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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Giveaway – 2 Thy Hand Hath Provided eBooks + 2 Spiral Bound Books

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Mavis, Jane, MamaJJ

My friend Jane wrote a cookbook last fall Thy Hand Hath Provided Recipes and Preserving and her cookbook has just been released on Amazon as an eBook. Wahooo way to go Jane! In case you don’t already know, a few months before I started my own blog in January of 2009, I discovered 2 blogs and fell in love with them: Thy Hand Hath Provided and Mama’s Minutia.

Thy Hand Hath Provided Recipe Book

In the fall of 2011, I hopped on an airplane to flew to a pie party in Virginia to meet the people behind the computer screens. It was awesome!

Thy Hand Hath Provided ebook

Tonight I’m happy to announce Jane is offering 2 of her Thy Hand Hath Provided eBooks  AND 2 of her spiral bound books for a giveaway. I have the spiral bound version of her cookbook and use it about once a week. Seriously, it’s that good! If you like real food and cooking from scratch, you’ll love this book.

To enter this giveaway simply tell me your favorite home cooked meal and let us know if you would like the eBook version or the spiral bound.

Rules

1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.

This giveaway ends Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @9 pm PST and the winners will be announced in the Monday, April 15th, 2013 edition of Mornings with Mavis.  Winners will be notified via email and have 48 hours to claim your prize.

Good Luck!  I hope you win!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  2. I love preparing and eating turkey dinner with my late mother-in-law’s meat stuffing. I use her recipe but I have tweaked it over the past 40 years. My family loves it (I love it more than anyone).

  3. I’m a farm girl so my absolute favorite home cooked meal is fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn-on-the-cob and cherry pie !!!!

  7. My favorite is anything with sweet potato fries and/or avocado. I tend to use both in my breakfast with some eggs. And salsa. Yum!

  8. Homemade vegetarian bean chili, homemade bread-toasted to make “beans on toast.” yummm!

  9. My favorite home cooked meal is lasagna, green beans, and blackberry pie. Yummy. I would love to win this book. I cook most of our food from scratch, and this book would be a great help!

  14. Right now I’m on a white bean chicken chili kick thanks to someone we know posting it on her website. Yum Yum

  15. quinoa patties with pumpkin, peppers, onion, cilantro, green onion and kale. Very yummy!

  16. My favorite home cooked meal is baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered peas and cream puffs (my dad’s recipe). Yummo! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!

  17. My favorite home cooked meal is Lasagna! It takes time and love to make it. You can feel it when you eat it! Mmm!

  18. Any pasta with homemade marinara sauce made with homegrown slow roasted tomatoes. Making myself hungry just thinking about those summer tomatoes! Add some garlic bread and grilled summer veggies. Add some summer berries and angel food cake and whip cream for dessert and I’ll be a happy camper.

  19. Pretty much all of my meals are home cooked, so which one do I like the best?! Yikes. Hard decision since I love to cook! I think I would have to say chicken schnitzel with mashed or roasted potatoes, a great salad straight from the garden and homemade artisan bread. Thanks for a fun opportunity to win one of these ebooks!

    • Oh! I forgot to mention that I would be interested in the spiral bound book! Please don’t count this as two entries!!! I’m NOT trying to cheat, I just don’t know how to edit my comment!

  20. I love to make chicken marsala. My husband loves how I make it and I serve it with pasta and a salad.

  22. My favorite home cooked meal is my mothers meatloaf. Mine is just never as good. Would love to get the spiral bound.

  24. Basically all of my meals are home cooked… which one is my favorite? Oh man, that’s tough. Umm…. Probably my favorite meal is when I tried something new and difficult for the first time and it was super successful. Then that’s the favorite until I create something new. 🙂 I love Jane’s blog, by the way. (spiral)

  25. I’m a chicken pot pie kinda girl and I love cookbooks. I get tired of the same things over and over so I am forever testing new recipes on the fam. I could go for either version, but the spiral bound book would probably be best. I try to keep all expensive electronic devices out of the kitchen while I’m cooking…..

  26. CHILI!!!! My kind, my mom’s kind, any kind will do.

    I’d love a spiral bound book 🙂

  27. Wow! reading all those comments made me hungry. My favorite home cooked meal is my moms homemade chicken noodle soup (noodles from scratch) and fresh homemade bread right out of the oven. And lasagna!

  28. My favorite home cooked meal is ham with beans and cornbread and fried potatoes (taters) It doesn’t matter what kind of beans lol. I would prefer spiral bound. I like to get creative with cooking but my fav is just good ole southern, down-home cooking 🙂

  29. Roast chicken with lots of veggies to roast along with the chicken. I would love the spiral bound version!

  33. My favorite is Chicken Alfredo Pasta with the home made bread sticks. Yummmmy! Spiral bound. Love it! Thanks Jane and Mavis!

  34. Favorite home cooked meal is steamed root vegetables, cabbage and corned beef that I drizzle vinegar on top of and sprinkle with sea salt – mouth watering now : ) The eBook version would be neato. Thanks a bunch.

