12 Days of Christmas Cookbook Giveaways, 2014:

Day 7, Good Cheap Eats

In Good Cheap Eats, Jessica Fisher offers a delicious alternative to fast food, takeout pizza, or over-processed foods from the supermarket with nourishing, from-scratch meals that don’t break the bank or take hours to cook. The recipes are organized into 70 multi-course dinners (main dishes, sides, and add-ons such as soup, bread, or dessert): Simple Bean Tostadas, Chunky Tomato Salsa, Lemon Pie with Honey-Ginger Ice Cream; Chicken Kabobs with Mint-Yogurt Sauce, Curried Couscous, Greek Spinach Salad; Asian Chicken Salad with Rice Noodles, Ginger-Orange Crisp; Beef Potpie with Flaky Cheddar Crust, Winter Greens and Citrus Salad; Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Rice, Buttery Dill Carrots, Banana-Walnut Mini Muffins; and more! Each dinner feeds a family of four for ten dollars—a little more for larger families, a little less for smaller ones and singles.  The menus are just suggestions, and readers can mix-and-match any of the tasty 200-plus recipes as they like. In more than 100 tips scattered through the book, Jessica distills her hard-won wisdom into a wealth of ideas including how to be a penny-wise shopper, how to find good cuts of meat that are cheap, and how to reduce waste and maximize leftovers. Never before has living so affordably meant living so well.

Cooks&Books&Recipes Featured Cook Amy:

With the Tortellini-Chickpea Pasta Salad recipe being such a major success, I’m looking forward to trying a bunch of other recipes from the fantastic Good Cheap Eats cookbook. It’s full of recipes that are family-friendly (author Jessica Fisher is a mom of 6 kids!), nutritious, flavorful, + won’t break your budget — all of which are super important in my household. I bookmarked about 10 recipes that I wanted to try when it first arrived (like Almond-Crusted Chicken Tenders, Beef Stew with Pumpkin and Hominy, Double-Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, + Turkey-Apple Sausage Patties, to name a few!) + I’m eager to see if they turn out as amazing as the first recipe I tried. I have a good feeling that they will!

Cooks&Books&Recipes Editors {Dee}:

We’re nearing the end of one year and the start of another. We all know what that means . . . time to eat healthier and save more money, right? Here’s the cookbook for help on both counts: Good Cheap Eats: Everyday Dinners and Fantastic Feasts for $10 or Less.

The Cookbook Basics:

Paperback (7.2 x 9.2 inches)

336 pages, 200+ recipes, color photos

About the author: Jessica Fisher’s two blogs, Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats, have established her as a go-to authority on cooking for a family cheaply, creatively, and nutritiously. Jessica’s followers recognize that she walks the talk: she is the mom of, and primary cook for, four young sons and two young daughters. She is also the author of Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook and Best 100 Juices for Kids. She lives with her husband and children in the San Diego area.

Cookbook Giveaway:

We’re giving away a copy of Good Cheap Eats to one lucky Cooks&Books&Recipes reader. Enter below.

{The other 12 Days of Christmas Cookbook Giveaways are listed here.}

Giveaway Notes:

There are six ways to enter the giveaway, but it’s not necessary to do all six entries. Choose whichever one(s) you like, and you’ll be entered in the giveaway. The winner, to be randomly selected and notified by e-mail, must claim the cookbook within 10 days. Giveaway ends on Monday, January 19.

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