Hey guys! It’s Wednesday again—only just over three weeks before the retreat! I am flipping out. We finalized the T-Shirts today. We are having the name badges designed (by Lauren!) thi
s week. We just booked three new sponsors and have a few others in the works. This retreat is going to be amazing!!
Speaking of sponsors, we want to spotlight one of our very first sponsors, Bob’s Red Mill!
They signed up to sponsor the retreat in the very first few weeks we were planning it. Bob’s Red Mill is an awesome company and is very involved with bloggers—we love that! I took a moment to interview Cassidy, the Bob’s Red Mill rep, and am excited to share the interview with you today.
Q: How long has Bob’s Red Mill been around?
A: Bob’s Red Mill has been around since 1978, but Bob has been stone
milling for about 40 years.
Q: What products does Bob’s Red Mill specialize in?
A: We specialize in whole grains for every meal of the day. We have a wide variety of gluten free products and certified organic products. Our product line covers flours, cereals and baking mixes, as well as the whole grains themselves.
Q: Where can I buy Bob’s Red Mill products?
A: We distributed all over the United States and Canada, but customers can find wider selections of our products at natural foods stores. We also sell our full line of products on our website at www.bobsredmill.com.
Q: What sets Bob’s Red Mill apart from other brands?
A: We are an employee-owned company that uses century-old stone mills to slowly grind our flours. We take our time to do things correctly and believe strongly in quality ingredients and superb customer service.
Q: Would you like to tell us anything else that makes Bob’s Red Mill so awesome?
A: Have you met Bob? He’s the most inspiring 83-year-old who drives us forward with his passion for whole grains and stone grinding. He comes to work every day and knows every employee’s name. He knows what is going on in the plant and pushes each of us to do our best to make the finest whole grain foods. He values employees more than any other CEO I’ve ever met, which is why he gave over the company to us in 2010. If you were to ask any employee here if they like their job, you will get a resounding “Yes!”
Bob’s Red Mill will be stuffing the swag bags with FULL SIZE BAGS of product for the retreat. We will also be raffling off three $50 gift cards at the closing ceremony. As a little spiff to get you excited, Bob’s Red Mill has offered to give a gift card away today!
One commenter below will receive a $50 Bob’s Red Mill gift card!
To enter:
- Check out the Bob’s Red Mill website and check out their products. Leave a comment below telling us what you’d spend your $50 on!
- For a second entry, Tweet: “@blendretreat is giving away a @Bobs_Red_Mill $50 gift card! http://blendretreat.com/?p=321” and leave a comment below saying you tweeted!
We will announce the winner on Monday, April 16th!
xo, Katie, Lindsay, Janetha
P.S. The random winner of the Beanitos giveaway is #29! Tamara of Wild Blue Wonder! Congrats!
Giveaway is now closed! Congrats to our winner, Krissie J!
I would love to try the Irish Soda bread mix! Yum
Annnd I am entering. I would buy coconut flour, xanthan gum, and pancake mix.
I currently have Bob’s Quinoa, Flax, Chia Seeds, and Whole Wheat baking flour. I love Bob’s!!! I would like to try some of their beans/seeds if I won 🙂 Please pick me! Please pick me! Did that help???
I tweeted too 🙂
I am in love with the Steel cut oats and chia seeds, I’d love to try the pizza crust!
i would buy a lot of gluten free chocolate chip cookie mix, my favorite
tweeted : https://twitter.com/#!/denimorse/status/190152433157148673
Thanks!
So many fun choices! Definitely arrowroot starch and a variety of new to me flours!! Fingers crossed! Thanks for being such a great sponsor bob!
I tweeted!
I tweeted too! And thanks for the Beanitos, yay! I can’t wait to try them. (Thanks, Dena, for the heads-up!)
It would be tough to decide, but I’d probably start with xanthan gum and garbanzo flour. So many yummy products! I, too, love their steel cut oats and their cornmeal.
Wow, I have no idea what I would choose. But definitely some hot cereal, muffin mix, and cookie mix! YUM
Pancake and corn bread mixes!
