You guys know the story about how family dinner got majorly kick-started in our houseโฆway back yonder when the girls had to stand on stools to reach the stoveโฆright? For those of you who donโt, a superquick refresher: To bust out of a pizza-pasta-nugget rut, we challenged ourselves to cook 30 brand new meals over the course of 30 days. It was like dinner bootcamp โ we thought it might get the kids to try a few new foods, as well as re-ignite our fast-waning love of cooking. (Which is what happens when you eat pasta with butter sauce five nights a week.) It worked on both fronts, andย Dinner: The Playbook out in August, will tell the long version of the story, but for now, I want to issue forth a mini challenge. A dinner bootcamp lite.
So whoโs ready to bust out of a recipe rut? Or who just wants to inject a little sumpin sumpinย into dinnertime again?
If thatโs you, pay attention!ย We will be picking 50 readers and bloggers to partake in a challenge. NO! NOT A THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE! All you have to do is cook at least three meals from Dinner: The Playbookย over the course of ONE week (June 22 โ June 29) and share the results on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or Tumblr page. (Or just call up a friend on the phone and tell her about it. Iโd like that very much, too.)ย Whether you think the meals were successes or failures, I want to hear about them all.
I canโt wait to participate via twitter! Real question though- if the Playbook doesnt go on sale til August 26, but the challenge is this June, where do we find the recipes? Will you be posting some on the blog?
Thanks!
Maggie โ if you are one of the fifty chosen, you will receive an advance copy of the book (as well as gift cards for Target & Applegate). Sorry if that was not clear! Thanks!
I am super excited and hopeful to be chosen!!!
Love this! So hoping I get selected. Huge fan of what you guys do, from one obsessive meal planner to another.
Iโd love to participate! I hope Iโm chosen.
checked the official rules, no Canadians allowed, eh?! Disappointed here. Looking forward to your book very much though. As a dietitian working with young moms and offering lots of cooking classes, I am always looking for new recipes and new ways of making it all happen. Love getting my views refreshed at DALS when I head into a slump.
Love, love, love this idea! Like somehow, thereโs going to be this little community of people trying the same recipes and talking about them! Itโs like a book club, but with recipes and about food. And Iโm sure that all of the recipes are going to be fabulous. Thanks so much for the opportunity!
I am so game for this! We need a kick in the dinner pants.
REMEMBER: You must click over to the contest page to officially enter. (While I will never object to comments, I just want to make sure you guys know that you have to do more than comment in order to be eligible.)
I would LOVE to be part of this challenge!!! What a creative way to get feedback! I am very willing to be part of the review squad anytimeโฆ.! Hope I am selected!
iโm in. my love of cooking is fast-waning.
dang itโฆ submitted and now see above comments that Canucks are out. Guess we shall take our free healthcare and sulk til August 26th ๐
Love the site and the cookbook- canโt wait for the new one. I have no doubt it will be a great success!
Just submitted my application, I would squeal with glee to be picked. Iโve been counting the days till it publishes since you announced this book! So So Fun to do a challenge like this!!
I would like to volunteer to eat whatever you come up with!! Iโll be happy to bring my own plate and fork!
What an exciting challenge. I am your target cook/family so look forward to potentially being chosen!
I am all over this challenge and would love to be picked! I have been the sole dinner maker in the house for over 15 years but this Fall my husband, dinner making neophyte, will be taking on the dinner making duties two or three days a week due to evening schedule changes. If picked, I would definitely include him in this challenge because if I can do it, he HAS to do it. ๐
I would love to participate in this challenge. We cook at home every night and while I love to try new things we are in a rut too. Our son is home from college for the summer so during the week weโll have 3 diners and on the weekends we have my parents and my in-laws over for family time and meals โ this would be fun to do with extended family!
Iโm in! DALS is my go-to for dinner and for gifts; canโt wait for the new book!
OF COURSE you pick the week weโre actually packing up our house and moving states. Literally โ we drive away from our house the 27th of June. Does it count if I do the challenge after weโve unpacked our kitchen? (I will anyway โ I canโt wait to get my paws on this book!)
Just submitted my entry. Would be honored to participate! Canโt wait to read The Playbook. I go to DALS constantly when I feel drawn to my drawer of take out menus. Congrats on the new book!
Iโd love to blog about it! If it can be done from vacation with 4 adults and 5 kids then you will truly get your honest feedback! Way cool!
Would LOVE to participate but we are in Montana on vacation that weekโฆ.darn! Canโt WAIT for the book!!
i hope i get picked! i already make at least 3 DALS a week (last night was the pork with mustardy apples; tonight is burrito bowls; tomorrow salmon with yogurt dill sauce!)
I canโt wait for the new book. I would love to participate!
Entered! PLEEEEAAAASE pick me! I am a huge DALS fan, and I will rock this challenge!
Thanks and sending much love to you from California!