Andrea Dekker

Weekend Giveaway: Cheap Appétit Cookbook

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UPDATE: this giveaway is now closed.

Congrats to:

Melinda (melinda.d.ott@…)

Pam (macandpam@…)

Kristy (smithgirlskak@…)

Look for an email from me shortly

As many of you know, I’m quite frugal in my approach to, well, EVERYTHING!  I love clipping coupons, finding the best deals, and stretching my dollar as far has I can.

However, with Nora around, it’s a bit more challenging to make time to clip coupons and find every deal. I’m sure those of you with small children and/or busy lives can relate!

If you’ve ever wished you could spend less on groceries but still feed your family healthy, nutrutious meals, then today’s giveaway might be JUST what you’re looking for!

Karen McLaughlin from Abundance On A Dime wrote a cookbook, Cheap Appétit: The Complete Guide to Feeding Your Family for Less Than $400 a Month (While Eating Better Than You Ever Thought Possible) which includes over 125 kid-tested recipes using basic, inexpensive ingredients. Karen claims that the recipes and strategies inside her cookbook will help most families decrease their grocery budget by 40-60% *without* using coupons!!

Cheap Appétit will teach you: 

  • How to organize your pantry so you never buy food you don’t use again
  • How to shop efficiently and on a weekly basis, reducing daily trips to the store
  • What basic, inexpensive ingredients you need to always have on hand to make tasty, nutritious meals
  • How to dramatically reduce your grocery bill, food wastage, and spoiled leftovers
  • How to use everything you buy
  • How to shop locally and make your local purchases last all year long
  • How to stretch your food dollars and still eat healthy and delicious food
  • How to easily do simple things, like bake your own bread, without a lot of time and effort
And more…

Sounds pretty good doesn’t it!

You can buy Cheap Appétit from Amazon.com today… and you can enter to win one of 3 free copies of this amazing cookbook below!

The Giveaway:

Today, three lucky readers will win a copy of Cheap Appétit: The Complete Guide to Feeding Your Family for Less Than $400 a Month (While Eating Better Than You Ever Thought Possible)!

How to Enter:

1. {required} Leave a comment on this post. What is your favorite frugal meal?

2. {optional} Like Simple Organized Living on Facebook, and then leave a separate comment letting me know you did {or that you do already}.

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please visit the actual blog post to enter. Email entries, Facebook comments, and Twitter messages will NOT be counted.

Prizes:

(3) Cheap Appétit Cookbooks as described above.

This giveaway ends at 10:00 pm on Monday, 7/02/2012 and is open to US residents, 18 years or older. I will use And the Winner Is to select the winning comments at random. Winners will be notified by email and noted at the top of this post. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize or I will choose a new winner. Please contact me with any questions you have. Good luck!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  7. Jennifer Madigan says

    Our favorite frugal meal would have to be Tacos. We LOVE them.

  13. Nikki says

    My favorite frugal meal is good ole’ spaghetti and red sauce. I have gotten red sauce in a can for less than a dollar. I throw some garlic and spices in there and it tastes as good as anything!

  16. Tricia Andersen says

    I stretch everyhing with more pasta since it is cheap but spaghetti would be my favorite.

  18. Tanya V says

    One of my favorite frugal meals is tacos! Because you can also use the left overs for Nachos or taco salad the next day!

  20. Sandy says

    I like to use the crockpot for frugal meals….cash wise and time-wise. I can use ‘cheaper’ cuts of meat and get several meals from one effort of loading the crockpot.

  21. PhysioMom says

    Vegetarian Cuban Black Beans & Brown Rice with side dish of greens

  22. auri gibbons says

    i like you on fb.
    my favorite frugal meal is cheeseburger mac and cheese.

  26. Shaila Swartz says

    My go to meal that is frugal is our version of a Tex Mex dish. Ground chuck from our freezer beef ( which I had to convince our youngest that it was ok t eat the cow!), rice, beans, tomatoes, and cheese. I can make a big mess of it and they eat every bit! So, no waste and full bellies!

  28. Laurie says

    My favorite frugal meal I put polish sausage, potatoes,and green peppers in a aluminum foil package and grill it.

  32. Angie G. says

    My favorite frugal meal is pasta, either with a simple tomato sauce, or just olive oil. Thanks for the chance to win!

  34. Kris says

    My favorite frugal meal is simple dish my boyfriend made and coined “ZZH Special.” All it is is a box of shells and cheese plus a can of corn. So quick, easy, and delicious!

  37. jean says

    one of my easy “inexpensive” meals: chicken tenderloins fried with LOTS of garlic and onion, then cut up and covered with alfredo sauce. Toss in spaghetti noodles. I buy the 3 pound frozen bags of tenderloins when they are on sale. Or you can just skip the alfredo and noodles and serve the chicken with steamed broccoli.

  39. Kristene says

    We like pasta in my house. Pretty cheap and filling for 4…yes 4 teenagers 🙂

  40. Diana says

    My husband makes the best homemade spaghetti sauce. Cook the pasta make a salad and eat well!

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