  35. My favorite home cooked meal is cabbage rolls. I would love the spiral bound cookbook. Jane’s blog is awesome. It is where I found your blog Mavis! Thanks to both of you for this awesome giveaway.

  37. My current favorite is homemade chicken pot pie. As soon as it the weather warms up, that may change. 🙂 I’d love the spiral bound book.

  38. My favorite dinner is grilled salmon, salad, grilled asparagus and,stuffed mushrooms- it just so happens it is what I had for dinner tonght! I would love to win the spiral bound book- thank you for hosting a giveaway!

  39. Anything that my mom makes…even with her recipes, mine never turn out the same. So wish she lived closer.

  40. Tuna Noodle Casserole with Doritos and parmesean cheese as the topping! Ebook version would be great!

  41. One of my favorite home cooked meals is dill fried chicken (it’s actually baked) and mashed potatoes. If I win I’d love the spiral bound book. Thanks for the chance.

  42. My favorite is my mama’s roast beef & gravy with mashed potatoes, fresh asparagus, and fresh sliced, homegrown tomatoes. Add yeast rolls. Strawberry shortcake for dessert.

  44. I love chicken and dumplings. That would be my favorite meal, it’s one meal my whole family looks forward to. If I win, I would love the spiral bound books. Thanks for the chance, and for all the work you do.

  45. Spiral bound sounds fun but ebook is groovy also: favorite homemade food is my tomato soup with cheese tortellini. Both kids love it and request it frequently.

  46. My favorite home cooked meal is roast, homemade egg noodles and fresh green beans from the garden. Now I’ m hungry and it’s almost bedtime! Oh, I would want the spiral version.

  47. My favorite is actually from Mama JJ – her Kate’s enchiladas (2nd only to your HH’s tuna casserole.) I would prefer the e-book as most of my recipes are on the computer anyway.

  49. My favorite meal might be chili or that could be because I just ate it. I love her blog and I’ve been thinking of getting a copy! I’d love having the spiral copy.

  50. Garden grown greens, cherry toms, and garlic sauted with chickpeas and any other garden veggies I can pick and toss in!

  51. I am just now starting my garden at 65, but I can hardly wait to reap the benefits of good food and good health! As I have read a bit of the pages, this will help me use what I am planting. Thanks so much!

  52. my favorite meal, oh I have so many….green beans from the garden,fried chicken with mashed taters and peach cobbler!

  53. Pasta carbonara or baked potato soup–I don’t make them very often, but when I do, it’s a real treat. I would like the spiral-bound version of the cookbook.

  54. My favorite home-cooked meal is baked macaroni and cheese, and I would LOVE a spiral-bound copy of this book! Thank you for the giveaway!

  55. My favorite home cooked meal.is garden spegetti and I would love a spiral bound copy! Thanks for the awesome giveaway 🙂

  56. Favorite homemade meal… BBQ ribs with grilled veggies… and our zucchini boats with the veggies fresh out of the garden!

    I would love a spiral bound version as I love my cookbooks on paper.

  57. I would love to win a copy of the spiral bound! My favorite from scratch recipe to cook would be Chicken and Dumplings with a homemade peanut butter pie.

  58. My favorite home cooked meal would be bacon wrapped filet mignon with mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. We don’t have it frequently, but there are never any leftovers when we do. Thank you for the chance to get an awesome cookbook 🙂 and I would love the ebook version

  59. I absolutly love really good, gooey, cheesy homemade Macaroni and Cheese that is baked with a crumb topping. Mmmmmm…so good! Thank you! 🙂

  60. I would have to say chix-n-dumplings! Love comfort foods, but healthy versions of them. I tweak my recipes a lot.

  61. I just found her site today, by chance, and bookmarked it! How ironic! My favorite meal is roasted chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, and homemade rolls. I would love the spiral bound book!

  62. Favourite homemade meal would have to be chili, not only can I make it for that night but it is super easy to make and put in the freezer.
    I would love either version of the book, I have half my recipes in my computer and the other half in cookbooks so I am not too picky 🙂

  63. My favorite meal is meatloaf with mash potatoes, gravy, and green beans! 🙂 I would love the spiral bound book.

  64. My favorite cooked meal is a scramble from using my sweet chicken’s fresh eggs and a mix of freshly cuts herbs and onion tops from my garden. + a big crunchy chunk of sour dough baguette.

    I’d loooooove the e-version (if its a pdf – i dont have a reader) if not – hard copy.

  65. My favorite meal to make for my family is Mexican. We do the very basics: bean burritos, venison tacos and cheese crisp, but this pleases both the kids and adults. Thanks for the opportunity to win this great cookbook. I would love the spiral-bound version. Happy spring, Mavis!

  66. I love lasagna, breadstickss, and a big salad with cinnamon rolls for dessert. I would love the ebook version.

  67. My favorite meal is meatloaf with sautéed kale on the side. I know what I’m making tomorrow! I’ve been following her blog for awhile, but never comment. However, I would love the spiral bound copy.!

