The time has come to cast your votes for the Paleo Holiday Recipe Contest!
You only have 24 hours to vote, starting now!
Just as a reminder, the top 3 popular votes from each category will be given to our celebrity judges for a final test-tasting and to pick a winner for each category. Our 5 winners will be up for a “reader’s choice” award as well (another round of voting will happen for that one).
Review the recipes here if you need to, and don’t forget our fabulous prizes:
The prizes
The winner for each category will receive:
- A $25 gift certificate to Paleo Brands
- A $25 Amazon.com gift card
- A copy of Paleo Comfort Foods
And one overall Reader’s Choice winner will receive:
Le awesome, le infamous, LE CREUSET enameled cast iron French oven!
Let those votes fly! Shameless self-promotion is strongly encouraged. And remember, you only have 24 hours to cast your votes, the polls will close at 1pm tomorrow!
Good luck!!
Pick the Best Party Dish
- Beef Bacon and Sweet Potato Brunch Casserole (25%, 70 Votes)
- Paleo Poppers with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce (13%, 37 Votes)
- Easy Paleo Chicken Wings (12%, 33 Votes)
- Spiced Nuts (10%, 29 Votes)
- Country Terrine with Drunken Figs (5%, 14 Votes)
- Paleo Shrimp Cocktail (5%, 14 Votes)
- Tangy-Sweet Guacamole with Grilled Shrimp (5%, 13 Votes)
- Mini Egg Pizzas (3%, 9 Votes)
- Smoked salmon fish cakes (3%, 8 Votes)
- Seared Tuna Salad with Lime-Basil Dressing (2%, 7 Votes)
- Roasted Pepper Chicken Salad in Avocado Cup (2%, 7 Votes)
- Indulgent Paleo Dip (2%, 6 Votes)
- Fig & Pear Appetizer (2%, 6 Votes)
- Spicy Lime Shrimp with Fruity Pico De Gallo (2%, 5 Votes)
- Warm Pear Salad (2%, 5 Votes)
- Shrimp/Guacamole Rounds (2%, 5 Votes)
- Paleo Power Crunch (2%, 5 Votes)
- Almond Garlic Crackers (2%, 5 Votes)
- Chilled Mango Soup (1%, 3 Votes)
- Duck Egg Appetizer (1%, 2 Votes)
- Chilled Gazpacho with Crabmeat Salad (1%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 285
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- Shepard's Pie Paleo Style (17%, 67 Votes)
- The Bacon Chicken (12%, 46 Votes)
- Chipotle Chili (11%, 45 Votes)
- Coconutty Cod in a Creamy Sea of Veg (9%, 36 Votes)
- Bacon and Apple Stuffed Pork Chops (6%, 23 Votes)
- Smokey Turkey Chilli (5%, 19 Votes)
- Pumpkin Chicken Chili (5%, 19 Votes)
- Chicken Curry with Pumpkin Coconut Chapati (4%, 14 Votes)
- Beef Tenderloin with Prunes and Cherries (3%, 12 Votes)
- Rib Eye Steak with Wild Mushroom Bacon Ragout (3%, 12 Votes)
- Pumpkin Chili (3%, 10 Votes)
- PJF Beef Wellington (2%, 9 Votes)
- Chicken Cacciatore alla Siciliano (2%, 8 Votes)
- Bacon (2%, 7 Votes)
- New Mexico Paleo Pork or If Cavemen Had Crock Pots (2%, 7 Votes)
- Slow-Cook Barbeque Pork Loin (2%, 6 Votes)
- Fool Your Momma Southern Chicken and Dressing (2%, 6 Votes)
- Bacon-Crusted Quiche (1%, 5 Votes)
- Paleo Swedish Meatballs (1%, 5 Votes)
- Apple CIder Braised, Tender Pork Shanks (1%, 5 Votes)
- Cranberry Orange Crockpot Chicken (1%, 4 Votes)
- Salmon Chowder (1%, 4 Votes)
- Pumpkin Spice Chicken Cacciatore (1%, 4 Votes)
- Chicken, Pomegranate, and Walnut Stew (1%, 3 Votes)
- Breakfast MEATZA (1%, 3 Votes)
- Sweet Potato Curry (1%, 3 Votes)
- Cinnamon Chili Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Apple Salsa (1%, 2 Votes)
- Garlic Basil Chicken Spaghetti (1%, 2 Votes)
- Apple Omelet (1%, 2 Votes)
- Breakfast Bread Pudding (0%, 1 Votes)
- Stuffed Acorn Squash (0%, 1 Votes)
- Kale & Hearty Eggs (0%, 1 Votes)
- Paleo Beef Stew in slow cooker (0%, 1 Votes)
- Roasted Turkey Breast with Herb Bacon Salt (0%, 1 Votes)
- Saffron Salmon (0%, 1 Votes)
- Turbaconducken (0%, 1 Votes)
