Buy a copy of Sweet Paleo!
It’s finally here! The amazing giveaway I’ve been putting together to celebrate the release of my cookbook Sweet Paleo: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Delights is up and running. I have some amazing prizes offered, including the Grand Prize: one of Blendtec‘s top-of-the-line blenders and a Twister Jar. Wellbee’s has also graciously provided some of their products, including the same finely ground, blanched almond flour I used while developing the recipes in the book. There are 4 total prize packages – each one made up of great products with several ways to win.
But first, let’s revisit the reason behind the celebration! Sweet Paleo
In my recent post I gave an in-depth look at the book and why I think you will love it, including sample photos. Check out that post for plenty of details on why you will love this book – including how affordable it is!
Finding recipes for special occasions and treats that conform to certain dietary preferences, allergies and/or intolerances can be difficult. So I wanted to use what I have learned over the years to help others who want more healthful options but don’t want to sacrifice taste. I put my heart and soul into this book – doing all the recipe-development, writing and photography. Because I work full time, in addition to having a husband and two boys, the book work was done at night and on weekends. I even used my vacation time to work on Sweet Paleo – even missing out on a beach trip with the family. There were times when I doubted my ability to finish and whether or not I had made the right decision to even take on this huge project! There were times when I thought about throwing in the towel but something inside was driving me forward.
I remember one particularly exhausting period when I happened to check my blog email and found a message from a mom of a little one-year old boy. She had made my recipe for Chocolate Birthday Cake and wanted to let me know the results. She was raving about how good the cake was, how everyone loved it, including her little guy, and how happy she was to be able to feed him something “safe” on his big day. She even sent a picture of the precious baby with a big smile, and a lot of cake, on his face!
It was messages like hers that kept me going and motivated! And I’m very excited for you all to see the book and try the recipes for yourselves.
THE GIVEAWAY (the giveaway is now over)
I’m really grateful to the amazing sponsors of this giveaway for helping me get the word out about Sweet Paleo. Check out what you can win! Then scroll down to the Rafflecopter Widget which will show all the different ways you can enter.
Prizes – Total Value $980! – 4 Winners (one grand prize winner plus 3 more prize packs)
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Grand Prize from BLENDTEC – $770 Value
- Blendtec Twister Jar ($119.95 value) The Twister™ jar is designed to blend your thickest recipes, such as nut butters, hummus, baby food, dips, thick shakes, dressings and more!
- Blendtec Designer 725 ($649.95 value) SmartBlend technology, multi-speed pulse, a 100-speed touch slider, and a sleek, show-stopping design.
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OXO Kitchen Scale; Crate and Barrel Ice Cream and Cookie Scoops – ~ $80 Value
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Wellbee’s Blanched Almond Flour Prize Pack- ~$60 Value
- 2 lb bag of Super Fine Blanched Almond Flour $18.99 via Wellbee’s or $26.99 via Amazon
- 16 oz Vanilla Extract, BBQ Sauce, Ketchup and Duck Sauce
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Grain-Free Baking Prize Pack – ~$70 Value
- Coombs Maple Sugar – 1 lb 9 oz canister
- Coconut Secret Coconut Flour, 16 oz can
- Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour/Starch 20 oz bag
- Healthworks Certified Organic Cacao Powder 1 lb bag
- Let’s Do Organic Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- Enjoy Life allergy-friendly baking chocolate – one bag Mini Chips, one bag Mega Chunks
Opportunities for Multiple Entries
I believe there are many people out there who would love Sweet Paleo and we want to get the word out there.
This giveaway will be open for two full weeks to give everyone a chance to complete all the entries, if they so choose. There are some mandatory entry gates that are easy for anyone with access to a computer. There are other ways to achieve multiple entries and some that can be done daily for even more chances. I greatly appreciate all the help you can give me to spread the word. I hope you love the book. Thank you.
Terms & Conditions are listed in the Rafflecopter Widget. USA only due to shipping restrictions.
GOOD LUCK!
-Lea
I really love chocolate babka or sweet roll and i cannot find that easily. Or a black and white cookie from a new york deli
Denise,
Funny you should mention black and white cookies. I don’t have that recipe in the book. But it was one of the ones I tried to make because I love them so much! I didn’t like the results enough to put them in this book but I’m still going to work on it and share when it’s as good as can be.
