the final prizes as well. In other words, if you enter each daily giveaway, you’ll end up with 26 entries for the final prizes!
Final Prizes:
The third prize is a Caveman Cookies giveaway package (an $89 value)!
The second prize is a shopping spree from Free From Gluten (a $150 value)!
And the grand prize is a top-of-the-line Vita-Mix professional blender 5200 Super Healthy Lifestyle package and a free copy of the super cool e-book Eat Fresh and Detox your Life (a $560 value)! If you follow DDD regularly, you know how much I love my VitaMix! I’m thrilled that one of you can win one, too! 
Here’s the Lineup so you can follow along (for a full list of each day’s giveaway, you can check Shirley’s intro post, or just go to the blogs each day):
Monday, 11/28–Shirley Braden at gfe–gluten free easily
Tuesday, 11/29–Diane Eblin at The WHOLE Gang
Wednesday, 11/30–Heidi Kelly at Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom
Thursday, 12/1–Ali Segersten at The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen
Friday, 12/2–Sunny Busby at And Love it, Too!
Saturday, 12/3–Stacy Toth at Paleo Parents
Sunday, 12/4–Maggie Savage at She Let Them Eat Cake
Monday, 12/5–Melissa McLean Jory at Gluten Free For Good
Tuesday, 12/6–Kim Maes at Cook IT Allergy Free
Wednesday, 12/7–Alexa Croft at Lexie’s Kitchen
Thursday, 12/8–Brittany Angell at Real Sustenance
Friday, 12/9–Elana Amsterdam at Elana’s Pantry
Saturday, 12/10–Kelly Brozyna at The Spunky Coconut
Sunday, 12/11–Yours truly at Diet, Dessert and Dogs
Monday, 12/12–Iris Higgins at The Daily Dietribe
Tuesday, 12/13–Stephanie Fourie at Gluten Free by Nature
Wednesday, 12/14–Jules Shepard at Jules Speaks Gluten Free
Thursday, 12/15–Silvana Nardone at Silvana’s Kitchen (and Easy Eats)
Friday, 12/16–Heather at Gluten-Free Cat
Saturday, 12/17–Carol Kicinski at Simply…Gluten Free
Sunday, 12/18–Alisa Fleming at Alisa Cooks
Monday, 12/19–Linda Etherton The Gluten-Free Homemaker
Tuesday, 12/20–Gigi Stewart at Gluten Free Gigi
Wednesday, 12/21–Zoe at Z’s Cup of Tea
Thursday, 12/22–Lillian Medville Lillian’s Test Kitchen
Friday, 12/23—Me again, Shirley Braden at gfe—gluten free easily
If you’re counting on being home for the holidays this year, I hope you’ll join us for some–or all–of the daily posts, and enter to win the some of the many giveaways.
And major thanks to Shirley for hosting this amazing event!
so this post is NOT the place to enter? sorry I am not to swift with these things. but I like them. looks like fun!
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Ricki Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Right–this is just an announcement post with all the info in one place. There’s a different blog posting a recipe, with a new giveaway, each day. You have to go to the blog of the day (see the list of blogs) to enter for that particular giveaway. And any time you enter the giveaway at one of the blogs, your entry ALSO counts as an entry for the three final prizes. Hope that makes sense!
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I would love to enter but do I need to go to each of these blogs or how do I enter? Thanks!
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Ricki Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Yes, each day the blog of the day offers a different set of prizes. If you enter on any one of the individual blogs, you’re entered for those prizes–and also automatically entered for the three final prizes as well (so the entry does “double duty”–it counts for that blog AND the final prizes). In other words, if you enter today’s blog (The Whole Gang–see list below), you could win one of the books she’s giving away, AND your entry also counts for the final three prizes as well (announced at the end of the event). So, theoretically, if you entered on each of the 25 blogs over the next few weeks, you’d have 25 entries for the final prizes as well. Does that make more sense?
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Bitt, next to each day on the schedule is a link to the site. Go to each day’s site to enter. For 11/29, go to Diane Eblin’s site, The WHOLE Gang.
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Ricki Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Yep, exactly!
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Ricki, thanks for this beautiful announcement on our holiday event! I get excited anew each time I see a new post, FB mention, tweet, etc.
I’m so happy that you’re participating with the rest of us, and, of course, I can’t wait to see what you create! 
Shirley
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Ricki Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Thanks so much, Shirley! And thanks for inviting me.
The wheels have been turning since I learned about the event. . . I’ve got something pretty special planned. 
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sounds like a great event – will look forward to your recipe and will try and get around to some of the others
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