Elana’s Pantry Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbooks, Totes, and T-Shirt
Full disclosure: All items in this giveaway were provided courtesy of Elana Amsterdam (Elana’s Pantry). However, this review is not a paid review. I’m simply a huge fan of Elana. All opinions expressed are my own.
This post is linked to Gluten-Free Wednesdays.
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Many thanks to all who participated, sharing in my 2-year blogiversary and also sharing favorite recipes of Elana’s (she has so many amazing ones!). Winners were selected by random.org and then prizes assigned by the old pulling paper slips out of a basket method. The 14 winners are as follows:
Jen (Liberty Images Photograhy) –The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, signed copy
Penny (Not New to Autism) –The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, signed copy
Lori Williams–The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, signed copy
Cara–The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
Anastasia–The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook
Robin–The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
Tricia–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Shelly–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
K (In the Mood for Noodles) –Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Tina K–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Shari–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Christine Kelly–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Rise Above Gluten–Elana’s Pantry tote bag
Mikki (I’m The Not So Perfect Housewife)–Elana’s Pantry t-shirt
Are you a fan of Elana Amsterdam (Elana’s Pantry)? I know, I know … I’m speaking to the choir—who isn’t, right? Every week she’s making super simple, nutrient-packed, always amazing recipes. She just “messed up” a recipe and ended up making Cinnamon Pecan Brittle. The recipe contains all of five ingredients, comes together very quickly, and her readers are raving over it. Such is the normal response when readers make any of Elana’s recipes!
I’m not only a long-time reader, but I’m so lucky that I can call Elana a personal friend, too. From the moment we met face to face at BlogHer Food ’09, we’ve been good friends. Yes, I liked her even before she shared her famous Chocolate Chip Cookies with me, but, of course, that generous act sealed the deal. I knew I would be Elana’s friend forever. That’s also when I truly realized how much of an impact Elana has had with her nutritious gluten-free, usually dairy-free, and refined sugar free recipes. They are a blessing to all her readers and she kept several of us happily fed that day when the gluten-free offerings were few and far between. Lest I forgot how good her chocolate chip cookies were, she brought more to BlogHer Food this year to share with me and the other gluten-free bloggers (and maybe a few other gluten-full folks, too). Plus, Diane (The W.H.O.L.E. Gang) had made the Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies from Elana’s first cookbook for our trip. Oh my goodness, these cookies were heavenly! Another chocolate recipe here at gfe—and one of my most popular ones I might add—is one I adapted from a recipe of Elana’s … Flourless Chocolate Banana Honey Walnut Cake.
You may have heard that Elana has a new cookbook coming out in the spring, Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour. Understandably, everyone is very excited! Cupcakes are more “in” than ever, and even when they weren’t “in,” they were always delicious. Okay, maybe you weren’t so fond of cupcakes when you found out at 10:00 pm that little Jimmy or Mary had promised to bring in cupcakes for a class party the following day, but otherwise, you have always liked them right? You can pre-order from Amazon here. (I love to pre-order. Usually you get a better price, but best of all, in no time it seems you’re holding a brand spanking new cookbook that most others are just beginning to hear about.) But don’t forget Elana’s first cookbook, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. I know it’s still missing from many of your shelves. Well, with this next-to-the-last 25 Days of Christmas post and to celebrate my two-year blogiversary, I’m giving away some products from Elana’s Pantry, courtesy of Elana herself.
They are:
~ six copies of Elana’s Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook (several are signed)
~ seven of Elana’s Pantry eco-friendly, fair trade tote bags
~ and even one Elana’s Pantry t-shirt, sized medium.
Add them all up and you’ll see that 14 gfe readers will be receiving a package in the mail!
Feel free to take advantage of every single way to enter the giveaway. Don’t forget that just leaving a comment per #1 is one way to enter. Note that you cannot combine entries in one comment. Each one must be a separate comment for it to be a separate entry. This giveaway ends, Friday, January 7, at midnight Eastern.
~ Check out Elana’s blog, Elana’s Pantry, and leave a comment telling one recipe that you’d like to make or have made.
~ Subscribe to gfe in a reader or via email. Leave a comment.