I would spend it all on Chia Seeds and Steel Cut oats 🙂 Ok maybe not ALL of it, but a lot of it! 😉
I lurve Bob’s Red Mill! The chia seeds and gf steel cut oats are staples in my pantry. But if I had an extra 50 bucks to spend – I’d get the gf pancake mix, the buckwheat groats, gf biscuit mix and some millet! Yumm.
I would get the muesli, some old fashioned rolled oats, some of their unique flours, and maybe some fava beans!! They have so many good things, it’d be fun to try something different!!
Would love to try out the Pizza Crust!
Tweeted too!
Oh wow – so excited that Bob’s Red Mill is a sponsor – I have SOOOOO many of their products. When I need a wierd flour or grain, they almost always have it. I would try some of their beans and get some of the more “exotic” flours I haven’t tried yet!
And I tweeted about it!!
I tweeted!!
I LOVE Bobs Red Mill products! I use all the different gluten free flours and mixes. My son has a wheat allergy and these products have been so wonderful. I’m so grateful he can have pancakes on Saturday mornings. Thanks Bob!!
I tweeted also. 🙂
I would spend it on the GF oats, GF baking mix, and the garbonzo bean flour! Yummy!
Oh yeah! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bob’s Rd Mill products. I currently use (to name just a few) chia seeds, coconut flour, flax, oats, etc, etc, etc… I probably spend at least $50 in BRM products every time I go to the grocery store 🙂
I just tweeted about it, too 🙂
Oh em geeee! My first experience with Bob’s was pizza crust – and now I’m hooked! I want to bake EVERYTHING gf. I’d most like to try the Almond or Coconut flour.
Oats of course! Also some different types of flours that I’ve never used before!
Tweeted also! @JesBWill
tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/lgsmash/status/190177154070355968
I would spend it on Coconut flour and almond flour. Plus so many other things!! Love Bob’s Red.
I tweeted the giveaway @thehealthywife
I would stock up on the GF Whole grain bread — OBSESSED: http://www.bobsredmill.com/gf-hearty-whole-grain-bread.html
And I’d like to try the GF Cinnamon Raisin Bread Mix and the GF All Purpose Flour.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love Bob’s Red Mill! My pantry is always stocked with their Chia Seeds, ground flaxseed meal and steel cut oats and xanthan gum. So good.
Muesli, oats, and coconut flour!
I have been dying to try their products! Particularly their wheat gluten to make some vegan dishes I am craving!
Tweeted!
I’d spend mine on almond flour; I usually can’t afford it 😉
I’d love to try the chia seeds, tvp, and xanthan gum!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/j_mosh/status/190204204650991616
Love bob’s! Pumped they are a sponsor for blend.
I have been out of creamy buckwheat for sometime so that is first on my list. But I would also get some new things Anasazi Beans, coconut flour, and peppy kernels.
I would buy a mixture of any type of flour to fulfill my baking needs! 🙂
I just tweeted!
Bob’s Red Mill is the best! I would get coconut flour and creamy buckwheat! Mmmm 🙂
Tweeted!
I would spend it on Xantham gum and the cereals!
I tweeeeted!
I’d definitely buy all kinds of different oats (there are so many varieties!!) and oat bran!! I LOVE Bob’s Red Mill! 🙂
i tweeted!
https://twitter.com/#!/pace_of_laurel/status/190237377564905472
OMG I love Bob’s Red Mill so much. It’s seriously like my favorite brand! 🙂
I LOVE the coconut flour, most of the the hot cereal mixes, steel cut oats, and xanthum gum. But I love EVERYTHING! Thanks for this opprotunity; you rock!
I would try the corn bread mix and chia seeds too!
Tweeted your link – thanks for the great giveaway!
Love Bob’s Red Mill! I would have to get oat bran, muesli (Bob’s is my fave brand), and creamy buckwheat cereal. I’d probably go crazy on flours too!
Tweeted the link! Tweet tweet!
The oats for breakfast and I’d try the flaxseeds too.
Tweeted!
Thank you 🙂
omg yum! tweeted!
i’d buy garbanzo flour, almond meal, flaxseeds, oats, yeast…and on and on and on
I’m sure I could spend at least half of the $50 on the oat flour alone. From there, I would have to try some of those mixes–like the 10 grain pancake mix or the spice apple bran muffin mix. OOoo those sound good!
