{"id":58172,"date":"2009-11-30T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T19:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momcooks.net\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2009-11-30T14:19:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T19:19:49","slug":"menu-monday-plus-a-cookbook-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58172","title":{"rendered":"Menu Monday plus a Cookbook Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How was everyone&#8217;s Thanksgiving? We had a slight mishap with our turkey &#8211; it sort of cooked way too long and dried out &#8211; but I discovered that turkey breast meat steamed in a covered container with a little water in the microwave tastes just fine covered with turkey gravy \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 Even after having leftovers for lunch on Friday and turkey sandwiches for lunch yesterday, we STILL have a container full of mostly breast meat in the fridge, so dinner tonight is definitely being made with turkey!<\/p>\n<p>Monday &#8211; Turkey Divan Casserole, tossed salad, crescent rolls<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday &#8211; Sloppy Joes, corn, sliced apples<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday &#8211; <a title=\"Campbell Kitchen Slow Cooker Pork Loin\" href=\"http:\/\/community.campbellkitchen.com\/topic\/Everyday-Homemade-Meals\/Pork-Loin-Roast\/570000110\" >Slow Cooker Pork Loin Roast with Gravy<\/a> (pork loin&#8217;s on sale at Meijer, and I have most of these ingredients already!), carrots, potatoes<\/p>\n<p>Thursday &#8211; Spaghetti, Garlic bread, corn<\/p>\n<p>Friday &#8211; Pizza Night<\/p>\n<p>Saturday &#8211; Leftovers<\/p>\n<p>Sunday &#8211; not planned yet<\/p>\n<p>*************************************************<\/p>\n<h2>COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY!<\/h2>\n<p>After the New Orleans neighborhoods David Guas grew up in were nearly erased by Hurricane Katrina, he knew he needed to record and preserve not only the desserts of his family and region, but his memories as well especially for his two young sons.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1600851185?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=tabforfiv-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1600851185\">DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tabforfiv-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1600851185\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> is part dessert cookbook, part travelogue and really shines with amazing food photography, wonderful stories of New Orleans and great recipes like Buttermilk Beignets and handmade Chocolate Pralines.<\/p>\n<p>David wants to celebrate his book with bloggers and foodies that have supported him the most, and so he has created \u201cSweet Swap\u201d, an ON-LINE LIVE CHAT for bakers, bloggers and all types of folk to discuss recipes they love, questions or troubles they have in the kitchen or even just to say hello. \u201cSweet Swap\u201d will be held every Sunday morning from 9:30am until 10:30am EST beginning on November 1st until the end of December on damgoodsweet.com.  Just click on the red velvet cake and chat away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WIN IT:<\/strong> David is generously offering three MomCooks readers a copy of DamGoodSweet in this giveaway! To enter, leave a comment on this post by 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday, December 8th. Open to U.S. addresses only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS ENTRIES:<\/strong> Earn additional entries after you leave your main entry by doing any of the following-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow<\/strong> <a title=\"MomCooks on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mom_cooks\" >MomCooks on Twitter<\/a> and Tweet the giveaway. Leave the link to your tweet in a comment. You can do this once per day, leave a separate comment for each.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subscribe<\/strong> to MomCooks&#8217; feed, in a reader or by email. Tell me in your comment which way you subscribed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grab<\/strong> my badge and post it on your site or add MomCooks to your blogroll. Leave a comment with your URL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stumble<\/strong> the post, vote for it on digg or Kirtsy, or add it to any other social bookmarking site, and leave the URL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blog<\/strong> about the giveaway including a link to the post and leave the URL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!<\/p>\n<p><em>disclosure: David Guas sent me a copy of his cookbook DamGoodSweet. No other compensation was received.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How was everyone&#8217;s Thanksgiving? 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