Cook and Shine | Week 3

🌟 Welcome to our new Food Marathon! Join us for 4 weeks of non-stop cooking excitement. Every week, a new theme to explore. It's your time to Cook and Shine! Show the world the magic of your kitchen.🌟

🗓 Total Challenge Duration: Feb 9 – Mar 8
🏷 Hashtag: #CAS

Week 3: Bye bye winter
📅 23 Feb – 1 Mar 2026

Winter is leaving, but the cozy flavors don’t have to! 🍲
Celebrate the last winter days by sharing your favorite winter-inspired recipe — a dish that kept you warm, comforted you, or made your winter special.

Heartfelt, and home-style — we want to see what winter means to you on a plate!

Challenge Rules:
✅ Post 1 recipe within each week based on the weekly theme
✅ Share 1 Cooksnap for each theme within each week
✅ Join in all 4 themes to complete the challenge.
‼️ Don’t forget: Add #CAS in BOTH your recipe and cooksnap! ‼️

🎊 Highlights & Rewards:
📜 Εach winner will receive their own personal digital certificate!
🏆 One selected recipe photo from each winner and their name will be featured in a group Wall of Fame collage on our social media!

Coming up!
Week 4: Flavours of Holi (Mar 2 - Mar 8)

Show us your magic and claim your spot in the Wall of Fame!

📋 RULES 📋
What is a Cooksnap?
It's simple and fun!
1️⃣ Search: Find a recipe on the Cookpad app for a dish or ingredient you want to try.
2️⃣ Cook: Follow the recipe and make the dish.
3️⃣ Snap: Take a great photo of your finished dish.
4️⃣ Appreciate: Share the photo with a message for the recipe author.

Visit to see an example of Cooksnap
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Rules for Recipe Writing
🚫 Avoid these in your recipes:
Blurred or copied photos, collages, or images with large text.
Repeating step photos or reposting old recipes.

✅ What to include in your recipes:
1. Servings and cooking time.
2. Ingredient List:
Write measurements first, then ingredient names (e.g., 1 cup wheat flour, 1 tsp sugar).
Avoid incorrect formats like hyphens, short forms (e.g., tblsp or spoon), or commas.
Use only tsp, tbsp, or full words (teaspoon, tablespoon).
3. Step Details:
Add at least 3 step photos.
Write the recipe in 3+ detailed steps to make it clear and easy to follow.

Things that can help you write a good recipe
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