UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed.
Whew! Am I ever busy these past few weeks. It’s been a lot of work prepping for the Weston A. Price conference. I have lots of irons in the fire and am so excited about all the ways I’m going to be helping people in the new year.
One of the things I’m launching is a “menu mailer”. A menu mailer is essentially a cookbook combined with a menu planner and shopping list. It is especially helpful to those of us who cook traditional food. As you all know, it isn’t just opening a can or a box and throwing something in the microwave. It takes planning and preparation. And it is more labor-intensive than when you rely on modern convenience foods.
The menu mailer will be launched December 6, 2009. However, I’m sending out the first mailer on Sunday, November 22 (2 weeks prior to the week listed — to give you time to shop and prepare).
(Thanks to my dear mother-in-law, Nancy, for encouraging me to do this. She’s right about every business instinct she has. I appreciate you, Bubbe! And YES I am including Bubbe’s recipes for chopped liver, latkes and brisket in the December menu mailer, for a Hanukkah menu. Seriously, her chopped liver was the best liver I’ve ever had. Did not taste like liver AT ALL. Truly delicious — I could not stop eating it!)
CHEESESLAVE Menu Mailer Features
Three full dinner menus each week plus 1 dessert or breakfast recipe – I want to throw in some breakfast recipes because we all need more breakfast ideas.
Coupons – I’m working with our Real Food Media sponsors to line up special discounts and coupon codes that you will, as a subscriber, have access to EVERY month.
Weekly shopping guide – Printable guide with your shopping list organized by category
Advance delivery – You’ll receive the menu mailer a full 2 weeks in advance – which will give you plenty of time to shop and even order stuff online, as well as start soaking and sprouting, as needed.
Mostly easy, with some challenging recipes – Most menus will be easy but I’m including one per week that will be a little harder and/or more time/consuming (special occasion or fancier meals like Roast Duck w/ Cherry Sauce or Tacos with Homemade Tortillas).
SUPER nutrient-dense – ALL the meals will be nutrient dense (bone broth/fermented foods/pastured eggs & dairy/unrefined sweeteners/etc.) but up to once per week I will do a super-nutrient dense meal including super foods like liver or other organ meat or shellfish or fish eggs. As Kelly the Kitchen Kop says, “Time to put on your big girl panties!”
Budget-friendly – Most menus will be budget-friendly, with tips on how to save money on ingredients. Some meals will cost more (like holiday meals or shellfish) but I’ll include tips on how to save money on those as well.
Kid-friendly – Most menus are kid-friendly (chicken nuggets, french fries, chili cheese dogs, sprouted flour pizza) but some are more adventurous (things like roasted bone marrow or sushi or Moules a la Mariniere,) to help expand your family’s palette.
Seasonal – Gazpacho soup and pesto pizza in summer and butternut squash soup in fall.
Special holiday menus – I’m planning Christmas (tamales for Christmas Eve, British Prime Rib & Figgy Pudding w/ Hard Sauce for Christmas Eve) & Hanukkah (Bubbe’s famous chopped liver, brisket, and potato latkes with sour cream and apple sauce) as well as Valentine’s Day, Easter & Fourth of July menus.
Regional menus from around the world – French, Italian (Northern and Southern), Spanish, Southern Home Cooking (pulled pork sandwiches & sweet potato fries), Thai, Mediterranean, Creole, TexMex (chili & cornbread), Vietnamese, Japanese (real miso soup from scratch & salmon teriyaki).
Flexible – I’ll include easier options when possible (if you don’t want to or don’t have time to make the corn tortillas, there will also be an option to pick them up at the store).
I am working to make this menu mailer something that will help you create nutrient-dense meals for your family every week.
So are you ready for the giveaway? Let’s go!
How to Enter
Just comment below! Tell me why you want to win the CHEESESLAVE menu mailer.
And remember, I’m giving away FIVE menu mailers. So you have a better chance to win!
The giveaway is now closed.
