MagicallyDelicious

Parents with children (ages 5-12) are invited to submit home videos that show the family together in the kitchen introducing a rice-based dish they prepared and discussing their experience cooking together. Consumers will have an opportunity to vote for their favorites and one grand prize winner will receive $20,000 cash, an appearance on “The Rachael Ray Show” and a $50,000 cafeteria makeover for the child’s school.

Videos can be submitted to www.BensBeginnersContest.com until Feb. 26, 2012, where official contest rules, kid-friendly recipes and helpful hints can also be found.

“Our goal is to demonstrate and celebrate that cooking with your kids leads to a better relationship with food and with each other,” said Tim Snyder, vice president of marketing, Mars Food US, the parent company of the Uncle Ben’s® Brand. “As a company, Mars Food strongly supports healthy eating and family togetherness. We are thrilled to be launching a campaign that will help parents establish healthy beginnings in their children’s lives.”

Take some pictures of your favorite homegating recipe this Superbowl Sunday and you could win a Char-broil Grill2Go, XZipit® by La-Z-Boy® – AND – The Ultimate Wholly Guacamole® HOMEGATING® Party Pack, which includes a year supply of Pepperidge Farm® Natural Baked Cracker Chips, Blue Diamond® Almonds and Wholly Guacamole.

Enter your recipe and photo by February 4, 2012 for a chance to win. Happy livingroom tailgating!  For details and to enter, click here.

Enter to win Cuisinart’s recipe contest for a chance to win their “wake up those taste buds” kitchen collection!

• Upload your recipe.
• Cuisinart website visitors will rate the entered recipe from one to five stars.
• Check your recipe’s progress through Your Recipe Box Page.
• The next three finalists will be selected on October 31, 2011.
• Our Cuisinart chefs will create the recipes and choose a winner.
• The winner receives a “Wake-up Those Taste Buds” Kitchen Collection!

Click here to submit your recipe for a chance to win.

Contests run every few months.  Here are the current entry periods:

Are you a creative cupcake baker?  Enter to win the cupcake crown and $2500, a Kitchenaid mixer, or a $100 bakeware prize pack from PfaltzGraff.  Creativity and photo prowess wins the prize in this cupcake contest, so get your cutest or most unique entry in by January 29.

Click to see all the details and capture the cupcake crown!

Submit a boring breakfast photo to The Hall of Lame and start voting your way to the top. The contestant with the most votes by January 31 will win a trip to The Biggest Loser® Resort!

Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc., is encouraging breakfast lovers everywhere to switch to lean and delicious turkey and start the day right by entering its Breakfast Hall of Lame contest for a chance to win a trip to the Biggest Loser® Resort, recipient of Spa Magazine’s 2011 Readers Choice Silver Sage award and Spas of America’s top ranking 2011 spa.

Click here to enter your photo and your chance to win!

Have a beautiful and delicious, unique cocktail in your mixology repertoire?  Submit it and its best photo for a chance to win $500!

Cocktail-Guru.com is looking for your help in building the most complete cocktail guide on the net.  Submit your recipe, tips & tricks for your best cocktail and you’ll be entered to win!  Get all the details here – mix it up!

Deadline for entering is January 31, 2012.

It’s time to cook up some deliciousness with an Auntie Anne’s baking kit for a chance to win $1,000!

Use the dough and yeast provided in Auntie Anne’s At-Home™ Baking Kit, add some of your favorite ingredients, and make it your own.

Create up to three appetizer, side dish, snack, bread, main dish, or dessert recipes for your chance to win $1,000, $500, or $250.

Get all the details on this contest here.  Happy baking!

Deadline for entering is January 31, 2012.