Tweeted! 🙂
Muesli and steel cut oats would be nice to try for my breakfast!
Shared too on Twitter sounds delicious!
I LOVE Bob and all his products 🙂 I would love to try the Quinoa Flour.
I’d definitely stock up on whole wheat pastry flour, garbanzo bean flour, and coconut flour! 🙂
I want to try so many different things haha…including coconut flour and the golden masa harina corn flour!
I tweeted!
I’d love to try their steel cut oats, and probably ground flaxseed or chia seeds!
I’d buy the flax, steel cut oats, almond meal!
so sad I won’t be at the retreat!
Bob’s is a staple in my pantry (oats, lentils, chickpea flour, flax, etc). If I win I would restock PLUS I’d finally try their almond meal and coconut flour 🙂
I love their chia seeds! Also would love to try their gluten free baking products. 🙂
And I tweeted too!
I would spend it on the whole wheat pastry flour, some wheat berries, and probably more than what the $50 covers, too many to pick just a few! 🙂
Tweeted!
I would love to try the chia seeds, the black bean flour, garbanzo bean flour and the coconut flour (for starters). Oh, and I’m nearly out of the ground flax so I’ll need more of that!
and I tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/kjratcliff/status/190455677473390594
Almond meal, chia seeds, maybe try a cookie mix as that would be out of the norm
I love their whole wheat pastry flour and would love to try their steel cut oats and pancake mix.
I tweeted, @ESDoubleTake
oh MY such a good giveaway! I Would love to get their chia seeds and steel cut oats! and almond meal!!
I LOVE their hot cereal and rolled oats…but, I’d probably try out something new and go with a different kind of flour, like coconut or quinoa 🙂
Oooohhh this is exciting!
I would spend the $50 on CHIA seeds, wheat bran (LOVE), and some flours (coconut, grabanzo?!) that I never try because I’m just too darn poor.
=)
Tweeted!
I would probably get almond flour, looks so yummy!
I would stock up on the GF products! I love their masa harina especially!
hazelnut, coconut flour! Anything grain free 🙂 Flax seeds- soo much to choose from!
Awesome giveaway!
I would love to try the graham flour and the barley grits.
So many amazing products! I LOVE Bob’s Red Mill! I would pick: coconut flour, almond flour and gf all purpose baking flour!
I also tweeted about the giveaway 🙂
I would get one of the gift packs so I could try a bit of everything. The baking mix bundle looks awesome!
I also tweeted! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I want to try coconut flour! We love the all-purpose flour for making bread because it has the perfect amount of gluten for bread! I also love the whole wheat pastry flour.
What DON’T I want to try, really? I’m a huge fan of the Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, and would love to get my hands on some pea flour (how interesting…) I’d also love to try a number of the cereals, including Spice ‘n Nice. I’d also need to try and fit some Sweet Brown Rice and Hulled Hemp Seeds into my budget I believe. 🙂
I LOVE hot cereals so I would love to try the cracked wheat cereal, brown rice farina cereal, and all those multigrain hot cereals! I want to try them alllll!!! 😀
i have been dying to try hemp seed!! I also would love to experiment with flours I have never tried such as almond flour and coconut flour.
i’ll spend for steel cut oats, almond flour and mighty cereal which are all new to me, and also oat bran because i’ve gone through two packs already~!:)
I could spend $50 veeeery easily at Bob’s Red Mill…probably on unique-to-me flours!
OM gosh! Love love love Bob’s! I actually have been using their 10 grain hot cereal blend to make cookies that Josh is obsessed with. I am posting the recipe soon. Obviously, I’d buy tons of the 10 grain cereal, steel cut oats, regular oats, etc!
Oat bran! And maybe coconut flour? I’ve never tried it before!
I would stick up on oatmeal mix ins like ground flax, oat bran, hemp seeds, and chia seeds! That’s probably more than $50 though…
So many awesome options, I have a hard time picking but I’d probably get some hot cereal and some new grain I’ve never tried. 🙂
i would definitely spend the money on their gluten free products! i just found out i have an intolerance to wheat and need to start figuring out what kind of gluten free products are out there! Bob’s red mill will definitely be a staple, especially their gluten free oats!