~ “Like” Elana’s Pantry on Facebook. Leave a comment.
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~ Follow @Shirleygfe on Twitter. Leave a comment.
~ Follow @elanaspantry on Twitter. Leave a comment.
~ Spread the word about the giveaway. Share on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog. Leave a comment for each.
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HI!
I follow GFE in google reader!
I Liked GFE on facebook also
I do follow GFE on twitter, I think you were one of the first few I followed
I followed Elana’s pantry on twitter, the almond/coconut flour cookbook looks awesome!
They all look delish, but I’ve been craving pumpkin and that pumpkin pie ice cream is calling my name.
Dearest Shirley,
I was just trying to explain to my husband last night how very much I adore you
I’m baking some cookies right now and wish you were here with me to sit down and have some over a cup of hot tea.
Miss you!
xo Elana
Oh, Elana, you make a girl blush! The feeling is mutual and I hope that came through in my post.
Oh, how I wish I could have “transported” myself out to your table to enjoy tea and cookies! 
xoxo,
Shirley
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I just “liked” you on facebook! I LOVE almond flour!
My favorite recipe using almond flour is buckwheat/almond pancakes. They are AWESOME
I want to try the butternut squash soup – I even bought butternut squash tonight so I can make it.
http://www.elanaspantry.com/butternut-squash-soup/
I like Elana’s Pantry on fb.
Thanks for the giveaways!
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The Cinnamon Pecan Brittle sounds delicious and looks so easy to make!! I can’t wait to try it!! Thanks!
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I love Elana’s blog! I’ve made several of her recipes both from her site & cookbook! our favorites include her brownies made from almond butter & the banana sweetened flourless chocolate cake.
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Sharing the giveaway on twitter!
I would love to win a copy!
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I once tried making on of Elana’s agave nectar icings – I ran out of agave and used honey – BIG failure! haha. It was pretty funny though.
I’d love to try Elana’s gluten free bread 2.0
I’m struggling to go gluten free and slip often. Would looooooooooove to win her cookbook! She’s such an inspiration.
I love Elana’s blog! My favorite recipe so far has been her apple crisp. It is perfect!
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I tried the chocolate Christmas bark and it was awesome! Got so many compliments!
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Would love to make Sunbutter ice cream, definitely!!! Have made her granola and pancakes! Scrumptious!!!
I think that we would either try the biscuits or the carrot-banana muffins!
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It’s my birthday this week and I’ve been searching for a gluten free cake that the whole family likes. Thank so much I’ve found it, the Double Chocolate Orange Torte sounds so so yummy!!
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Also tweeted about competition.
Fingers crossed.
i follow on google reader!
I would like to try the revised peach crisp recipe, YUM!!!
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I already subscribe to google reader.
I just made Elana’s coconut cupcakes and nearly died from happiness. I’d love her cookbook!
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And I follow elana’s pantry on twitter! Yay!
I love Elena’s recipes. I’ve made several – most recently a take on one of her muffin recipes.
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I would love to try the Mango Chicken recipe, it looks delicious
i like Elana’s Pantry on facebook (Tanya Riley)
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I made the Chocolate Bark recipe for the holidays!
I follow GFE via RSS.
Elana’s blog looks great. The pecan recipe and the chocolate chip cookies will probably be the first recipes I’ll try but it looks like many more will follow. Thanks for the introduction.
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I’d love to try the Cinammon Pecan Brittle on Elana’s website!
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Shared contest info on my facebook page.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Cheesecake from Elana’s blog looks delicious!
Follow by e-mail.
I love Elana’s blog. My favorite recipe on her blog is her Cranberry Chocolate Biscotti.
I subscribe to “gfe” via email! Thanks!
I’m a daily lurker at Elana’s, and have tried many of her recipes: her dark rye break and cinnamon bun muffins come immediately to mind. She’s the reason I bought Kale for the first time. Quite an inspiration – and I’d love to win one of her cookbooks!
Thai Vegetable Soup
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Get all the updates and yummy recipes
already “liked” gfe on facebook! love it really
I subscribe to Elanas pantry via email as well! Can’t get enough!
