Before you find about about the giveaway, of course, you get to hear about the yummy lunch I cooked heated.
This lunch was inspired by the south because (1) I wish the weather here were warmer, (2) I love country music and that’s something southern, too, and (3) I’m temporarily (I hope) an invalid and happened to have some frozen and canned ingredients on hand that fit this theme brilliantly.
That’s right, collard greens, baked beans, and cornbread!! YUM 😀
I made and froze these sweet collard greens a few weeks ago (remember when I brought home those huge bags of them from the food pantry overflow at work?) using Kath’s recipe here.
Seriously delicious. If you ever find yourself with collard greens on your hands, 
this is the way to cook them!
I also rummaged around and found this can of fat free vegetarian baked beans in the cupboard that didn’t really seem to belong to anyone. Since it didn’t belong to anyone, it belonged to me:
And on the side, I had 1/2 piece of the cornbread that I brought home and froze after dinner at BBQ two weeks ago:
Perfect! I felt like I was in Arkansas or somewhere while I was eating this 😛
Earlier, I snacked on two biscotti bites (and a piece of oatmeal chocolate chip cookie that “broke off” when I was rummaging through the freezer cookie bag for the bites) with this delicious Tazo tea sample I had lying around:
Normally, I’m not into fruit teas … but something about the lemony-mango-ness of this tea reeled me in, and I loved it. It would be amazing in oatmeal, I’m sure. Look at the gorgeous color!
OK OK, I suppose it’s time. You all know how I LOVE my whole grains (case in point: this morning’s protein porridge). Well, Bob’s Red Mill, home of what is probably the most extensive selection of whole grains/seeds/nuts/beans/baking mixes/flours ever, has generously offered to send FIVE lucky readers a full package of the food item of their choice (from the list of categories I just mentioned). This is a very exciting giveaway because it means you could pick out a familiar staple (such as oats) to replenish your supply … or you could go totally wild and experiment with something new (my suggestion) like whole grain chocolate cake mix or organic amaranth grain.
How to enter:
Step 1. Visit the Bob’s Red Mill website and select the one food product you would most like to try (again, from the list of categories I mentioned above).
Step 2. Leave me a comment with your selection!
Step 3. Link back to this contest on your blog to help me spread the word! If you like me, you can also add me to your blogroll, but this is not mandatory as that is a very personal decision 😛 If you don’t have a blog, email me at talesofexpansion@gmail.com after you leave your comment to let me know this is the case and that you still want to enter.
Step 4. I will randomly choose the five winners Sunday, April 5, so you have until NOON on that day to enter.
While you’re busy contemplating your next whole grain experiment, I will be at my doctor’s office. I’m so relieved I was able to get an appointment this afternoon — hopefully I can make it there without getting stuck on the subway steps … and hopefully the injury is just a simple muscle issue that will fix itself with rest. Eeek!
Ready, set, go!
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I would love to try the cornmeal pancake mix! Yum!
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The hazelnut meal/flour sounds too good!
Good luck getting to the doctor.
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Lovely Southern meal! I love cornbread sooo much!
I hate to be boring, but I gotta say oat bran!! I just love it so much!
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oyyyy!!!!! i didnt see the injury post!!! ouch ouch ouch!!!! i hop ethat feels better soon! but seriously.. stop running!!! just wait!
i love bob’s cornbread mix.. gluten free of course.. lol would they go for that??
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I love everything from Bob’s Red Mill I’ve ever tried… I’d have to trust you and let you pick something!
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I really want to try Oat Groats!
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I would love either oatbran or the high fiber cereal!! Thank you thank you! 🙂
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I would like to try the organic oatbran!! I am linking back in my next post and adding you to my blogroll 🙂
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SOUTHERN COMFORT!!! Holy yum.
Oat groats, please!! 😀
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I would love to try the Whole Wheat Pastry Flour in baked goods and see how they turn out!
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LOVE this giveaway!
thank youuuuuu!
