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We’re delighted to announce the winner of our latest giveaway for a Fagor Duo Pressure Cooker.  With close to 250 entries, Lorene S., a mom of two little boys from Marietta, GA was selected as our winner using Random.org.  In her comment to our blog, Lorene wrote:  “I’ve never used a pressure cooker but have only heard good things from my siblings who have. At this point in my life (and, due to the state of the economy, ALL our lives), anything that reduces stress is welcome. Healthy meals prepared quickly definitely meets that requirement. Risotto in 12 minutes? A whole chicken entree in 25 minutes? Sign me up!”  Congratulations Lorene!

We enjoyed reading all of your comments and will post some of our favorites to the blog early next week.  We are scheduled to launch our new blog design on Monday (if all goes according to plan) – we’re calling it Meal Makeover Moms’ Kitchen, so stay tuned for a fun new look and a bunch of cool new features.

We are pleased to announce that Lori L., mom of two from Boxborough, MA, is the winner of our latest giveaway for Quick Flip to Delicious Dinners and the Veggie Quick Flip Pocket Guide, written by dietitian Eileen Faughey.  Our winner was selected randomly from more than three dozen blog entries.  When asked to share the recipe her family “flips” over, Lori posted the following comment:  My son devours my homemade fat free salsa. It is made with mostly fresh vegetables. He piles it with tortilla chips and cheese or dips his carrots in it for a yummy treat!

We loved hearing about everyone’s favorite family recipes and were happy to see so many from our website and cookbook!  There were more ideas than we could possibly share here (so feel free to look back over the posts to read them), but here are a few to whet your appetite.

Nicole B had a unique recipe: My family flips over my chicken and pineapple sandwich on sourdough bread! You either grill or saute’ the chicken breasts, and then do the same with the pineapple slices until they are browned and soft. Serve on sourdough bread with light mayo, shredded lettuce, and top with pineapple slices. Very satisfying and filling!!

Kathy M. had a great suggestion for families with food allergies:  My family flips over my chicken and broccoli. My son has a peanut and tree nut allergy so we can’t go to a Chinese restaurant. Before he was diagnosed, he used to love eating this take-out meal. Now I make homemade chicken and broccoli over brown rice at home. I’m sure it’s much healthier because I can control the amount of sauce mixed in and there’s no MSG!

Jen, a soon-to-be dietitian from Miss Organic’s Kitchen blog wrote: My family flips for chicken asparagus bake. It has rice, chicken, asparagus, covered in homemade cream of chicken soup and a little bit of cheese. Yum!

And another fellow food blogger, Lisa from Jersey Girl Cooks, shared this delicious dinner: My family loves when we have fajitas. I like to use whole wheat tortillas and offer a variety of healthy toppings including grilled chicken, grilled veggies, low fat cheese and low fat sour cream.

Thanks to everyone for entering.  Stay tuned for our next giveaway coming up in January for a top-of-the-line pressure cooker!

Do you and your family ever get tired of the same old pasta, chicken, soup, and vegetables?  To the rescue is a new book called Quick Flip to Delicious Dinners written by dietitian Eileen Faughey.  We met Eileen in October at a nutrition conference and have wanted to offer her book as a giveaway ever since! 

Here’s how the book works: Say you’re having pasta for dinner but want something different from the usual red sauce on top.  Eileen shows you how to shake things up with five international variations — Asian, French, Italian, Mexican, or Spanish.  She does the same thing for pizza, stir fries, soups, grains, desserts, and more.  

One luck winner will receive a copy of Quick Flip to Delicious Dinners plus Eileen’s Veggie Quick Flip Pocket Guide which features buying, storing, preparing, and cooking tips for dozens of vegetables.   If you have ever wondered what to do with collard greens or rutabagas, this is the giveaway for you!

To enter, simply post a comment and tell us about a favorite recipe (preferably a healthy one!) that you and your family flip over.  The deadline for entering is noon on Monday, December 22nd.  We’ll announce our randomly-selected winner on the blog that day.  Be sure to include your email address so we can let you know if you win.

It’s not too late to enter our latest Nalgene water bottle giveaway.  Five lucky winners will each receive four reusable, eco friendly, BPA-free bottles.  We announced the giveaway in our November newsletter, asking readers to forward it to a friend in order to toss their name into the giveaway hat.  If you have not entered yet, simply post a comment right here on our blog and tell us what you are doing to be “green. ”  Whether it’s recycling, walking to work or school, or shutting off your car engine while waiting to pick up the kids, we’d love to hear from you.  Winners will be picked randomly next week!

Just a reminder that it’s not too late to enter our latest giveaway for a one-year supply of Eggland’s Best eggs, an Emerilware Cast-Iron Skillet, and an All-Clad Reversible Griddle. Simply send us an email at Moms@MealMakeoverMoms.com and share your favorite recipe(s) featuring eggs. We’ll pick the winning recipe based on creativity, kid appeal, and of course, flavor! We’ll announce our winner in our June Meal Makeover Moms’ Newsletter.

One of our entries inspired us to go to the kitchen and cook up a couple of “Eggs in a Basket” for our mid-morning snack. Meal Makeover Moms’ Club member Diane had shared this recipe on her own blog and passed it along to us. They were really quite delicious! Keep those recipes coming and you could be our next winner. Happy Cooking!