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Your original recipe could be worth up to $400, and winning recipes will be entered to win the 2005 annual Grand Prize--a Miele coffee system, dishwasher, and vacuum. Enter your original recipes (recipes that have never before been published) in our Prize Tested Recipes[R] contest, which features two new categories each month. We'll publish each month's four winning recipes (the top two recipes in each category) in a future issue.

MONTHLY PRIZES: Two $400 winners, Two $200 winners, Ten $50 honor rolls.

NOVEMBER 2005 CATEGORIES:

PARTY APPETIZERS: Finger food for the buffet and pre-dinner nibbles are what we're seeking. Hot or cold, entries can include ingredients such as fruit, veggies, meat, seafood, poultry, nuts, or cheese. Dips, spreads, toppings for crostini or toast, spicy nut, and seafood cocktail are all good beginnings.

EIGHT FOR THE SLOW COOKER: Share your family-tested slow cooker main dish or side dish recipe that contains eight or fewer ingredients. Ideas can range from chilis and stews to roasts and chicken dishes and vegetable side dishes. Water, salt, and pepper don't count.

THIS MONTH'S WINNERS (PAGES 285-286)

$400 WINNERS: Jeanne Walker, Oxnard, Calif.; Martha Weinstein and Sue Bloom, Kentfield, Calif. $200 WINNERS: Shauna de Silva, San Ramon, Calif.; Erin R. Mylroie, Saint George, Utah. $50 HONOR ROLL WINNERS: Karen O. Austin, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Margee Berry, White Salmon, Wash.; Pat Brinegar, Grand Junction, Colo.; Katja Gray, Cedar Park, Texas; Katherine Ingram-Flaherty, Jacksonville, Ore.; Barbara Lento, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mary Louise Lever, Rome, Ga.; Jacqueline McComas, Paoli, Pa.; Rachel L. McGill, Brentwood, Calif.; Margret Smith, Crescent City, Calif.

CONTEST RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 1. The contest is open to legal U.S. residents, except Meredith Corporation employees, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and their immediate families 2 All entries must clearly state your name, address, phone number, and original recipe marked "PARTY APPETIZERS" or "EIGHT FOR THE SLOW COOKER;' Specify brands and recipe origin 3 Send recipes by postal mail to: 0511 Food Department, Better Homes and Gardens[R] Magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023 Or send e-mail entries to: ptr@mdp.com 4 Mailed entries must be postmarked by APRIL 22, 2005, and received by APRIL 29, 2005 E-mail entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. EDT, APRIL 22, 2005 5 The 14 monthly winners will be selected about (30 days from the entry deadline, and will be notified by mail Winners must sign affidavit, release, and copyright assignment The annual grand prize winner will be selected from the year 2005's top monthly winners, using the judging criteria, on or about October 1, 2005, and will be notified by mail The grand prize winner will receive dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, and coffee system appliances directly from Miele at then-current retail prices (ARV $4,050) Prizes are nontransferable and cash will not be offered in lieu ot prizes 6 Entries must be your original recipes No previously published recipes A qualified panel ot Better Homes and Gardens[R] editors will judge original recipes on creativity (30%), taste (40%), and practicality (30%)-("judging criteria") In the event of a tie, the tied recipes shall be rejudged against one another. Decisions of judges are final and may not be appealed 7 Entries will not be returned By entering this contest, all copyright rights of winning recipes belong to Meredith Corporation We reserve the right to adjust winning recipes 8 Entry constitutes permission to use winner's name and hometown for editorial and promotional purposes, except where prohibited by law. Send a self addressed, stamped envelope to above address to receive a monthly winners' list, available six months after each monthly entry deadline The grand prize winner's name will be available February 2006 9 Meredith Corporation assumes no responsibilities for entries they are unable to process due to phone, network, electronic, or computer hardware or software failures, or technical failures of any kind Subject to all US federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited Taxes on prizes are the responsibility of the winners.

PRIZE TESTED RECIPES[R] $400 WINNER