June 11, 2009

Meal planning made easy with "A Month of Meals"

Written by Stacey

One of my biggest daily struggles is dinner time. What to make…do I have time to prepare it….do I even have the ingredients to make that meal? It actually stresses me out!

I've always thought about doing meal planning but I end up planning the same meals each week. Sure, my kids are fine with eating macaroni and cheese on a regular basis but I ~~want~~ need to find something more healthy for them! More variety….more vegetables!

When I began reading "A Month of Meals" it was like author Jamie Ussher had been observing my dinnertime routine for years! The entire Introduction spelled out every dinnertime struggle I have been having!!!

This eBook goes above and beyond the typical cooking or meal planning book. "A Month of Meals" provides you with meals that are not only delicious but these recipes don't waste ingredients and use more healthy ingredients. Ussher uses recipes that incorporates the leftovers from the previous meal or, if you happen to not have leftovers to use, simply skip that meal and make one of the 6 meals you made ahead of time to freeze! No more wasting food!

"A Month of Meals" also provides you with convenient ready to print recipe cards, helpful tips on how to get your family to eat healthier, and a list of staples that every household should have on hand to make preparing your meals and grocery shopping easier.

The other struggle that most families face these days is shopping on a budget. A lot of my friends use the excuse of not eating healthy because it's so expensive. "A Month of Meals" shares tips on how to compare prices, the average price of items, and even provides easily printable shopping lists. Jamie Ussher has truly made shopping and cooking easy for the busy mom!!!

My favorite part about this eBook is the price! A book like this typically costs $20 or $30 but at just $6.95, Ussher continues to make eating healthy easy and affordable! This is a book more than worth the price — You'll get your $6.95 back in savings on just the first meal alone!!!

My family's favorite part — the unbelievably delicious meals they are now getting and a less stressed-out mom who has more time to play!!!

If you want to learn more delicious and useful healthy meal planning tips, you can follow Jamie's blog at Baby Get Green or sign-up for her newsletter at www.amonthofmeals.com.

To get you on your way to simple and healthy meal planning, Jamie is giving away FIVE copies of her eBook "A Month of Meals" here at 5 Minutes for Giveaways! Simply leave a comment on this post by Friday, June 26. The FIVE lucky winners will be announced on Saturday, June 27.

To get an extra entry head over to www.amonthofmeals.com or Jamie's blog and sign-up for her newsletter. Once you're signed-up, come back here and leave us a comment telling us you did it!

As always, don't forget to earn even more entries: subscribe to our Feed, sign up for our 5M4M Newsletter, add our 5M4Giveaways button in your sidebar, write a post and link back to this contest on your blog, and spread the word via Facebook, Twitter, or email! Please see our site's Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our contest and giveaway rules.

This giveaway is open to both US and Canadian addresses and is void where prohibited.

Written by 5 Minutes for Mom Contributing Editor: Stacey Lynn

Tags: A Month of Meals, Book, cookbook, cooking, ebook, healthy eating, Jamie Ussher, meal planning, recipes

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143 Comments on Meal planning made easy with "A Month of Meals"

June 11, 2009

#1 - Pamk @ 10:54 am

Like you I've tried to do this and would up with the same ole meals every week. I signed up for her newsletter and can't wait to get some easy and delicious ideas especially if they are healthier.
pkinsey at farmerstel dot com

#2 - Rachel@IdahoCheneys @ 11:16 am

Sounds like a great e-book! I've been wanting to get into better meal planning!

#3 - Sabrina @ 12:14 pm

Pick me!!!! ME ME ME

I am so NOT a cook just ask my kids and NEED to start cooking more at home and less eating out.

#4 - Amber @ 12:23 pm

Wow! This sounds so great and practical! Thanks for a chance to win!

#5 - Amber @ 12:23 pm

I have your button on my blog.

#6 - Amber @ 12:23 pm

I am subscribed to your feed.

#7 - Nicole @ Heres The Diehl @ 12:39 pm

i'd love to give this a try!

#8 - Nicole @ Heres The Diehl @ 12:40 pm

i subscribe to your feed.

#9 - janine @ 1:17 pm

I would like it and i subscribe

#10 - Heather H @ 1:33 pm

Always looking for help with meal planning - I seem to go in spurts…

#11 - Heather H @ 1:34 pm

I get your feed.

#12 - Heather H @ 1:34 pm

I get your newlsetter.

#13 - Heather H @ 1:35 pm

I signed up for Jamie's newsletter too.

#14 - Michelle @ 1:43 pm

I could really use this. I need to save money right now, really badly. I used to be good at saving, not sure what happened as of late.
I also do not have time to cook! I enjoy cooking, but I work full time and have an hour + commute to get home, so by the time I get in and finish dinner we eat around 8pm and thats just too long between lunch and dinner for me!

#15 - Jenni @ 2:47 pm

This would be so helpful! We normally do good at eating at home for a week at a time, but then the next week we're back to eating out.

