Get excited all of you Kind Lifer chefs out there! The Made Just Right Spring to Life Recipe Contest has begun!

Earth Balance and Made Just Right are celebrating the arrival of spring with our annual Spring to Life Recipe Contest. Share your original recipes for a chance to win exciting prizes!

One grand prize winner will receive a weekend trip for two to San Francisco, $1,000 in spending money, a stay at the eco-friendly Orchard Garden Hotel, a five-course dinner at Millennium, plus some additional surprises!

Your recipe(s) should be your own original creation(s) and contain one or more
Earth Balance® products including any of the buttery spreads, nut butters, soymilk or MindfulMayo® Dressing & Sandwich Spread. The recipes must be plant-based (vegan) and free of any animal products (no dairy, eggs, meat, etc).

Our Earth Balance judges along with guest judge, former model and author of Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps, Kim Barnouin will evaluate recipes based on appeal (50%), ease of preparation (25%) and creativity (25%). You can submit as many recipes as you like from now until May 6th in the following categories:

April 9th - April 15th: Appetizers & Side Dishes (closed)
April 16th - April 22nd: Beverages
April 23rd - April 29th: Entrees
April 30th - May 6th: Desserts

WEEKLY PRIZES Made Just Right will select (2) recipes from each category for a total of (8) winners. Each winner will receive:

A (1) year supply of Earth Balance® products
An Earth Balance gift pack featuring Earth Balance gear
A copy of the book Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps by Kim Barnouin

One of the (8) winners will be selected as the GRAND PRIZE WINNER!

GRAND PRIZE - In addition to the prizes above, Made Just Right will select one lucky participant to also win:

Roundtrip airfare for (2) to San Francisco
A 2-night stay at the eco-friendly Orchard Garden Hotel
$1,000 in spending money
Five-course dinner at Millennium

SPECIAL PRIZES More opportunities to win! Made Just Right will also select (3) recipes from all submissions to win in the following categories:

Best Photo
Most Recipes Submitted
Most Creative Recipe

Special Prize Winners will receive:

(1) year supply of Earth Balance® products

We will announce the 8 weekly winners, the 3 Special Prize winners and the 1 grand prize winner the week of May 14th, 2012! For complete contest rules, visit SPRING TO LIFE CONTEST RULES. For specific questions about how to upload your recipe, visit the MADE JUST RIGHT FAQ.

Hope to see you there with recipes to share!

- The Made Just Right Team

SUBMIT YOUR RECIPE HERE.

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