I’d pretty much want to get all the flours I’ve always wanted to try… almond flour, coconut flour, 10 grain flour, etc etc etc.
I would get more coconut flour, almond meal, flax meal/seed and xanthan gum!
I love Bob’s Red Mill gluten free products, so I would get the gluten free biscuit and baking mix, gluten free hot cereal, and gluten free brownie mix 🙂
coconut flour, quinoa flour, xantham gum!! i am tempted by a different bob’s red mill product every time i go to the store; if i win i can live out my dreams!
I tweeted! @tiffanynico
I’ve tried lots of their products but would love to try one of their gift packs like the breakfast and lunch one!
I would love to try a bunch of new things that I don’t have the extra money to buy right now! I would get xantham gum, pancake mix, pizza crust mix, and some different kinds of flours! Oh and steel cut oats! Never tried em’ before! 🙂 I hope I win!!
I’d like to stock up on flaxseed meal, coconut (or any type of) flour, hot cereal, and soup mix… seeing it all online is overwhelming!
I tweeted for a second entry (:
I also tweeted!
I love steel cut oats, so that would likely be a major purchase. Also coconut flour – I’m very intrigued by it!
so much to choose from! xanthan gum, coconut flour, garbanzo bean flour, oatmeal…
Can I say all of it?(:
Id get the steal cut oats ,the flaxseed, and pancake mix ((:
I would try some soup mix, some new rices that I’ve never tried, and some bread making flour.
I would love restock some of my supplies and try plenty of new fun varieties! Flax seed, xanthax gun, chia seeds, oat bran and nuts cookie mix, low-carb bread..oh I could go on and on!
coconut flour!
I’d get some oats and chia seeds!
I really would like their raw pumpkin seeds!
i love bob’s redmill GF oatmeal. i had no idea they had so many GF flour products! i would love to try teff, millet flour, TVP, and the creamy buckwheat cereal!!
I saw they have Apple Strawberry Granola, that sounds amazing!! Maybe also some Masa Harina flour so I can try my hand at making tortillas from scratch. 🙂
I also tweeted!
Already love the quinoa but would love to try the chia seeds and coconut flour!
I would totally stock up on chia seeds and I am dying to try xanthan gum 🙂
I’d get anything gluten-free!
awesome giveaway! I love all the different flours! It would be cool to try the barley, buckwheat, black bean ones!!…:)
i tweeted!
I’d like to try some different flours (coconut, almond).
I would love to try xantham gum, and their pancake mix! 🙂
After taking a look, I’m very interested in the different types of beans. Cranberry beans sound very yummy! But definitely the cereals would be nice to try as well.
chia seeds and some awesome different flours!
Oooh, so many choices! I would go crazy with cereals and flours!
Pizza crust and chia seeds all the way baby!!!
I would spend the money on chia seeds, unique kinds of cooking flour, and probably yummy breakfast cereals! I love trying new things!
I’ve been eating Bob’s products since I was a born, but I had never read his story or even looked at Red Mill’s website.
I’m running low on Bob’s organic coconut flour, so the $50 would go toward that, and some products I’ve been wanting to try: hulled hemp seeds, masa flour, a cloth bread bag, and a myrtlewood spurtle!!!
I would definitely get more chickpea flour, flax meal, and almond flour. Your products are of the highest quality!
I LOVE Bob’s products! I would get more gf baking flours. I have been dying to get some coconut flour!
I tweeted!
I would love to try out different kinds of flours that I have never used and also some of the steel cut oats, which also I have never tried!
I also tweeted : )
I eat gluten free so I rely on a lot of Bob Redmill’s flours!! I buy almost all of their GF flours and also their GF oatmeal. My most recent love is coconut flour and Bob’s is the most reasonably priced coconut flour out there!
The GF chocolate chip cookie mix!
L.
Definitely buy more coconut flour and I’d try some of the other flours I have yet to sample – almond and brown rice. I’d also get some couscous. Love Bob’s products!
is it too late?? awesome giveaway!
i would love to try the steel cut oats and any of the cereals!
I’d get coconut flour, spelt flour and scone mix – yum!
