Better Together: Hands-On Cook-Off Video Contest
Better Together is a non-profit online community forum (in partnership with the BC Dairy Association and the Ministry of Health) that celebrates family togetherness at mealtimes and on May 1st, they’re launching their 4th annual Hands-On Cook-Off.
The purpose of this social forum is to encourage people to cook and eat together, as the research shows that children and adults who eat together enjoy many important benefits-school performance, better health, social skills, etc. The contest is a fun way to get this message out.
To enter the Hands-On Cook-Off, submit a 3 minute video (or less) of two or more people teaming up to host their own cooking show, making a favourite recipe. Participants in the video should be either of two generations (enter in the Multigenerational category) or at least two youth (enter in the Youth category). They can be preparing breakfast, BBQ, pizza, salad, snacks, or any other home-cooked food.
The contest will be open for entries from May 1, 2013 to June 2, 2013 and then the public will be able to vote on their favourite videos. There are some great cash prizes to be handed out on top of hundreds of dollars in grocery gift certificates. Winners will be announced in each category as well as a public vote/people’s choice category. All videos that don’t win any of the other prizes will be entered in the random draw to win a $500 grocery gift certificate.
We’re getting the word out now so that you can be sure to enter during the contest period and have your video presentation down. See the Better Together website for full contest rules, regulations, and prize information.
To spread the word about the contest, Better Together has offered up another awesome prize just for one lucky Miss604 reader — a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer (like the one my grandmother had in her kitchen, but brand new of course).
Here’s how you can enter to win the mixer thanks to Better Together’s Hands-On Cook-Off:
- Leave a comment naming a favourite food item you like to make at home (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Prize may not be exactly as shown in image above. Follow Better Together on Facebook and Twitter for more information about their family, food, and fun campaigns.
Update The winner is @rainstorm3!
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I love making curry!
I enjoy making baked salmon while trying out different recipes/spices with it!
Tuna casserole!
Greek salads- so easy, so delicious!
bread!
♥ I love to bake German Marble cake! What a real sweet treat it would be to mix it with this prize. I follow you them on twitter @toothfairycyber and LIKE you and them on Facebook and tweeted it too. ☺
Cake and cookies!
Chocolate oatmeal cake — my mom’s tried-and-true recipe!
Definitely would like to make a nice whole wheat bread loaf
Carrot cake!
Any dessert!
Bread
Soup!
Lobster bisque. It’s not something I make very often, since the ingredients are so expensive, but it is SO worth it whenever I do!
Cakes, breads, pizzas… but what I feel like doing this weekend is some chicken and avocado rolls and Tiramisu for dessert, Yummy!!
Moroccan Tagine.
I enjoy making muffins, banana bread, cookies…basically, recipes that don’t require a mixer but I would love to have one so I can bake fancy desserts like the pros!
I’d love to make cupcakes and macarons with the mixer!
A KitchenAid mixer has been on my wish list forever!
My favourite thing to make is a toss up between parmesan chicken, and bruschetta chicken. I found both recipes on Pinterest and always get tons of comments whenever I make either dish.
Besides making homemade jam, my favourite thing to make is chocolate marble cake
I love making my strawberry shortbread cookies especially during the holiday season!
I like to make chewy chocolate chip cookies.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love to make cupcakes. Red velvet is my fave!
Home made bread – with lots of garlic in it!
I love making curry. The chopping and preparing as well as the aroma from the spices is the best.
Banana bread!
Love making dessert!
Love to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for the grandchildren!
Rhubarb cake with vanilla sauce…..
Banana bread with chocolate chips.
When it comes to taco night the whole family participates
I make a good lemon loaf. Delish and especially in the spring!
I really enjoy making gluten free cookies, would love to experiment more with the right equipment.
That would have to be homemade pizza!
Favourite thing to make at home – hearty vegetable soup
Quinoa/ Rice/ Bean combination with different spices/ herbs to keep things fresh & new…..or a big batch of
chocolate chip cookie dough to eat! =)
Homemade granola bars!
I want to try and make a Thai green curry
My specialty is bruschetta 🙂
Loving that mixer in yellow – so cute.
We enjoy making Thai Green Curry!
I want to pass on my love of baking to my niece!
making chocolate chip cookies.
Pizza
i love making scones!
Pancakes
I love making cupcakes and banana loaves! This mixer would sure help a lot 🙂
I like making chicken curry.
My new fave is a Greek Quinoa Veggie Stir Fry
Kung Pao Chicken
We do love our meatballs!
