Have a Wild Blue Summer – and win a NutriBullet PRO!

Summer is here! The kids are out of school, the sun is shining and we’ve (finally) unpacked our summer wardrobe. While we enjoy relaxing by the water, be it a pool, lake, river or pond, many of us are also looking for creative ways to keep ourselves and the kids cool during summer’s heat. We don’t mind the warmer temps here in Maine because that means the Wild Blueberries are ripening in the barrens and harvest is around the corner.

To help you and the family stay cool this summer, we’re kicking off our Wild Blue Summer Sweepstakes today! We’re giving away a NutriBullet PRO, the official blender of Wild Blueberries, every Wednesday and Friday now through July 26th – that’s a total of 6.  NutriBullets are an awesome must-have kitchen gadget – great at blending together some amazing recipes, especially smoothies using delicious frozen Wild Blueberries. If this is something your kitchen is missing, enter now for six chances to win throughout the month of July.

Here’s how to enter:

  1. Visit our Wild Blue Summer Sweepstakes Page.
  2. Enter your email address.
  3. Press the submit button. Easy!

As a “thank you” for entering, you will receive our Wild Blue Summer E-recipe book as a FREE download. It contains eight easy-to-make, tasty, summer recipes from some of our favorite registered dietitians and food bloggers that will help you keep things cool during hot days. The refreshing summer recipes include smoothies for any time of day, on-the-go recipes and even some no-bake sweet treats everyone will enjoy.

Be sure to enter our Wild Blue Summer Sweepstakes starting TODAY. We will select winners to receive a NutriBullet PRO every Wednesday and Friday starting July 7th.

For more great recipes featuring Wild Blueberries visit: www.wildblueberries.com/recipes

Go Wild and Win!

The Wild Summer Sips Sweepstakes Starts Now!

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This summer has been hot hot hot – and we want to help you chill out with some super cool summer sips. We’ve got 2 full weeks of prizes, plus a Wild Summer Sips Recipe Book that we’ll send to you just for entering.

Wild Summer Sips Sweepstakes

The recipe book is filled with delicious summer drink recipes including a refreshing lemonade and soda, healthy smoothies and even homemade ice pops from renowned food and nutrition bloggers. All recipes feature yummy Wild Blueberries and they’re super easy to make. Contest ends on Friday, August 14th.

Here’s what’s up for grabs and how you can win it.

  1. A Vitamix® Blender perfect for mixing up delicious Wild Blueberry summer smoothies. Winner will be chosen on Friday July 31st.
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  1. One of Five Yonanas® Healthy Dessert Makers perfect for creating delicious Wild Blueberry frozen desserts. One winner will be chosen each day beginning Monday August 3rd through Friday August 7th.
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  1. $500 Whole Foods Gift Card + Set of 6 Mason Jar Mugs – one of today’s trendiest drinking glasses – so you can throw the ultimate Wild Blueberry summer sips party. Winner will be chosen on Friday August 14th.
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Here’s how you can win: Click here to visit the contest entry page. Enter your email on the contest entry form and hit submit. That’s it – you’re entered to win all of the prizes.

You only have to enter once to be eligible for all of the prizes. Good luck!

‘Tis the Season to Win Big with Wild Blueberries

4 Easy Ways to Win

Holidays are the exquisite season of giving. We give to the special people in our lives, we give to strangers and families in need, we give to our favorite charities and causes, we cook, we throw parties, we clean, we give endlessly of ourselves. But what about giving to ourselves?

Run for the holidays

In the midst of all the holiday racing around, we often neglect our own health and our own peace of mind. Well, we’re here to remind you that the holidays are only a joy if you have the presence of mind to truly relish in them. So in the spirit of taking care of ourselves, we have partnered with our favorite Nutrition Twins® – Tammy Lakatos Shames & Lyssie Lakatos – nationally recognized registered dietitians, personal trainers, and, yes, twin sisters, for our Run Wild and Win Big with Wild Blueberries Sweepstakes which starts on December 1st.

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We know you’re going to love meeting the Twins. During the contest, they’ll share essential Holiday Survival Tips and Recipes that will nurture our bodies and minds right through the holidays.

So before you start the race to the holiday finish line, mark your calendar for the first day to enter our exciting Run Wild and Win Big with Wild Blueberries Sweepstakes. The contest runs from December 1st to December 17th.

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Entering is easy! On Monday December 1st, go to the Wild Blueberries Facbeook page, and click on the contest link. Everyone who enters will receive our Run Wild Holiday Recipe eBook featuring delicious Recipes and Holiday Survival Tips from the Nutrition Twins. And we mentioned Winning Big – there are daily prizes, two weekly prizes, and a Grand Prize that’s all about you. Take a look….

