Thanksgiving Day is only two days away. Are you all prepared and ready to cook up your family's favorite Thanksgiving meals?
If you're still looking for last-minute Thanksgiving meal recipes, go to Walmart online for their "Cooking For the Holidays" section. With food prices on the rise, it becomes a challenge for us budget-conscious moms to think up great, tasty and affordable meals for the holidays.
Don't fret. The good news is that, if you're a frequent Walmart shopper like I am, you'll be glad to know that for as low as $20, you can create a delicious, unforgettable Thanksgiving Meal for Eight. The Thanksgiving Meal includes one 12-pound Grade-A turkey, three cans of vegetables, three boxes of stuffing mix, one 5-pound bag of red potatoes, two cans of cranberry sauce, one package of dinner rolls, and a pumpkin roll cake for dessert! Sounds too good to be true? Well, go ahead and watch this video.
And if you're less confident in the kitchen, Food Network star Melissa d'Arabian shows you how to create tasty twists on traditional holiday dishes using the ingredients found in the Thanksgiving basket.
Walmart's Thanksgiving Meal for Eight for as low as $20 ensures everyone has the chance to enjoy this year's Thanksgiving.
“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Walmart. In addition, I received a Walmart gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate and two to offer as a giveaway.”
*Good news Hip Mama's Place readers, you can win a $30 Walmart Gift Card (2 Winners in the US and Canada), courtesy of Walmart and Mom Central!
Read on for more details on the contest.
To enter the contest, share your favorite Thanksgiving memories or money-saving tips by leaving a comment on this post by December 9th, 2009 at 12MN, EST.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Walmart Cooking For The Holidays: Thanksgiving Meal For Eight As Low As $20 (Plus a Walmart GC Giveaway!)
Posted by Jocelyn at 1:36 PM
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I'd have to say that the best way to save money for this thanksgiving is to find and use coupons!!! They've helped us out soo much lately! :)
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Some of my tips for thanksgiving is to get a Sunday paper look in all of the store ads & price compare I got a $15 Turkey at fry's for $4 I couldn't believe it & I got coupons for other items I needed for .50-$2 off I saved $40 on Thanksgiving dinner.
Great blog & Giveaway if i won I would use the gift card to buy things we need for the house & a birthday gift for my Daughter.
My memory of Thanksgiving would have to be My Mother n Law....we will miss her and her good cooking this year as she just passed away in november:(
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I can't think of a better tip than "USE COUPONS" Everywhere, not just the grocery stores and drug stores. Mall stores and online too.
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My favorite Thanksgiving memory is the year my mom started letting me helping with the cooking.
I felt so grown up!
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Money saving tip: Shop at Walmart and use coupons.
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My favorite Thanksgiving memory is the year I found out I was pregnant on Thanksgiving morning before we left for church. At Thanksgiving dessert, my husband and I surprised everyone with our announcement, and it was joyous.
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watch the sales and use coupons - some things recently have been free!
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My favorite thanksgiving memory is sitting at the "kids" table with my cousins.
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One of my favorite Thanksgiving memories was the first time I hosted the dinner party. It was a big success!
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My favorite memory is one that is on going, its spending time with family and friends and making new memories each year.
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My favorite memory is making tons of Sugar cookies to freeze for the annual family Christmas gift exchange. I still help my mom and grandma out with it! :) bekki1820cb@gmail.com
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My money saving tip is that when a product is on sale stock up on it. I always have a stock of canned goods, paper products, laundry detergent. If I find it on sale and have coupons that means its a stock up item. It may as well sit on my shelf rather then the store shelf.
I am faithful to rotate things also, which helps when stocking.
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I create a menu weeks before the holiday and then look for sales, and price matches to do the shopping the more money I save the better I am
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After Thanksgiving, we make all kinds of turkey meals. Wouldn't want to waste and of that yummy food!
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Best Thanksgiving memory was the first year with my husband. It was that year I got a 'new' set of Grandparents! They were great people, and I miss them both dearly.
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cooupons and sales together help save alot. Buy extra turkey while its on sale and you can cook it for Christmas and even one when the house is all cold during a snowstorm.
My Mom always told me the best way to save money is to avoid the impulse buys. Go to the store with a list and stick to it, never stray, never buy extras.
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Making homemade mashed potatoes with my mom is my favorite Thanksgiving memory!
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We usually ask what dish everyone enjoys most during Thanksgiving and buy that. Why buy yams if they're gonna go to waste?
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My memories are spending the day with my family and eating turkey. Plus I like to do sort of semi homemade sometimes, so I use Pepperidge farm bread stuffing with my homemade cornbread. It is great mixed together.
I use coupons and take a list and I don't buy anything not on the list.
I match coupons to my sale circulars. Also, Wal-Mart price matches competitors ads. This saves a ton of money. Thanks
Got you on Twitter, Facebook and signed up for newsletter under womantrvlr. We have an Italian Thanksgiving with antipasto, lasagna, turkey with all the trimmings.
I match the weekly sales with coupons at two stores (right next to each other) and then shop at both for the best prices.
One of my favorite T-day memories would have to be the first time I became responsible for Thanksgiving dinner just a few years ago. I was sooooo worried that the turkey -first one I've ever cooked- would turn out badly. It turned out that my sister loved it and even thanked me for cooking it so well~
My best savings tip is to stock up when items are on sale. I also use coupons like crazy and I try to buy a few items each week for a number of weeks with my regular grocery list.
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My favorite Thanksgiving memories are of helping my grandmother make her famous homemade noodles.
My favorite memories are a houseful of relatives, the older ones showing the younger ones the games we grew up with
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I save money buy using coupons and buying things when they are on sale.