  69. My favorite home cooked meal is always at thanksgiving dinner, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy.

  70. Hm my favorite meal……do I have to pick just one? Turkey..mashed potatoes…mac & cheese…green bean casserole.

  71. So hard to choose, probably slow cooked baby back ribs with homemade bbq sauce. and lots of grilled veggies, including corn and grilled pineapple! that was exceedingly harder than it should have been to think of. oh, and i am a paper girl, i would love the spiral bound!

  72. Ooh . . . lots of these recipes sound good. I would say my favorite homemade meal is shredded beef enchiladas with homemade salsa verde and refried beans. Yum! I LOVE spiral bound cookbooks and would love to have Janes! Thank you for the chance!

  74. my favorite comfort meal to make is homemade chili (own recipe) & homemade cinnamon rolls!

    spiral bound, pls!

  75. Oh how I love my hot root soup with fresh bread! I put in what ever veggies I have in the garden, plus potatoes and lots of hot sauce. Its even great cold! I would love spiral bound please. Thanks for the chance!

  76. My favorite home cooked meal would be two of my Grandmother’s recipes: Moussaka and Raspberry Ribbon Pie for dessert. Pure bliss! I’d love the spiral bound edition of the cookbook :). Good luck to all!

  78. Just about anything with homemade bread… I guess broccoli cheddar soup would top my list. I would live the spiral bound book!

  79. I cook almost every meal from scratch and have tripled my garden space this year. Since we have a 2-person household, the book with new recipes and the knowledge of how to preserve would be a great help! My favorite homemade meal is roasted lemon chicken and lentils.

  80. Hi Mavis! I just started reading your blog a couple of weeks ago and have admittedly been stalking it since! Interestingly, I just started reading Mama’s Minutia a few days ago after finding the link on one of your posts. I’ve been loving it! Aaaand, either from hers or yours, I ended up obsessively reading Mama Congo as well. (And now, thanks to this post, I’ve found ANOTHER new blog to check out.) I think blog reading could be my full time job, if I could just find someone to pay me 🙂

    Anyhoot, back to the topic at hand. I would love love LOVE either of these, but would especially love the spiral bound version!

    As for my favorite meal? That’s tough. I really, really love cooking and creating and food in general, so I have a lot of favorites, but my never fail go-to is Mexican food. If I’m out and about, it’s a burrito bowl at Chipotle or a dinner platter with an enchilada, taco, and taquito at a local family-owned Mexican restaurant. At home, I tend to do more taco salads. In the summer, I also love to grill steak or chicken and have it with homemade potato salad and Italian salad (any fresh raw veggies, sliced black and green olives, sometimes pepperoni, and 1/2 italian, 1/2 creamy italian dressing, salt and peppers to taste, all tossed together). Nom nom nom.

    What’s YOUR favorite meal, Mavis?

    (Side note, I accidentally posted from Facebook, but then deleted it to post in the regular comments section. I didn’t cheat, I swear!)

  81. Ha! Everyone wants spiral bound:-). Guess there’s something about holding a real book in your hand…especially when cooking some made from scratch food. Right now I’m on a stock kick (chicken, lamb, beef, rabbit). I love the smell of it simmering on the stove. I’d love some recipes to use it with.

  82. Buscuits! Reminds me of my grandma, and you can make a meal around them or just eat them with honey or jam and coffee. Ebook please

  83. I would love to win…I have a cookbook problem so this will be feeding the fire! 🙂

  85. My favorite homecooked meal, at least of the moment, is split pea soup with lots of carrots and potatoes and leeks in it. I’ve been making it for dinner at least 3 nights a week for the last 2-3 months. 🙂 I’d prefer the spiral bound, but either is awesome. 🙂

  87. Favorite? Fettuccine Alfredo, garlic bread, Caesar salad. But I couldn’t live without my Italian recipes passed down to me! Nothing like my dad’s meatballs!! NOTHING.

    Spiral bound would be my first choice, but would LOVE either!!!

  88. My favorite meal is braised steak with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes and asparagus ….and lemon sour cream pie for dessert.
    I’m now enjoying Jane’s blog and just looked at Mama M’s. Wow – Thanks for expanding my horizons. The spiral bound cookbook would be wonderful. Thanks.

  89. I can’t believe how hard it is to pin it down to ONE. Anything homemade is a favorite. My favorite meal is a good pork roast, german spatzle covered with homemade gravy, fresh green beans, and a green salad. I love visiting Thy Hand Hath Provided blog….I’m sure I found it through you. I’d like the spiral.

  91. Mine is meatloaf with gravy and mashed potatoes. I’ve loved it since I was a little kid.

  92. Wow, hard choices here! My entry is corned beef, cabbage, & colcannon. Delish any time of the year. Good leftovers too (if you’re lucky and have some). Would prefer the spiral bound book.

  93. My favorite home cooked meal is one I don’t make: my husband makes an awesome lasagna.
    The spiral-bound book looks beautiful.

