Winner and a Few Sweet Links

We have a winner!  Kirsten’s name was chosen randomly by “And the Winner Is…” wordpress plugin.  Kirsten has 2 sets of twins, ages 2 and 6 years old.  She’s cooking for a busy household!

If you didn’t win, you might still want to take advantage of the coupon code at Allie’s website or Etsy store.  She’s offering a 10% discount on orders over $30.  The coupon code is EATATHOME.

Valentines (Valentine’s – does it have an apostrophe or not?) Day is Monday.  I’ve been seeing all kinds of delicious sweetness around the web.  Here are a few links that have caught my eye: [Read more...]

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Weekend Giveaway! My Favorite Recipes Book

Isn’t that the cutest thing ever?  I love the turquoise and cheery cherries.  What a great way to dress up your recipe collection!

And the cool thing is – you can win one!

Allie sent me one of her recipe organizer books to review and she’s going to give one away to a lucky winner. [Read more...]

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Family Memories and Popcorn – and a Popcorn Giveaway

Flipping through family photos and munching popcorn together is almost as much fun as creating the memories.

Recently, I was contacted by KODAK Gallery asking if I would try out their new SMARTFIT technology for creating photobooks.

My first thought was to create a cookbook of family favorites.  I wasn’t able to figure out how to use SMARTFIT to insert that much text though, so I went with the traditional family photo book. [Read more...]

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Every Cook Needs a Good Knife – A Giveaway!

The most important tool in your kitchen is a good, sharp knife.  Without one, you’ll be very frustrated trying to prep foods for cooking.  Chopping veggies and meats should not be time consuming.  A sharp knife is the secret to making quick work of the task.

The photo above is my collection of Rada Cutlery knives.  I love them all, but the Cook’s Knife (3rd from the top) is the one I reach for most often.  The knives not only hold an edge, but they also take an edge.  Meaning the can be sharpened easily.

I’m so excited to get to host this giveaway for Rada Cutlery.  The company is providing a Starter Set of their knives to the winner. [Read more...]

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White Chocolate Brownies and Tate’s Bake Shop Giveaway

My name for these bars would be White Chocolate Cranberry Bars, but the Tate’s Bake Shop cookbook by Kathleen King calls them White Chocolate Brownies.

By either name, they are delicious.  The bars are dense and sweet, but not too sweet.  You can definitely taste the white chocolate in these and the cranberries are a perfect complement.

Here’s what you’ll need to make them: [Read more...]

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Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Holiday Bake-Off and Giveaway!

I know it’s Monday and that usually means a new menu with grocery list.  But today I’ve got something different for you and it includes a really cool giveaway!

Recently, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! contacted me, asking if I wanted to participate in their Holiday Bake-Off.  Did I mention that it takes place in New York City this Friday?

I will join 9 other bloggers to take part in a friendly competition at the Unilever Test Kitchens.  The fun starts today with a giveaway of baking equipment!  But first, my recipe for Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze. [Read more...]

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Contest Winner, Technical Difficulties and a Few Links

I’ve got a couple of things to cover in this post, but first up a big thank you to Plan to Eat for providing the 1 year subscription to their menu planning service and for being a new sponsor of Eat at Home!

And the winner is…. jodi!  Look for an email in your inbox and congratulations!

Technical Difficulties

I’ve had several technical difficulties with the site recently.  You may have had trouble getting my site to load or find that it loads slowly.  I know I’ve had problems with that.  It’s been intermittent and I think I may be getting to the root issue.  Hopefully, it will be fixed very soon.

There has also been some trouble with subscribers.  First, some email subscribers were getting duplicate emails.  If that happened to you, just unsubscribe from one of them using the link at the very bottom of the email.

Now, I seem to be missing about 1000 of you who subscribed by RSS.  [Read more...]