How to Get More Entries
1. Blog about this giveaway and link back to this page on your blog. Comment below with the link. (1 extra entry)
2. Sign up for my email updates or RSS feed. Leave a comment below telling me that you signed up. You will also get an entry if you already subscribe — make sure to leave a comment! (1 extra entry)
3. Follow me on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include the URL to this page in your tweet. Click the ReTweet button at the top of the post, or you can use the following tweet: “Win a 1 yr subscription to CHEESESLAVE’s menu mailer – $85 value! (AND INCLUDE THE URL)” Leave a comment telling me that you followed & tweeted. (1 extra entry)
4. Friend me on Facebook and post about the giveaway on your Facebook status. Be sure to include the URL to this page in your status update. Leave a comment below telling me that you friended me and updated your status. (1 extra entry)
UPDATE: Facebook has just posted new rules that prohibit us from giving contest entries for Facebook promotions. If you added me on Facebook and/or promoted the contest on Facebook, THANK YOU! Unfortunately, I will not be able to count that as an entry. I’m sorry!
5. Email 5 friends about the giveaway, with a link to the page. Leave a comment below telling me that you did. (1 extra entry)
6. Stumble this post and leave me a comment telling me that you did. (1 extra entry)
There are a total of 7 possible entries.
This contest will end Sunday, November 15 at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org. The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 18th on my blog. Winners will have 48 hours to contact me with his or her full name, address, and phone number.
This contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world.
Good luck, everybody!
Questions? Comment below.
UPDATE: I meant to add that I WILL be posting a sample week of menus. Expect it in the next few days.
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Yay! so excited that you are doing this-
I’m subscribed to your blog
emailed to 5 friends
WOW! All the responses. I feel that my reasons would be extremely redundant to everything i have read above. Mother to a 15 mo, wife to a husband who is extremely susceptable to illnesses – we started this journey as a last ditch effort to get healthy and stay that way. I feel sometimes like the only reason we fall off the wagon is because we get tired of the same 10 recipies i have mastered or we just don’t plan our time well (or shopping for that matter) Your menu would help us to potentially overcome that. Best of luck with your decision. There are a lot of people on here. I am tweeting you now as well.
WOW! All the responses. I feel that my reasons would be extremely redundant to everything i have read above. Mother to a 15 mo, wife to a husband who is extremely susceptible to illnesses – we started this journey as a last ditch effort to get healthy and stay that way. I feel sometimes like the only reason we fall off the wagon is because we get tired of the same 10 recipes i have mastered or we just don’t plan our time well (or shopping for that matter) Your menu would help us to potentially overcome that. Best of luck with your decision. There are a lot of people on here. I am tweeting you now as well.
Hi there,
I would absolutely love to win this contest. I am a single working mom with three angelic, beautiful girls, all with very nice teeth and bones–thanks to goodness I found Ms. Fallon and the Weston A. Price Foundation. There are so so many pressures as a single mom, and getting all of the planning and preparation figured out ahead of time is mind-boggling. I feel that our family would be greatly blessed to be able to check out all of these wonderful resources.
Thanks and Peace,
Melissa Jensen
Great idea. i’d love to see it.
I have two young children, one with severe food sensitivities, and I would LOVE to have fresh new tasty ideas about how to give their growing little bodies and minds what they need to thrive! Thanks!
THIS. SOUNDS. FABULOUS. Count me in. I’m all about healthy recipes that are already planned for me. WAY cool.
I’ve been on & off scd for 9 years due to long hist. of ulcerative colitis. Bought Nourishing Traditions a yr ago and have made many changes in feeding family: kefir water, raw milk, pastured meats, coconut oil, tallow, soaked grains, cutting back on oj, etc. I tend to make 2 meals (one for me, one for fam.) so I need to streamline. I’m hopeless with meal planning.
I’ve enjoyed your blog for a while, finally subscribed : ) -Teresa
I would love this because I can use all the help I can get to feed my family healthy food. It takes work.
Hi there! I just subscribed to your site and I’m so excited! I’m new to this way of eating and learning more every day. My family feels better, is off medications, and full of energy. Menu planning/planning ahead is the most difficult task for me and would LOVE to win!!! Thank you!!!
hey, i’d love to win this mailer… what a good idea! i’ve recently gone back to work and my husband is home with our 1 yr old and going to school. he’s preparing more of our meals these days and would really enjoy some fresh ideas and planning help. good luck with your endeavor.
also, i subscribe to your blog…. and really enjoy it.
I have six littles to feed and menu planning help would be wonderful.
.-= Kelly E. ´s last blog ..MEOW! =-.
