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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!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  4. Tammy

    Hands down, pasta has got to be my favorite inexpensive meal, anything goes with pasta! Grab a box and look through your fridge or pantry and boom you’ve got dinner!

  13. Megan H

    My cheap recipie is chicken pasta. I use the boxed Pasta Roni angel hair pasta (any flavor) and mix in a can of chicken. Voila! Cheap meal in minutes.

  14. Jenny

    Quesadillas with whatever fixings we have in the house to go inside are a quick and easy meal for us!

  16. Amie

    My favorite frugal recipe is homemade pizza, we use the leftovers from the week to create ours and it is always sooo tasty!

  17. Mubina

    The best inexpensive meal would be leftovers! Or anything that involves pasta and frozen vegetables.

  21. Heidi

    Some of my favorite inexpensive meals are grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, cracker-crusted baked chicken with green beans, and stir fry (in which I actually steam the veggies instead of frying in oil and use a marinade for the meat instead of oil, and of course brown rice instead of white :) ).
    Balancing budgets and eating healthy work really well together when you can save so much money by using coupons and preparing your list ahead of time (and even your menu plan if you are super organized.
    I was amazed when I started doing “defense” for our family – making our money spread further – how much I could get at the grocery store. The money I save on staple items leaves room for the items that are healthy (b/c unfortunately, healthy items tend to be more expensive…). Also, preparing more meals at home vs. eating out has always been how we roll around here. That plays a huge part in a healthy lifestyle b/c you have more control of what is in your meal.
    I hope I win – I have a copy already, but would love to pass another copy on. I love $5 dinners! :)

  22. Courtney

    My favorite frugal meal is black bean quesadillas. It’s fast and easy and a favorite in my house.

  23. kim

    Our favorite inexpensive meal is quiche! Frozen pie crust, package of shredded cheese, a few eggs some mile and some cut up bacon (or bacon bits). All done!

  28. Michellyn Hayes

    Sausage Casserole, Chicken Fettuccini, Lasagna…are all pretty cheap meals for us. I shop at Winco, which is an employee owned store so prices are cheaper and buy their store brand, which isn’t any different from the name brands for less money!

  30. Shannon S

    A great CHEAP dinner for a cold winter night is smoked sausage, buttered noodles and cabbage. My family loves it