My favorite recipe, among many, are the Spinach Cakes. SOOOOO delicious and nutritious and satisfying even for people who normally aren’t into spinach
posted about the giveaway on facebook… love getting others looking at going gluten free!
okay, so everything i have tried from elana’s pantry has been absolutely awesome! My latest was her GF Bread 2.0. awesome… but I think her chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting has been the best so far!
the cookies are, of course, delicious. same goes for gf bread.
I’ve been yearning for a copy of this book.
Just wanted to say that I am a HUGE fan of Elana – her blog, her first cookbook – both regulars in my gluten free life! She has singlehandedly put almond flour on the gluten free map!
Ellen
Hi Ellen–I totally agree on Elana and her influence re: almond flour! I didn’t know that one could order almond flour before Elana educated me. Now I love the stuff!
Hugs,
Shirley
Hi! Hope to win some fantastic Elana bling!! We are big fans at our house!! Thank you!
I’ve been reading and printing your recipes for a while now and just figured out how to follow you. I really enjoy your comments that accompany the recipes and have a whole stack of new things to try. Thanks!
I enjoy Elana’s blog also and have a copy of her cookbook….need to try those chocolate chip cookies soon.
I like GFE on FB!
Elana’s cookbook is missing from my shelf and I sure would like to win it and get it placed up there!
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I like Elana’s Pantry on facebook.
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I’m dying to make her sun butter ice cream!
What a great giveaway!! Count me in!
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I think I will make the sunbutter ice cream this week! I actually have all the ingredients on hand!!
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I have made many of Elana’s recipes but I have to say that I found it very hard to find a good bread recipe since going gluten free that didn’t fall apart and wasn’t crumbly and her Gluten Free Bread Recipe No. 2 is absolutely wonderful with soups or even to toast.
Happy New Year!!!
I’d love to make Cinnamon Bun Muffin. (Thanks for getting me back to her site…I’ve resubscribed.)
I receive GFE via e-mail.
Great giveway.
I subscribe via RSS, and also am leaving a comment here as well.
Thanks for your insightful blog and great giveaways!
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I love Elana’s recipes. I would like to make her Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes. they sound great.
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Thanks for a great giveaway.
I’ve used almond flour to make pizza crust – better than the store bought ones.
Hi – I don’t use Twitter, but I participated in all the other options (Elena’s comment, gfe in reader and comment, and the two Facebook options). I would so appreciate these prizes!! I’ve made my own almond flour using the Vitamix – and have made my own rice flour and garbanzo flour that way too! I heart my Vitamix!
I like Elana on Facebook.
Elana’s Very Vanilla Cupcakes are the best!
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I tried to leave a comment on Elana’s blog, but wasn’t sure what post to leave it on….
I follow you on Twitter @Ebee333.
This is a great giveaway!
I follow Elana on Twitter @Ebee333.
I’ve made her rosemary crackers several times – always a winner
OK – I knew this one would be popular. Who doesn’t want a copy of Elana’s book – even if you already have one?
Second, I adore you. And follow you on Twitter (will reply to that one soon;-)
Third, I also follow Elana on Twitter. Sharing the love!
I love using almond flour and can’t wait to try the new recipes.
Your yummy GF popover recipe was a big hit during Christmas. I was amazed at their texture – just like the popovers I remember.
Hey Margot–Great to see you again at gfe!
Thanks so much for letting me know about the popovers! We do love them at our house. If you haven’t already, you should also try the cinnamon-sugar crusted popovers and the volcano pancake (basically a popover pancake)—both recipes are so good and so easy, too!
Shirley
I love Elana’s Pantry! We just made her pancakes for our New Year’s Day brunch and they were the best GF pancakes we’ve had yet.
I would like to try the strawberry lime shake!
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This is an awesome giveaway and I hope I win!
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Actually, the cake on the front cover of the “Almond flour” book look’s *yummy*. I’m a big baker, so sweets are my “thing”. My Landlady is “gluten intolerant”, so I’ve been looking for various “quick breads” for her….:)
*hugs*
LadyM
I just love Elanas recipes. They don’t make me sick. They don’t take 5 hours. They DO taste great!!!!