  94. I was wondering how I began following these two blogs the other day -it was through you! You all are a great read. I would love a spiral bound cookbook -wouldn’t want my kindle a flour mess! (I could cover it if that’s all you got though!) thanks for the chance

  95. There are so many favorites, but I’ll say beef pot roast. I would love to have a spiral-bound cookbook! Thank you!

  96. My favorite homemade meal is egg rolls! Years ago, I got a recipe that uses 1/4 pound ground beef with lots of shredded cabbage, sprouts, carrots! It was the recipe that introduced me to Chinese 5 spice! Since we have 11 children, being able to make a batch of about 60 egg rolls with 1/4 lb of meat is an economical as well as tasty meal! I also make our own sweet and sour sauce! Would love to win the e-book (less chance of spilling on the pages!)!

  97. I’d have to say my favorite is salmon. I take a thick filet (crosscut, skin-on), lightly dust it with cornmeal, and saute it with a little olive oil until it’s golden brown and delicious. Then, I put a stripe of barbecue sauce down the center, and serve it with a salad. Sounds weird, I know, but it’s seriously amazing! Crunchy on the outside, perfectly cooked on the inside! I’d love the spiral book…electronic devices don’t last long in my kitchen…I’m a messy cook. 🙂

  98. Our favourite homecooked meal is “Italian Lamb Chops” cooked in the slow cooker and served with creamy mashed potato and green beans. The taste is unbelievable and it virtualy cooks itself! I would love the sprial bound version.

  100. My favorite homemade meal is macaroni and cheese with baked ham.
    I would love to win the spiral version. Thanks for the chance!

  101. Hmmmm … it is very difficult to choose a single favorite meal, but I guess I would say chicken and dumplings. Yum! I would choose the spiral bound book – I’m an old fashioned girl in the kitchen. 🙂

  103. My favorite meals are those made with veggies fresh from my garden… but the top has to be caprese salad with fresh mozzarella and heirloom tomatoes and basil picked just moments before. Nothing is better than FRESH and knowing that you grew it yourself!
    I would love the book in either format – it’s been on my list to buy for a while now!!

  104. My favorite homemade meal is one I make with tagliatelle pasta, roast chicken, toasted pinenuts, yellow raisins and rosemary . . . I think it came from Nigella originally. Man is it good!

  105. My favorite homecooked meal would be chicken and dumplings like my grandma use to make. If I won, I would prefer the spiral book as I am a cook book lover! 🙂

  107. Favourite homecooked meal… home made bread with homemade French onion soup…I would love to win the spiral paper copy… I follow her blog as well.

  109. If I am lucky enough to win, I would love the spiral bound cookbook.

    Having a hard time deciding my favorite homecooked meal….like to cook and love lots of foods. I guess my favorite would be oven roasted turkey, oyster dressing and cranberry salad…and of course, pumpkin pie for dessert.

  110. All of our meals are usually home-cooked, but a personal favorite would be roast beef, mashed potatoes and green beans–that is probably the family favorite as well!

  111. A favorite? Yikes. That’s difficult. Well right now I suppose I’d go with anything pasta with a cream sauce. Shrimp alfredo sounds excellent right now.

    I’d use the spiral bound. Thanks for this opportunity Mavis and Jane!

  112. My favorite meal is any kind of soup. I would love to have the spiral bound. Thanks for the giveaway!

  117. Roast beef, mashed pototoes w/gravy and corn. Or ANYTHING my Mom or Gram cooks! They are the best! I would really use the sprial bound – thanks Mavis!

  120. My favorite home cooked meal is Chicken Parm! The type of cookbook doesn’t matter to me! I like using both my tablet and cook books when cooking!

  121. I always loved my mom’s fried chicken. Alas, I cannot make it like she did!

    I’d love the spiral bound version to keep in my kitchen.

  122. I love making “brinner” or breakfast for dinner. I think I would use the spiral bound book more. Thanks so much for this giveaway!

  123. My favorite home cooked meal is my moms homemade vegetable stew with spitzels. So yummy!

  124. My favorite home cooked meal is beef and noodles. Cooking the beef all day in the slow cooker which makes the house smell so good, kneading the dough and rolling it out for the noodles is cathartic, and then serving it all over mashed potatoes is so comforting. This is my husbands favorite meal to eat and my favorite to prepare. I would love the spiral bound version to add to my cookbook collection.

  125. I don’t know if I even have a favorite meal. Right now I am hungry for black bean burritos. I’d love the spiral bound book.

  126. We like roast, mashed potatoes, and peas! I’d love to win either, but spiral bound would be my first choice!

  127. We like roast, mashed potatoes, and peas! I’d love to win either, but spiral bound would be my first choice!

  129. What a great giveaway! I started following Jane from here. I am making her oatmeal rolls today.
    My favorite homecooked meal is turkey and rice soup and fresh bread.
    I would prefer the spiral bound book, but would love either!