I like to make bread.
Deep fried wonton!
Chocolate cake
I love to make soup!!! Any kind, anyhow, anywhere!!!!!! Luckily my family loves to eat it.
I love making pizza!
i luv 2 bake! cookies, muffins, cakes :o)
enjoy making steak with all the fixings
Waffles
I spoil my children when they visit with good home-cooked Indian food. You just can’t beat home-made samosas!
Homemade donuts!
Pies. Lots of Pies!!!
The kids and I love to make banana muffins!!
I love making banana walnut muffins!
Bourbon Banana Bread with chocolate chunks
Banana Bread
Bread, spaghetti sauce, salads. I’m hungry!
Pancakes!
Love making pasta from scratch!
I <3 making walnut banana bread!
cupcakes with lots of icing and sprinkles
Homemade pizza! Delicious everytime with homemade dough and practically any toppings you may have on hand 🙂
oh oh oh i’ve wanted a kitchenaid mixer for AGES 🙁
i love making macarons!
Pizza!
The kids and I love to bake so this would come in handy!
Opps I forgot to say what we like to make. Chocolate chip cookies!
Apple crisp! It’s so good, it’s addictive!
Blueberry muffins mmmm
I love to make scones at home, but lately, I’ve also been really into making chia seed pudding. It simple and delicious!
I love making a nice pasta with lots of veggies in it!
My cookie jar always has some homemade Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and I have been making the same recipe for the past 20 years. (I have the recipe memorized of course but somehow they turn out differently each time…my measuring must vary a bit!)
I make baked jalapeño poppers – they are awesome & prepared in a healthy way
I love making anything my mom used to make. I don’t often take the time to make big dinners like that, but when I do, they are everybody’s fave. Stuff like lasagna, Shepherd’s pie, slow cooker wings. Mom always makes best.
One of the things that helps me get through the winter is a freezer full of homemade pesto. Last year I made versions with basil (of course), spinach and radish leaves, trying different nut and cheese combinations with each.
I like making stuffed mushrooms.
Bread
I love cooking in general but homemade pasta- noodles, sauce and all!
Cupcakes!
steak with mashed potatoes
I love cooking with my nieces and nephews and that gorgeous mixer would be a great help.
Cheesy bread
Homemade pergoies.
I love making caprese salad!!!
I would love to make cookies with this mixer!!!
I love making butter chicken.
I love making chocolate chip cookies!
butter chicken!
I love making brownies!
I love making any noodles or pasta
Crepes!
Love making macaroons! Still trying to ace it and a new mixer will do probably do the job!!!
My daughter is an aspiring baker and this would come in so handy!!
I like cooking risotto!
cinnamon buns!
cornbread!
Love making tirimisu. A stand mixer will work beautifully whipping up the fluffy egg whites!
Banana Loaf… it’s versatile (can be a breakfast item or a healthy dessert..okay maybe not healthy)
I love making scones. My family loves them!
homemade pizzas!
I love making baked goods of all sorts!
Chocolate chip cookies!
chewy chocolate chip cookies
macarons … cupcakes
Spaghetti sauce that includes 12 vegetables in it.
spaghetti is always good! XD
I would make a ton of cookies and fill up my house with the delicious smells of delicious cookies.
Muffins!
I like to make pasta.
My daughter and I love making lasagna and homestyle garlic bread together 🙂
I love to bake banana muffins
Chocolate cream pie, so yummy.
banana chocolate muffins 🙂
my favorite to make is a Zucchini Walnut Bread.. YUM!
cupcakes!
Peach puff pancakes:)
chocolate chip cookes
Soup! We’ll be making one for the contest 😉
Custard tarts!
I like to make cinnamon rolls
Just making the batter is enough!!
I love to make pizza at home
blueberry cheesecake
Grilled pizza!
Skor cookies!
BBQ Thai chicken
I like to make soup.
Jamffins (muffins with jam inside)
Garlic Mashed potatoes is my favorite to make in my mixer! YUMMY!
waffles! yum.
i love baking…i often get requests for my chocolate crackle cookies =D
Banana bread 🙂
Salad
Hummus
Banana bread!
Meatloaf spaghetti
Beautiful, brilliant, crusty bread. Mmmmm……..
Hmmmmmm I would make endless goodies! Cookies, cupcakes, scones, etc. etc.
I love making cakes
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I love baking cupcakes at home! They’re very easy to make and delicious!
I make a mean tuna salad
It’s not easy without a mixer, but I’ve enjoyed making Finnish coffee bread “poula” with my mom
I love making cookies I call “Daine’s Addiction”.
