“Life is like a sandwich, you have to fill it with the best ingredients.”

Sandwiches! I’ve yet to meet someone that doesn’t love a sandwich. There’s something comforting about two pieces of bread (toasted preferably) filled with goodies. Sandwiches are lovable for multiple reasons; convenience, versatility, comfort, mess-free (exception of the drippy-egg), and endless combinations. This is why I literally ran to the kitchen after Canyon Gluten-Free Bakehouse asked me to create an epic sandwich for their Sammie Smackdown competition. The opportunity to put my “Strange but Good” kitchen skills to the test could not be missed!

The Canyon Bakehouse Sammie Smackdown campaign is more than mouthwatering sandwiches. The Sammie Smackdown allows four gluten-free bloggers like myself to create their tastiest sandwich ever to compete for fan votes! The blogger with the winning sandwich will receive a $10,000 donation to their charity of choice. In choosing a charity, I wanted it to pertain to my life.

Growing up I competed in scholarship pageants. Enhancing my social skills onstage and in interviews, personal growth, becoming involved in my community, and being awarded educational funding were just a few of the many aspects of scholarship pageants. The Council for Youth Empowerment (CYE) believes that young people are our greatest natural resource and that their education and commitment to service is the cornerstone of a strong and successful nation. With a mission to promote family and community, the Council for Youth Empowerment is continually striving for a brighter future and is well deserving of the $10,000 donation.

Throughout my pageant years I adapted a healthy lifestyle, learning that a strong body equals a healthy mind. With a pageant title comes the responsibility to encourage others to live a healthy lifestyle trough fitness and nutrition. Thus sparked my interest for all things food and how to enjoy my favorite foods while living a healthy lifestyle. What Robin Eats has grown to be more than a fun hashtag to post under my food photos. What Robin Eats has become a platform to encourage everyone that eating healthy does not have to be boring! I am not sure that I would of discovered my passion for a healthy lifestyle if it weren’t for pageants.

I wanted to create a sandwich that would catch your eye and be drool worthy. Stacked with mouthwatering ingredients like BBQ pulled pork, kale pesto hummus, sprouts, tomato, and topped with an egg in a hole bread piece, the “Flying Piggy Pesto” would stop anyone in their tracks! Now this is where you all come in, head over to https://canyonglutenfree.com/bread/sammie-smackdown and vote for the “Flying Piggy Pesto”. CYE awards over $30,000 in scholarships annually and it would be an honor to win the Sammie Smackdown. Your vote brings me one step closer to winning $10,000 for the Council for Youth Empowerment. 

*UPDATE* Thank you everyone who voted! My “Flying Piggy Pesto” won the Sammie Smackdown. Could’t have done this without all of you. Hugs to everyone. 🙂