win-it wednesday

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday, with 24-hour giveaways just for you!

If you’re in love with your iPad, you’ll want to check out Catalog Spree, the first shopping app to fully integrate the catalog experience with mobile shopping, who will put $50 Catalog Spree gift cards (to the retailer of the winner’s choice) in the hands of five hardworking moms.

Catalog Spree lets you browse, shop, subscribe and share all your favorite catalogs, as well as find new ones directly from your iPad. Browse your favorite retailers and purchase right from the screen. It’s great for those of us who appreciate the catalog layouts and hate having to try to find those products in online stores.

If you don’t have an iPad, enter to win one when you tell Catalog Spree which catalog is your favorite!

Five lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a $50 gift card to the Catalog Spree retailer of their choice!

“Window shop” to enter to win:

• Grab your iPad and download the Catalog Spree app from the iTunes store.
• Post a comment on Deal Seeking Mom and tell us which catalog you’d shop in with a $50 gift card

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Tell me which catalog you’d shop to spend a $50 gift card.

2. Join the Catalog Spree community and the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @CatalogSpree on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win 1 of 5 @CatalogSpree $50 Gift Cards from @DealSeekingMom: https://dealseekingmom.com/?p=77888

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(5) $50 Catalog Spree Gift Cards

This giveaway ends at 2 p.m. EDT on 3/5 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Your post enters you to win one of five $50 Catalog Spree gift cards to the retailer of your choice; winners will be drawn and notified via email.

Thanks for supporting DealSeeking mom and Catalog Spree!

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday, with 24-hour giveaways just for you!

If you’re the person who never knows what’s for dinner until the very last minute, you’ll love the Food Network Magazine Great Easy Meals cookbook, with 250 quick recipes to spice up your dinner from drab to fab.

I love Food Network Magazine, so I was excited to see what their latest book had to offer. As promised, it delivers lots of fast and easy recipes with additional kitchen tips from the stars sprinkled throughout. I especially love the visual recipe index in the front of the book and the Mix & Match sections at the end of each chapter that give you a customizable recipe.

I was also thrilled that they included a number of tasty side dishes. We’re perfectly happy eating basic grilled chicken, pork, and burgers frequently during the warmer months if we can pair them with a variety of sides.

We paired this quinoa with some simple grilled chicken for a fast, easy, filling and tasty meal tonight! It’s a variation on the Israelis Couscous with Raisins recipe. We didn’t have any couscous, so I improvised — and the resulting side was delicious!

Ten lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a copy of the Food Network Magazine Great Easy Meals cookbook!

To enter, tell me how you decide what to eat for dinner each night.

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. How do you decide what to make for dinner each night?

2. Join the Food Network community and the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @FoodNetwork on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win 1 of 10 @FoodNetwork Magazine Great Easy Meals cookbooks from @DealSeekingMom: https://dealseekingmom.com/?p=77127

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(10) Food Network Magazine Great Easy Meals Cookbooks

This giveaway ends at 9 p.m. EDT on 4/28 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday, with 24-hour giveaways just for you!

New York Times bestselling author Stephanie O’Dea has a new book, More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow, where she breaks down slow-cooker meals into three categories of frugal meals: $7, $10 and $15 meals, and these meals aren’t your standard slow-cooker fare with options ranging from mint chocolate fondue to leg of lamb with rosemary and lemon.

I’ve always been a fan of using my slow-cooker, but I’ve rarely ventured beyond the tried and true recipes that my mom passed on to me when I got married. I love that Stephanie’s book encourages getting outside of your comfort zone with the crock pot. I would have never considered making lasagna in my slow-cooker otherwise!

I bought four cans of John McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oats off of Amazon a few months ago… and then I, ahem, forgot to cancel my Subscribe & Save order, so I ended up with eight cans of oatmeal and not a clue how to cook it easily. So I was really excited to try Stephanie’s ingenious method for making them in the crock pot.

