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We are excited to announce our second recipe contest!!

Okay home cooks; we invite you to send us your best recipe for a dish using Galaxy’s Vegan or Veggie Classic Plain or Garlic and Chive Cream Cheese. The First Place Winner will receive $50 worth of Galaxy product. The Second Place Winner will receive $15 worth of Galaxy product. Each winner will also receive a copy of Eating Well magazine’s new cookbook Eating Well: Fast & Flavorful Meatless Meals.

*RECIPES ARE DUE BY MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011. Recipes should be submitted to galaxyrecipecontest@gmail.com.

We will pick five finalists; then post them here on the Galaxy Blog for you to vote on. The three final recipes will be chosen based on taste and creativity.

Voters will have five days to cast votes on the Galaxy Blog (by commenting on a post) between SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 – FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2011.

The winner will be announced on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31.

Galaxy Nutritional Foods Recipe Contest Terms

Only original recipes may be submitted. If your recipe was inspired by another source (a published one i.e. on a blog or cookbook not authored originally by you) that is fine, but you need to tell us how you changed it and include a link to the original source. Plagiarism in the eyes of this contest’s organizers is the same as theft and will not be tolerated.

A recipe may only be submitted once.

1. You may only vote once for each contest, but you may vote for your own recipe. If you do not like a recipe do not vote for it. Constructive criticism is fine; just remember everyone has feelings and different taste buds.
2. PRIVACY: By entering and providing the required entry information, entrants acknowledge that Galaxy may also send to entrant information, samples or special offers it believes may be of interest to entrant about Galaxy publications or other complementary goods or services offered by Galaxy. Information collected from entrants is subject to Galaxy’s privacy policy. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS PROMOTION.
3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited by law, by participating Contest entrants agree that: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant(s) and Galaxy and its agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Entrant agrees that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of Minnesota. Entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited by law, by participating in this Contest, entrant agrees as follows: (a) that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you.

OTHER: Galaxy assumes no responsibility for entries or votes it is unable to process due to network, hardware or other technical failures; or any other reason, or incomplete, damaged, misdirected, illegible, stolen or lost entries or votes. Galaxy reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the voting process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. Galaxy further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this promotion if not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention, force majeure or any other causes beyond the control of the Galaxy which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, or integrity of the contest. In the event of cancellation, Galaxy reserves the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to date of cancellation.

Pumpkin Soup in Pumpkin by Hidemi Walsh

Ingredients:
4 Striped Medium Pumpkins
1 package of Onion Soup & Dip Mix (1oz)
1 cup Fresh Mushroom, thinly sliced
1 bunch Broccoli
1 carrot
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cup Skim Milk
4 tablespoons Veggie Grated Topping

Directions:

Cut the 1/3 of top of pumpkin off. Take seeds out and wrap each pumpkin in plastic wrap and heat in a microwave until tender.

Scoop inside of each pumpkin and mash in a bowl.

Cut broccoli into flowerets and the stem into bite-size pieces. Chop carrot.

In a sauce pan, heat butter and add flour. Stir frequently and add skim milk little by little stirring constantly. Simmer until thickens. Season with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In another sauce pan, bring 4 cups of water to boil. Add carrots and broccoli. Cook until tender.

Then add onion soup mix. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add mushroom, mashed pumpkin and white sauce (4). Stir and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Put the soup into each hollowed-out pumpkin. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of Veggie Grated Topping on each top of pumpkin soup. Bake for 10 minutes.

Vicious Vichyssoise by Amy Angelo

Ingredients:
4 cups diced potatoes, (baking potatoes)
4 Tbsp butter
4 cups sliced leeks, white part only (sliced)
1½ cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 large onion (chopped)
3 cups vegetable stock
2 roasted jalapenos, seeded and chopped finely (To roast, place jalapenos under broiler.Broil until skin is black and bubbles. Remove from oven and peel skins off of jalapenos)
3 cups water
1 tsp white pepper
1½ to 2 tsp salt or to taste
½ cup of heavy cream
1 Tbsp fresh chives or parsley, minced
1/2 cup Galaxy Veggie Topping

Directions:
Place potatoes in a large pot of water and bring to a boil.
Cook for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Drain and return potatoes to the pot. Set aside.
In a large sauce pan, melt butter and add leeks. Cook for 3 minutes, add garlic and onions. Cook for 3 more minutes.
Add vegetable stock , bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and set aside.
Add jalapenos,water and leek mixture to the large pot the potatoes are in , add white pepper and salt. puree.
During the summer months you can chill the soup at this time. In the winter months, keep it hot!
Before serving, stir in heavy cream and sprinkle with Galaxy Veggie Topping.
Top with chives or parsley and serve!

