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Win-It Wednesday: The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook (7 Winners!)

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting several 24-hour giveaways throughout the day to give you plenty of chances to win!

Today is also the last day to enter to win $250 from Lottay.com!

Many of you have probably already heard of $5 Dinners, the blog written by my good bloggy friend, Erin Chase, that shares healthy, delicious, and affordable meals. And by “affordable,” I mean ultra-frugal — every recipe can feed a family for $5 or less!

If you’re already a fan of Erin’s or are now intrigued and interested to find out how you can prepare meals in your own home for $5 and under, you’ll be thrilled to find out that she recently published her own cookbook, The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook.

This cookbook is jam-packed with not only recipes that can be prepared for $5 or less but also step-by-step instructions and tips on how you can pare down your grocery bill and feed your family for less. This is a must-read for those of you trying to stretch your budgets right now or anyone just trying to save in some areas so you can spend in others!

And Erin’s hooked me up with a special treat for my readers:

7 lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a copy of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook! To enter, share your favorite inexpensive meal (links to recipes welcome!).

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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 what your favorite inexpensive meals are. How do you balance saving money and still providing making healthy dinners?

2. 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!

3. Join the new Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!

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:
(7) copies of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook

This giveaway ends at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, 1/7 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. 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!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Nikki P

    My favorite cheap-o is taco bake…it’s inexpensive and makes a lot!!! As far as keeping meals healthy using your website is a big help so we can stock up on lots of fruits and veggies at a great price :) Thanks!!

  3. Maxine

    We make our our chicken tenders (cheaper and better), with Boxed Mac-n-cheese (.25-.50 box) add a canned or fresh veggie and your set.

  8. Teresa

    A favorite cheap meal of mine is chicken pot pie. It is simply 2 pie crusts, thawed. In a bowl, mix up about 1 cup of leftover chicken (or turkey), some leftover veggies, or a can of Veg-All, a can of your favorite cream soup, and whatever seasonings you like, garlic, S&P, etc., mix well, and pour into one of the pie crusts, then top with the other pie crust. You can get fancy and cut shapes out of the other pie crust with cookie cutters, i.e., hearts for Valentine’s Day for example, and place those over the top of the mixture. Bake at 350 for about an hour. Yummy! Also freezes well. Love your site!

  10. Michele

    There are lots of cheap-o meals we make, mostly with hamburger because we get a 1/4 of beef from my family. One of our favorites is to make BBQ and serve it over either mashed potatoes or baked potatoes. Yum!

  12. jen

    my fav inexpensive meals to make are random soups from what is stocked in the pantry….you can freeze them….and make them from all the ingredients that you have been stockpiling.

  13. Amber

    Our family loves mac and cheese and polish sausage not very healthy but cheap fast and tastes oh so good.

  15. Susan

    I try and boil down a whole fryer chicken (when I find them reduced) and then divide up the meat to use in casserolles.

  17. Jeannine

    I found your $5 dinner site and now I have been tracking what we spend on dinners…the cookbook would be great to have around!

  20. Sarah

    My favorite inexpensive meals are casseroles! I try to use good ingredients and then make a large portion to feed us for several meals!

  24. Kathy Linklater

    Approximately 2 cups leftover chopped cooked chicken, can of cream of mushroom soup, 2-3 cups any frozen veggies, top with on-sale Stove Top stuffing (unbaked). Microwave 12-14 minutes, covered.

  28. Rebecca

    We eat alot of beans and hamburger meat. Chill is one of our favorite cheap meals. I use alot of coupons and make a shopping list before I go to the store which helps alot.

  30. jennifer

    My favorite inexpensive meal is macaroni! We add veggies and cut up chicken and bake together. Super cheap and the kids love it!

    I also love breakfast for dinner! We usually have eggs, sausage, biscuits and fruit!! YUM!