I would love to try their oat bran!!! or even more back to basic and try OAT GROATS!
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i’ve linked back!
http://blueskyworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/check-this-out-numero-trescheck-this-out-numero-tres/
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i would also love to try amaranth too!
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I love Bob Red Mill products!
I want to try the high fiber cereal!
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I’ve heard to much good things about oat bran. Please let me win so that I could try that wonderful product =)
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I go for multigrain cereal. I also would love to try amaranth as well!
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Hey Sarah! Uh oh a pulled groin? No Fun! I hope you feel better ASAP. You will be missed in class tonight. Get better, see you soon.
Take care of yourself!
Lisa
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Ooh, so much to choose from!! I think I’d have to go for the soft white wheatberries. I’ve never tried them and can’t find them here!
P.S. The Tazo Passion tea is amaaaazing iced, with a little lemon and honey 😉
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I just got (probably) way too excited when I saw that they have 13 Bean Soup Mix. I love soup. I love beans. What could be better??!!
You’re blogrolled, and I’ll link you back on my next post!
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I would definitely try something different like the wheat berries!!!
It’s funny what you said about the passion tea because that’s exactly what I said when I tried it for the first time…. I’m not into fruit teas either but I loved it!
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Multigrain cereal or the oats – it’d be a toss up!
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I would like to try the hemp protein powder! Yah!
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Ooh, I’d want to try the organic spelt berries!
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I would love to try the hulled hemp seeds!
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Love the southern eats!
I would like to try any of the oatmeal mixes 🙂
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I’d like to try the teff or the spelt. So many great products to choose from!
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The blue cornmeal sounds very interesting to me!
I’ll def link back in my post tomorrow!!!
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Oat groats or the 5 grain rolled cereal
Hope the doc appt went ok!
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I love baked beans!!!
I’d like to try Organic Rye Berries…because well, what the hell are they? 🙂
Your wonderful blog’s already on my blogroll and you’ve been linked!
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Dudeee awesome 😀 I’d go for the oat bran cookie mix, ah or wg chocolate cake mix!! YOU are already on my blogroll of course..let us know how the doc goes!!!!
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Def. I want to try the Muesli. AHHH I love Bob’s. Linking back.. 🙂
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Ooooo!!! I LOVE Bob’s Red Mill! I’ve always wanted to try their thick cut rolled oats. They look so yummy!
http://theidleloaf.wordpress.com
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Probably the oat bran…it always looks so delicious on everyone’s blogs!
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I think the 5 grain rolled cereal looks good. I was looking at it in the store but didn’t pick any up yet.
I added a blurb in my blog about your giveaway!!
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I’d have to choose the steel cut oats. The 10 grain pancake mix looks tempting too though.. I love Bob’s Red mill and wanna try them all!
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I love country music too!!!!!!!!! I’m a southern girl who was born and raised in the north!
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I would love to try the whole oat groats!
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Definitely the cornmeal pancake mix!!!!
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Quinoa! I can’t seem to find in my local supermarket. =(
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I would like to try to 10 grain pancake mix!
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how exciting, and what a tough choice!! i’d go for something i’ve never seen before– teff flour (to recreate ethiopian bread), kamut berries, or whole wheat farina 🙂
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It’s obvious that I will say popcorn! but I’d also really really like to try wheatberries.
Linking now,
http://eatingchalk.wordpress.com
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Whole grain chocolate cake are you kidding me? I’d go with that or the 5 grain cereal. Probably the cereal though; I’d get more use out of it.
I’ll be linking to this post in a future blog entry. I’m adding you to my blogroll as well, because I really enjoy your blog! So fun to read.
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I’d love to try the whole grain chocolate mix!
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Great giveaway!
I would say the Whole Wheat Pastry flour – I’ve wanted to recreate an apple torte I saw on Barefoot Contessa and have been trying to figure out how to make it more figure friendly, and this may do the trick!
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the cornmeal pancake mix for sure!
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Hmm.. There are so many great products by Bob’s Red Mill, but I would love to try the Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix!!!