Lea
My favorite desert is passion fruit mouse! And not sure how to create gluten free, paleo friendly
My favorite is pumpkin pie
My favorite is the Apple cider doughnuts 🙂
my favorite dessert is ben and jerry’s fudge brownie ice cream! i remember seeing a blog post a recipe once for a gf version of it….with brownies made from black beans. but my blender has never been able to handle the blending of beans smoothly enough for me to use them in dessert recipes. if i won this blendtec i’d definitely be giving that one a try 😀
Brownies are my favorite!
My favorite dessert is September 7th Cake.
We finish off many of our meals with fresh sliced fruit for sweetness.
Living in the south, I really love bread pudding, but it’s so difficult to recreate with grain free bread!
i would like to make cupcake paleo style 🙂
I miss chocolate croissants. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a paleo version before!
My favorite dessert is usually one that contains CHOCOLATE!!!! Brownies are a hit, but I also cook with no animal products, and I’ve yet to find THE perfect grainfree, egg free, dairy free brownie. Not much luck with black bean brownies that I’ve tried 🙁
I love your book Sweet Paleo! The Raspberry Coconut Macaroons are soooo delicious!
Love lemon meringue pie! Ummmm!
cheesecake is my favorite
Wow this giveaway sounds great! I use half the products you mentioned so this is great!
I love baked bruit with a crumble on top! And cheese cake buy I don’t do dairy so that’s no good!!
Love chocolate chip cookies!
I Love a perfect Chocolate Cake, not overly sweet, just the right amount and also a dark chocolate richness all at the same time. I have tried many times and it never comes out just quite right.
My favorite dessert is anything chocolate!
My favorite dessert would be just about anything chocolate. I’d love to have a recipe for paleo friendly tiramisu or chocolate croissants.
Can you believe my favorite dessert is bread pudding…
My favorite is Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes
I think cinnamon rolls have been the most difficult paleo dessert to duplicate. I have tried several recipes which do satisfy the flavors, but none can produce that yeasty bread texture and taste.
I’ve got a cinnamon rolls recipes in Sweet Paleo that I worked really hard on. I hope you’ll give it a try.
I love ice cream!! Please make paleo!
Good news! There are lots of paleo “ice cream” recipes in Sweet Paleo.
My favorite dessert is cheesecake!
Chocolate cake.
The pictures are just beautiful! Congratulations on your book!
Pumpkin pie for me too!
Gooey brownies! I have so many gf brownie recipes, but no gooey ones!
I like chocolate, like paleo banana cookies with chocolate chips in them. Fast, easy, and yummy.
I could definitely use a high powered blender that doesn’t die on me when I make nut butter!
I love all things cake and all things chocolate, followed by berries, cinnamon, vanilla, mint,…(the list goes on). I’ve been craving a brownie fudge sundae for about 6 months now.
I would say one of the most difficult baked good challenges when going gluten free is maintaining a fluffy, light cake texture.
I would have to say chocolate almond flour waffles. It’s not to bad.
I have not even tried yet, but I would like to redo the graham cracker crust on my hubby’s beloved cheesecake!
My favorite desert is rich, lemony pound cake. My original recipe uses white flour, crisco, and lots of sugar…none of which I want to use anymore, but its the family’s favorite cake (its been handed down since great-grandma). I would love to have a paleo version with the same taste and fine texture.
Right now I’m loving lemon meringue pie!
Cookies just aren’t the same, especially gingersnaps.
😀 Chocolate spritz cookies! I still haven’t found a GF recipe that works well in a cookie press though…
I miss cinnamon rolls, so something that could fill that void would be quite nice.
I miss Baklava!!!
My favorite dessert is cheesecake.
buttery, flaky pastries of all shapes and flavors. Oh how I miss them!
My favorite dessert is cold pumpkin pie.
Key lime pie. Always key lime pie.
My absolute FAVORITE dessert is cheesecake. I have a dairy issue though. So I don’t really know where/how to fix that one. I would TOTALLY go without crust. 🙂
Amy, I have a dairy-free cheesecake recipe in the cookbook. It uses cashew cream in the base. So maybe that’s an option if you can eat nuts. But I know what you mean about cheesecake. It’s hard to resist!
Lea
Croissants…any kind of flaky goodness….hands down is the holy grail of grain-free baking.
Definitely cheesecake..yum
My favorit desert is chocolatemousse!
My favorite dessert is double chocolate tort.
Would love a healthy gf carrot cake recipe.
My favorite dessert is cheesecake but I’m not sure about the nut “cream cheese.” I haven’t attempted a Paleo one yet.