Vegetarian French Onion Soup by Camille Reicherter

Healthy Creole Soup by Tammy Nimmer

Ingredients:
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 Red Onion
2 Cloves Garlic
1 Green Pepper
1 Jalapeno Pepper (optional)
3 cups Tomato Juice
1 cup Water or Vegetable Broth
1 tsp dried Thyme
2 Tbsp Creole Seasoning (found in the spice aisle, look for a blend that doesn’t contain salt)
1/2 cup Carrots, sliced (2 small carrots)
1/2 cup Celery, chopped (1 celery stalk)
1/2 cup Brown Rice, uncooked
1 cup Galaxy Nutritional Foods Vegan Topping, Veggie Grated Topping, Veggie Parmesan Shreds or Parmesen Grated Rice Topping

Directions:

In large stockpot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Dice onion and cook until soft. Add chopped garlic, diced green pepper, and diced jalapeno. Cook an additional 5 minutes.

Add liquid ingredients: tomato juice, broth (or water). Add creole seasoning, thyme, carrots, celery and brown rice. Bring to a simmer and cook 30 minutes, until rice is tender.

Ladle into bowls and top with desired amount of Galaxy Nutritional Foods topping. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

King Midas’ Golden Soup by Gwendolyn Mathers

Ingredients:
1 Tbsp earthbalance or olive oil
1 small onion, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
3 large Yellow Beets, peeled and cubed
1 small-medium carrot, chopped
1 small potato, peeled and cubed
1 bay leaf (opt)
3 cups vegetable broth
1 large tart apple, cubed
1 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp salt and pepper to taste

For garnish Vegan Grated Topping toasted bread crumbs or crushed croutons

Directions:

Heat the oil or earthbalance in a medium to large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute briefly until fragrant.

Add the beets, carrot, potato, bay leaf, and 1 cup of the broth. Turn down to a simmer at medium heat and allow to cook for about ten to fifteen minutes, or until the beets are tender.

Add the apple and 1 more cup of broth. Continue to cook for a few minutes until the apple is tender, about five more minutes. Remove the bay leaf (if using) and add the lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Puree in with an immersion blender or in batches if using a tabletop blender.

Pour through a fine mesh strainer as you return the soup to the pot. Reserve the strained beets for a dumpling filler or yummy sandwich spread for later. Reheat the soup for about two minutes and serve.

When spooned into each bowl add some warmed non-dairy milk and swirl lightly with a spoon or chop stick to get a pretty spiral design. Top with croutons and a light dust of vegan grated topping. Enjoy with some stuffed mushroom and seitan dumplings!

Before Tuesday, February 15 please let us know which of the five finalists are your favorites (in order 1 - 5 with #1 being your favorite) by commenting on this blog post. The three final recipes should be chosen based on taste and creativity.

Gwendolyn Mathers - King Midas’ Golden Soup

Tammy Nimmer - Healthy Creole Soup

Camille Reicherter - Vegetarian French Onion Soup*

this is a temporary photo.

Amy Angelo - Vicious Vichyssoise

Hidemi Walsh - Pumpkin Soup in Pumpkin

Thank you to everyone who submitted recipes, wow are there some good ones! The Galaxy team was really impressed with the creativity and thoughtfulness that went into some entries. Alas narrowing down the field was tough, but necessary.

The five finalists:

Angelo Amy M (DSCYF) - Vicious Vichyssoise

Camille Reicherter - Vegetarian French Onion Soup

Hidemi S - Pumpking soup IN Pumpkin

Tammy Nimmer – Healthy Creole Soup

Gwendolyn Mathers - King Midas’ Golden Soup

The Galaxy team will now go about (with some help) testing each of the recipes and photographing them. Once that step is done (our goal is this Friday), we will post them here for you to vote on.*We will also announce this on the Facebook page, directing people here. The three final recipes will be chosen based on taste and creativity. Voters will have five days to cast votes on this Blog (by commenting on a post).