I’m a cookie addict, so that’s my kind of product! 😉
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yum cornbread! i wonder if anyone has ever tried to make a nonfat cornbread with yogurt. i saw a recipe once. i guess i’ll be the guinea pig! i would like to try the muesli, hot groats, hot buckwheat, no fat granola! =D btw your email you sent me- i got it! and it MADE MY DAY!
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I would say the soft white wheat berries for me 🙂
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I LOVE TAZO PASSION TEA! I fell in love with it when i first had it as iced tea, but now i drink it hot. isnt the color just great? the red is so vibrant and so is the smell. im glad to see you liked it too.
im really excited for your giveaway. i just started blogging and this is the first giveaway ive entered because im really excited about the product. i would love to try the apples, cinnamon & grains cereal. that would totally make my morning. thanks for the giveaway chance. btw check out my page at eatsleeprunwhenever.blogspot.com, where i mentioned you in my last blog 🙂
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this girl does NOT make decisions..
aka i will just take it all pleaseandthanks.
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what an awesome giveaway! im just catching up now but glad i can still enter 🙂 id love to try the steel cut oats simple because can you believe i’ve NEVER tried the real kind? i’ve had the instant steel-cut oats (made by mccann’s)…
i will link to you tonight and of course i have to check my blogroll b/c i havent updated it in FOREVER!!
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I would like to try the Organic Kamut Berries or the Organic Quinoa Grain. I also love anything high in fiber or whole wheat/grain! Which is pretty much anything Bob’s Red Mill.
-Leslie
http://lovejackson.blogspot.com
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Also you are now added to my blog roll!!
Happy Tuesday!
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I’d love to try the mixes… especially the pancake ones!
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I would love to try their muesli! Thanks for the giveaway.
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So many good things over there! I think I would choose the 5 Grain Rolled Cereal.
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Hmmm I love all the stuff from Bob’s, probably some flour or flax seed.
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Hmmm I can’t decide but I really want to try out all the different flours!!
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I would love to try Scottish oats. Everybody says I’ missing out! I don’t have a blog but I’m going to email you later!
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amazing giveaway!! I’ve been wanting to try cooking with wheat bran . . . and their pancake mixes look so yummy . . . oy! Too many choices!
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omg cornbread mix or pancake mix please?!?!?! bread and me are best friends lol….
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Oh man, quite the giveaway! I would totally like to try a cake/pancake mix. LOVE me the BRM products! Obvi you’re already on my blogroll (can I have an extra entry anyway? haha), but I will link back latah. 🙂
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Awesome giveaway Sarah! I will link later today.
I don’t think I’ve ever had Amaranth, so that’s my pick I think.
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bob’s is my fav! i love their oat bran and milled flax seeds. i’d like to try their buckwheat pancake mix, 10-grain pancake mix or irish soda bread mix! yummo!
will link back to you in my next blog post 🙂
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I would love to try the oat bran or the muesli! Thanks!
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I’d love to try the Organic Whole Wheat Flour to use for baking!
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I would love to try the Almond Meal/Flour or the Coconut Flour. I’ve seen a lot of people baking with these and would love to try it.
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I would like to try the organic amaranth flour. I’ve been looking for it locally and haven’t found it.
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I love Bob’s Red Mill Products!
I would like to try the 100% Organic Amaranth Flour.
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First of all, we would most definitely eat that food in Arkansas! I’m glad you found some southern comfort!
As for the giveaway, I like saying “whole oat groats” and I’ll bet I’d like eating them too!
I will link back this evening, and you’ve been on my blogroll for a while now, girlie! 🙂
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I love middle eastern cooking so I’d like to try the garbanzo bean flour.
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My pick is the Whole Grain Chocolate Cake Mix. Gotta love the chocolate! Check out my blog tomorrow mid-morning for a link . . . and you are on my blogroll, of course!
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Eeeek! I hope the injury gets better SOON!