I threw all of the ingredients together last night and simply let it cook while we were fast asleep. Yes, apparently I slept right through a possible tornado touching down nearby! Anyhow, it was nice to wake up to a hearty breakfast that simply needed served with a little fruit and milk on top.

I’ll probably do a little tweaking to the recipe because I’ve always preferred my oatmeal made with milk, so I missed that bit of richness that milk adds. I’m guessing that Stephanie used more water to keep the price of the recipe under $7, and it’s perfectly delicious as is — that’s just my preference.

I’m totally looking forward to trying more recipes from More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow! Be sure to check out Stephanie’s blog, A Year of SlowCooking, as well.

Ten lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a copy of the More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow cookbook by Stephanie O’Dea.

To enter, tell me what your favorite thing to cook in your slow-cooker is.

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What do you cook in a slowcooker at home?

2. Join the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @stephanieodea on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win 1 of 10 copies of @stephanieodea’s Make it Fast, Cook it Slow cookbook from @DealSeekingMom: https://dealseekingmom.com/?p=76333

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(10) More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow cookbooks

This giveaway ends at 9 p.m. EDT on 4/21 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday, with 24-hour giveaways just for you!

In LaRue Across America, Ike’s plan for a peaceful cruise with Mrs. LaRue are thwarted when their neighbor, Mrs. Hibbins, falls suddenly ill. Mrs. LaRue suggests that she and Ike care for her cats while Mrs. Hibbins is in the hospital, inviting them along on the cruise. But cats aren’t allowed, and Mrs. LaRue decides to take them all on a week’s vacation of road-tripping. Ike is beside himself and quickly takes up his pen to tell us why!

Join award-winner Mark Teague on this romping road trip across America. Readers can follow along on the maps of the U.S. that span the endpapers. Teague drives us to the story’s satisfying conclusion, and we are left with one profound question: Can cats and dogs really be friends?

I love the colorful and engaging illustrations in this book! The story is a fun read, although probably best suited to an older child who will understand the humor and be able to sit through the entire story. It was a bit too lengthy to be a bedtime story for my 3 and 4-year-olds, but my 6, 8, and 9-year-olds thoroughly enjoyed it.

Two lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a LaRue Across America Prize Pack that includes:

• a copy of LaRue Across America
• a LaRue Across America backpack
• a $100 gas gift card to go on your own adventure

To enter, tell me where in America you’d like to visit!

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Where would you like to visit? Have you ever done a road trip around the country?

2. Join the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(2) LaRue Across America Prize Packs, as detailed above

This giveaway ends at 2 p.m. ET on 4/21 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday, with 24-hour giveaways just for you!

JJ Cole’s Swag Bag diaper bag is sure to turn heads with its hobo styling in silver or gold and faux leather top. Multiple compartments in the spacious interior makes organizing baby’s necessities a breeze.

While we’re beyond the diapers stage (FINALLY, yay!), I still fell in love with the JJ Cole Swag Bag. It doesn’t look like a diaper bag at all, does it?!? And it’s just as nice in person — I’ve received so many compliments on it, and people are stunned when I tell them it’s a diaper bag.

Just a few of the features that make this a ten in my book:

• It has a water-resistant finish that’s PVC and phthalate free, so it wipes clean easily.
• There’s a key clip inside, so you never have to spend 5 minutes digging and digging for those keys that are lost in the bottom of your bag.
• The strap is adjustable so you have the option of wearing it across your body or like a purse.
• An adorable matching wristlet is included so you can grab your essentials quickly.
• Ingenious stroller attachment straps are included so you can easily secure it to your stroller.

All of this in a bag that’s super stylish — love it!

Three lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a JJ Cole Swag Bag in their choice of silver or gold.

To enter, tell me what feature you look for first when selecting a diaper bag.

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What feature do you look for first when selecting a diaper bag?

2. Join the JJ Cole community and the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @jjcoleusa on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win 1 of 3 @jjcoleusa Swag Bags from @DealSeekingMom: https://dealseekingmom.com/?p=75612

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(3) JJ Cole Swag Diaper Bags

This giveaway ends at 9 p.m. EDT on 4/14 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!