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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!!!

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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?

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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!

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  4. Letessha

    My fave easy meal is beef-a-roni. All you do is add your cooked macaroni and spaghetti sauce to browned beef.

  6. Kelly McNamara

    Here is a great recipe from The Pampered Chef…about $2 or less per serving. You can HALVE the amount of meat, and it’s still PLENTY for a meal!

    Asian Pork & Noodle Skillet
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    Ingredients:
    2 medium carrots, peeled

    1 medium red bell pepper

    5-6 green onions with tops, divided

    2 pork tenderloins (about 1 lb each)

    2 tbsp toasted sesame oil

    2 tbsp Asian Seasoning Mix

    4 pkg (3 oz each) oriental-flavor ramen noodles

    1 tbsp vegetable oil

    4 cups water

    Directions:
    1. Cut carrots into julienne strips using Julienne Peeler. Cut bell pepper lengthwise into 1/4-in. strips using Chef’s Knife. Slice green onions; set aside tops for garnish.

    2. Using Boning Knife, trim fat and silver skin from pork tenderloins. Slice pork lengthwise into four strips. Thinly slice strips crosswise. Combine pork, sesame oil, seasoning mix and two of the ramen seasoning packets in Classic Batter Bowl; mix well with Classic Scraper.

    3. Add vegetable oil to (12-in.) Skillet; heat over medium-high heat 1-3 minutes or until shimmering. Add half of the pork. Cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until browned; remove pork from Skillet and keep warm. Repeat with remaining pork.

    4. Add carrots and bell pepper to Skillet. Cook 1-2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add water and remaining ramen seasoning packets; stir to loosen browned bits from bottom of Skillet using Bamboo Spatula. Add ramen noodles and green onions to Skillet. Cover; bring to a boil and cook 4-5 minutes or until noodles are softened. Add pork; stir to break apart noodles. Remove Skillet from heat; let stand, covered, 3-4 minutes or until pork is heated through. Garnish with reserved green onion tops.

    Yield: 6 servings

    Nutrients per serving: Calories 490, Total Fat 20 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Cholesterol 100 mg, Carbohydrate 38 g, Protein 39 g, Sodium 1300 mg, Fiber 2 g

    Cook’s Tip: If desired, 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips, can be substituted for the pork tenderloins.

  7. Christina Burrell

    we make pizzas, sandwiches, and rollups with tortillas-so cheap and healthy and yummy!

  9. Amy Clark

    Anything with pasta helps to stretch the meal… we grow our own veggies and freeze them, so I use those to make sauce and side dishes also.

  12. Lanae Christiansen

    My favorite quick and inexpensive meal is Hawaiian Haystacks. All it is cooked rice with cream of chicken soup (with or without shredded or cubed chicken in it) over the top. Then you can add toppings such as shredded cheese, pineapple, coconut and chow mein over the top.

  14. Steven

    My favorite thing to make Ramen Noodles and put cheese on them. Also, for an added treat, I like to add some chunks of that cheap meat.

  15. Shelly

    I have found soup and a loaf of homemade bread make a very inexpensive and filling meal. Tonight I made a loaf of bread in the bread machine. While it was cooking I threw together beef barley w/veggies soup. So easy and it was a total pantry/freezer meal!

  16. Michel-lee

    I like to purchase meat on sale and make it stretch such as: meatloaf (left overs can make meatloaf sandwiches), whole chicken (shred for soups, chicken salad), or/and hotdogs (breakfast links, beenies and weenies).

  18. Grace Johnson

    We can and freeze a lot in the fall from the harvest of our vegetable garden. During the year, we seat from that. It’s overall less sodium, no MSG or harmful additives, and it does save a lot of money. If I find meat on clearance at Sam’s, I’ll buy all of them and can or freeze the meat. The healthier we eat the less Dr. visits we have.
    My favorite meal is taking the chicken that we pressure canned and add BBQ sauce in a crockpot, and make BBQ shredded chicken, serve over bun for lunch or dinner.

  21. Morgan Whipple

    I stock up on chicken breast when it is on case lot sale, then freeze it in 2’s with my food saver. So we have grilled chicken, a steamer bag of veggies, and it is quick, filling, and CHEAP!!

  23. kate

    Chicken tortilla soup is my new fave! 6 cups chicken broth, 1 cup of salsa… Boil 2 or 3 chicken breasts in it and shred them once they’re cooked. Add whatever sounds good: cheese, cilantro, avocado slices, tortilla chips. We do that part buffet-style ’cause the hubby doesn’t do cheese and the kids don’t go for avocado. =)