I would love to win a subscription to your mailer. I’m committed to the idea of traditional foods for my family, and I really do try. I’m having trouble with the financial and planning aspect of it. My husband is an architecture grad student (really long days), I work close to full time, have a toddler and am pregnant, so money and planning/prepping time for me is really tight. And ideas – I really run out sometimes. Some of the other mailers I’ve tried (both TF and ones I modify) helped me with my food spending and time, but my husband didn’t like the recipes. I LOVE your recipes, and so does he. I’m so excited you’re doing this.
I subscribe to your blog as well.
Just wanted to let you know I subscribed to your blog. I’d like to be added to the contest, because I am brand new to traditional eating and I think a menu would be very helpful.
Rachel
Just wanted to let you know that I also emailed a link to your page to 5 friends. Thanks!
This is SUCH a good idea. Wow. It would change my life, even if you did regular recipies. I constantly wander around grocery stores clueless, standing by veggies, thinking, “I like veggies”, and not having any idea what or how to cook them. Inspiring and something for my wish list!
.-= Keidi´s last blog ..Mug Shots and More =-.
already a subscriber. thanks!
I would be honored to win. I am following on Twitter and retweeted about the giveaway. I would love to get better at planning and organizing meals. I started eating in this manner when I was pregnant with my son two years ago and now I am eight weeks pregnant again. I feel happy that my children get to eat so well. And I could really use the extra encouragement and inspiration I feel your menus could provide. Thanks for the opportunity.
Andreah
I would like to win as I am 34 years old and recovering from a stroke that occured during surgery in September. Following traditional doctors and nutritionst have gotten me nowhere. Actually it has gotten me stuck at home unable to drive or work~ depending on my husband and parents to drive me to 7-8 doctor/therapy appt. a week!
I have four sons that I’m trying to feed real, nourishing food. A menu mailer would be great!!
I emailed 5 people about your contest! Yay!
.-= Kim´s last blog ..Guacamole – Quick Easy Cheap =-.
I blogged about your contest! Here’s a link
http://captivatedlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/cool-contest.html
.-= Kim´s last blog ..Cool Contest! =-.
I’d like to win because I just finished reading Nourishing Traditions last month and am feeling overwhelmed trying to incorporate the principles into our daily meals. Having menu ideas, and especially being prompted to get the preliminary steps done ahead of time (soaking, etc.), would be tremendously helpful. Thank you for doing this!
I’m excited to see how you do this, sounds great! I already subscribe to your RSS and I just retweeted.
.-= Michelle @ Find Your Balance´s last blog ..Walking Jodie’s Path – Part 3 =-.
As a grad student I am constantly looking for ways to reduce stress in my life. Having someone else suggest menus and recipes would be particularly helpful since I spend a lot of time doing this. Things are harder when you are not content to feed yourself and your loved ones “convenience food” and when you haven’t grown up eating traditional foods and learning how to make it.
This sounds very nice – I am definitely in a rut, too. I have watched my 2 yr old turn from a sickly acid-reflux baby to a happy, well-rested, bouncy and very verbal 2 yr old (she relates her dreams to me!) because of NT and real food. I am determined to keep going, but I’d love some fresh ideas.
AnnMarie,
I love this idea! I homeschool 3 daughters and we are moving daily toward eating real foods. It is more time consuming but worth it. Thank you so much for this offer and your informative blog.
I twittered and follow your feeds.
Hi, I would love, love, love to win the menu mailer! I really need all the help I can get in organizing and this is one of my biggest downfalls that keeps me from feeding my family nourishing foods. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I entered through-
email subscription, twitter, and stumbled upon
Hi! I would love to win the menu mailer because I am a disorganized person and have a hard time planning ahead for WAPF friendly recipes (e.g. soaking beans). I think having a weekly grocery list and recipe list would help me immensely in my goal to follow the WAPF principles. I am signed up for your RSS feeds.
This is my first time at you blog and all I can say is WOW! I have been searching for a way to include the foods I love to eat with my current exercise program called the FBF System and now I think I have. I’m really impressed with the nutrient density of your recipes. Needless to say, I’m going to give some of these recipes a try because the descriptions are just making my mouth water!
.-= Janice´s last blog ..Easy Weight Loss Diet – My Results With The FBF System =-.
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