....and we have a winner....

...of the Nutrition Month contest, Heidi of New Brunswick.

Here are Heidi's answers, which I'm reproducing because they're so well done. A copy of Dietitians of Canada's Cook Great Food will be in the mail this weekend to you, Heidi, and thank you for entering the contest.

1. (d) Run fast, cook slow, eat light was not a nutrition month slogan - but its not a bad idea for most days!
2. Jessica's favorite cookbook was Cook Great Food and her healthy comfort food is lentils!
3. I loved the idea that Rachelle's friend Helene described: "Helene once explained to me how she believed food was holy. Her thought was that food should be treated with honor because it becomes the building blocks of our bodies, and our bodies are holy. For Helene, this translates into presenting
food nicely, avoiding foods empty of nutritional value, and not letting food go to waste." Very simple, but an appreciative way of looking at food I think.  I also liked her idea of homemade vegetable broth - great tip!
4. Vincci  - Michael Pollan famously advocates Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants. I think Vincci is saying something very similar - basically thinking of food as food - not just nutrients. Also realizing that the non-nutrient aspect of food is  just as important and an essential part of our lives.
5. (d) vitamin tonics
6. The organization for Bike the Blossoms is Slow Food Vancouver.
7. It is International Year of the Potato! Yay! I love potatoes, red, blue, sweet, and of course, being from the Maritimes - PEI and NB potatoes!! One new thing I have learned is that they have the highest protein content in the family of root and tuber crops (and the protein is of fairly
high quality!).

I have three more copies (!) so you can expect more contests in the weeks to come. Yes, this is a very good book. My mom, a discriminating cookbook connoisseur, grabbed the 4th copy when she spied it on my dining room table. As soon as she saw some classic recipes from her  Manitoba cooking roots, she knew it was a winner.

Nutrition Month Contest Questions

Addendum -- If you'd rather not leave your answers in the comments you can email me directly. My address is on the About page. 

Given the time I am publishing this post, I should probably say it's not an April Fool joke, but I do hope you have fun answering the questions. Contest deadline is midnight (2400 hrs PDT) April 2nd. Complete rules and prize list here.

1. Which one of the following statements was not part of the official Nutrition Month Top 10 List?
   (a) Colour your world with vegetables and fruit
   (b) Make mealtime  a family affair
   (c) Healthy eating is more than a flash in the pan
   (d) Run fast, cook slow, eat light
   (f) Give your food portions a makeover
   
2. Name Jessica's favourite cookbook and her healthy comfort food.
3. Share your favourite bit of warmth, wit or wisdom from the interview with Rachelle. (You can either quote or paraphrase.)
4. Vincci has an eating habit that Michael Pollan advocates. Describe it in five words or less. (Hint: you may have to visit her blog to find out but the clue to which post is in the interview.)
   
5. The Health Maxims of the 19th Century included specific (and timeless) recommendations on all of the following except:
   (a) what and how to eat
   (b) exercise
   (c) air quality
   (d) vitamin tonics
   (e) hygiene
6. I wrote a gardening post (on The Edible Balcony Garden) during Nutrition Month in which I mentioned an organization sponsoring an event called Bike the Blossoms. Name the organization.
   
7. And the bonus question, about another food-event, but one lasting the entire year:
   This is the International Year of  the {_________}.  Name the food and state one new-to-you fact about it.

Contest time

 Prizes in the Greens & Berries Nutrition Month Contest

To celebrate the last day of Nutrition Month and the first day of my Spring vacation, I'm running a small, short contest. Here are the details:

1. The contest is open to all blog readers. However, because of mailing costs, I will be offering different prizes for North America and "the rest of the world."
   
2. At midnight tonight (March 31st), By 0900 hrs (PDT) April 1st, I will be posting 6-8 questions based on Nutrition Month posts plus one "knowledge-testing" question about a food event not previously mentioned on this blog. (Sorry for the delay -- I will post the questions ASAP but probably not by midnight tonight.)
   
3. The contest will run for two days only, April 1st and 2nd, 2008.
   
4. During the contest period, readers submitting correct answers for all questions  will be eligible for the prizes.
5. On April 3rd, I will start drawing names (email addresses) from all correct (eligible) entries.
   
6.  The first  North American reader's name drawn will receive the Dietitians of Canada cookbook in the picture above. (The title is hidden because it's the answer to one of the contest questions).  Don't worry, I'm not passing on a sauce-stained book from my shelf;  this copy is brand-new, never-been-used. It's not the most recent Dietitians of Canada cookbook, but it's my favourite.
7. The first reader from outside North America will receive a collection of food-themed art cards by Vancouver photographers and artists. (I'm sorry I can't send you a cookbook but to keep shipping costs reasonable, I had to choose something lighter in weight.) You can view sample cards in the photo above.

So watch for the not-too-difficult questions coming in the next post.