TwitterMoms and Hidden Valley have teamed up to bring you a fun recipe blogging contest which will take place in three 2-week sessions. We ask that you take an existing Hidden Valley recipe, recreate it with your children, in your own way, and photograph and blog about the experience. The first recipe will be a delicious recipe that's sure to fool them all... Mock Mashed Potatoes. Follow the Hidden Valley® recipe to get you started, but add your special touch to the recipe and wow us with your creativity! 10 lucky qualified winners will receive a $25.00 American Express gift card and two (2) bottles of Hidden Valley^® The Original Ranch^® dressing.

How it works: 

Follow this recipe for Hidden Valley® Ranch-Style Mock Mashed Potatoes with your children, add your special touch to change up the recipe, take a photograph of you and your kids in the kitchen and blog about the experience on your blog. Post the campaign widget on the right side bar of your blog. Then, follow the rest of the requirements below.  10 moms who submit qualified entries will get a $25 AmEx gift card. Your posts will be collected and featured on http://recipes.twittermoms.com, and distributed across the web for all to see. We are extremely excited about this opportunity, since we think programs like this can drive a lot of traffic to your blogs and help you build your reader base. The blogging contest official starts at 12am PST, April 26, 2010 and the blogging contest officially ends at 11:59pm PST, May 9, 2010. The winners will be contacted on or about May 14, 2010. See official contest rules. 

Prizes:

Ten (10) winners will receive a $25 AmEx gift card based on the criteria below:

Blogger entries will be judged by a Hidden Valley panel using the following criteria:

·         Creativity of recipe re-creation and blog post - 40%

·         Inclusion of image in blog post (recipe, kids in the kitchen, etc.) - 30%

·         Enthusiasm of blog post and how effectively it is communicated - 30%

Requirements:

To enter the contest, we ask that you:

1. Create a blog post on your blog sharing your revamped Hidden Valley Mock Mashed Potatoes recipe.

2. Include one photograph of the experience on your blog post. (Your entry will only be judged on one image. In your entry, please indicate which image you would like to be considered during the judging process.)

3. Include at least one obvious link back to this discussion page in your post, so your readers can learn more and include it in your disclosure message regarding what prompted your post.

You must include this disclosure notice at the end of your post:

Disclosure

This post is part of a blogging contest from the TwitterMoms community. There is a chance this post could be selected to win a $25 AmEx Gift Card, so wish me luck! For more details, you can view the contest page here.

4. Install the campaign widget in the side bar of your blog.

Get widget here

5. Log on to your Twitter account, www.twitter.com, and tweet a link to your blog posting and include the hashtag #loveyourveggies.

6. Return to www.TwitterMoms.com and post a comment on this discussion page in the comments section below, including an active link to your qualifying blog post and a link to your Twitter tweet. (You can click on the date/time below your tweet to get the direct link to your tweet.)

Eligibility:

No purchase required to enter. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, have a personal blog and be a registered user of the www.twittermoms.com and www.twitter.com websites to enter and at least 18 years of age or older at time of entry. See official contest rules.

About Hidden Valley:

The HV Food Products Company is a subsidiary of The Clorox Company, headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Clorox is a leading manufacturer and marketer of consumer products with fiscal year 2009 revenues of $5.5 billion.  Clorox markets some of consumers' most trusted and recognized brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products, Green Works™ natural cleaners, Armor All® and STP® auto-care products, Fresh Step® and Scoop Away® cat litter, Kingsford® charcoal, Hidden Valley® and K C Masterpiece® dressings and sauces, Brita® water-filtration systems, Glad® bags, wraps and containers, and Burt’s Bees® natural personal care products. With 8,300 employees worldwide, the company manufactures products in more than two dozen countries and markets them in more than 100 countries. Clorox is committed to making a positive difference in the communities where its employees work and live. Founded in 1980, The Clorox Company Foundation has awarded cash grants totaling more than $77 million to nonprofit organizations, schools and colleges. In fiscal 2008 alone, the foundation awarded $3.6 million in cash grants, and Clorox made product donations valued at $7.8 million. For more information about Clorox, visit www.TheCloroxCompany.com.