#16 - Jenni @ 2:47 pm

I subscribe.

#17 - allegro @ 2:49 pm

this is a great idea. it's not that i can't cook
(according to who you listen to) but cooking day in and day out, your imagination tends to die out.

#18 - Lisa @ 4:38 pm

I could really use this! I'm forever looking for good ideas to fix for dinner.

#19 - Lisa @ 4:40 pm

I've signed up for her newsletter.

#20 - Angela @ 4:56 pm

I love this! I need help in this department for sure

#21 - Angela @ 4:56 pm

i also signed up for her newsletter

#22 - Mozi Esmes Mommy @ 5:57 pm

Oh how I need this! I am trying to get better - I even had a shopping list made up for next week, but I lost it somewhere before getting to the store…

#23 - Mozi Esmes Mommy @ 5:57 pm

And I'm subscribed to your feed.

#24 - susan varney @ 6:35 pm

great my fanily needs to eat healthier this would be a big help to this end

#25 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 6:45 pm

Trying to decide what to cook for my family sometimes literally sucks the life out of me. I would love to give this ebook a try! Thanks for the chance!!

#26 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 6:45 pm

I subscribed to A Month of Meals newsletter.

#27 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 6:46 pm

I'm a 5m4m subscriber.

#28 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 6:46 pm

I get the 5m4m email newsletter.

#29 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 6:46 pm

I've got the button in my sidebar.

#30 - Jenn F @ 7:55 pm

Would so enjoy a copy of this! It's so hard to find recipe books that you don't waste ingredients

#31 - Jenn F @ 8:05 pm

I subscribe

#32 - erin @ 9:49 pm

sounds like a great idea

#33 - erin @ 9:49 pm

subscriber

#34 - Shannon @ 10:30 pm

I'm in need of meal ideas!

#35 - Shannon @ 10:31 pm

I subscribe

#36 - Andrea B @ 11:36 pm

Quote from Jamie's website: "Meals that work well together because they have similar ingredients." Finally, a book I can use.

#37 - Linda @ 11:48 pm

I've subscribed toJamie's blog and her newsletter. I did it to win The Month of Meals, the cookbook of all cookbooks!
I also subscribed 5M4M Newsletter.

Thank you for the opportunity to win this great cookbook. Always need ideas for meals!

#38 - Linda @ 11:53 pm

You don't mention putting it on Facebook, but I did. Here is my ID: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1083150740&ref=name

#39 - angie @ 11:55 pm

This sounds like some new recipes to try.

June 12, 2009

#40 - Amanda S. @ 12:13 am

Sounds like a great book! I'd love to win it!

#41 - JDSG @ 12:39 am

The eBook, "A month of Meals" would be great to have to help in meal planning/preparation and saving money without wasting ingredients.

JDSG

visionquest2020(at)msn(dot)com

#42 - JDSG @ 12:39 am

Email subscriber.

JDSG

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#43 - JDSG @ 12:40 am

I receive your newsletter.

JDSG

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#44 - JDSG @ 12:40 am

I have your button

JDSG

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#45 - Adrian Lamont @ 12:56 am

This is great, please count me in.

#46 - Debbie @ 4:41 am

This sounds like the perfect tool for any busy woman who needs to plan ahead and make life more simple! What a great giveaway! I love the idea that it contains printable recipe cards - Hurrah!

#47 - Stasi @ 5:34 am

Oh this would be great!

#48 - Stasi @ 5:34 am

I subscribe to the feed on google reader

#49 - Stasi @ 5:36 am

I signed up for jamie's newsletter

#50 - Jenny Martin @ 9:14 am

What a great idea–I am always trying to meal plan–but do a very poor job of it!

#51 - Jenny Martin @ 9:15 am

I subscribe to this newsletter

#52 - Jenny Martin @ 9:15 am

I signed up for Jamie's newsletter too

#53 - Jenny Martin @ 9:18 am

I subscribe to the 5 minutes feed too

#54 - Mandy N @ 11:28 am

Sign me up!

#55 - Mandy N @ 11:28 am

I subscribe to your feed

#56 - Mandy N @ 11:28 am

I have your button on my sidebar

#57 - 2by2boutique @ 1:52 pm

signed up for the newsletter!

#58 - 2by2boutique @ 1:52 pm

i subscribe to you!

#59 - 2by2boutique @ 1:52 pm

newsletter!

#60 - 2by2boutique @ 1:53 pm

button!

#61 - Stephanie @ 2:21 pm

This sounds like a great book.

#62 - Rebecca @ 2:55 pm

This would be a perfect solution to my menu-planning problems!

#63 - Rebecca @ 2:55 pm

I subscribe to your feed.

#64 - Rebecca @ 2:56 pm

I get your newsletter.

#65 - Lindsey@A Kindred Spirits Thoughts @ 4:18 pm

This would be wonderful, how did you know some of your readers weren't that great at cooking…? (Meaning me, lol).