I would love a copy of that cookbook!
I want to win because since his Kidney transplant my spouse has had to eat gluten free. It has been a challange but anything to keep the new kidney happy.
I am already a newsletter subscriber via e-mail
I made Elana’s almond butter brownies and am still amazed that there is no flour in them
I would love to win. being almost completely intolerant of all flours except ones made from nuts, i have been a fan of Elana’s recipes for awhile
I am looking forward to trying the cinnamon pecan brittle! Thank you!
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Great site thanks for allowing us to post and win!
I already follow Shirley on Twitter.
I follow Elena on Twitter, too!
I also already follow GFE via Google Reader.
So far as recipes from Elena’s site, I am very torn between loving the Almond Power Bars (as a photographer, I am on the road a lot!) and her Thai Veggie Soup, which sounds really, really tasty on a cold, windy, snowy night.
Thanks for the opportunity!
LOVE Elana’s recipes! Use them at least weekly!
I guess I need to get started on a trial of this diet protocol. It would be nice if it does stop the perijoint problem I have since I haven’t found anything else that works that I can tolerate.
Woohoo!!! I won!!! Thanks, so much Shirley for this awesome giveaway! And thanks to you and Elana for all the hardwork and time that you give to helping others through this crazy GF lifestyle! I truly would be lost without you!!!
Hi Shelly–Congrats again! Both Elana and I are so happy to help others eat well gluten free in a much easier fashion.
Your words are so sweet—thank you, dear!
Hugs,
Shirley
Yeah me!!! I won! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I appreciate the cookbook!
Hi Penny–Winning can be so much fun! I know you’ll get so much from Elana’s cookbook.
You’re welcome … enjoy!
Shirley
Yeah!!! I won! Thanks so much Shirley! I appreciate all your and Elana’s hard work.
Hi Anastasia–I’m happy for you to win! Thanks so much for the kind words.
Hugs to you,
Shirley
Woo Hoo I won too! What a great community we have, amazing chef’s, wonderful bloggers, people who really care about sharing what they have learned and know.
Hi Tina K–Love your excitement! It’s fun to share these great products with so many.
Yes, we do have an incredible community … don’t forget you and the other readers as part of that community, too. You all play a critical role in giving feedback, sharing what you need in recipes, telling your personal stories, etc.
Hugs,
Shirley
Sa-weet! I have wanted this cookbook for SO long! Thank you very much Shirley and gfe for sponsoring another great giveaway! <3
Hi Robin–You’re going to be cooking up a storm having won Steph’s new cookbook and now Elana’s!! Fun and tasty stuff for sure!
Hugs from gfe,
Shirley
I love GF and really enjoy these wonderful resources you provide!
Hi Christine–Thank you!
Congrats again! I know you’ll enjoy sporting your new Elana’s Pantry tote bag. 
Hugs,
Shirley
Oh, wow, I am just tickled pink! This is all new to me, my doctor having just told me right before Christmas (awesome timing) to eschew gluten. The cookbook is sure to be a great help! Thank you!
Hey Jen–Yes, you are a newbie for sure. What a great way to start out gluten free though … with Elana’s super healthy, but always delicious recipes.
You’re welcome … more congratulatory hugs to you!
Shirley
Yayyy, so excited. Thanks!
Congrats again, K! I know you’ll enjoy your lovely EP tote.
Shirley
Great! I shudder to think what I would do without internet resources for gluten & dairy free info.
Hey Shari–Congrats and thanks! Yes, you’re right, of course … the gluten-free world on the web does make a huge difference to all of us.
Enjoy your EP tote bag once it arrives!
Shirley
Thanks so much!!!!
Hi Cara–You’re welcome! I know you’ll love Elana’s cookbook.
Shirley
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Oh my gosh, so happy for this “better late than never win!” Sorry whoever didn’t claim your prize-I’m going to love my EP tote!
Hey Tricia–Well, I’m happy to finally be sending off this great prize!
I know you’ll use it as a conversation piece and, of course, a delightful way to tote things around. 
Shirley