I love to make anything with chocolate 🙂 My favorite is chocolate cake.
I make Ah-Mayzing Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Cookies!! Always better homemade!
Apple pie.
The favorite food item I like to make at home are Birthday cakes! I bake them for my friends and extended family all the time. They seem more meaningful when they are home made!
I love making my own soups!
The latest juice trend!
My fave food to make at home is pizza – fresh dough and all!!
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cookies of any kind
I love to make homemade spaghetti,,with garlic bread!
muffins
I love making desserts such as cupcakes, brownies, pies, cakes and muffins!
zucchini walnut bread
Spinach quiche
Love to make all types of bread!!
Hummus (with lots of garlic)!
Love making stir fry and cookies!
I love making cupcakes!
buns
chocolate cake.
Nutella Banana Bread!!!
cupcakes
Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies served warm from the oven
I love to bake Chocolate Chip Cookies! A KitchenAid Blender would rock that!!
I love making slowcooker ribs!
I love to bake! I enjoy making scones, muffins and healthy cookies the most!
I love to make blueberry pancakes! A Kitchen Aid mixer would sure make it easier!
COOKIES! My husband owns his own business and every Friday I make dozens of cookies for his employees.
Love to bake chocolate chip banana bread and cook anything with spinach!
I have two favourite things to bake! Chocolate chip walnut banana bread and Double Tree Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies!
Salmon!
Smoothies are my favorite protein packed snack!!
i love kitchenaid
homemade bread…nothing beats it…and the smell it leaves in the house…fantastic!!!
Cookies and banana bread
Would make me such a better baker with the right tools 🙂
Cookies! (but I could do so much more with this…)
Greek food has got to be my favourite. Marinated chicken overnight in oils and greek herbs, greek salad, feta cheese, and lots of tzatziki! yum!
I LOVE making cupcakes at home!
homemade flatbread pizza!
I love to bake cakes!
I love to bake cookies!
Macarons!
healthy muffins
I love to make macarons!
I love making Thai curry
Pho!
I love baking cakes!
Soup! All flavours, all regions – so versatile.
Pizza, for sure- love making homemade bread and sauce.
pasta! mmmmm
egg benedict!
Quinoa recipes!
All of our home recipes are noticeably absent of things that would require a good mixer! You could remedy that!
Lots of baked goods! Cakes, cookies, cupcakes, bread, brownies!
Homemade pizza with a crispy crust and a ton of fresh basil!
Deviled eggs!
Kraft Dinner!
Smoky baba ganoush
Classic chocolate chip cookies for the kids (*wink)
Funny, I have my grandmother’s old stand mixer but don’t use it any more — I am afraid it might break. I loved using it to make oatmeal cookies.
My fav thing to make at home is pasta for me and roast chicken dinner with mashed potatoes for my hubby.
Blueberry banana muffins!
I like to bake cupcakes or cookies.
Kitchen mixer for soups. Cool!
my son and I love to bake together, especially cupcakes!
I love making cupcakes
I love making cookies!!!
I love making banana bread with chocolate chips, (my machine is on its last leg)
Fresh bread – it makes everybody so hungry.
Cassoulet
scones!
I love to make cornbread with different cheeses and peppers
I love cooking and baking at home. I found a great recipe online for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. I made some for my Mum over the weekend and she told me today that there not any left!!
I like to make Turkey Chili.
I love baking cupcakes from scratch!
chocolate chip cookies
pizza
I think It’s a tie between chili in the slow cooker, and stir fry!
Gazpacho or hummus.
I love making anything vegetarian. I am trying to make my roommates get away from so much meat!
cookies for my kids.
Cinnamon Buns!
I love making Cookies!!! Yum Yum Yum!
I love making fish tacos with pineapple salsa and chili lime aioli. So fresh
I love baking – recent favourite – lemon blueberry loaf
Gougeres.
If I had a kitchen aid mixer, I would use the optional attachments to make my own pasta! Yum, yum!!!
oh, I would love a kitchen aid mixer. That will make it so much more fun when I make buns and dumplings together with my 3 year old!
love to make bruchetta and bake cookies!
ICE CREAM
Fried rice!
We love making everything from omelettes & pancakes at brekkie to roast chicken and smashed potatoes at dinner. Cookies and muffins are another specialty of ours!
If I have a kitchen aid mixer, I would bake a lot more cakes and we would make our own pasta. Yum, fresh pasta!
I like to make different kinds of soup.