  130. My all time favorite home cooked meal is my Grandmother’s Homemade Pasta Sauce. It takes about 5 hours to cook, but totally worth it. I now make it for my family – there’s nothing like the smell of love it fills my house with.

  131. My all time favorite home cooked meal is my Grandmother’s Homemade Pasta Sauce. It takes about 5 hours to cook, but totally worth it. I now make it for my family – there’s nothing like the smell of love it fills my house with. Spiral bound book please – if I am able to receive one of these wonderful books.

  132. Mavis, I love your blog – I look so forward to seeing your daily adventures. My all time favorite home cooked meal is my Grandmother’s Homemade Pasta Sauce. It takes about 5 hours to cook, but totally worth it. I now make it for my family – there’s nothing like the smell of love it fills my house with. Spiral bound book please – if I am able to receive one of these wonderful books.

  133. My favorite meal is macaroni and cheese with stewed tomatoes, steamed shrimp, homemade cole slaw, and fresh green beans. I would prefer the spiral bound, but would love either version. Thanks

  134. Chicken and dumplings…major comfort food!!! =)
    I love cookbooks in the hands-on version…so spiral-bound for me.

  135. My favorite home cooked meal is country fried steak with mashed potatoes both smothered with homemade gravy and a side of steamed/grilled veggies!! Guess I just decided whats for supper tonight!! I would LOVE either book, but spiral is my preference.

  136. Shepherd’s Pie! I love this dish. Unfortunately, my husband does not, so I rarely make it.

  137. My favorite home cooked meal is soup of any kind with a side salad or fancy toasted bread 🙂
    Sarah M
    PS-Spiral bound for me, please!

  139. Favorite home cooked meal would have to be Hungarian Layer Cabbage with mashed potatoes, green beans and freshly made bread. Spiral bound would be nice thanks.

  141. I’m totally a breakfast person and I can never say no to homemade pancakes with fruit on top! I would prefer the spiral bound, but I can do e-book too. Thanks for hosting another giveaway!

  142. My favorite home cooked meal is spaghetti. I use my own homemade sauce with all ingredients coming from my garden. I love your site, Mavis. Keep up the good work.

  145. BBQ’d tri tip and garlic mashers, yum! I’ve been following Jane’s blog for quite some time (That’s actually where I found you!) and I love her recipes. I would love to have a spiral bound copy of her cookbook. Thank you!

  146. Just finished chopping the veggies for Veggie stew and dumplings.

    I would love either. Love the site.
    Carrie

  147. I actually found your blog thru Mamas Minutia- ya’ll make quite a cool trio! I was sad that I missed the pie party, hope it happens again sometime. I know its not a real meal, but my favorite homecooked breakfast is banana bread. I use the recipe from Jennifer, and it is AMAZING. I should really try Jane’s food- I am sure it’s awesome since its so highly recommended by you guys. If I win, e-book for me please!

  148. My favorite home cooked me is chicken fried steak & mashed potatos (yes I’m from the south!) lol. I would love the spiral bound book, but I’d be fortunate to win either version! Thanks so much Mavis & Jane!

  149. You can’t beat homemade chicken noodle soup! I would love a hardcopy version of her cookbook. Thanks both of you!!

  150. Fried chicken, mashed new potatoes, cream 40 peas, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, and some tomatoe gravy and homemade biscuits. Would love a spiral cook book or the ebook!!!!

  151. My favorite meal is linguine with seafood. There’s nothing like a bowlful of squid ink pasta, that looks like seaweed, with a mixture of scallops, clams, shrimp or any other seafood on top.

  152. Barbecue chicken, au gratin potatoes, and green beans. The spiral bound would be awesome.

  153. My favorite home-cooked meal (right now–it always seems to change!) is baked ziti. Mmmm.

    Should I win, my choice would be for the spiral bound. Thanks!

  154. Mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy and a big green salad. I’d love the spiral version.

  156. My favorite home cooked meal would be homeade chicken noodle soup. Made with many ingredients raised right at home: chickens, carrots, celery and onion off my own land. Plus homeade dumplings….gotta have dumplings! 🙂

  157. Indonesian Ribs! My hubby made this for me when we were dating. Wowzer! Was it good. I’ve learned to make them now and we are never turned down for dinner when we offer these ribs.

  159. Breakfast has always been my favorite meal…and right now my favorite breakfast is french toast! Made with sourdough bread, lots of egg yolks, little bit of milk, salt, real maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg. Cooked in butter and coconut oil. Served with more butter and real maple syrup…oh my word! I’d love a copy of the spiral bound cookbook! Thanks so much!

  160. I have a great chicken pot pie recipe from scratch that is amazing, thank you Pinterest! I would love the spiral bound recipe book, thank you! I love your blog Mavis and Jane’s too, I only follow 4 and you both are in that number!

    • Okay, I must be hungry because I would like a link to this recipe too if you wouldn’t mind?

  161. My favorite thing to make is my lentil vegetable soup. Yummo! I would love to win a spiral bound cookbook. It looks amazing. I took a peek inside; the chocolate scones look delicious.

