I have a lot of gluten free sample products laying around.  I am going to give them away to one of my YouTube Subscribers on March 15th, 2010.

Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel and leave a comment on this video.  I will randomly pick one subscriber to receive the gluten free “goodie-box” on March 15th.

Thank you!

The contest will run from February 1st to February 29th, 2010.  The winner will be announced on March 1st.

EARTH CAFE

If the word FREE didn’t get you excited enough, I’ll tell you a little about Earth Cafe’s cheesecakes:

You can also read my full review HERE from my order at Christmas.

• Wheat Free
• Gluten Free
• Dairy Free
• No refined sugars
• No harmful oils or fat
• Organic ingredients
• Hand made
• No cholesterol

If you are a cheesecake lover and want to go ahead and order a cheesecake, Earth Cafe has offered my readers a coupon code for 20% off:  S2GF

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THE CONTEST

This is so easy.  There are 4 independent ways to enter.  Even better- each way to enter is assigned a point value.  Each point is equal to one entry!  You can have up to 10 points/entries!

1. Comment- 1 point:  Check out Earth Cafe’s website, then comment in this article below with your first name, city/state, how long you have been gluten free, and which flavor of cheesecake you would like to try.  Make sure to put your email in, so I can be sure you don’t entered twice
2. Tweet- 1 point:  Tweet this exact phrase:  @switch2GF I want a free #glutenfree cheesecake from @EarthCafe http://ow.ly/12sL9  You are allowed to tweet this once per week! (4 possible points!)
   
3. Email- 2 points:  Email me, and I will email you back an email to forward to 3 of your gluten free friends.  You MUST copy mike@switch2glutenfree.com on that email so I can enter you into the contest.
4. Blog/Website- 3 points:  Write a blog article linking to this contest or the original review of Earth Cafe Cheesecake, or just include a link to this contest or the review article on your website.  Make sure to email me to show your work!

So there you go!  Simple & Easy, just like you wanted!

I will track the entries in a spreadsheet.  Each entry will be assigned a different line and entry number.  On March 1st, I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.  The 2 runners-up will have their choice between a Gluten Free Awareness Wristband or a Gluten Free Bumper Sticker.

Email me if you have any questions.

Here are some photos to get you excited!

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Thank you to all who participated…

The Winner Is….

I love contests and giving away free things!

Purchase a Gluten Free Bumper Sticker and you will be entered to win an iPod.  We decided to use an increasing prize scale for this contest.  The more awareness that is spread, the more we have to give back to the gluten free community.  Each gluten free bumper sticker purchased gets you an entry into the drawing.  Buy them for your friends and family!

The prize starts at a 1GB iPod Shuffle, increases to a just released 4GB iPod Shuffle, and ends with an 8GB iPod Nano.  You will have your choice of color… but we recommend green!  If we so happen to go well beyond our modest goal, we will jump the prize to a new 13″ MacBook Pro.  So, help us reach the highest prize level by sharing the contest with all of your friends… and all those people on Twitter and Facebook that you call friends! Keep an eye on the progress bar below for a daily status update.

.The contest will end on August 31st, 2009 and the winners will be chosen at random and announced on September 1st.  At each prize level, we reinvest the proceeds and buy a bigger prize, so the goal is spread as much gluten free awareness as possible.  There are still 3 million Americans undiagnosed!

Bloggers, Tweeters & Facebook users: Please help spread awareness! We only have a limited amount of time for this contest.

Thank you!

Mike

Switch2glutenfree.com

1. What are your favorite restaurants? Are these different than before you followed the diet?
I’ve always liked different ethnic foods so many of the same restaurants are fine (e.g., Indian, Mexican, Japanese, Thai). I now also go to steakhouses since they tend to have the fewest dishes with gluten.

2. Are food industry workers knowledgeable about Celiac disease?
Not very many are but I always ask for recommendations from the chef and often the chef will even come out to ask about my meal.

3. Do you trust that the food you receive from restaurants/friends/family members is gluten free?
I trust restaurants more than friends, simply because I expect that chefs will have some knowledge of ingredients and what is and is not gluten free (although in a recent restaurant experience, the chef told me a dish contained soy sauce but it was gluten free so I asked him to check the ingredients on the soy sauce and he was surprised to see it contained wheat).

4. What were some things you believed about Celiac disease that have proven false?
I can’t think of any at the moment.

5. What precautions do you take when eating at family and friends’ houses?
I always go over ingredients in dishes with friends and do not eat dishes which might be questionable. At my parents house, we always cook gluten free and my sister and I orchestrate the meals to be sure that they are gluten free.

6. What is the biggest difficulty with having Celiac Disease?
Eating out with friends and family.

7. What are the foods you missed the most?
Pretzels and beer, especially dark beer.

8. Does your significant other/friends eat gluten free with you?
My husband has been wonderful and he went mostly gluten free at home from day one. The one exception was bread; we needed to find a bread he would like since he eats most of the bread in our house. Once we did that, our house is now only gluten free.

9. If you initially did not follow the gluten free diet. What made you change your mind?
I have followed it since I was officially diagnosed with celiac and felt better within 2 weeks.

10. Has Celiac Disease affected aspects of your life other than your diet and health?
Yes, I dislike always having to explain to coworkers, friends and family about celiac and what I can and cannot have. I would just like to go out and order whatever I wanted and not think about the ingredients.

11. Why did you start your blog? What are your goals with the blog?*
I don’t blog but I do tweet! (Follow Debra on Twitter)

12. What are the most common topics on the blog?*
I tend to tweet about exercise and food!