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Announcing the 10 Semifinalists in Our First SparkRecipes Contest

By: Stepfanie Romine : 11/16/2009 1:17:41 PM : 44 comments : 20,835 Views

After much deliberation, plenty of tasting and a bit of input from readers, we've chosen the 10 semifinalists in the SparkRecipes Un-Chained Recipe Contest. Five were chosen in each of two categories, fast food and casual dining. Want to see who won the $25 SparkCertificates good for anything at SparkPeoplestore.com? Keep reading! We chose the semifinalists based on the rules set forth in the original recipe contest post. Duplicate entries, entries with more fat and calories than the original and incomplete entries were not considered.

Fast Food:
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Breakfast Roll-up

Boneless Sweet BBQ Wings

Pineapple Onion and Bacon Pizza

Crunchwrap Super-Supreme

No Guilt Cheese Enchiladas (V)*

Casual Dining:
Southwestern Eggrolls

Sesame Chicken

Quesadilla Explosion Salad (V)

Strawberry Pancakes (V)

Tuscan Chicken Milano

SparkPeople employees and their families are testing the recipes this week, and we'll announce the winners on Friday! The two winners will receive a high-performance Vita-Mix 5200 blender, worth $450.

Have you tried any of the recipes? Will you? Which one is your favorite?

*denotes vegetarian

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DOPKIGIRL 1/14/2010 9:10:13 AM	I am certainly going to try some of these recipes as they sound delicious and within my limits. Thank you for putting these out there. Good luck to all the contestants.	44
PCHEFLORA 1/8/2010 8:21:08 PM	Several of them sound great! Sesame Chicken and Quesadillas especially!	43
ELIZABETH2702 1/8/2010 6:00:51 PM	These recipes don't look very appealing. I dunno what fast food joints they eat at but none of mine have that stuff....	42
NALDA22 1/2/2010 11:56:37 AM	Thanks guys....will defenetly try these recipes	41
USAGITWO 1/2/2010 2:32:13 AM	I won't try any of these either -- the food I normally eat is a lot healthier and tastier. Sorry, but starting with chain food is a non-starter for me.	40
RBHTARZAN 1/1/2010 1:19:15 PM	probably wont try any of these as none are what i am used to eating or even on the menus at any fast food or restaurants around here. the makeovers should be something on the regular and usually consumed menus	39
KDDEITRICK 1/1/2010 8:34:59 AM	YUM!	38
CLORIA 1/1/2010 6:53:50 AM	I will try several of these recipes.	37
MKIRKLE 12/5/2009 2:17:05 PM	I am looking forward to trying some of these. Great job contestants!	36
MAROO358 12/4/2009 7:56:06 PM	Can't wait to try some of these!	35
DRBROWN3 12/4/2009 11:12:15 AM	These sound great. I plan to try some out this weekend. Thanks	34
WEEDENMJ 11/28/2009 12:35:04 PM	Congrats to the winners. Both dishes sound excellent.	33
MARSHA48 11/23/2009 8:36:26 AM	Congrats to all the semifianlists and to the winners.	32
JUHOEG 11/19/2009 7:12:02 AM	Can't wait to try.	31
DEANIEHUGS 11/18/2009 7:29:20 PM	These look good and I can't wait to try them!	30
SP_STEPF 11/18/2009 1:56:55 PM	Yes, there is a note at the end of the post explaining. Sorry for the confusion. V means vegetarian.	29
GRAYGRANNY 11/18/2009 7:44:06 AM	The bonelessSweet BBQ wings sounds so easy to make and on the recipe page I read alot of good comments on this so will give it a try soon	28
CBRENNAN2 11/17/2009 9:42:17 PM	I haven't tried any yet, but I definately will. They look delicious	27
DEANIEHUGS 11/17/2009 8:13:16 PM	The recipes look good! Thanks	26