  162. It is a hard choice but I would have to pick ham and beans made from the leftover smoked ham bone. Jane’s blog is as awesome as her pumpkin pie (made with butternut squash of course) and I will never be able to use another recipe for it. I would love the spiral bound.

  163. My fav would be homemade lasagna. We are talking homemade sauce and noodles here. Along with some homemade rustic, crusty bread. It’s an all day process, but so worth it! I make almost all of our meals from scratch 🙂 I would love the spiral bound copy.

  165. Yay! This would be fun to win. I’d like the spiral bound one, I think. Thanks Mavis!

  166. My favorite home cooked meal is pizza! We make it almost every weekend – I make the dough during the day, sauce in the freezer from my tomato harvest – and whatever else we feel like piling on. My sweet man flips and spins out the dough, the kids top it with their own creations. It’s my go-to plan when we have company – they enjoy giving the spinning a try.
    I would love the paper copy – I write all over my cookbooks! : )

  167. My favorite home cooked meal is stuffed shells. I’m half Italian and this meal is something my young daughter can help with, making it a family affair.

    Either the ebook or spiral would be fine. Maybe ebook is preferable to keep my counters clear for more cooking!

  168. Our favorite home cooked meal is pasta w/home made marinara, big garden salad and fresh homemade rolls from freshly ground wheat. Yum! That’s what we had for dinner last night! I’d love the spiral bound. 🙂

  169. My favorite home-cooked meal is probably ice cream. Which sounds odd, but my family has a tradition of having homemade ice cream for dinner once every year. It was always the most magical day for me growing up.

    Concerning real food I really like making fried potatoes, eggs, and ham for breakfast. It’s simple and really filling, albeit a little fattening.

    Given the choice I would prefer a spiral bound copy.

    Thank you so much for these excellent giveaways.

  170. It’s a toss up for me for favorite home cooked meal between lasagna and chili. If I win I’d like the spiral bound book please:)

  171. My currrent favorite go-to meal is called Tofu-tia. My friend made up the recipe and it’s easy and delicious. Kind of like a seasoned tofu burrito! I read “Thy Hand Hath Provided” and would love a spiral copy of Jane’s recipe book. Thanks!

  173. My favorite home cooked meal is soup I make from chicken or turkey stock. It warms me inside and out. I use fresh vegetables and very little in the way of starch so the soup varies each time I make it, but it is always satisfying! I would love the spiral bound book. Thank you.

  174. I love a good homemade chicken pot pie! YUM!! I would love to win the spiral bound book. Thanks Mavis!!

  175. Favorite one?!?! Wow! My favorite would be home made white pizza – home grown garlic, oregano and basil, some olive oil, feta and mozzarella. My hubby would say roasted turkey breast with the trimmings.
    And I would love the spiral bound copy please and thank you.

  176. My favorite meal…breakfast for dinner! Waffles, pancakes, eggs, etc. I would love either shook or spiral bound. Thank you!

  177. My favorite home-cooked meal is black-eyed peas, turnip & mustard greens w/smoked turkey, candied yams, baked macaroni and cheese with a nice wedge of cornbread. Mm mm good!

    • Got so caught up in the food I forgot to say I’d like a spiral bound version if I win.

  179. My favorite is beef stew. Simple and so good! Either homemade mashed potatoes or rice cooked in the broth on the side.

  180. Btw, the spiral would be great for me. I don’t have any of the electronics for the online things 😀

  181. My FLAVORite meal is my mom’s chicken curry that i’ve now adapted to make with leftover turkey, tofu or shrimp! I love all the spices in it as well as sharing it with my children. I’d love the sprial bound book.

  184. My Grandma’s Swedish meatball recipe <3 She has terrible arthris & a hard time moving around now, let alone standing at the oven to cook for the small army of kids & grandkids (& great grandkids now!)… My aunt makes a mean replication, but it just ain't the same as Grandma's =(

    As much as I LOVE my Kindle… I'd have to accept the spiral-bound if I won :] I'm trying to build up my collection of recipe & home improvement books to pass down to the kiddos when I'm gone. I want them to have the same memories I do of watching my Grandma in the kitchen with her old Betty Crocker… dog-eared pages & floury finger prints & smudges & all.

  185. My favorite homecooked meal would have to be fried chicken, mashed potatoes, lima beans, and corn. I never make fried chicken, but it’s one of my favorite foods. I’d love the spiral bound book. I have two e-readers but I still like holding a real book!

  187. Home made tacos. We had them once a week growing up and we still have them almost as frequently now. I would love the spiral bound book (but would accept either). Thanks!

  188. My favorite homemade meal is roasted rosemary chicken with potatoes that family in Italy taught me to cook. I’d love a spiral bound book. I have been checking out Thy Hand since you mention it so much and love it.

  190. My favorite home-cooked meal is BBQ chicken breasts, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

    I would prefer the spiral bound.