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To grandmothers house we go is my favorite memory, noone ever did it better
I make turkey pot pies from thanksgiving leftovers and freeze lots of them- these have far less sodium, better than store bought and very economical!writer61@yahoo.com
I definitely spent a lot more than $30 on Thanksgiving dinner. I usually do a lot better by shopping sales and using my coupons. I buy more than one paper so that I can stock up.
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The best way to save is to plan your menu in advance, watch the sales, and use coupons.
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The best way I save money for Thanksgiving is to try to buy what I can when it goes on sale and use coupons if possible
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our money saving tip this year (beyond coupons and sales) is pot luck. Everyone contrubutes and gets to try different dishes
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I save money by using coupons and buying Generic--if you do both of those things at Wal-Mart, you save even more!
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Use coupons and buy only when things are on sale. Some stores will double coupons.
To save money on Thanksgiving dinner, we all bring a dish or two to share so no one person is burdoned with footing the entire cost of the meal.
The best money saver is with our supermarket we get a free turkey from shopping here all year.
fav memorie is the year we all asat down to eat a beautiful meal with ham an turkey an the turkey skin was browned but the insides raw we laughted about that for years
My best tip for saving money on Thanksgiving dinner is to buy and freeze/preserve veggies locally, in the summer, when they're at their height of flavor and cheap, cheap, cheap. asthenight at gmail dot com
My best tip is to make a list of all of the things you are going to need for the holidays and make a single trip to the store. That was you get in and out of the store easily and you don't make a bunch of impulse buys!
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Be on the lookout in the months and weeks before the holiday for sales and coupons for the non-perishable food items and get them when they are a good price.
My thanksgiving money saving tip is to ask all of my geusts to bring there favorite sidedish or desert.
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I start watching the grocery store ads/special sales about 2 months before the holidays (even more than usual). I keep track of what I'm thinking I'll need for the holidays and the lowest sale prices for those items. Then, as time gets closer, if I find something at (or below) that price, I grab it and often get several to stock up!
Watch the flyers for the loss leaders, combine them with coupons and stock up on frozen and non-perishable items--that can save a lot!
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I buy everything when it goes on sale, and use coupons for them, things you can buy ahead of time like the canned stuff do it in the weeks before thxgiving!
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My best Thanksgiving memory was from when I was a child and all our extended family members would come over to spend the day. It was so special to have everyone together.
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To save money and pounds, I skip the green bean casserole. I mix steamed green beans with crumbled bacon and dried cranberries. Tasty!
My husband carves the turkey always and we always watch. It is a big thing in my home.
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My favorite Thanksgiving money-saving tips: Buy a turkey breast rather than a whole turkey if you have a small family. Make turkey tortilla soup with the leftover turkey. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I usually save money by eating all my holiday meals at other peoples houses
I remember sneaking in when mom was making dinner and stealing a snack
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My favorite Thanksgiving memory is when my hubby was in the military,before he retired, he would go to the barracks and grab anyone who was left there, over the holiday, to bring them home for dinner. cardshark42(at)hotmail(dot)com
My favorite memory is every Thanksgiving evening, the whole family treks outside and puts up the Christmas lights together! It's been a tradition of ours for a very long time.
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Favorite memory is watching my dad carve the turkey every year.
One of my favorite memories is going on hay rides in my dad's truck after Thanksgiving dinners. So much fun!
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My money saving tip is to plan your weekly meals around the weekly sales fliers while matching up your coupons
Before Thanksgiving, I buy more than one turkey (at least two), so we can make one on the grill in the summer! Thanks!
I always try to buy more than one turkey before Thanksgiving when on sale. I do the same for the rest of the item that will be served, buy on sale and use coupons.
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I shop the sales and match up coupons to the sale prices. When possible, I stock up on deals for non-perishable items.
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My daughter was born on thanksgiving in 2000 so that by best memory
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One of my favorite Thanksgiving memories... all the years we had Thanksgiving at my grandparents' house, and I'd get up from the big meal and rush to get out the Christmas decorations. I'd start decorating their house for Christmas before the dishes were cleaned up from lunch. :)
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My fave memory is when the whole family got snowed in at our house and we ended up spending DAYS eating leftovers, playing games and just having a blast. Thanks for the chance.
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Our favorite holiday budget trick is to make the meals potluck. We provide the main dish and drinks, everyone brings a side or dessert. We end up with lots of yummy food and no one person gets stuck buying everything.
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My fav memories are from childhood, my grandma and mom and sisters and I all helping to cook Thanksgiving together!
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My favorite Thanksgiving memory is of my significant other and myself foregoing the usual drama-filled family holiday and spending it alone together, cooking and enjoying each other's company. It was such a nice day it's become our Thanksgiving tradition.
To save money I use coupons and watch weekly flyers for good buys.I also use my airmiles card and shoppers optimunm card to collect points for free merchandise.
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I shop the sales ads and use coupons.
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My favorite Thanksgiving memory is from years ago when all my extended family still got together. My grandfather was alive, my grandmother would divide all her savings in change amongst the grandkids. All the aunts working in the kitchen, one uncle carving turkey, the rest fo the men folk visiting in front of the fireplace and cousins running around all over the house. All the cousins are grown up now and we haven't gotten together for Thanksgiving in several years.
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My family always watches a movie together after eeating(we usually all fall asleep half way through from all the food!)
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My favorite memory is when my husband and I went to vegas and we got to ride the roller coasters and do some other fun firsts together for thanksgiving.
The smell of fresh baked pumpkin pies in the morning
My favorite Thanksgiving was when my Grandparents finally got to come to our house and stay over night! My grandma and i baked all day--it was probably the tastiest meal we've had all year.
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My favorite Thanksgiving memeory was when my grandparents were still alive and everyone was together.
I read the ads to find the best deal on turkey-you can get them close to free!
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My favorite thing about thanksgiving is playing board games with my cousins between meals!
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