- Banska kapama (0%, 1 Votes)
- Bottarga Squash (0%, 0 Votes)
- Triple S (0%, 0 Votes)
- Paleo Pro Pancakes (0%, 0 Votes)
- AOT Paleo Pancakes (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 393
Loading ...Pick the Best Side Dish
- Rum Raisin Carrots with Roasted Almonds (19%, 67 Votes)
- Sweet potato and Apple casserole (17%, 62 Votes)
- Rosemary Citrus Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes (17%, 60 Votes)
- Brussels Sprout Bacon and Hazelnut (8%, 28 Votes)
- MexIIali Sweet Potatoes (6%, 23 Votes)
- Celery Root Bisque (6%, 20 Votes)
- Eggplant and Wild Mushroom Stuffing (5%, 17 Votes)
- Cauliflower Puree (3%, 12 Votes)
- Kale, Squash, Pomegranate and Spiced Walnuts Salad (3%, 11 Votes)
- Smoked ham on vegetables (2%, 7 Votes)
- Holiday Stuffing Muffins (2%, 7 Votes)
- Greek Style Herb-Roasted Potatoes with Lemon Juice (2%, 7 Votes)
- Wild Alaskan smoked salmon (2%, 6 Votes)
- Wild Alaskan salmon ceviche (2%, 6 Votes)
- Roasted Roots (2%, 6 Votes)
- Holiday Brussels (1%, 4 Votes)
- Brussels sprouts (1%, 4 Votes)
- Cauliflower Rice with Toasted Almonds and Golden Raisins (1%, 3 Votes)
- B's please with my kale (1%, 2 Votes)
- These Brussel Sprouts are Really Good! (1%, 2 Votes)
- Mushroom Potato Hash (1%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 356
Loading ...Pick the Best Dessert
- Chocolate Almond Cups (22%, 73 Votes)
- French Silk Pie, aka Fat Bomb Pie (10%, 35 Votes)
- Paleo Apple Crisp (8%, 27 Votes)
- Sublime Key Lime Pie (7%, 25 Votes)
- Pumpkin Brownies with Pumpkin Pie Frosting (6%, 21 Votes)
- Apple Macadamia Nut Crisp (3%, 11 Votes)
- Pumpkin Bread Pudding (3%, 11 Votes)
- Snickerdoodle Whoopie Pies (3%, 10 Votes)
- Pumpkin Cranberry Scones (3%, 9 Votes)
- Holiday Trifle (3%, 9 Votes)
- Monkey Bread (3%, 9 Votes)
- Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (3%, 9 Votes)
- Dragon's tail (2%, 8 Votes)
- Slow Cooker Apple Pecan Crisp (2%, 7 Votes)
- Mexican Chocolate Coffee Cake (2%, 7 Votes)
- Chocolate Mousse (2%, 6 Votes)
- Thin Mint Cookie Balls (2%, 6 Votes)
- Coconut Tapioca Yam “Soup” with Walnuts and Chocolate Chips (1%, 5 Votes)
- Bittersweet Chocolate Coconut Fudge (1%, 5 Votes)
- Apple Pear Crisp (1%, 4 Votes)
- Pumpkin Pucks (or cupcakes) (1%, 4 Votes)
- Primal Pumpkin Pie (1%, 4 Votes)
- Coconutty Bon-Bons (1%, 3 Votes)
- Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes (1%, 3 Votes)
- Cocoa Loco Nutty Bites (1%, 3 Votes)
- Paleo Pumpkin Bread (1%, 3 Votes)
- Frozen Chocolate-Mint Meltaways (1%, 3 Votes)
- Sugarless matcha lemon cookies (1%, 3 Votes)
- Pumpkin Pie-Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes (1%, 3 Votes)
- Rosemary Pecan Cookies (1%, 3 Votes)
- Sauteed Pear Gingerbread Loaf (1%, 3 Votes)
- Chilled Chocolate Torte (0%, 1 Votes)
- Paleo Banana "Cream" Pie (0%, 1 Votes)
- Ginger Molasses Cookies (0%, 1 Votes)
- Cranberry sorbet (0%, 1 Votes)
- mini chocolate coconut cream pies (0%, 1 Votes)
- Apple Delight (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 337
Loading ...Pick the Best Festive Beverage
- Pumpkin Spice Latte (30%, 63 Votes)
- Christmas Cranberry Cocktail (14%, 29 Votes)
- (Sort of) Healthy Holiday Nog (10%, 21 Votes)
- World's Best Sangria (9%, 19 Votes)
- Gluhwein (8%, 16 Votes)
- Santa's Secret Sangria (8%, 16 Votes)
- Pumpkin Cider Latte (7%, 14 Votes)
- Warm Pumpkin Latte (5%, 10 Votes)
- Hot Toddy (4%, 9 Votes)
- Paleo Holiday Tom and Jerrys (3%, 7 Votes)
- Pumpkin latte (2%, 5 Votes)
- Smoked Noble (2%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 212
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Tried voting but all I’m seeing are results.
