Giveaway: 30 Day Gourmet’s Big Book of Freezer Cooking

Imagine getting an email from a cooking author that helped change the way you cook and being asked if you’d like to preview their latest edition. Yes, I was indeed honored, and almost speechless when I received that email from Nanci Slagle of 30 Day Gourmet.

You see, about four years ago when I found out I was pregnant with my son, I decided I needed to prepare for this life-changing event by finding as many shortcuts to life’s daily tasks as I could. I wanted to learn more about freezer cooking so I could have meals easily ready to go at suppertime. So I immediately went searching the web and discovered 30 Day Gourmet’s last book. It was exactly what I was looking for. It wasn’t just recipes, but it was step-by-step on how to freezer cook–the do’s and don’ts and planning worksheets. I loved it so much that it changed the way I cook now. I freeze meals all the time for quick dinners.

My only negative I could have said about the book was that I couldn’t lay it flat to keep it open while I was working on the recipes. They have completely fixed that with the latest book called 30 Day Gourmet’s BIG Book of Freezer Cooking. It’s a ring-bound book (that lays flat!) that has a lot of their past recipes, new recipes and just like with the last copy, you get a user/password so you can have access to all their online recipes, too. Some of my favorites that I’ve cooked have come from their website, too.

Overall, there are 150 recipes in the book–each of them comes with nutritional analysis, color photos, step-by-step instructions and freezing info.

And if you ever do check this one out, I highly recommend the Taco Chili! I’ve cooked this many a time for family and friends and they barely believe me when I tell them it was frozen just a few hours before. It’s a seasonal tradition for us to have on Sundays when the Bears games are on now.

Nanci was so very kind to offer me a copy to giveaway to one of my lucky readers. I’m hoping if this sounds like something you’d like to read and learn how to do, that you’ll enter and try to win it.

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER

NOTE: Beneath this posting is the word “Comments.” This is where you’ll put your entries. Only entries on this posting will be counted. Be sure to fill out a separate comment for each one you do as that’s the only way they can be counted.

1) To enter the giveaway, leave me a comment letting me know what is something that you’ve had success freezing or would like to learn how to freeze?

After that, here are other ways to enter:

2) Subscribe to my email newsletter or RSS Feed .

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4) Blog/Tweet about the giveaway.

There’s a total of 4 entries per person! (Please be sure to leave separate entries for each one, as that’s the only way they can be counted.)

Entry is open to US residents only through 11:59PM CST on Monday, July 26, 2010. Winner will be chosen using random.org and contacted by email. If you’re the winner, you’ll have only 48 hours to respond or an alternate will be chosen.

Good luck to all of you who enter!

A very special thank you to Nanci Slagle of 30 Day Gourmet not only for the giveaway opportunity for my readers but also for the 30 Day Gourmet Big Book of Freezer Cooking for myself, as well. Please note that these gifts did not affect my review in any way. I always provide honest reviews for my readers and notify all sponsors of this before accepting their offers.