BSI Rules! « Biggest Diabetic Loser

BSI Rules!

In an effort to help new weekly hosts, and people who are new to BSI, here are the rules!

BSI stands for Blogger Secret Ingredient. Each week a new host picks an ingredient and anyone (food blogger or not) can submit a recipe. The contests starts on a Monday, and recipes need to be submitted by Sunday night of that week. Then the next day the host chooses a winner and picks someone to host next weeks contest.

It is up to each weeks host to deem what the prize will be. It will be up to the descretion of each host – I’ve received homemade sugar free bread and cute hello kitty socks for my two wins!

Each host needs to cut and paste the following previous hosts – I’ll update it each week with that new persons information to keep it easier for the next host.

To recap:

Pick an ingredient, preferably one that is in season and readily available and not too expensive;
link back to all the other previous weekly hosts;
review the recipe submissions by Sunday night of each week;
pick a recipe that is your favorite; and
Post the winner Monday morning and send the winner a token prize of your choosing.
you do not have to have a food blog to particpate
you do not have to submit a photograph
if you don’t have a blog, you can submit your recipe to that weeks host, and they will post your recipe for you

Here are our previous hosts:

Week 57: Cookin Fanatic - Blue Cheese

Week 56: Foodie in the City - Ricotta Cheese

Week 55: Savvy Eats - Maple Syrup

Weel 54: Sound Eats - Dried Fruit

Week 53: Mega Nerd Runs - Acorn Squash

Week 52: Healthy Tipping Point - Pancake Mix

Week 51: Live, Laugh Eat - Almond Butter

Week 50: Balance, Joy and Delicias! – Cauliflower

Week 49: Healthy San Diego Living - Chickpeas

Week 48: Thought 4 Food - Yogurt

Week 47: London Foodie in New York - Chocolate

Week 46: Johnstone’s Vin Blanc - Oats

Week 45: Guilty Kitchen - Figs

Week 44: Ordinary Recipes Made Gourmet - Peanut Butter

Week 43: The Sophisticated Gourmet - Brown Sugar

Week 42: My Kitchen Addiction – Lime

Week 41: Nutmeg Nanny – Coffee

Week 40: Chaya’s Comfy Cook – Broccoli

Week 39: Healthy Delicious – Plums

Week 38: Zoe - Feta

Week 37: ChezWhat- Potatoes

Week 36: Cinnamon, Spice & Everything Nice – Blueberries

Week 35: Girlichef -Greens

Week 34: The Ungourmet – Watermelon

Week 33: Bread + Butter – Bell Pepper

Week 32: Burp and Slurp -Corn

Week 31: Say Yes to Salad – Kabocha

Week 31 1/2: Simply Fabulous Now – Cherries

Week 30: Thinspired – Bananas

Week 29: To Be The Whole Package – Almonds

Week 28: Kristas Kravings – Lemon

Week 27: From French Fries To Flax Seeds – Coconut

Week 26: Plentiful Plants – Avocado

Week 25: Training Fuel – Eggs

Week 24: Dinner at Christina’s – Cabbage

Week 23: Hey What’s for Dinner, Mom? – Strawberries

Week 22: One Bite at a Time – Basil

Week 21: Just Sweet Enough – Black Beans

Week 20: What I Ate Yesterday – Kale

Week 19: What’s for Dinner – Orange

Week 18: BranAppetit! –Spinach

Week 17: Tales of Expansion Dates

Week 16: Biggest Diabetic Loser – Zucchini

Week 15: Sweet & Natural –Peppermint

Week 14: bella eats [and runs] – Ginger

Week 13: Coffee Talk – Walnuts

Week 12: For the Love of Oats – Pumpkin

Week 11: Trying to Heal – Sweet Potatoes

Week 10: The Inner Workings of a College Graduate – Eggplant

Week 9: Itzy’s Kitchen – Pears

Week 8: The Fitnessista – Cranberries

Week 7: Tri to Cook – Lentils

Week 6: Rhodey Girl Tests – Polenta

Week 5: Eating Bender – Butternut Squash

Week 4: Care to Eat – Apples

Week 3: On a Lobster Placemat – Mushrooms

Week 2: Hangry Pants – Tomatoes

Week 1: sportsnutritionliving – Quinoa

Cherries -

Lara (Thinspired), on August 12th, 2009 at 9:03 am Said:

Thanks Biz

laura, on August 24th, 2009 at 4:00 pm Said:

Just so I am clear on this I do NOT think that being featured on someones blog and facebook page is a prize. That comes with the territory. The prize SHOULD be something small and cool, worth busting your hump for. IMHO.

judyskitchen, on August 29th, 2009 at 2:19 am Said:

Hi Biz, followed the rules and entered a recipe last week only to find out that I wasn’t qualified to enter because I had no photo. Here is the email I sent to last week’s host:

Hi Kim, I just checked your blog to see results for BSI and was surprised to learn that my recipe was not listed. I thought I followed the instructions that were posted at Biggest Diabetic Loser. When I saw your judging criteria I realized that perhaps BSI has evolved and now has more rules to follow (photos, for one). If so, the instructions should be amended to show that. Also, since you mentioned judging criteria in your blog post, my question would be was that your judging criteria or is it criteria that everyone is using? And is it typical to have more than one person judging? I think some uniformity is called for here, and judging criteria should also be listed in the instructions.

I would not have gone to the trouble of sending in an entry had I known that I didn’t even have a chance.

Kim wrote me back and told me to contact you since you are the originator. I’d like to be involved in BSI, but need to know what rules to follow and how the entries will be judged. Not trying to be picky, so if that’s offensive forgive me.

Christina, on September 14th, 2009 at 9:47 pm Said:

Poor Judy! From what I always understood you didn’t need a photo to enter – heck, you didn’t even need a blog – you could email it to them instead of linking back. Biz’s instructions also just say you need to submit a recipe, nothing about a photo. I’m sorry on your behalf that Kim didn’t let you participate!

I agree Laura. Sometimes I go to a few stores to track down the ingredient, so a tiny prize would make it worth it. Although, I have never won and also I realize people might not be able to afford a prize and/or shipping currently, but it does stink and I think if you could possible scrape together $5 to buy a couple cute things (like Sophia’s Hello Kitty socks) it should be done!