Book + Blog is our chance to share favorite food or fitness-focused books and blogs with you! We have lots of great food bloggers & cookbooks lined up for you and we’re starting with a giveaway of one today!
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Think you have trouble feeding your house full of boys? Try keeping up with the appetites of TEN kids!
That’s reality for Mary Ostyn, writer at Owlhaven and mother of four boys and six girls. She shares her wonderful stories of family and adoption and life and food on her blog in such a lovely way that makes you feel right at home!
The recipes shared on Mary’s blog are a mixture of lovely comfort foods and international cuisine – a little something for everyone!
Mary has also written a fabulous cookbook, Family Feasts for $75 a Week
Family Feasts for $75 a Week to the rescue! Written by blogger mom and penny-pincher extraordinaire Mary Ostyn, who prepares three meals a day for her family of 12 for $800 to $900 a month, this book is stuffed to the gills with Mary’s expert, in-the-trenches tips on savvy food shopping, plus 200 delicious recipes for homecooked meals that make the most of economical ingredients.
Selected by Good Morning America as one of the best cookbooks of 2009, Family Feasts for $75 a Week offers real-world advice teaches real-world families how to save in more ways than one.
I threw together the super-easy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Pork Carnitas from the cookbook for supper a few weeks back and it was delicious! Only a few ingredients were needed for this versatile dish! We ate the pork in tortillas for dinner, and I used the leftovers for pork quesadillas the next day for lunch, as well as mixed with quinoa, corn, and lettuce as a little carnita bowl for myself!
There are several stir-fry recipes I can’t wait to try, along with breakfast ideas, homemade condiments, desserts, and full dinner menu ideas for special occasions!
Mary has generously donated a copy of Family Feasts for $75 a Week
*I was provided a copy of this book to review and a copy to giveaway. I was not compensated in any other way for this post, and all opinions are 100% my own.
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I am so glad i found this blog. It makes me so excited to raise my son! I would love a copy of this book regardless of I win it!
This is exactly what I need.
Yes, I am not good at couponing!
Your book is exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you for sharing the chocomole recipe, too!
Saving time and money would be good for my meal planning.
I need more help with time management!
I need time management, but I love easy and good recipes too!
oh this sounds like a good one for feeding my boys!
What a great giveaway… would love this for our family of 5!
I need help with saving time and money in preparing meals.
Love this idea! I’m trying to keep that grocery bill in check
Thank you for this fantastic blog! Would love that book!
This blog has become my new favorite. As a mom of three boys I find feeding them a whole foods diet without spending a small fortune to be a challenge. I would love to have a cop of this book!
Would love some help finding my feet – and not all of my wallet – in the kitchen
I’m always trying to trim costs when I can!
Would LOVE to have a copy of this fabulous book!
I have fraternal twin boys and an adult boy. The adult boy and one of the twins will eat just about anything that is put in front of them. However, the other boy not so much especially if it has anything healthy to do with it. So I greatly appreciate websites that provide recipes and one for boys in particular whoo hoo. So thanks for the chance at the giveaway and for all that you guys do.