GF flours and cereals and lots of flax!!!!!! <3 me my bob's red mill!
I would spend the money on a big bag of 5 grain cereal and scottish style oats!
I would buy garbanzo bean flour, guar gum, and wheat berries!
I tweeted!
probably some grains and nuts cereal, some organic rolled oats, some quinoa, basmati brown rice (been wanting to try this!) organic quick cooking steel cut oats! and the list goes on…
I would definitely buy loads of organic whole wheat flour and steel cut oats.
I’d love to try the organic coconut and quinoa flours.
I would buy A LOT of coconut flour. And almond meal. And xanthan gum… or maybe some hot cereal? This is really hard to choose, because I have yet to find a Bob’s Red Mill product that I didn’t love!
I’d go to town on the gluten free products, from the hot cereal to pancake and cookie mixes. I would also pick up some guar gum!
I’d love to try some coconut flour since I’ve been seeing it all over in recipes lately 🙂
Gluten Free Cinnamon Raisin Bread Mix and Pizza Crust Mix are definitely calling my name, as well!
I would buy a breakfast and lunch pack, steel cut oats and some quinoa flour. Love their products!
I tweeted!
ooooo I love them!!! I would so buycoconut flour, xanthan gum, and Cinnamon Raisin Bread Mix!!!
I’d buy some almond flour, hazelnut flour, gluten free pizza crust, and some other baking supplies.
Tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/ThatAshlei/status/190945894210879488
I am now GF so I would try lots of new flours!
I’d like to try their cornbread mix…I love me some cornbread with butter and honey!
I would buy coconut flour, steel cut oats, any of the flours and rice.
https://twitter.com/#!/macdrap50/status/190973191580164097
I tweeted.
#cormeal! Amazing with chicken. We just had it this week!
i’d buy quinoa, coconut flour, almond flour, and try some of the mixes! good stuff!
I would spend the gift card on Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour and Flax seed meal.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE Bob’s Redmill products…this is so EASY! I have been on the fence forever about almond flour so I would definitely snag up a bag of that, as well as some farina (curious to try since I’ve seen it on so many other blogs) and then I would stock up on my faves like the gums, chia seeds, and flaxseed for sure!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! And I CANNOT believe BLEND is only 3 weeks away! Eeeeeek!
Just tweeted! 🙂
i think i would get the gluten free baking mix bundle, but there are so many other good options too
tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/mermont84/status/191330574718345216
Impossible to choose…maybe some more chia seeds? Coconut flour perhaps? And xanthan gum! I would have no problem spending the $50 that’s for sure!
Tweeted 🙂
Pancake and Soda Bread mixes!
Tweeted! @vivalameaganx3
I big puffy heart Bob’s Red Mill! I should upload a picture of my pantry with this entry to show that about one-half of my pantry is currently taken up with Bob’s Red Mill bags. If I were to win, I’d spend it on baking soda and arrowroot powder. I know that sounds weird, but I make a lot of my own house cleaning and beauty products now, and those are two key ingredients in things like deodorant and shampoo (yes, I shampoo with baking soda!). Really excited to get a whole bag at Blend!
I would restock my pantry with coconut flour, chia and flax seed, and more wheat berries. My supplies are running low so I need to win!
Flaxseed, Oatmeal, steel cut oats, Muesli! Love Bobs
I would buy amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, and coconut flour. Those are 3 that I’ve been wanting to try baking with.
Thanks for offering the giveaway!
I’d get some cornbread mix, coconut flour, and flaxseed!
I’d love to try all of their gluten free goodies and maybe some muesli too 🙂
I tweeted! (@kimmyjahnke)
I would like coconut flour and 13 bean soup mix!
Pearl Couscous, best couscous I’ve had anywhere.
Right now, I’m loving Vital Wheat Gluten for making mock meats. Loading up on that would make my day <3
I love all the Hot Cereal combinations!
I Tweeted!
And I’d use my $50 gift card on Organic Creamy Buckwheat, Light Spelt Flour, Green Pea Flour, and some Petite French Lentils!
I would try to coconut flour!
The pizza crust is to die for! Definitely that and I’ve always wanted to try the cocunut flour… So many amazing tasting things come from the red mill!!
Also, I tweeted!!
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