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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

  7. Teena

    Quesadillas! Leftover chicken, steak, or pork mixed with whatever shredded cheese we have (cheddar, jack, etc) and topped with salsa and sour cream!

  14. Stacey

    My favorite inexpensive meal is grilled cheese and tomato soup. It is very inexpensive and very tasty! In addition I add carrot puree to the soup add more vegetables, and even tiny pieces of chopped pepper to the grilled cheese. So yummy tasty!

  15. kristina Horn

    Our favorite quick and easy meal is tacos!!! We love to put them on chips, on soft shells, so many ways to eat taco meat with nummy veggies.

  18. sally

    Fave inexpensive meal is tuna/chicken/ground meat noodle casserole. 1 can cream o’mushroom fill same can with milk – or 1/2 can of water 1 box o’noodles cooked mix with 1 can tuna or whatever above and cover with cheese on hand – bake until cheese is melted and browning a bit at 350

  20. Amanda Y.

    Favorite easy flavorful cheap meal is a little chicken and beans and rice with any kind of sauce, can use same ingredients and change the sauce so not bored!

  21. Lee Anne

    My Italian father-in-law introduced me to pasta faszoule (?)….a bag of dried white beans, 1 lb. box of small pasta shells, some chicken bouillion, some diced carrots, celery, garlic. Top off with olive oil, some parm. cheese and pepper. Even my toddlers love it….and it makes an enormous potful….we end up tupperwaring it for lunches/dinners….esp. in the winter. Yum!

  22. ellie

    mine is enchiladas. we use leftover chicken, tortillas, and cheese from meals earlier in the week, and once I add sour cream, I’m in heaven.
    my husband’s favorite is breakfast for dinner.

  23. Lanae Christiansen

    I am a current subscriber to your email! I love it. Thank you for all your wonderful ideas and info.

  25. Amy

    I use my crockpot to make cheaper cuts of meat like chicken drumsticks taste fantastic! And it’s super easy for me too.

  28. Amanda

    my favorite inexpensive recipe is spaghetti. my husband could eat it 2 times a week and my toddler loves it. we use wheat noodles and i make my own sauce. add some steamed corn kernels and garlic bread and a meal in under 30 minutes.

  29. Susan C. in NY

    Though spaghetti is definitely on the short list of quick and easy, I think the main things I always fix when it’s really crunch time is pancakes–there’s nothing better than breakfast for dinner. :-) The pancakes themselves are pretty cheap–mine are made with just flour and milk so they’re more like fried bread than pancakes since there’s no eggs in them. If I have bacon on hand that gets fried up too and we’re all set.