Thanks for the giveaway!

#66 - Monica Romo @ 4:28 pm

I am always looking for cheap dinner ideas. This would be great! Thanks!
Monica
moni-777@hotmail.com

#67 - junghwa @ 9:15 pm

Thanks for a great chance to win some great stuff!
I already receive your wonderful newsletter!

#68 - Steph. @ 10:19 pm

Oh, I'd love this. I subscribe to your newsleter and Twitter too. Off to subscribe to her newsletter as well!

#69 - Steph. @ 10:26 pm

I also s ubscribed to her monthly newsletter

#70 - Jessica T @ 10:58 pm

This is perfect for me! I love the whole idea of it - now I have to try it!

#71 - Jessica T @ 10:59 pm

Newsletter subscriber

#72 - Jessica T @ 10:59 pm

Feed subscriber

June 13, 2009

#73 - munichgirl @ 7:46 am

This sounds like a great book! I will be signing up for the newsletter and probably buy - unless I win the giveaway!

#74 - jessw @ 7:58 am

Sounds good.

#75 - stampedwithgrace @ 9:56 am

with 8 kids this would be great!

#76 - stampedwithgrace @ 9:58 am

subscriber

#77 - stampedwithgrace @ 10:01 am

I get your newsletter!

#78 - stampedwithgrace @ 10:01 am

your button's on my blog

#79 - Jena Buckler @ 10:59 am

I need this. I usually stand at the pantry at 4:30 trying to decide what to fix before my DH gets home at 5:30.

#80 - Dawn @ 11:21 am

what a great help this would be!

#81 - Alicia @ 10:55 pm

Sounds like a great tool.

Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

June 14, 2009

#82 - Karen Gonyea @ 11:13 am

I could really use this

#83 - kathy pease @ 7:15 pm

Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
please count me in

#84 - kathy pease @ 7:15 pm

subscriber

June 15, 2009

#85 - Terra Jones @ 11:55 am

I would love to win this! I'm always on the look out for new ideas when it comes to meal time!

thanks!

#86 - Terra Jones @ 11:55 am

I get the baby get green newsletter!

thanks!

#87 - Terra Jones @ 11:56 am

I subscribe via Reader

thank you!

#88 - Terra Jones @ 11:56 am

I have your button here:

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thanks!

#89 - Kathy D @ 7:55 pm

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW THINGS TO VOOK

#90 - Jill H. @ 11:53 pm

I so need this help, I despise meal planning!

#91 - Jill H. @ 11:54 pm

Feed Subscriber

#92 - Jill H. @ 11:54 pm

Newsletter Subscriber

June 16, 2009

#93 - Rachael Barish @ 1:42 am

I'm sick of eating at 9 PM after putting our 21 month old to sleep. I want to eat more meals with him at 6:30 or 7. Help. I will check out your site/list for ideas.

#94 - beth shepherd @ 11:54 am

I would love to win. Thank you for the chance
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net

#95 - Candace @ 9:57 pm

This would truly be a lifesaver for me!! I find myself eating out more and more, or simply making pancakes because they are quick and easy. Having a plan ahead would really be great for me and my household.

#96 - Adele @ 10:36 pm

I am the worst at planning meals. I hope this ebook will help. Heading over to sign up for the newsletter now.

#97 - Adele @ 10:37 pm

I am now signed up for the newsletter. That was easy.

June 17, 2009

#98 - Amanda @ 8:00 am

I am always looking for fast and easy recipes for my family. Have a month long planner would be wonderful!

June 18, 2009

#99 - Candace @ 9:52 pm

I want to do this, I just don't feel I have enough food options. This would be great to give me different ideas!

June 19, 2009

#100 - Jennifer M @ 10:47 pm

We eat the same things over and over and over again. I would love this!!! I signed up for their newsletter.

#101 - Jennifer M @ 10:48 pm

I subscribe to your feed

#102 - Jennifer M @ 10:52 pm

I subscribe to your newsletter too!

June 20, 2009

#103 - jan koontz @ 5:32 am

i need help

June 21, 2009

#104 - Nancye Davis @ 11:13 pm

It would be super to have some new recipes. My family is tired of the same old thing every day.

June 22, 2009

#105 - Pat @ 4:43 pm

That would be such a useful ebook.

June 23, 2009

#106 - corrie @ 9:40 pm

i want to be one of the lucky winners, we are a family on a budget and i run out of ideas alot of times.

June 24, 2009

#107 - Cindy Zimmer @ 10:59 am

This book sounds so great. Thanks for the chance to win

#108 - Denise @ 2:29 pm

This would be a great help to me.

#109 - Jennifer V @ 8:32 pm

This would be wonderful to have. I am always struggling to find something to make for dinner.

#110 - Jennifer V @ 8:33 pm

I tweeted about this giveaway. https://twitter.com/Greatgiveaways/status/2319561812

June 25, 2009