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Take the Reynolds Plastic Wrap Challenge and receive a free box of Reynolds Plastic Wrap with EZ Slide Cutter.

Plus, you’ll automatically be entered into the Reynolds Plastic Wrap Challenge Sweepstakes, where you’ll have the chance to win one of several innovative prizes for the kitchen.

Four first-prize winners receive the new Whirlpool g2Microven Speedcook Appliance that combines the speed of a microwave with the results of an oven. Ten second-prize winners receive a $100 gift certificate from cooking.com, where they can choose from thousands of well-known kitchen products as well as a wide selection of specialty items. And, 10 third-prize winners receive an assorted set of OXO Good Grip cooking utensils.

To receive your free roll of wrap and be automatically entered in the sweepstakes, be one of the first 5,000 people to send the end panel from a carton of a competing plastic wrap to Reynolds Plastic Wrap Challenge, P.O. Box 23200, Richmond, VA 23223. Deadline is Aug. 31.

Sugar substitute

Spring is the season for a fresh start. Why not give your traditional baking recipes and sugary desserts a “makeover?”

When you’re looking for great tasting treats with less sugar that your family can bake together, try a new baking blend.

The combination of sugar and sucralose, a sweetener that is 600 times sweeter than sugar, can be used like sugar in cookies, cakes, mousses and desserts of all kinds. When you use 1/2 cup of the new baking blend in place of 1 cup sugar, you will have results that have the same sweetness as a full sugar recipe as well as great texture and taste. Yet, you’ll have fewer calories and carbohydrates and often a “lighter” nutritional profile.

Now that sweet treats can be prepared with less sugar, your family can happily make and enjoy the desserts they love.

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