Last chance to enter the contest!
Okay, there’s one last chance to enter the Summertime Recipe Contest! It’s so easy. Just enter the title of a recipe. No need to type anything further (at least at this point!). Nobody likes to cook in the summer, so we’re sharing our favorite meals. 
So far, here are the entries. I’ll be deciding on finalists today, so if you have any other recipes you make during the summer, post them in the comments section. 
If I have put any in the wrong category, let me know and I’ll fix it.
Main Dishes: (come on, we need more of these!)
Crockpot Mexican Chicken
Bruschetta Chicken Bake
Crockpot Cheeseburgers
Side Dishes/Salads:
Caprese (tomato and cheese salad)
Meatloaf Muffins
Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls
Chinese Chicken Salad
Sunshine Salad
Jell-O Shooters
Desserts:
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Creamsicle Pie
Crustless Strawberry Pie
Lazy Peach Pie
Strawberry Whipped Dream
Mixed Melon Ball Dessert
Toblerone Strawberry Fondue
No-Bake Banana Pudding Pie
Beverages:
Strawberry Lemonade with Splenda
Last chance! Enter an idea for cooking and tomorrow I’ll post the finalists. 
Don’t forget–a Barnes and Noble gift certificate is on the line!
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Stacy Says:
Will drooling on the keyboard cause problems with my computer??
Can’t wait to get some of these recipes!:fryingpan:
Kelly Says:
Wow…just looking at that list has made me incredibly hungry.
Tori Lennox Says:
Main dish: Crockpot pizza
It’s YUMMY!!! But everything sounds delish!!!!
Robyn Says:
I’ll join in.
Main dish:
Sweet n Spicy Salmon
Dessert:
Microwave Chocolate Chip Cake
Missie Says:
Okay, here goes…
Dessert:
Simple Lemony Fruit Tart
Oatmeal Fudge Bake
Lemonade Cake
Um…Dinner?
Reservations….:fryingpan:
Fiona Lowe Says:
Michelle said a few of you wanted the Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe so here goes……
Sticky Toffee Pudding by Jill Dupleix.
The success of this recipe is in making DOUBLE the amount of toffee sauce!
Ingredients:
1 cup dates — pitted and chopped
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 cup boiling water
2 TBSP butter
1 cup soft brown sugar
2 eggs.
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour sifted. (OK you guys…the Americans…you make your own Self raising flour by adding baking soda to it so do that). Unless you live on the coasts and then I think you can find SR flour these days. But when I lived in the mid west in the mid- late 90s it wasn’t there)
Toffee Sauce:
1 cup soft brown sugar
3/4 cup light whipping cream.
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 TBSP butter
METHOD
Mix dates and baking soda in a heatproof bowl. Pour boiling water on top
and leave to stand. Cream butter and sugar until pale, then add eggs one
at a time, heating well after each addition. Gently fold in sifted flour,
stir in the date mixture, and pour into a lightly buttered 18cm or 7″
square or round cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven (180 C)(350-375F) for 30-40
minutes, until an inserted skewer comes clean.
The Sauce
Combine sugar, cream, vanilla essence and butter in a saucepan, bring to
the boil, stirring, and simmer for five minutes. Set aside until ready to
serve, then quickly reheat when needed. Cut pudding into squares and place
each square in the centre of a warm dinner plate. Pour hot toffee sauce
over each square and serve with fresh cream or vanilla ice-cream on the side. (Harry Met Sally, style.)
It’s wickedly good!