Kids, send us your tasty original recipes using Just Tomatoes, Etc.! products and if you're a winner, we'll send you cash and free products!
$100 to the 3 Grand Prize winners
$50 to the 3 Second Place winners
$25 to the 3 Third Place winners
PLUS all winners will receive a shipment of 6 Just Tomatoes, Etc.! products!
Official Rules and Regulations
Eligibility
The Just Tomatoes' Kids-In-The-Kitchen Contest is open to kids who are residents of the United States. Employees of the Just Tomatoes Company and their families are not eligible. Questions about eligibility requirements will be decided by the Just Tomatoes Company and all decisions are final.
Age categories: 5-8 years old; 9-12 years old; 13-17 years old
To Enter
The Just Tomatoes, Etc.! Kids-In-The-Kitchen Contest consists of one category:
Sensational Summer Snacks
Sensational Summer Snacks... in the car, at the park, at a campout, just hanging around by the pool at home, frozen, baked, cold or hot... the possibilities are endless!
We’re looking for great snack recipes that can be made by kids (OK to have parent supervision!) in each of the three age categories.
1. Send your original recipe that uses one or more of the Just Tomatoes, Etc.! fruits or vegetable products. Entries must include all of the following:
Recipe Category
Name of Recipe
Number of Servings
List of Ingredients in order of use (with specific quantities in standard U.S. measurements)
Complete Preparation Directions including baking/cooking time and temperature in necessary
2. Recipe can include no more than 1/2 cup sweetener. Emphasis in judging will be given on the use of natural sweeteners such as honey, turbinado, maple crystals or syrup, fructose, fruit juice concentrate, date sugar, etc.
3. Recipe must include at least one cup of Just Tomatoes product if using the following. If using more than one product, can be combined to equal one cup.
Just Apples
Just Apricots
Just Bananas
Just Blackberries
Just Blueberries
Just Cherries
Just Cranberries
Just Fruit Munchies
Just Fruit Salad
Just Fruit Snacks
Just Grapes
Just Mango
Just Pomegranate
Just Peaches
Just Persimmons
Just Pineapple
Just Raisins
Just Raspberries
Just Strawberries
Just Strawberries/Bananas
Just Tropical Treats
Just Crunchy Carrot Bits
Just Corn
Just Peas
Just Tomatoes
Just Veggies
Just Hot Veggies
Organic Just Blueberries
Organic Just Cherries
Organic Just Mango
Organic Just Peaches
Organic Just Raspberries
Organic Just Strawberries
Organic Just Corn
Organic Just Peas
Organic Just Soy Nuts
Organic Just Tomato Bits
Organic Just Veggies
4. Recipe must include at least two tablespoons of Just Tomatoes, Etc.! product if using the following:
Just Bell Pepper Bits
Just Roasted Garlic
Just Crunchy Onion
Just Green Onion
5. Recipe must include at least 1/2 cup of Just Fruit Powders including:
Just Just Banana Powder
Just Organic Banana Powder
Just Blackberry Powder
Just Blueberry Powder
Just Cherry Powder
Just Organic Cherry Powder
Just Mango Powder
Just Organic Mango Powder
Just Peach Powder
Just Organic Peach Powder
Just Pineapple Powder
Just Pomegranate Powder
Just Raspberry Powder
Just Organic Raspberry Powder
Just Strawberry Powder
Just Organic Strawberry Powder
5. Just Tomatoes, Etc.! products used as garnishes will not be counted in total amount used in recipe. Must include minimum quantities in actual recipes.
6. Submitting Recipes
Beginning June 15, 2009 recipes may be submitted either by mail or electronically using our Web Entry Form.
Mail
Recipes must be clearly typed or printed on 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper, one side only. Include child's name, complete address, phone number and age with recipe or include a completed Entry Form (download form in PDF format here). Include email address of parent or child, if applicable. Each recipe must be submitted on a separate sheet of paper. Mail to: Just Tomatoes Kids-In-The-Kitchen Contest, PO Box 807, Westley, CA 95387.
Web Entry Form
Submit a recipe online using our Web Entry Form. If you are submitting multiple recipes, complete and submit a form for each recipe.
Contest ends September 15, 2009. There is no limit to the number of recipes submitted, but there can be only one winner per household. Entries sent via the U.S. mail must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2009. Entries sent via the Just Tomatoes, Etc.! website must be received by 11:59 pm (PST) on September 15, 2009. The Just Tomatoes Company is not responsible for entries that are lost or mishandled.
To request an entry form and rules/regulations, send a SASE to: Just Tomatoes Kids-In-The-Kitchen Contest, PO Box 807, Westley, CA 95387.
Rules
Recipe must be original. Recipes must not have been previously published in the same or nearly the same form. By submitting a recipe(s), you affirm that to the best of your knowledge, it is your original work and unpublished or it is an existing recipe that features four or more significant changes. Contestants are solely responsible for complying with any applicable copyright restrictions, and the Just Tomatoes Company assumes no obligations in that regard. By participating, each entrant accepts these rules and agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges, which will be final.
Participants and winners understand and agree that recipe entries (including photographs, if any) become the exclusive property of the Just Tomatoes Company upon submission and cannot be returned. All intellectual property rights in recipes and photographs submitted by participants are transferred to the Just Tomatoes Company upon submission and shall be owned thereafter by Just Tomatoes. Participants and winners further agree that entries may be used, edited, modified or expanded upon by Just Tomatoes in any way they deem appropriate, without compensation to participants/winners.
Winners grant permission to the Just Tomatoes Company for use of their name, photograph and/or likeness, for publicity or advertising purposes and similar promotions, and for winner’s list, without compensation.
Recipes not meeting all requirements will be disqualified.
Void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws apply.
Winners will be solely responsible for any personal tax liability on the prize awards.
Judging Emphasis will be given to recipes that make Just Tomatoes, Etc.! products 'star' in the recipe.
Recipes will be judged on taste, originality, appearance and ease of preparation. Emphasis will be given recipes with no added sweeteners and on the creative use of alternative sweetening ingredients.
Winning recipes will be selected by a panel of food professionals. All decisions are final.
Judges will select A TOTAL OF ONE Grand Prize winner, and ONE second winner and ONE third place winner in each of the three age categories for a total of 9 winners. Each Grand Prize award is $100; second prize is $50; third prize is $25. In addition to the dollar prizes, all winners will receive a shipment of 6 Just Tomatoes, Etc.! products.
Winners will be selected on or about the week of October 30, 2009 and will be notified by telephone. Letter of verification will follow within 7 days. Winners will be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility and release form which must be returned within 10 days of the date of notification that they have won, or they will be disqualified and an alternate winner selected.
For a list of winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope after January 15, 2010 to: Just Tomatoes Kids-In-The-Kitchen Contest Winners, PO Box 807, Westley, CA 95387.
Official Rules and Regulations available in PDF format here.