real food for the real homemaker {giveaway!!!}

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My friend Jaimie over at Living in the Light, along with Elsie at Richly Rooted and Jami at Homemaking from Scratch, have recently put together one heck of a cookbook... Real Food for the Real Homemaker.  This cookbook is jam-packed with 79 recipes... tons of basic cooking tips... helpful ideas for frugal grocery shopping... and simply how to eat healthy REAL food with your family.

And all this... coming from someone who doesn't like to cook!!

This simple cookbook has made cooking manageable for me... it's realistic.  And I love that.  As Lance and I get closer and closer to bringing home our baby girl, I've been thinking more and more about how I'm going to feed my family.  Real Food for the Real Homemaker has all of the basic recipes I need to build confidence in the kitchen... and that is awesome.

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But let's be honest... the REAL clencher for me on this cookbook was the Butterscotch Pudding recipe.  Absolutely.to.die.for.  

The best part of it all??  Jaimie, Elsie and Jami are giving away one eBook copy of Real Food for the Real Homemaker!! 

This giveaway includes 1 complete PDF copy AND 1 Kindle copy.  You will also have access to printable recipe cards (my favorite part!) and awesome spreadsheets to help with your meal planning and grocery shopping... brilliant:)

To win your very own copy of Real Food for the Real Homemaker, simply use the link below to enter!!  For one entry, leave a comment sharing your go-to recipe for Fall (mandatory to enter)... for an additional entry "like" the Real Food Facebook page!

And don't fret... even if you're not the lucky winner... you can still purchase your own copy here!  Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations Rebecca Jo!!!  You won this giveaway!!  I'll be emailing you soon!

and we have a winner...

Yay for Marie over at Pouty Pink Princess!! You won the "Bird by Bird" giveaway! I promise you will LOVE this book. Can't wait to drop it in the mail to you! Send me an email with your mailing address and I will mail it right over!

Congrats to Marie and thanks to all who entered my very first giveaway!

black tag diaries first ever giveaway!!!

In light of my recent bird whispering skills (see post below) and the fact that I recently hit 100 followers (ummm... wow), I have decided to have my first ever giveaway!!

And in true bird-whispering fashion, I am giving one lucky reader their very own copy of Ann Lamott's Bird by Bird. You may remember me talking about how awesome this book was a few days ago. The subtitle of this book is "Some instructions on writing and life." But don't think this book is only meant for aspiring writers... not so. This book is so much more. It is a great read for anyone wanting practical ideas for improving their writing, ways to enrich your personal journaling, and even your blog writing. In true Ann Lammot fashion, there are witty remarks and funny chapters titled "Shitty First Drafts." I promise, you will not be disappointed.

Along with the Bird by Bird copy, I will also throw in a beautiful Book Notes journal. This journal has tons of pages for your book log, a list of the classics, and a place to list all of those novels you hope to get around to reading one day. And it's just pretty.

Soooo... to enter the giveaway you simply need to be a follower of Black Tag Diaries and leave a comment below telling me what your favorite book is. That's it. Simple as that. I will select a winner this Sunday (April 10th).