Weekly Meal Plan 111 and Cook’n Recipe Organizer Giveaway ($99.95 value) #DinnerIdeas

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Have you seen my five steps for easy meal planning?

What are you waiting for? You’ve gotta check it out.

You know I am passionate about meal planning and getting a hot meal on the table for my family and in 2012 I want to help busy moms do the same!

Simple Dinner Ideas

Yesterday my friend Kelli and I kicked off our year-long Simple Dinner Ideas campaign.

We have both shared how we make meal planning happen for our families. We have encouraged you to share meal planning tips and tricks so others can be inspired to get dinner on the table for their family as well. You can linkup over on 3 Boys and a Dog or Crystal & Co., and your posts will be seen by both of our readers.

Today I am going to share my meal plan with you as well as an awesome giveaway.

Meal Plan #111

Cheesy Ham and Pasta Bake– my kids love this casserole. It is like mac and cheese but casserole style. Served with a dinner salad. So easy.

Puerto Rican Stew– served with red kidney beans and rice.

English Muffin Pizzas– fast and easy. Served with carrot sticks and fruit.

Walking Tacos- this is a recipe from the Cook’n online recipe organizer. It is kind of like taco salad with Fritos. I think my kids will like it.

Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Casserole– oh yes you can make a casserole in the crockpot. This is a family favorite. Served with a dinner salad and apple slices.

Now it is time for the giveaway.

Some of you have sent me emails and left comments on some of my meal planning posts sharing that you struggle to get dinner on the table.

You get bored with your recipes, you’re too tired to cook, you just can not get it all organized. Well, Cook’n Recipe Organizer has a meal planning solution for us.

Cook’n Recipe Organizer Version 10

Cook’n Recipe Organizer is recipe software that contains a nice group of simple dinner ideas (and appetizers, soups, breakfast ideas, etc.) that are perfect for busy families like yours and mine.

But wait. There is more.

You can also search for recipes on the internet right within the Cook’n program. It is like Google, but Cook’n -style.

You find recipes on the internet that you like and you merge them over to your Cook’n recipe organizer with the click of a button.This could be a recipe from a blog, like mine, or from a website like Food Network.

It gets even better.

Once you bring the recipe over to Cook’n, you can manipulate it to adjust according to the servings you need and omit ingredients you do not like. You can also save a photo of the recipe that is on the orignal blog or site. Cook’n will also save the source for you so that you always know where the recipe came from.

From there you can build a meal plan for a week or a month using their software as well.

Did I mention it also syncs up with your mobile device?

Live Demonstration and Where To Buy

Want to watch a live demonstration of how this program works? It is pretty nifty.

You can buy it now on sale for $79.95!

Giveaway Details

  1. Cook’n is offering this $99.95 program to one lucky Crystal & Co. reader!
  2. Enter once or enter all 8 ways- you choose.
  3. Leave a comment for each entry as well as your email address so I can notify you if you win.
  4. Have all of your entries in by 1/16/12 by 11:59 pm, central time.
  5. Winner will be chosen using Random.org.
  6. Want to increase your chances to win even more? Hop over to 3 Boys and a Dog as she is giving a copy away as well.

Ways to Enter

  1. Visit the DVO website and tell me what you like most about their recipe organizer. 
  2. Subscribe to the Cook’n Free Newsletter. (their right sidebar)
  3. Like Cook’n Recipe Organizer on Facebook.  
  4. Like Crystal & Co on Facebook.
  5. Follow Crystal & Co on Twitter.
  6. Follow Crystal & Co via Google Friend Connect. (in footer)
  7. Have Crystal & Co delivered to your inbox. (enter email address in right sidebar or in the box at the end of this post)
  8. Tweet this message once per day with the link: RT @crystalandcomp has a Cook’n Recipe Organizer #Giveaway ($99.95 value) #dinnerideas #recipe #win http://bit.ly/vpmKfu

Feel free to read my disclosure statement.

 

Blended family. Wife to Lenny. Homeschool mom. Large family- eight boys and one girl... ONLY five still at home. Texas born and raised.

220 Comments

  1. I like the Nutritional Value Analyzer best since I have to be pretty strict about what I eat due to dietary reasons (high protein, low carb, sugar, fat and salt)

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  2. Joni Owada says:

    I like it that I can Save Internet Recipes as well as
    Enter my Own Personal Recipes. It is great that I can
    Sync Recipes with my iPad.

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    signed up for the Cook and Free newsletter

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  8. I like that I can put all my recipes in there from my email.

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  9. I signed up for the newsletter.

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  10. Iam an email subscriber.

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  12. OMG, do I have to pick just one thing to love about this! I would love, love, love to win this!!! I love the nutritional value analyzer, being able to find a recipe from ingredients you already have on hand, being able to pull in recipes from the internet, and being able to make your own cookbook! I am a follower. Thanks for a chance to win!

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  13. This is so cool! I didn’t know anything like this existed! I love that you can enter your own recipes, email, sync with iPhone, etc. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  18. I love that it can sync to your phone so you can see the ingredients list at the grocery store!

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  49. I like that you can get the recipes from the websites that you already love and can create your own cookbook. I WANT IT : )

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  65. I like that I can import internet recipes and have them organized in one program.

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    I like the fact that my recipes will be all in one place because right now they are everywhere

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  75. you can Save Internet Recipes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  94. Chrystal D says:

    I like that you can print a family cookbook!

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  95. I love just about everything about this software… really love that I can search for recipes online and pull them in, even adjusting them according to our family’s needs.
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  96. Marlene V says:

    I really like that you can Find the Best Recipes on the Internet

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    I like that I can make menus and shopping lists with this.

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  111. I like the we can link to our mobile phones. I also llike that you can build meal plans for weeks or a whole month. Look like the software I have been looking for.

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    you can sync Recipes with iPhone, iPad, & Android

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    I like that I can Capture and Save Internet Recipes. So many times I come across a recipe and I’m too lazy to write it down. This would be great!

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  155. Hello, I like that you can create family cookbooks and publish them. This would make great gifts. I would love to get my mom’s recipes in one place, her grandchildren would love that. Thanks for a great giveaway!

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