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Plan to Eat Giveaway! (Giveaway now closed)

I’m very excited today to welcome Eat at Home’s new sponsor!  Plan to Eat is an online menu planner that is fun, versatile and useful.

Stick with me, because I’m giving away 1 membership to Plan to Eat!

Recipes can be added from blogs, websites or your own recipe files.  You can tag the recipes for easy sorting. It’s the ultimate recipe box.

The planning is all done with drag and drop, right into the calendar.

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Winners of the Rada Cutlery Tomato Slicers!

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The winners have been chosen!

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Menu, Grocery List, Recipes – Week 52 and A Giveaway!

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This is going to be an action packed post, so stick with me!  There’s a giveaway at the end! (The giveaway is now closed)

First of all, this marks one full year of free menus + complete grocery list available on Eat at Home.

To celebrate, I created a special edition of the menu this week in honor of teachers.  Of course, anyone can use the menu, but school is starting and I thought this would be the perfect time to thank teachers for all their hard work for our kids.

Many of you homeschool your kids.  I’m one of that group.  Many of you teach in either private or public schools.  And lots of us have kids who have teachers.

The menu this week has a special note to thank teachers.  Please share it with the teachers who will be working with your kids this year. Send it in an email or print it out and hand it to them in person.  Either way, send a note along with it to let them know how much you appreciate their dedication.  If you homeschool, you may want to share this with co-op teachers or another homeschool mom as a way to encourage her.

A few notes about the menu:

  • This menu is fully linked, so you can click the title of the recipe and be taken straight to the original post with photos.
  • I’ve also cross-referenced the menu with the grocery list so you can tell at a glance which recipe an ingredient on the list will be used in.  This should help if you decide not to make one of the meals or to change something.
  • You get 6 dinners and 1 dessert.  Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.
  • I chose all of the recipes to be quick and easy to help in the transition to new routines and schedules.
  1. Hashbrown Casserole, Ham or Smoked Sausage in the Slow Cooker, steamed veggie
  2. Slow Cooked Honey Mustard Chicken, new potatoes, steamed veggie
  3. Tony’s Tilapia, Parmesan Fettuccine, salad
  4. Chicken Fiesta with Black Beans in the Slow Cooker, salad, chips and salsa
  5. Pesto Tomato Pizza (cheese pizza for kids), salad
  6. Easy Pepper Steak in the Slow Cooker, angel hair pasta, salad
  7. Chocolatey Texas Sheet Cake

To download/print, click here: Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Week 52 (1670)

The Giveaway!(The giveaway is now closed)

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Rada Cutlery Tomato Slicer – I’m giving away 5 of these fantastic knives today!

A few weeks ago my mom told me about a knife that she bought from one of my aunts, who was selling them through a fundraiser.  My mom raved about the knife and said several of my aunts also raved about them.

I decided to order one (I also ordered a bread knife).  I thought the best thing about the knife would be that it is so affordable – just $5.70 retail.  But, I was wrong.  The best thing about it is it works great!  I find myself using it all the time to cut all kinds of things.

Like Twinkies for Twinkie Tiramisu (recipe coming later this week)

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I know that looks painful for the Twinkie, but it was all worth it for that dessert.

I still love my santoku knife and I wouldn’t give it up for anything, but I find myself reaching for this knife all the time.

I actually contacted Rada Manufacturing myself, which is something I *never* do.  Most of their sales are done through fundraisers, so if you work with an organization that needs a good way to raise money, please check them out.

Rada Cutlery is providing 5 knives for me to giveaway.  To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment. The contest will close Tuesday night and the winners will be announced Wednesday.

I told you this was an action packed post!  To re-cap, here’s what you need to do:

  1. Download the Menu + Grocery List above.
  2. Share the Menu with the teachers in your life.
  3. Leave a comment to enter the giveaway – if you’re a teacher let me know!  You can also leave me a comment letting me know if you’ve ever used or heard of Rada Cutlery before.

That should do it!

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at orgjunkie.com

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