We are excited to announce our first recipe contest!!

Okay home cooks, we invite you to send us your best recipe for a Soup using Galaxy’s Parmesan (Vegan Topping, Veggie Grated Topping, Veggie Parmesan Shreds, and /or Parmesan Grated Rice Topping) toppings and/or shreds. The First Place Winner will receive $50 worth of Galaxy product. The Second Place Winner will receive $15 worth of Galaxy product. Each winner will also receive a few kitchen items!

1. You will have 8 days to submit recipes.*In this case, RECIPES WILL BE DUE BY SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2011. (***We are allowing an extra day due to the late posting of this announcement today.) Contests will be announced on the Galaxy Facebook Wall and this blog. Recipes will be submitted to galaxyrecipecontest@gmail.com.
2. We will pick five finalists (which we will test and photograph), then post them here for you to vote on. The three final recipes will be chosen based on taste and creativity.
3. Voters will have five days to cast votes on this Blog (by commenting on a post).
4. Once the votes have been tallied (the dish with the most votes wins *note only one vote per source) the winning recipe will be posted on this blog and the winner sent a prize (to be announced, trust us it is good). The runners-up will also have their recipes posted on this blog and receive prizes (really good, just not as grand as first place).

Please visit here for the contest terms.

We are excited to announce the Galaxy Nutritional Foods Recipe Contest. This is meant to be an opportunity for users of our cheese alternatives to share their recipes, acknowledge the vast amount of talented home cooks out there, inspire new ways to use cheese alternatives, and identify different and improved ways of substituting cheese alternatives in dishes that normally call for cheese.

Galaxy Nutritional Food Recipe Contests

1. Between January and December 2011, we will solicit original recipes for four different themes (e.g. Your Best Risotto Dish and A Recipe Using Mushrooms and Galaxy Nutritional Foods Swiss Soy or Rice Slices). You will have 8 days to submit recipes. Contests will be announced on the Galaxy Facebook Wall and this blog. No worries we will give ample notice when each contest is about to start. Recipes will be submitted to galaxyrecipecontest@gmail.com.
2. We will pick five finalists (which we will test and photograph), then post them here for you to vote on. The three final recipes will be chosen based on taste and creativity.
3. Voters will have five days to cast votes on this Blog (by commenting on a post).
4. Once the votes have been tallied (the dish with the most votes wins *note only one vote per source) the winning recipe will be posted on this blog and the winner sent a prize (to be announced, trust us it is good). The runners-up will also have their recipes posted on this blog and receive prizes (really good, just not as grand as first place).

Galaxy Nutritional Foods Recipe Contest Terms

1. Only original recipes may be submitted. If your recipe was inspired by another source (a published one i.e. on a blog or cookbook not authored originally by you) that is fine, but you need to tell us how you changed it and include a link to the original source. Plagiarism in the eyes of this contest’s organizers is the same as theft and will not be tolerated.
2. A recipe may only be submitted once. (For example if Risotto with Mushrooms and Swiss is submitted in a January contest it may not be submitted again in the April contest).
3. You may only vote once for each contest, but you may vote for your own recipe. If you do not like a recipe do not vote for it. Constructive criticism is fine, just remember everyone has feelings and different taste buds.
4. PRIVACY: By entering and providing the required entry information, entrants acknowledge that Galaxy may also send to entrant information, samples or special offers it believes may be of interest to entrant about Galaxy publications or other complementary goods or services offered by Galaxy. Information collected from entrants is subject to Galaxy’s privacy policy. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS PROMOTION.
5. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited by law, by participating Contest entrants agree that: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant(s) and Galaxy and its agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Entrant agrees that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of Minnesota. Entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited by law, by participating in this Contest, entrant agrees as follows: (a) that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you.
6. OTHER: Galaxy assumes no responsibility for entries or votes it is unable to process due to network, hardware or other technical failures; or any other reason, or incomplete, damaged, misdirected, illegible, stolen or lost entries or votes. Galaxy reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the voting process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. Galaxy further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this promotion if not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention, force majeure or any other causes beyond the control of the Galaxy which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, or integrity of the contest. In the event of cancellation, Galaxy reserves the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to date of cancellation.