My favorite dessert is anything with chocolate. Chocolate chip cookies are perfect.
My favorite dessert is Tiramisu, I don’t even know where you would start with making that one Paleo but it would be amazing.
It’s in the book! There’s a grain-free Lady Fingers recipe (nut-free) and a dairy version of the rest of the recipe as well as dairy-free option that uses a Sabayon sauce with whipped coconut cream for the filling. It will never be exactly the same but our family loves this version.
My favorite dessert is key lime pie. It’s hard to transform because removing the gluten ingredients would probably ruin the pie crust.
A yummy chocolate cake , cinnamon rolls and Tiramisu.
I have loved the recipes you come up with!!! so I m thrilled for you that is dream has become a real live book!!!!! yipppeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
and although I adore books with real paper, I just bought your kindle version!!!
can’t wait to dig in the pages for goodies!!!!!! thanks for all your hard work!
or of course I could have skipped saying all that and just said,
you had me at Paleo Blueberry Muffins. (July/2013)
Cinnamon rolls and any flaky pastry!! The photos from your book are beautiful.
i love Angel Food Cake
Cinnamon rolls!
I like a good soft brownie and those gluten free ones that I have tasted just don’t cut it.
cocoanut cream pie.
Favorite dessert = ice cream! Still haven’t found a way to exactly replicate the flavor and texture..
My favorite dessert is pretty much any kind of cupcake unless it has coconut on it. I like toasted coconut by itself, so I guess it’s a texture thing.
Our family favorite Is carrot cake!
My favorite is anything chocolate. The hardest thing to convert to paleo/gluten/grain-free is anything in the pastry family, especially puff pastry, laminated doughs. The holy grail would being able to make croissants again. Oh, how I miss them!!
Tiramisu!!! I love it, pretty much like nothing other. Well, a good one, I am picky!
I’d love to find a way to make biscotti gluten-free.
My favorite dessert? I love a giant cookie pizza. And churros!
My mom’s brown sugar cinnamon kringle fits both questions — favorite dessert (looked forward to 364 days a year) + might be difficult to deviate away from traditional ingredients. Congrats!
Nice Giveaway. I’m not on facebook so I wasn’t able to “like” your facebook page but I did visit it.
Apple cider donuts or cinnamon rolls.
Baklava…but with fine ground pistachios and coconut ices.
my favorite dessert is icecream! I love cookies & cream or cookie dough!
Love your paleo chocolate snack cake and so does everyone else that i make it for.
Great giveaway and thank you, Lea.
I love gluten free banana creme pie.
cheesecake that isn’t loaded with oil or nuts
My favorite desert is blueberry cheesecake. It can be made sugar free pretty easily too.
My favorite dessert is ice cream. I know there are many paleo recipes out there, but I cannot duplicate Haagen Dazs. I love it.
My favorite dessert is the old fashioned ice cream cake yet that I have yet to successfully recreate as grain/dairy free. Congratulations on Sweet Paleo!
What an amazing giveaway! So excited to read your cookbook, too! 🙂
brownies!
I love tiramisu – thanks for the giveaway,
Vanilla ice cream that actually has the texture and taste of ice cream. I have tried so many and none satisfy.
I love rice pudding and custard
Almost anything with chocolate and all pies!
chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! I would really love a good brownie recipe.
My favorite dessert is cupcakes!
Brownies are my favorite!
My favorite is baklava!
Someday, I hope to find a paleo, nut free tiramisu recipe. The hubby would be SO happy.
I love tiramisu but it just doesn’t taste as good with grain free flours.
I love cheese cake.
My favorite is Cheesecake.. you could probably use a gluten free crust.
Blondies are my absolute favorite
I think its really difficult to recreate gluten free pastry. It just doesn’t taste the same.
I really love Crisps and or crumble bars. I’m still experimenting with various forms of flours to see what I like best. I would love to experiment with squash flours and plantain flour. Love your Blog!
I love pie…any kind of pie but most especially strawberry/rhubarb 🙂
Chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake
My favorite desserts are cookies and brownies!!
My favorite dessert would have to be cheesecake for sure, strawberry flavor.
My favorite dessert is French Flan. Would love to find a gluten free recipe for this!
I miss lemon meringue pie…
Yummy! I love your chocolate birthday cake!!!! Yummy yummy thanks for all your recipes that have been a great help in our family!
Tiramisu is my very favorite dessert!