CFRITZFIFP 11/17/2009 3:46:09 PM	think I'll be trying some of these out for the holidays!!!	25
JENVOSE 11/17/2009 1:16:38 PM	Thanks for the re-make on the Southwestern Eggrolls! These are one of my faves, too, and I'll be trying them soon. The advice regarding freezing them for later is great, too!	24
AKELAZ 11/17/2009 12:05:54 PM	These sound delicious - will definitely try them - days of pre-planned meals. GREAT!!	23
ALLICIAC 11/17/2009 11:50:28 AM	The V probably stands for vegetarian	22
CASE4GRACE 11/17/2009 11:41:29 AM	I have one question - three of the recipes have a "V" at the end of them. Does anyone know what the V stands for?	21
CASE4GRACE 11/17/2009 11:39:40 AM	I am so happy to see my strawberry pancakes made the semi-finals. Thank you so much, Spark People! This is the very first recipe contest I have ever entered. My husband prompted me to enter this recipe because it is something our family enjoys so much. Thank you to everyone who rated and commented on my recipe - I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!	20
TINALEX61 11/17/2009 11:18:40 AM	I haven't tried any of these yet, but I'm planning on it. Some sound really good	19
DIANE1253 11/17/2009 7:23:09 AM	havent tried anything yet... but i will	18
LLCURTS 11/17/2009 6:02:14 AM	Sesame Chicken was the best!!!!!!!!!!!	17
KPHICKEY 11/17/2009 5:40:30 AM	Have read the recipes and will be preparing the enchiladas and Tuscan chicken soon. I plan on trying all the recipes. Thanks!	16
GEORGANNE39 11/17/2009 5:02:15 AM	Those enchiladas are to DIE for! Congrats to everyone!	15
LIMONM 11/17/2009 12:53:41 AM	Yumm...wonderful recipes...congratulations!	14
HOPE2BE 11/16/2009 10:58:33 PM	Congratulations to all the finalists. May the best one win in each catagory.	13
TALESIN 11/16/2009 10:27:10 PM	I can't believe it! My No-Guilt Enchiladas made the semi-finals! Thank you, thank you, thank you SP and everyone who rated my dish. This is the first recipe contest I've ever entered, and it was such fun creating the dish. I'm so excited!!! Woohoo!!!	12
ALITTLEOVER 11/16/2009 9:32:16 PM	Well done everyone, CONGRATS to the top 10.	11
KKLENNERT809 11/16/2009 9:12:27 PM	I do want to try them, I love chicken recipes!	10
BOOPSTER69 11/16/2009 6:27:43 PM	I am going to try all of the recipes - one or two a week. Yum, love having options!	9
S318830 11/16/2009 6:20:47 PM	My husband is such a fan of the Southwestern Eggrolls from Chilis that I'm going to give those a shot.	8
HILLARY0803 11/16/2009 5:27:57 PM	I am going to try making the Pineapple Onion and Bacon Pizza. Sounds delicious!	7
PISCESWOMAN87 11/16/2009 4:41:50 PM	Oh, yay! My Sesame Chicken made it! This really makes my day. Thanks to everybody who voted for it, and to the Sparkpeople judges for picking it!	6
JOANW1 11/16/2009 4:01:00 PM	I made the Boneless Sweet BBQ Wings and it was great. Thanks.	5
ROSIE777 11/16/2009 3:17:35 PM	I loved them all, but most of all the 3 C's-Crunchy Carolina Chicken Salad.	4
ECLECKTIC1 11/16/2009 2:39:51 PM	I want to try the Tuscan Chicken Milano. I also want to check out the Sesame Chicken and see how it does without a breaded coating, since the sweet-spicy sauce sounds just about right.	3
*AMBER512 11/16/2009 2:08:01 PM	I'm definitely going to try the vegetarian recipes!	2
MEYLOSE 11/16/2009 1:54:42 PM	THANK YOU SP, it was fun to do a fun time mixing ingredents to create the 3 C's-Crunchy Carolina Chicken Salad. I am thrilled to see that my Sausage, Egg & Cheese Breakfast Roll-up as a finalist. ENJOY!	1