Restock Your Pantry with Dole {Giveaway}

Dole products are a staple in my house.  Buying fresh fruit and slicing it isn’t always easiest for us Busy Moms.  With Dole, you can have fruit on the table in a flash.  My 18 month old son loves DOLE fruit cups and canned fruit.  My favorite are the mandarin oranges.  I eat them plain or throw them on a spinach salad with hard boiled eggs, onions, and a little bacon.  Yum.  DOLE fruit can be used in desserts, dinners, or just by themselves.  Using DOLE fruits is an easy way to get your family the nurtition they need.

DOLE is hosting a giveaway at the Dole Make me a Chef Website…

To Enter the Make Me A Chef Contest:

• Just submit a 200 word essay on “How DOLE Canned Fruit is a part of your pantry” at www.DoleMakeMeAChef.com and you can win the exclusive opportunity to have a cooking experience with celebrity chef Ben Ford (Harrison Ford’s son), at his acclaimed LA restaurant Ford’s Filling Station.  Together with Ford, the winner and three friends will prepare a feast using DOLE Canned Fruit as an integral ingredient in the starter, main side, side dish and dessert.   

To Win the Make Me A Chef Contest:

• CONTEST GRAND PRIZE: Trip for four (4) to Los Angeles, CA for a cooking experience with Chef Ben Ford at his restaurant, Ford’s Filling Station. Trip package includes roundtrip, coach-class air transportation for four (4) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Los Angeles, CA; two (2) nights accommodations at a hotel determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (two rooms, double occupancy); a cooking lesson with Ben Ford (all details of cooking experience including menu, date, time and location determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion); and a $1,000 Visa gift card that can be used toward transportation, entertainment and other additional travel expenses. Winner must travel on a mutually agreeable weekend between June 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009 or winner forfeits prize.
• Once a day you can tell up to 5 friends about the DOLE Make Me A Chef Contest. For each submission and a friend referral you will be entered to the weekly sweepstakes drawing, up to 8 chances, to win a DOLE gift bag of goodies (valued at $100) or even a chance to win one of two $500 gift cards!

One reader from Busy Mom will win $25 worth of DOLE canned fruit to restock your pantry!

How to Enter:  Go to the Dole Make Me a Chef Website and look at the recipes made with DOLE fruits.  Come back here and let us know your favorites.

Extra Entries:

• Follow us on Twitter and tweet this giveaway: 1 extra entry
• Blog about this giveaway, you can copy and paste the information below to your blog: 15 extra entries

                  Restock your pantry with DOLE and Busy Mom!  Busy Mom, a mom blog, is dedicated to help moms through tips and tricks, recipes, cool products, boutique and blog listings, and great giveaways.  They are giving away $25 worth of DOLE canned foods.  Enter now, the giveaway ends May 8th!

• Enter the DOLE Make Me a Chef contest.  Come back here and leave your story in a comment. (15 extra entries)

Giveaway ends May 8th, US Only