This might sound really weird, but I’d totally go with the Amaranth grain. I just love that stuff 🙂
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I love their stuff, but haven’t tried their Organic Polenta yet, I would love to try it out! -e
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i want some of those thick rolled oats! yum yum 🙂
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I’m gonna have to go with Instant Rolled Oats so I could use them in the microwave here at school! Great giveaway!
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oh wow, any of the pancake mixes — organic 7 grain perhaps?
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Organic High Fiber Cereal sounds delicious!
Also, that corn bread looks yummy 🙂
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you’re so right, their products seem great but much more expensive than other brands. I’d love to try the extra thick oatmeal. 🙂
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Fun giveaway! I’d love to try the 10 Grain Pancake Mix. YUM!
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I’d love to try the Organic High Fiber cereal! Thanks for the great contest – and wonderful blog!
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Hands down OATBRAN!!! I figured it’s about time I try it right?!?!? What a faaabulous giveaway!! ❤
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i’d love to try their gluten-free products since i have a sensitive stomach! the gluten free homemade wonderful bread looks perfect – i’ve been wanting to make my own bread but don’t have a bread machine.
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I definitely want to try oat bran or the wheat bran. I can’t find them around me at all!! Such an awesome giveaway… and that cornbread looks delicious.
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I just added your blog to my blogroll! And i’ll link this post to my tomorrow’s post! 😀
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I would SO try the gluten-free cornbread mix!
Great giveaway!
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I’d like the Teff flour, please 🙂 I am adding a link to this post from my blog. And I’m also doing a giveaway for a Kripalu vegetarian cookbook! http://www.findyourbalancehealth.com/2009/03/win-a-kripalu-cookbook-and-welcome-to-my-new-site/
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Need my oat bran fix!! 🙂 although there are alot of other things I really want to try!
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What a lovely contest! I’d love the oatbran or meusli! Mmmm… grains…. mmmm…
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Ohh… I’d like to try the Almond Flour! Might make some good cookies with it!
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I would love to make the Low-Carb Bread Mix. I love bread, and this version sounds interesting. Thanks!
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HI! I’m new to your blog but so far I like 🙂
I would love to try the Irish Soda Bread mix – it would go great with my Veggie Soup mix I have from BRM!
Here is a link to my blog: http://fitin2009.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/shannon-week-12/
Thanks for giving away such an awesome product!
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I’d love to try their garbanzo flour actually–there are so many recipes that include it, but I never have it on hand!
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I’d love to try any of their mixes (whole wheat chocolate cake or bran muffins)!
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I’d probably choose the oat bran!
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I think I would go with the oat bran!
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I would want to try the oat bran!!! I have always wanted to try it and Bob’s Red Mill has amazing products. It would be the perfect opportunity! 🙂
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I love their products!! And I had no idea they made a whole grain chocolate cake mix 🙂 That would be great to try!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I want to try the wheatberries I see ALL over the blog! They look so good and chewy!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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awesome giveaway!! i see that they sell fine coconut macaroon, which would be fun to incorporate into a baking experiment:) thanks!!
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I want to try the wheatberries – they use these in so many recipes in my Nourishing Traditions cookbook, but I have yet to try them!
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Wooooo I LOVE Bob’s Red Mill. The grocery store near my house only sells a very limited selection, so I’d love the chance to try something new! Probably the Whole Hull-less Barley or the Organic Kamut Berries. Or the wheatberries, for that matter, since I can’t seem to find those anywhere.
Thank you!
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you know I’ve always been afriad to try collard greens..maybe I’ll give it a go.
I would really like to try Pearl barely. I’ve heard good thing but haven’t ventured out to try it yet. Though really all of their products are good!
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I also linked back!
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mmm.. I would like to try the Spiced Apple Bran Muffin Mix! a lot of there products sound delicious!
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I would love to try the Peppy Kernels or the Kamut cereal. I love all of the Bob’s Red Mill products I’ve tried!
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i looove to try the cornmeal pancake mix.. sounds amazing!
