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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

  3. Gina R

    Cream of mushroom soup + 1 lb frozen seafood mix makes a decent soup or sauce with rice for definitely less than $5!

  5. Danyel Lieberman

    My favorite inexpensive meal is ” macaroni and hamburg”!!! The recipe has been passed down from my great grandma. It consists of macaroni, hamburger and tomato paste… yep thats it!!
    She used to feed it to her 14…yes 14 children when times were really tough. It has definently stood the test of time!!
    Danyel ;)

  6. Ale Oliver

    Coupons & Sales$$$$
    anything as a fam we can find to make inexp, delic, healthy; meatloaf, grill chicken & steak; veggies; salads

  18. Laurie

    we always stretch our buget by cutting down the meat and using lots of frozen veggies, whole wheat pasta, & beans… all frugal and healthy options.

  20. Karen

    I’m a subscriber!
    Our inexpensive meal is called “Wild Turkey Surprise” (after the Bugs Bunny Cartoon). I take leftover rice and place it in a casserole pan. I then take leftover vegetables and gravy (if I have it) and place that over the vegetables. Then add cooked ground turkey and place that on top. Sprinkle your favorite spice mixture over all and top with shredded cheese (I use cheddar). This is a great dish to make at the end of the week to clear out the fridge.

  22. Karen

    I never use the amount of meat called for, ALWAYS less and it is never missed. Instead I add more veggies (grated carrot is easy to add to almost everything) or add beans. I keep cooked chicken brsts (bought on sale) in the freezer to chop up for meals – never a whole chicken breast on a plate! Meatless once a week too!

  23. sondra

    Chicken Noodle soup-just toss in leftover chicken and all of the leftover veggies in the vegetable crisper, and you have a great hot meal!!

  26. Chrissy

    A really easy meal is turkey lunch meat on sale, box of stuffing, and gravy. Roll up the stuffing inside the turkey, place in casserole dish, pour over the gravy, and bake-really good and fast!

  28. Kris

    I actually have a new favorite that my boyfriend just taught me. When he was a kid his mom would make “survival soup,” which consisted of a whole head of cabbage, a bag of carrots, a bag of celery, a couple pounds of potatoes, and a package of stew beef cooked in a broth made from water mixed with a 64 oz jug of V8. It easily fed their family of six, plus a couple of neighborhood kids. He made it for the two of us last week when we were fighting head colds. Now we have tons of left overs in the freezer!

  30. Dee J

    We love to have a salad/baked potato bar for dinner, or if all else fails, “breakfast for dinner” is a fave!