The Skinnytaste Cookbook Sweepstakes – Win a 2-Night Trip For Two To Las Vegas with Dinner and a Show!

I'm SOOO excited about this amazing sweepstakes! To celebrate the release of The Skinnytaste Cookbook, I have partnered with Food & Wine to bring you this prize!

One lucky winner will have a chance to win TWO (2) round-trip airline tickets to Las Vegas, and a 2-night stay at the Luxor Las Vegas. PLUS you will get 2 tickets to the Jabbawokeez Show, dinner for two at TENDER Steak & Seafood, two signed copies of The Skinnytaste Cookbook, and a customized "skinnyfied" version of your favorite meal in Vegas!

To enter to win, click this link and fill out the form below. Good Luck!

The sweepstakes runs from October 1- October 31. Winners will be notified by November 15th.

The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Get a 19-Page Bonus Pack, a 4-Week Dinner Plan Plus 3 New Bonus Recipes with Pre-Order

It's hard to believe in only a few weeks The Skinnytaste Cookbook will be hitting the bookstores – I'm beyond excited!! And have I mentioned how grateful I am for all your support?

Well this week, as an added bonus (and a thank you to all of you who have already pre-ordered the book!), if you pre-order The Skinnytaste Cookbook BEFORE September 30th, I will send you a FREE 19-page bonus pack with a 4-week dinner plan, a weekly shopping list, an early look at a few of the recipes from the book plus 3 new exclusive recipes that do not live on skinnytaste.com or in the cookbook:

Slow Cooker Harissa Chicken Tacos  (my new favorite taco!)
Lemon Basil Skillet Chicken  (so quick and easy!)
Roasted Pork Loin with Garlic, Dijon, and Herbs (succulent and delicious)


Here's a sample of the first week's shopping list:

All you have to do is pre-order the book from your retailer of choice (see links here) and send your proof of purchase to skinnytaste@penguinrandomhouse.com

If you already sent your proof of purchase the first time around, no need to do anything! You will automatically get this emailed to you this week!!

The Skinnytaste Cookbook: 3 FREE Bonus Recipes with Preorder

 
I just got a sneak peak of the printed version of The Skinnytaste Cookbook and I'm beyond thrilled for it's release on September 30th, and am so grateful for all of your enthusiasm and support so far!

As an added bonus (and a thank you to all of you who have already ordered the book!), if you pre-order The Skinnytaste Cookbook by September 30th, I will send you 3 FREE bonus recipes that I created exclusively for you! These recipes do not (and will not!) live on skinnytaste.com or in the cookbook.

Whole Wheat Banana Crumb Muffins – these scrumptious muffins are a favorite in my house, whenever I whip up a batch they quickly dissappear!

Easy Grilled Chicken Parmesan – perfect while it's still hot outside, I tell my daughter it's chicken pizza and she loves it! Takes less than 20 minutes to make and no heating the kitchen!

Zesty Crab and Mango Salad – fresh and light, and so easy to prepare!

All you have to do is pre-order the book from your retailer of choice (see links here) and send your proof of purchase to skinnytaste@penguinrandomhouse.com to receive a link to download these three recipes! This offer, of course, also applies to everyone who has already preordered their copy of the book as long as you send a receipt.

Quinoa Tabbouleh + Summer Berry Cobbler from the Skinnytaste Cookbook

I know a lot of you are really excited about The Skinnytaste Cookbook release. Well guess what?, so is Target! So excited in fact that they are carrying my cookbook which is now available for pre-order on Target.com.

The Skinnytaste Cookbook has 150 recipes – 125 of those recipes are brand spanking new and have never been published on my blog. But I gave Target a sneak peak inside the cookbook and shared two exclusive recipes and photos from the book. (photo credit: Penny De Los Santos)

I chose two of my summer favorites so you don't have to wait until September 30th – you can start making them now while the weather's warming up. The Quinoa Tabbouleh tastes so fresh – a perfect summer salad whether you serve this as a main dish or a side dish with grilled chicken or lamb. And this Summer Berry Cobbler – cobbler is my weakness and this is my absolute favorite way to utilize those sweet summer berries.

Did I tease you enough? Well that wasn't my plan... head on over to Target's A Bullseye View and get the full recipes!!!

The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Cover Reveal and an Announcement

A few weeks ago, I asked you guys to help me choose the cover design for the Skinnytaste Cookbook. I was having a really hard time deciding which design I liked best, that's when I decided to turn it over to you guys, and boy did you all come through! Over 12,000+ comments and now I see why I was having such a hard time deciding – the results were pretty close! But once I started tallying the votes, there was a clear winner which also happens to be my favorite. So here it is ((drumroll please))…

 And as of today I'm sooo excited to announce, the book is officially available for preorder from these online sellers:

Target | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound 

I know, some of you guys already pre-ordered, thank you for that! I wanted to wait to make it official until the cover design was chosen. The Skinnytaste Cookbook will ship October 21, 2014. September 30th 2014.

The cookbook is packed with 150 recipes: 125 all-new dishes and 25 fan favorites.  Everything from breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert with 100 full color photos. All recipes are presented with nutritional facts as well as snippets of helpful nutrition info from registered dietitian Heather K Jones, RD. It's been a true labor of love, and I hope you will all enjoy it!

The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Cover Designs (Help Me Choose!)

After a year of recipe testing, manuscript writing, editing, photo shoots, and everything else that goes into writing a cookbook (and let me tell ya, there is a lot!), I'm SO excited to share three cover designs that (fingers-crossed!) I hope you like as much as I do. But I need your help—I can't decide which one I like best, so I thought it would be fun to let YOU decide!

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