Fiesta Ole

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this. . .I probably haven't because it's kind of a tender topic for me, but last year I entered a Taste of Home Cooking contest. I actually entered in the carrot category. . .a special carrot bread that is so amazing it makes me want to cry. Despite my optimism, I didn't even hear back from the magazine and I've been licking my wounds ever since. I was overjoyed a few months ago to hear that Eric (the brother in law) has a darling sister in law (Heidi) who was chosen to be one of the 100 finalists in the Pillsbury Bakeoff that will be held in March. She's living my dream. The grand prize is a $1 million, but there are also several other $10,000 prizes. One of them is the "America's Favorite Recipe", which will be awarded solely on the number of votes that person gets on the internet in the coming weeks. People who vote also get entered in to a chance to go to Florida and watch the contest. So, I'm calling all my faithful blogger buddies to go online to vote for our Heidi (who is super sweet and obviously very talented). I bet if she wins anything she might even throw us a Chicken Fiesta Salad FIESTA. So, click on this link: www.pillsbury.com/Bakeoff/AFR/finalist_recipes.asp?tab=5 which will take you right to the correct category (Weekends Made Special). Scroll down until you find Chicken Fiesta Salad and click on the icon that says "add to voting pool". Then you will need to click on it again to vote for it, and it will ask you to enter your name and address, etc. (to make sure people aren't just spamming the vote). Let's all get out there and vote. I'm going to try the recipe this weekend and provide a full review on Monday. . .so stay tuned.