  191. I guess my favorite meal would be homemade soup, mostly veggie and a yummy cornbread with honey butter. I can almost smell it. 🙂 I would love the spiral version. Thanks!

  193. My dear-husband’s homemade chicken & corn chowder with a slice of garlic bread. Mmmm…. (spiral bound please!)

  194. My favorite meal seems strange it is a comfort food my mom use to make pea sand tuna on toast in a white sauce, Yum. yes I’d love to get the spirl bound books, thansk!

  195. I love macaroni and cheese, tuna fish and peas! Family favorite! I also just love your blog. I file away the One Hundred Dollar a Month email to study more when I have time. You are great!!
    I like spiral bound!

  197. Hi Mavis, My favorite part of any meal is always dessert and homemade mixed berry pie is the best!!
    Spiral would be great!! You do a great job, I love reading your blog!!
    Thank you!

  198. My favorite homecooked meal is navy beans with hamhocks with a batch of sweet corn bread! Love your blog!

  199. My favorite meal is Norwegian meatballs with Surkål (a sweet sour kraut) and mashed garlic potatoes! I would love the cookbooks!

  200. My favorite home cooked meal is chicken noodle soup made from scratch served with rolls on the side. I love cooking and try to make most of my meals from scratch, I’m always looking for new recipes and this seems like an awesome book! If I win, I would prefer the spiral bound book. Thanks for this great giveaway!

  201. My favorite meal is roast with carrots, potatoes, and onions. I crockpot it so by the time dinner is ready the house smells amazing.

    I’d prefer the spiral edition.

  203. It’s hard to choose just one, but I do love homemade pizza! I would like the spiral bound.

  204. Steak and sweet potatoes or anything shrimp. :). Spiral bound please if I win. Thank you.

  206. Sounds like a winner to me! I’d love the spiral bound version. Thanks for this opportunity! P.S. I always enjoy reading your blog–very interesting and informative!

  207. My favorite home cooked meal is one cooked by someone else:) Everything always taste better when my mother makes dinner! spiral cookbook is my preference

  208. Favorite meal? Wild Alaskan Salmon, brown rice, steamed broccoli. yummmm… I like the e-books, although the spiral bound would be good too. Yep, there’s just something about having that book in your hand, but I have an extensive cookbook library right here on my lap top that can go anywhere with me at a moment’s notice. Saved my bacon more than once on extended trips abroad. 😉

  209. my favorite home cooked meal is baked spaghetti, it’s a childhood comfort food. I would love to win a copy of the spiral bound cookbook, but would take either one if I were lucky enough to win! =)

  210. I love to cook lemon chicken and my family loves it….we love to eat all of our food homemade. I would love to win the spiral bound copy. PS-We just moved here to the Seattle area from Virginia. 🙂

  211. Definitely meatloaf and creamy mashed potatoes with fresh corn and spinach, warm blackberry cobbler with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert. The spiral book would be my choice.

    And Thanks to you both for creating these wonderful blogs!

  212. My favorite home cooked meal tends to be slow-cooked to fill the house with the scents of yumminess! This week, my fav was an oven baked beef stew with mushrooms and barley–and butternut squash harvested from my own garden! Perfect for the Spring snowstorm we enjoyed along with our supper!

  213. Thanks to Komo for posting your adorable story about Garden Gnomes, I was able to come across this wonderful website! Thank you Mavis, for all your information! I am just getting into the gardening, home cooking and healthy eathing habits for my family and this website is my new “Go To!” Regardless if I win this contest, I will be purchasing the book! I can’t wait to try out some bread recipies!!!

    Spriral Bound Please if I do win!

  214. Nothing is better then homemade blackberry pie and fresh churned vanilla ice cream. I would love the spiral version, I love cookbooks with splats and flour all over them! I found both of those lovely ladies blogs from this super blog!

  215. My favorite home cooked meal is soup! I think all soups taste better made from scratch. And I’d take the e book or spiral bound! Thanks!

  216. My favorite meal is silly but my cashew curry chicken salad in a pita with tomato salad on the side is totally my happy place. Not only is it delicious but it pretty much only happens in the warm summer months. Only adding to the joy of eating anything!

    KK

  217. My favorite meal to cook from scratch is chicken pot pie. i would choose the spiral bound book. thanks!

  219. The spiral bound version looks great! Today I made a wonderful blackberry buckle, because I was out of blueberries. The blackberries made me think of immerse. They were the last of the berries we picked locally last July. I love my big freezer!

  220. I love homemade beef enchiladas! My mama’s recipe of course! I would love the spiral version.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  221. Carnitas and margaritas! ebook, please
    I think you should create a cookbook from everyone’s favorite homemade meals. My mouth is watering!

  222. My favorite home cooked meal is beef stew served with popovers. The gravy from the stew with the steaming hot popovers slathered with butter. Oh my…yum!! Either version of the cookbook would be fine with me!!

  223. All my meals are home cooked.but my favourite has to be my mom’s macaroni,, hamburger, & tomatoes. Would like spiral one.

