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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!

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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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Comments

  4. Christy

    One box of Macaroni and Cheese- 1lb of hamburger and 1 jar of Ragu or any other brand you prefer. Cook the hamburger in 1 pan the pasta in another, mix pasta with hamburger, then dump in sauce.
    It is so easy and yummy!!!!

  5. Tracy

    Our favorite inexpensive dinner is pasta! I make my own sauce, and stock up for the year so I save money there, and only buy pasta when it is on sale and I have a coupon. Sometimes also, I add cooked veggies to the pasta or leftover chicken, meat, etc., still very cheap and healthy!

  7. Ruth Ann

    I like making rice and beans.
    Usually it’s brown rice, black beans, medium salsa or picante sauce and topped with cheddar cheese. Fairly nutrious, easy to make, filling and great for cold winter evenings.
    Beans and rice are cheap. For this recipe, cheap salsa will work. And I stock up on cheese when it’s on sale and then freeze it. Since it will be grated and melted, the change in consistency that sometimes comes with freezing cheese isn’t an issue.

  13. Veronica C.

    Our of our favorites inexpensive meals is pasta. I like to make penne with a meat sauce, topped with mozarella cheese and thrown into the oven to let the cheese melt.

  15. Gerri

    We like pasta bakes in our family. I can use half the meat and still have 3 satisfied boys in the house.

  18. joanna

    My inexpensive meal choice is Breakfast For Dinner- eggs, bacon or sausage, and toast or potatoes or biscuits. Also, it’s quick!

  26. Sarah B.

    Arroz con Pollo and frijoles negros. This is Costa Rica chicken rice and black beans. I learned to fix this meal when my family and I were missionaries in Costa Rica. It is affordable and is always a big hit when we have guests over. Thanks for the giveaway.

  27. Maura

    Our favorite “cheap” meal is beans and rice, it’s super healthy (we use brown rice) tasty and inexpensive.

  30. Savings and Stewardship

    One of my favorite inexpensive meals is homemade ravioli – it takes a little bit of effort, but once you’ve made them a few times, it is super easy! And you can stuff them with whatever you have leftover in the fridge – just combine it all, add an egg & a little ricotta cheese to the mix, and voila! Love them.