How about a good old fashioned Banana Pudding w/vanilla cookies?
Darlene,
That was my father’s favorite!
Lea
My favorite dessert has always been cheesecake. I have not tried the cashew dairy free version, but I really want to!
My favorite desserts are creme brulee and decadent chocolate cakes. I haven’t found a sub yet for the creme brulee, but I’ve been enjoying cacao “chocolate milk” each evening…
There’s a recipe for dairy-free creme brulee in my book. I use maple sugar on top.
I have no brakes when it comes to desserts, so I try to avoid them. But I LOVE them!
Love your blog
My problem is that one of my favorite desserts is sticky rice with mango topped with a sweet coconut milk sauce. I bet the mango and coconut sauce could be converted into a paleo dessert, but I’d miss the stickiness of the rice.
Croissants is a grain free baking challenge…..I love chocolate creme brulee though & have a dairy-free recipe that I use for that occasionally.
Tiramisu! Although cheesecake is a close secondw
My favorite dessert is chocolate candy with caramel!! I love anything with caramel. I would like to find a tiramisu that is paleo…yum!
I love healthy strawberry pie with crispy whole wheat crust..
I would love to know a good paleo pudding!
My absolute favorite dessert is CHEESECAKE!
Pecan pie!!!!
would LOVE to try a paleo pancake recipe. since i gave up gluten, I find that pancakes are the hardest for me to fit my paleo diet!
I love chocolate mint! Chocolate anything, really. A Paleo-friendly grasshopper pie sounds really good right about now!
My favorite dessert is Fudge Cake topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Tiramisu! Oh my! Thank you, Lea! Sooooo much! Went to Barnes & Noble this morning & got my book! And now off to stock up …
I am going to make Chocolate Madeleines this week too
Thanks again for all your efforts!
I really love cinnamon rolls and cinamon crumb cake, I’ve tried many paleo recipes and they just don’t taste very good.
Love to see the new ideas that you have!
Chocolate cake for me and cheesecake for hubby. How can these be made?
Rita,
My cookbook has recipes for chocolate cake and a dairy-free cheesecake.
What an incredible giveaway, thank you for the opportunity! My favorite dessert is Paleo chocolate pudding; made using avocados, melted dairy/sugar free chocolate, and some almond or cashew milk blended together.
My favorite is fruit tart. I’m not as into it as I used to be now with replacements…
anything with strawberries and some kind of carrot cake
I have the hardest time with dairy free frostings and red velvet cake.
I love to make a grain free mint chocolate cake with mint from the garden!!
I love Angel Food Cake with triple berry compote & a dab of whipped cream. I think it’s perfect!
I just love rice pudding and so do my kids.
Cookies….I have been successful with brownies & pies, but cookies still just stump me. They’re either too crumbly or a gunky mess.
My favorite is Chocolate cake
cookies and ice cream
Cheese cake is my fav. so not sure what to do there for glutten free
My favorite dessert is fresh made cannoli
My mom’s brownies made gluten free are always a favorite since I thought I’d never have then again after being diagnosed celiac. my adoptive mom’s almond sheet cakes is next on the list.
I love Cheesecake.
Banana pudding.
I love chocolate chip cookies!
My favorite dessert is cheese cake.
I like everything apple, so I would love the apple cider donuts
I have celiac and love making milkshakes or a cheesecake with a pre-made GF crust.
I love strawberry shortcake!
My favorite dessert is Triple Berry Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust! I have not found a good gluten free recipe yet.. but I’m still looking!!
A Volcano Cake
I’m really having a love affair with my paleo take on lemon poppy seed cake that I make with coconut flour and chia seeds in place of poppy seeds. Superduper delish and very refreshing and satisfying this time of year. 🙂
Kann ich so nicht ganz begtlaum&;tisen, mein Mitbewohner hat ein viel älteres System als ich und ich habe mich immer gewundert warum er schneller im Spiel ist, obwohl ich vorher auf den Server connecte. Nach dem 10.4 relaese bin ich nach ca. 6-9 Sekunden im Spiel, statt nach einer gefühlten Minute.d.h. die Ladezeit hat sich um weitaus mehr als die Hälfte verringert 🙂 *freu*
TRES LECHES!! Also, sugar free version would be great as well. Thanks!
I would have to say crumb cake..and so hard to make it free from anything that will hurt me..thanks for the chance
You have some fabulous recipes! Thank you!
Anything with chocolate!