  224. My favorite homecooked meal is buffalo chicken enchiladas. The whole family loves it, and I can make the filling in the crockpot while I’m at work. Thanks for the giveaway, I would love the spiral bound!

  225. Vegetarian black bean chili and corn bread! (spiral bound if I win) Thank you!

  226. Ham bone and great northern bean soup with homemade corn bread. I can eat 3 bowls full. Spiral please.

  227. My favorite home cooked meal is my Mom’s chili (and yes my Mom still makes it best!)! I still need to make it while it’s not too warm outside! Thanks for the giveaway! I’d choose the spiral bound…

  228. Our favourite meal is Roast lamb with garden fresh roasted vegetables, home made pan gravy and homemade mint sauce. We love this the most because it gives us the chance and opportunity to have a few of our other favourite meals with the leftovers. Like shepherd’s Pie and Hot lamb sandwiches.

    Thank you very much for the opportunity to enter the giveaway and if I would be so lucky as to win then because of my location I would dearly love to have the ebook please. Thank you again for the opportunity and Crossing everything here for a hopeful win.

  229. My favorite meal would have to be chili or lasagna or quiche. I like ebooks but would love the spiral-bound.
    Thanks!

  230. Hi Mavis,
    I so enjoy your wonderful info on everything, and your sense of humor keeps me smiling. Love to garden and cook. I also raise our own chickens and have for years. One of my favorite things to do with my eggs is to make my mother-in-laws recipe for Deep Dish Custard Pie. YUM. Would love to win the spiral cookbook so more recipes for the garden harvest and use up more eggs.

  231. My favorite home cooked meal is my mother’s cabbage rolls! I would love a spiral bound book.

  232. my favorite home cooked meal is lasagna, I make it very infrequently because it takes so stinking long to put together & I detest the clean up afterwords. I’m not an e-reader so I prefer actual physical books, thanks for offering a giveaway.

  233. my latest favorite meal is BBQ turkey burgers, watermelon, and veggie tray, with home-made Cherry-Garcia ice cream for dessert.

  234. My favorite meal is Enlightened Pasta Alfredo with either broccoli or spinach stirred in, a vegan version from cookbook author Nava Atlas. Yum! I’d love the spiral version, please.

  235. I enjoy, and prefer, making meals for my family from scratch. So as I have been through this process for as long as my kiddos are growing up, and have learned and tried many recipes, I still love making homemade macaroni and cheese. I can use any cheese in the fridge (sometimes cheddar, sometimes even mexican!) and even try dashes of dijon or whatever may shake the taste up a bit. 🙂
    (Either version is welcomed! Thanks!)

  237. My favorite home cooked meal is roasted chicken – we always season it slightly differently, so that it is always familiar and unique at the same time. We usually serve with potatoes (either mashed or roasted) and wilted leafy greens – doesn’t get more romantic than that!!!! Best part is the leftovers that never get wasted 🙂

  238. my favorite home cooked meal is a filipino soup called sinigang. and I would lurve the spiral bound book!

  239. Homemade mac and cheese! What can I say, I enjoy comfort food. Would love an e-book version. Thank you!

  241. Homemade beef stew in the crockpot with a batch of fresh baked bread. I would love the spiral book but would be happy with either!

  243. My fav meal right now is home made pumpkin soup: because I grow the pumpkin, onion and potatoes in my garden :):) satisfying on many levels 🙂

  244. My fav meal right now is home made pumpkin soup: because I grow the pumpkin, onion and potatoes in my garden :):) satisfying on many levels 🙂

  246. Oh, gosh! Favorite home cooked meal? Liver and Onions – something I never get to eat anymore. My husband HATES liver. I can almost smell it now . . . I’d love the spiral copy to give to my baby sister for her birthday on April 16th. 😉

  248. my favorite is chicken soup. No noodles, I serve it with hot bread & butter on the side. It’s so good we don’t have room for desert.

  250. Just one?. Um…roasted chicken and sweet potatoes, dandelion with hot bacon dressing.
    I would love a spiral copy.

  251. My hands down, all time favorite is my mom’s gravy. And yes, gravy is a meal.

  252. My favorite meal is something my Mom made and passed on to me. It is Creamed Chicken and Biscuits. This it the best comfort food and a favorite of my husband. I love to make this for people that are not feeling well as it is just so lucious. I would love the spiral bound. I tried to send a comment before this but never saw it on the blog I think it disappeared. I promise I wasn’t trying to cheat on here.

  253. Our favorite is stuffed peppers! I use ground turkey, cauliflower instead of rice and home canned tomato sauce. Yummy! I just found your site. Thank you for the great info. I would love a spiral bound book.

  255. My favorite meal is baked chicken with mashed potatoes. I would like the spiral bound book. Thanks.

  256. I love to make homemade fettuccine Alfredo. By far my families favorite!! I would love to win the spiral bound 🙂

  257. My favorite home cooked meal is chicken fried steak!
    I would love to have the spiral book

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