Monday, October 5, 2009

It's Giveaway week!

For those who follow me on Twitter (@scrapcatb) you may recall that several weeks ago I posted a note that I had been selected to do a review and giveaway of a new Once A Month cooking book. Well, this is the week! This past weekend hubby and I spent our Saturday testing out one of the two week cooking sessions that are in the new book:

Once A Month Cooking Family Favorites

This is a GREAT book by the authors of the original Once A Month Cooking book, Mary Beth Lagerborg & Mimi Wilson. (You can still purchase the original book here) Family Favorites contains several "once a month" cooking plans with shopping lists, preparation steps, complete recipes and suggestions as well as a few two-week sessions which are great for smaller families, those short on time to do a big session or those who have never done once-a-month cooking before and would like to give it a short trial before jumping in with both feet. There is even a great "gluten-free" two week cycle in this book for those who are living the GF lifestyle!

Hubby and I decided to give the "Gourmet" two week session a shot this time and I'm very happy so far with the results. I'll be posting a couple of the recipes and my reviews of them during the week so you can see what our experience was like, but the publishers of this great book have generously given me an EXTRA copy of the book so I can do a GIVEAWAY with you, my blog readers!

Giveaway details:

The giveaway starts TODAY, October 5th and runs through Friday, October 9th at midnight central time. There are 5 different ways to enter (two which can be repeated daily), but you MUST do the first one before any of the others... Here's how to enter:

  • To receive 1 daily entry Visit the book's page on Amazon.com, click on the book picture to take a look inside and browse to the index. Then choose one or two recipes you'd like to try and post a comment here listing which one(s) most interest you. This is good for 1 entry each day as long as you post a different recipe or item you'd like to try each day.
  • For 1 additional daily entry Tweet about this blog and the giveaway from your Twitter account and then post back here linking to your tweet.
  • For 1 additional entry, grab my blog button and place it on your blog or homepage, then post a link here letting me know where the button is on your site.
  • For 1 additional entry, blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back here then post a comment below with a link to your blog post.
  • For 1 addtional entry, follow me on Twitter then post a comment with your twitter username for verification.
This giveaway will end at midnight CST on October 9th when a random number generator will pick the winner of the giveaway. I will post the winner's name on Saturday, October 10th and will contact them via email (so make sure your comment links to your email!) to confirm.

As I mentioned, this is a GREAT book and the first recipe we tasted last night was delish! Tomorrow I will be posting a Q&A with the authors of the book as well as a little background into our experiences with OAMC and then during the week I will share with you photos, recipes, tips etc. from our review of this book. Be sure to tell all your friends and keep checking back for more!

16 comments:

Unknown said...

I would like to try the apricot chicken

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I tweeted: http://twitter.com/shopgurl/status/4649687203

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Unknown said...

I blogged about this giveaway: http://sweetqt.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/win-the-once-a-month-cooking-family-favorites-cookbook/

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I follow you on twitter @shopgurl

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adrian said...

The gnocchi with turkey ragu sounds great!
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just tweeted
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Unknown said...

Daily entry:

I would like to try the adobe chicken

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adrian said...

The hamburger quiche sounds good.
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Unknown said...

Daily entry:

I would like to try the fajitas
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adrian said...

like to try the chicken-cheese chowder too
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adrian said...

the lemon chicken sounds good too
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Unknown said...

Daily entry:

I would like to try Grandma's Chilli
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