I didn’t realize it until I got up yesterday morning, but my REAL Mayo videoblog pulled through and won the Natural News Video Recipe Contest that ended Monday, October 18, 2010 at midnight!
As soon as I receive the first prize of $500 in the mail, it will go straight to the Weston A. Price Foundation as a direct donation!   What a great time for this money to be given to the Foundation with the annual Wise Traditions Conference coming up next month!
Thanks to each and every one of you who supported me and voted, Tweeted, and Facebooked the competition throughout the month long contest. Â
When I first jumped in on a whim and entered my REAL Mayo videoblog, I had no idea that the contest was for vegetarian dishes only.  How ironic and even a bit funny!  A Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader entering a video recipe in a vegetarian contest!
What’s even more amazing is how many votes the video continued to bring in despite my lack of comfort in front of the camera (it was only my second videoblog ever) and the misspeak (corrected later in the video) regarding Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats.
It goes to show that it isn’t about the messenger at all. Â It’s ALL ABOUT the food! Â In particular, REAL Food being made by a REAL person in a REAL kitchen. Â Not some spiffy Martha Stewart TV set where everything is perfect but has no hope of being replicated in the REAL world!
The best thing about the amateur nature of my videoblog is that it gives people hope that they can make Real Food too and that it isn’t too difficult to make stuff from scratch that you might have previously only ever purchased at the supermarket.
For the first few weeks, my video recipe was the only one to use any animal products whatsoever.    About midway through the competition, another video recipe was entered that used goat kefir, but the guy whipping up the kefir smoothie used protein powder too!   Protein powder definitely does not qualify as Real Food (no matter HOW it is processed, Dr. Mercola!), so I am so glad that the REAL Mayo hung on to win.
I must say that there would have been NO WAY I could have competed so well without the support of The Healthy Home Economist readers and the loyalty and help of Real Food Media.
The Real Food Media blogging gals helped me every step of the way and Tweeted, Facebooked, and even blogged about this contest (not once, but TWICE) to bring out the vote for me.
So, to Jenny of Nourished Kitchen, Kelly the Kitchen Kop, and Kim of HartkeisOnline, I say a very heartfelt THANK YOU!
Great! Congrats!
Marisa
Yay! I voted for you and made the mayo. It turned out awesome and creamy! I'm glad you can use the prize for a good cause 🙂
Woohoo this is SO great! Congratulations Sarah!
Pavil, you crack me up! A movie star I am most certainly NOT! I am just a Mom up to her eyeballs in dirty laundry and a cluttered kitchen counter most of the time just like everybody else but refusing to let Big Food and Big Pharma steal my family and my own health. It's a WAR, isn't it? The Civil Rights Movement of our time (the right to Choose Healthy Food).
Grats, Sarah.
This mayo is on my soon-to-do list and I am looking forward to making it.
BTW, You produce delightful and useful videos. Why, you are practically a movie star 🙂
Sarah,
I am so glad you won! Giving the money to wapf is awesome—they and you are my favorites!
Jean
Terrific news! It is so nice to vote for a deserving winner!
Sarah, you have done the entire real food movement a great service by doing this.
Thank you so much for generously donating your winnings to the best cause on earth.
Congratulations Sarah!! You are a true inspiration! S
Thanks Kel! Couldn't have done it without you!
Sarah, this is GREAT news!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations to you!!!
Woohoooooo!!!!!