I have the same problem!
These are the dishes I want to vote for but there is no option to vote……HELP!
Main Dish: Smokey Turkey Chilli
Side Dish: MexItalia Sweet Potatoes
Party Dish: Paleo Poppers with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
Dessert: Sublime Key Lime Pie
How do we vote?
I don’t see how to vote either. Help!
Paleo Poppers with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
Slow-Cook Barbeque Pork Loin
Kale, Squash, Pomegranate and Spiced Walnuts Salad
Primal Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin latte
my vote Shepard’s Pie Paleo Style
Tried to vote but couldn’t. 🙁
Hey everyone. We had a hiccup with the polls for a little while, they’re back up now, so get those votes in before 1pm!
I experienced the same thing here in Yonkers NY because I had 60-70 coworkers who all tried voting from our workplace and once the first votes went in apparently your server treats all these persons as coming from the same IP address, locks out our voting rights and displays the results screen to all our PCs in the same bldg…I suspect this is what occurred with the other people commenting here as well, yes?
I suggest others re-try voting from machines on a completely different network, firewall or router or from a mobile device; then you should be able to get thru to the radio buttons and cast your votes…
It is what it is, but I certainly noticed this happening here and many co-workers called me at my desk to say they received my email asking for their votes but tried and were unable to.
Best regards and Happy Holidays to all,
Chef Rick
We actually had the polls accidentally close for a while, so you might want to have people check again in case.
Nope Chris not the case here at CR, once the first few went onto the contest all of our office and lab computers displayed the results screen and no one else was able to vote yesterday or today (unless they tried from home or perhaps had a smartphone with them)…No biggie just FYI.
Rick
Hard to choose just 1 in each category. Did my best. Yum.
I’ve tried to vote multiple times, but I only see results. I’ve yet to be able to select my favorite in each category. Are you going to extend the voting? Here’s my votes:
Sublime Key Lime Pie & Paleo Poppers
Next time you put on a recipe contest, please have the judges do the testing and not readers choice. Many of us are fans and worked hard to create recipes. Come to find out several paleo facebook pages are asking for readers to vote.
Hi Michelle, I have to concur even though I also started asking for help from high school, college and martial arts friends on FB and via my website once I saw how the votes were going…You would be silly not to once you see everyone trying to drive traffic to Robb’s site to vote for their stuff, so you are correct it became a marketing contest instead of a recipe contest.
I think you are absolutely spot on, to be perfectly fair a panel of judges should make the first cuts to the top 3 to 5 recipes in each category and then do their taste-testing from there…
In all fairness to Amber, Robb and staff this was the first one these holiday contests and nobody can forsee how these things are going to go!
Best regards Michelle and a Happy New Year,
Rick H.
I agree!
I agree. Had same issues with voting. Boo.
It was so hard to choose, everything looks wonderfully delicious! Thank you and good luck!
Hi. I still can’t see the radio buttons. Oh well. I would vote for the swedish meatballs. Too many food intolerances so I couldn’t make a lot of the recipes. Some that I did make weren’t really good because I had to make so many substitutions. But the swedish meatballs worked with elk burger! Mighty tasty!
BTW is voting closed now (2:30pm EST) because I can’t tell from my computer here, i.e. is this results screen the final tally of reader voting? Just curious guys… Thanks!
Tried to vote but couldn’t
All I’m seeing is the results page, no option to vote 🙁
Cocoa Loco Nutty Bites
Lots of new recipes for me to try. Thanks to everyone for their culinary contribution and congrats to the creators of the top three dishes in each category.
Thanks to everyone for their culinary contribution and congrats to the creators of the top three dishes in each category. I look forward to testing your recipe creations.