The United Nations declared 2016 to be the International Year of Pulses and it has been quite the year! As one of the world's leaders in pulse production, Pulse Canada is celebrating all things beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils! Canadian pulses contribute over $3 billion each year to Canada's economy and those pulses are exported and enjoyed in over 150 countries around the world! In addition to being an integral part of the Canadian economy, pulses are versatile, inexpensive, tasty, great for you and the planet!
So we’re excited to have a Twitter Party to celebrate Canadian Pulses and who better to join us than Chef Michael Smith, the Canadian Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses! There will be tons of amazing recipes featuring beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils for the whole family to enjoy as well as awesome prizes! All the details are below to RSVP!
PRIZES!
- One (1) iPad Mini 4 (16GB)
- Five (5) x $100 President's Choice Gift Cards
- Ten (10) signed copies of Michael Smith's "Make Ahead Meals"
To be eligible to win a prize, you must RSVP (below) and tweet at least once (Original tweet, retweets do not count) during the party with the #FamiliesLovePulses hashtag. The winners will be announced throughout the party and be asked to contact Food Bloggers of Canada by Direct Message on Twitter and by answering a simple skill-testing question. Prizing is open to Canadian residents (excluding Quebec). The rules can be found here.
#FamiliesLovePulses Twitter Party Details
Hosts: @PulseCanada @FoodBloggersCA
Special Guest: @ChefMichaelSmth
Time: Thursday, August 18th from 9-10PM ET / 6-7PM PT
Hashtag:#FamiliesLovePulses
We invite you to RSVP to participate and please be sure you’re following all of our Twitter Party hosts!
To RSVP, put your twitter handle (@mytwittername) in the “Your Name” box and the link to your twitter profile (ie. twitter.com/foodbloggersCA) in the “Your URL” box.
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So excited to be part of this chat! Our family loves lentils! I love Chef Michael Smith’s recipes-easy, delicious and healthy.
Looking forward to the chat 🙂 I don’t know what I’d do without my lentils 🙂
Looking forward to it!
It will be great to talk about pulses!
This looks like a fun party. Great prizes too!
Looks like this is going to be a fun and informative party! Can’t wait ! Looking forward to it 🙂
Looking forward to learning about pulses.
Looking forward to it! Let’s do it!
Looking forward to it!
Looking forward to some pulsating moments!! 😉
Woo! Can’t wait. I’ve been loving all the pulse stuff this year!
I’m looking forward to this party!
I love pulses!!
I canT rsvp through the form. Can you please add @LindaSvar
sure, you’re #57!
Can’t wait to talk pulses on Thursday’s Twitter party!!!
Pulses are so healthy for us! Looking forward to learning some new ideas and recipes. I’m sure it will be lots of fun.
looking forward to it!
Looking forward to this conversation!
You had me at pulse party! See you soon!
As an Indian, we eat pulses almost 4 times a week. So looking forward to this.
Looking forward to the party!
Looking forward to chatting with everyone!
Exciting! Can’t wait to chat pulses with you all!
Looking forward to the chat! I love finding new ways to incorporate them into my family’s meals!
I can’t seem to add my profile – @sk_wise 🙂
Looking forward to hearing from everyone!
Can’t wait. !
Can’t wait to talk all things pulses!
Looking forward to all the tips and recipes to incorporate more pulses in my diet.
Looking forward to learning more. Love including pulses in my vegetarian diet!
Hope I rsvp right lol and looking forward to the party
I’m looking forward to the party tomorrow night!
So are we!
It’s great to learn more about pulses. They are tasty and healthy.
Let’s chat tonight
Can’t wait and rright before Game of Thrones what a great evening it will be!😜
See you tonight.
So excited for this! Absolutely love pulses and finding new ways to use them!
Excited to join in this evening
Excited!
can not wait for the party to start 🙂
Love eating beans as they are nutritional and economical
See you soon for a great chat!
168 Woo! Two Parties at the same time… last time I tried this I almost broke something!
So looking forward to this!
Yay! Pulse party! 😀
Can’t wait!!
Signed up
Thank you for the invite. Great prizes!
Looking forward to this! Hope I do it right – lol
I’m ready to party!!
As a decade long vegetarian, I have quite an appreciation for beans and pulses!
I can’t wait. Love these twitter party’s. Great for learning.
see you there
Not sure if i made it in?
Look forward to more info on pulses!
Looks like a great twitter party!
I love pulses!
Very excited for the info that’s going to come out of this party!
So easy and tasty for my family!
Love more plant based ideas like pulse recipes!
Three cheers for pulses!