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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

  1. Christine W

    My favorite inexpensive meal is cooking either pinto beans or seven bean soup from scratch. Add a batch of Jiffy corn muffins and you have a complete meal.

    Thank you,

    Christine
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  2. Shawnda

    My husband and I love homemade stromboli with Pilbury pizza dough. You can add any kind of filling you want!

  3. Sidni

    Easiest & cheapest meal I can think of is Mac n Cheese with Tuna & Peas! Ways to save ~ I buy meat in bulk whenever possible, separate & freeze in quart size baggies. I mostly use my coupons when things go on sale for the extra savings!

  5. Brandy

    I usually try to use coupons and buy lots of pasta fruits and veggies. those all last long and are very healthy. I’m strugling a bit with the saving money. Why i want to win this book

  6. liah

    I subscribe by email and i am a Facebook fan…The cheapest thing we eat i think is Pizza. Hungry Howies is $5. :) Good for the nights i don’t want to cook.

  8. Helen S

    Chicken and Dumplings is our favorite inexpensive meal. I buy chicken when it is on sale and make my own dumplings.

  11. Amber

    I don’t like to waste anything. When I make a ham I always save the bone with meat on it. I use it to make soup with cabbage, potatoes & green beans.

  14. Kari

    I love to make tuna noodle cassarole – super cheap and tasty!
    I use coupons and look for bargains while shopping, plus buy in bulk.

  18. Katie Jo

    Our fave is garlic bread pizza. Use a long loaf of frozen garlic bread split in half (we like Meijer brand) then spread with pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese and top with whatever veggies I happen to have on hand. It makes 2 long pizzas, more than enough to feed our family of 4. Cheap and tasty!

  20. Lindsay M

    My favorie inexpenisive meals are the ones I make up from leftovers. Like repurposing chili by putting in blender until smooth and pouring over tortillas stuffed with cheese…Chilis Cheese Enchiladas. I save money by only buying veggies when they are on sale. Then, I roast or saute them and freeze them for soups, quesadillas, or casseroles.

  21. Kristi

    My favorite inexpensive dinner is actually having breakfast for dinner (we have chickens so eggs are practically free) and I make pancakes YUM!

  25. Nancy

    One of our favorite meals is lettuce , tomato and other veggie salad topped with left-over chicken (or other left-over protein). To make our produce dollar go further, we shop at our local farmer’s market weekly!

  28. Aimee

    My favorite inexpensive meal right now (I kind of go in streaks) is Breakfast Burritos. Got hooked on them at the farmer’s market the past few summers, and missed them so much we had to make our own. Basically we scramble eggs, and make sausage and hashbrowns, and put them in tortillas with cheese and salsa. Yummy!