  • During the first week we’ll give away 20 Wild Blueberry Infuser Water Bottles every day!
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  • On Friday December 5th, we’ll give away a Vitamix Blender, so you can get started creating your own delicious and healthy smoothies, soups, salad dressings and sauces.
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  • The second week we’re giving away a KitchenAid Stand Mixer. A baker’s dream!
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  • And the Grand Prize includes two personal nutritional Skype sessions with the Nutrition Twins, where they will evaluate your health and design a custom nutrition plan especially for you. PLUS, a $500 gift certificate to Whole Foods so you can revamp your pantry just in time for the holidays.
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This contest runs for only a short time, so don’t miss out! And remember don’t let all the running around run you down this holiday season. Celebrate the smart way with Wild Blueberries. For more great recipes featuring Wild Blueberries visit: www.wildblueberries.com/recipes.

Win 5 Days of Food & Fun in Québec City!

Have a Wild Taste Adventure in the Land of Wild Blueberries

February is the perfect time of year to dream about an exciting, relaxing vacation full of plenty of first-class cuisine and exploration in one of the most magical provinces in the world. It’s even better when the vacation is free and planned just for you. This one could be: all you have to do is enter for a chance to win.

What’s the Wild Taste Adventure Sweepstakes all about? It’s about embracing your love for wild blueberries in the land of wild blueberries – Québec City. In Québec, Eastern Canada and Maine, the wild blueberry is beloved for its robust annual harvest that provides people all over the world with this nutritious, delicious antioxidant superfruit all year long.

You could enjoy transportation for two, 4 nights lodging at the historic Château Frontenac, and a $1,000 dining allowance so you can truly enjoy the city’s culinary delights. It’s a perfectly delicious getaway!

Ready for a chance to win a holiday of food and fun in the land of wild blueberries? Entering is easy:

1. First, watch the video and get a taste of why this little berry gets big love from chefs and food lovers alike.

2. Then, peruse some of the celebrated restaurants you’ll encounter on your trip, including L’Echaudé, Bistro L‘Atelier. L’Espace MC Chef and the Château Frontenac. You’ll learn about these restaurants’ amazing chefs and their delicious wild blueberry dishes, and find recipes for exotic cocktails, local favorites, and unique confections.

3. Last, Enter the Sweepstakes! You could be saying Bon voyage and Bon appetit before you know it if you’re the winner of the Wild Taste Adventure in Québec City!

Enter now for your chance to win!

Use Your Blues: Bountiful Season = Classic Recipes

Also: Know Wild Blues? Win a *Deluxe 5-Day Bar Harbor Trip*! 

Wild blueberry growers are expecting a bountiful harvest this season, and the race is on to make this abundance of blues work in our favor. Switching out frozen for fresh can mix up our blueberry repertoire and help us get a little closer to the origins of a favorite fruit. Chefs, bakers and home cooks all around the region are busy taking advantage of this fresh product while the getting is very, very good.

Don’t know where to start? Help is everywhere this season. First, every week in August, the Portland Press Herald will share fantastic ways to use your blues while they’re fresh. (And, you can take the recipes into the winter season by replacing fresh with the just-as-nutritious frozen.) Get a start this week with the Azure Café’s Campside Wild Maine Blueberry Upside Down Cake.

Also, The Montreal Gazette reminds us that Quebec places second to Maine in wild blueberry production and offers up Classic Blueberry Crisps and Blueberry Meringues to help get the season started. Down East, publisher of The Wild Blueberry Book, weighs in as well, reminding us of an award-winning recipe, Cinnamon Nut Coffee Cake, that is destined to be a classic.

Know Your Wild Blues? Take the Quiz, Win a Trip!

What can knowing about wild blueberries do for you?

Well, a lot. Integrating just a half a cup of wild blueberries into your diet (health researchers indicate the more the better) can help you age better, provide protection against cancer and diabetes, and coat our bodies with an armor against disease.

What’s more, it can help you win a fabulous expense-paid 5-day trip to the heart of blueberry harvest country – Bar Harbor, Maine – that is packed with amenities. 

The Wild Blueberry Association is holding the ultimate wild blueberry sweepstakes. The winner receives  a 5-day, 4-night getaway in Bar Harbor, Maine, including round-trip travel and accommodations at the deluxe Bar Harbor Inn & Spa for two. Included in this special getaway is Acadia National Park passes, a windjammer cruise, and dinner for two. Add to your stay a full wild blueberry breakfast each morning, two 50-minute Swedish massages and a Go Wild Tour of the wild blueberry barrens to see first hand the origin of these nutritious, antioxidant-rich berries that make life better and bluer all year long. In short, it’s the Ultimate Wild Blueberry Getaway.

Just enter to win—it’s easy. You’ll watch a video to bone up on why wild blueberries are nature’s antioxidant fruit. Then, you’ll take a short, fun quiz to test your Wild IQ. Provide your info, and you’ll automatically be entered to win.

Did You Know?

  • Wild blueberries aren’t planted?
  • Wild blueberries have natural protectors so they can handle the stress of their wild environment?
  • A quart of wild blueberries includes several different varieties?
  • Chefs use wild because their flavor is more intense than cultivated berries?

It’s true—and it’s all part of the reason we celebrate wild blueberries everyday, every season, fresh and frozen.

See what a little knowledge can do. Enter Now for a Chance to Win and enjoy a luxurious stay in the place where it all begins – Wild Blueberry Country!