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I would love to try the Old Country Style Muesli!!!
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the cornmeal pancake mix, please! yum!
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Love the blog – I would try the spice ‘n nice cereal…never seen it and it looks really good! (I think I’d choose that…it’s really hard to choose!)
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Hulled hemp seed sounds great to me. Thanks.
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10 Grain Bread Mix fo sho! I want to start baking my own bread, as lazily as possible, and that mix would be PERFECT!
Your din looked great. I love beans & cornbread.
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it all sounds good to me! thanks:)
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I would love to try the hemp protein powder. Thanks for a fun contest!
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I would try the TVP!
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I definitely have my eye on the hemp protein powder. Thanks for the contest ; )
Sarah
http://sarahdbelle.wordpress.com/
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Blue cornmeal!
Their blueberry apple granola also sounds tasty.
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When I win (ha!) I want YOU to pick because I want it ALL!
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10 grain pancake mix for me!!!!
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I’d love to get the Organic Brown Flaxseeds.
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How about the 10 grain bread mix?!
🙂
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May Canadians enter? I’d most like to try the Organic Coconut Flour. I’ve seen a few recipes with it lately, but I’ve never seen it in a store.
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I’m dying to try Teff. I want to make hot cereal with it, and cannot find it anywhere in Nashville. Thanks for the giveaway Sarah!
Consider yourself linked!
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I would probably have to try the oat bran. It looks good and full of fiber! Thanks for having a giveaway!
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I’d love to try the Organic Coconut Flour. I saw this at the store the other day and was very intrigued.
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I justed linked to your giveaway
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I just linked your giveaway! Thanks.
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I also posted about your giveaway on my blog:
http://lovejackson.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-it-friday-yet.html
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I’d try the apple, cinnamon & grains cereal. Looks delicious!
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i’m going for the lemon poppy seed cake mix!
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O my, I would love to get my hands on thath lemon poppy seed cake mix!
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I would love to try the Spice Apple Bran Muffin Mix. But everthing I have gotten from Bob’s Red Mill has been great!
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I would love to try the 13 bean soup mix! I love soup and I have never had anything from Bob’s Red Mill that wasn’t incredible!!
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would love th try any of the flax seed products! i’ve always wanted to try incorporating more flax into my diet. thanks for doing this giveaway! love your site!
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yum i wanna try the organic 7 grain pancake mix. delicious!
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its a toss up between the meusli, date pieces, and quinoa!!!
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Ooooooh, so many fun products to try! I think I’d go for the whole grain chocolate cake mix or the blue cornmeal!
Off to post a link on my blog! 🙂
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Mmm they all look good!
I’d probably be adventurous and try something new – like the hulled millet!!
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I’d like to try the Oat Bran & Date Nut Muffin Mix. Yum! I’ll be linking back and you’re already on my blogroll. 🙂
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Everything looks intriguing! I’d definitely like to try the kamut berries.
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I’d like to try the hemp protein powder. Thanks!
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I’ve used Bob’s Red Mill flours before (Almond and Hazelnut). I would love to have more! I have several more cake recipes to try out 🙂
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Posted about the giveaway on my blog:
http://inourkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/04/bobs-red-mill-giveaway.html
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Those beans and greens look delicious!
I’d love to try the 100% Whole Wheat Bread Mix.
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Oh…my blog is very new. I’ll definitely add you to my blogroll and link to the contest!
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I love their gluten free line especially the pancake and brownie mixes. Great giveaway!!
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oooo yay for giveaways!!!
i love their flaxseed and use it everyday, but would love to try:
-low carb bread mix
-low carb baking mix
-scottish oatmeal scone mix
-high fiber pancake mix
-10 grain hot cereal
-soy grits
thanks for hosting this!!!
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Mmm, I’ve been dreaming about pancakes lately… the 10 Grain Pancake Mix sounds awesome!
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I would love to try the Organic 7 Grain Pancake Mix. 😀
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I’d like to try the Oatbran!!
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