Our monthly cooking challenge is your excuse to roll up your sleeves, cook something delicious, and connect with an amazing community of home cooks. Simply make a recipe from Chelsea’s Messy Apron, share your thoughts, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a little something as our way of saying thanks for joining in. Ready to get started?
How It Works
Sign Up
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Cook
Make and try any recipe on the site.
Comment
Leave a comment on that recipe post on the Chelsea’s Messy Apron website.
What’s the Prize?
This month, the winner of our cooking challenge will get one of our snack stack bowls sold here on the site!
Click the button below to check out the prize.
Bonus Entry! 🎉
Making and commenting on any recipe on the site counts towards an entry. For a bonus entry, though, you can try one of the specific recipes listed below.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can enter by trying a recipe published on Chelsea’s Messy Apron and leaving a comment on that recipe’s site post. Read all the rules here.
Yes! Each recipe you make and comment on will count towards one entry. A few recipes featured on this page each month count towards two entries. Only one comment per recipe will be counted toward your total entries.
If you have won, you will be notified by the email you used to leave a comment.
For each month’s challenge, comments made between the first day of the month and the last day of the month will be counted. Starting at 12:00 a.m. (MT) and ending at 11:59 p.m. (MT).
You can leave your comment in the comment section at the bottom of the post where you found the recipe.
Anyone 18 years or older residing in the 50 U.S. states.
Go here for the full list of rules.
Past Winner Highlights
June Winner
“This salad reminds me of my childhood, the only change I’ve made to the recipe is using chicken breast instead of ham. It’s phenomenal!” – Marlee
May Winner
“This fruit salad was so delicious – one of the best I have ever had! The dressing made it perfect. It didn’t overtake the fruit but gave a wonderful accent to it, which brought out the fruit flavors more than ever!” – P. Thompson
April Winner
“We loved the Cilantro Lime Sauce on it’s own and mixed with the cabbage to make the slaw topping! Also, I found an unopened box of hard taco shells in the pantry and we decided to heat and use those instead which added an interesting and good crunch to the tacos, even though they aren’t traditional.” – Becky
Ready to join this month’s challenge? Pick any recipe, leave a comment, and you’re in! Don’t forget to try one of the bonus recipes for an extra entry. I can’t wait to see what you cook up!
I made your life changing dinner rolls yesterday. Not gonna lie, they looked too easy. But I committed and within 3 1/2 hr I had a pan of large, fluffy, tasty rolls! Confirmed by daughter, my husband and myself. Thank you! These move to the holiday must have section of my recipe file.
I’m so thrilled to hear this! Thanks Teri!
Recipes look delicious.
Thanks Jan!