This giveaway is now closed. The winners are Jen E, Erin, Doran, Adrienne G, and Uncommon Blonde – congratulations!
Next up in the Week of Giveaways is from Smith’s, the leading creator of quality knife sharpeners. If you’ve ever tried effective cooking with dull knives, you can appreciate having a quality tool like a razor-sharp knife at your disposal in the kitchen.
It’s important to keep your knives in good condition if you don’t want frustation during meal prep. And as you probably know, it’s actually easier to cut yourself with a dull knife than with a sharp one – sharp ones are safer.
We have three different Smith’s knife sharpeners in our home, and they’re all so easy to use. In fact, this morning I sharpened our hair scissors with the V-Slot 10 Second Knife and Scissors Sharpener. Just a few quick swipes through the sharpener, and my inexpensive scissors cut my bangs with razor-sharp precision.
Smith’s is giving five Simple Mom readers the very same V-Slot 10 Second Knife and Scissors Sharpener! This sharpener retails for $10.
How To Win
1. Leave a comment on this post, answering this question – What’s your favorite thing to cook for your famiy?
2. To get a second entry – and a second entry on all the giveaways this week – subscribe to the Simple Mom feed and email me the movie quote at the bottom of any post in your feed reader or email inbox (there is only one quote for all the giveaways). Send it to simplemomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, and put the quote directly in the subject line. The body of the email won’t be read. And you only need to email me the quote once in order to get a second entry for all the week’s giveaways.
3. Finally, to get a third entry, post or tweet about this giveaway – if you use the URL of this post, I’ll receive it – no need to email me.
This giveaway will end this Friday, January 30 at noon EST. I hope you win!
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I make an enchilada style mexican pizza that my family loves – that’s probably my favorite mealtime thing to make, but truthfully I prefer baking desserts!
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Pretty much anything Mexican – especially taco salad and taco biscuit bake. Yum!
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Grilled chicken, fresh homemade bread, and a vegetable salad made with produce from our garden….all on a summer evening. Perfect! C’mon spring!
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Pasta of any kind because they all love it!
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How do you choose?? And I’m just starting to enjoy cooking again after a few year spell of dread in the kitchen. Must have to do with the little ones being 3 now. Last night we had the pumpkin soup from Sundays at Moosewood (Caribbean section) using butternut squash, a standby from long ago and it is SO simple and SO delicious. Toss ingredients together in the AM, blend when you get the chance, eat. I kept thinking how much I’ve missed this soup!
My favorite thing to cook for the family (cause they all LOVE it) is Lasagna.
i love baking banana chocolate chip muffins with my 2 year old on a saturday….we all gobble them up by the end of the weekend!
My favorite thing to cook would be anything that everyone will eat without complaint. Hard to come by these days, but a Mexican feast usually does it. If I’m cooking just for me and my husband, though, I love to make soups.
This week, it’s apple, ham, and cheese croissants – whatever new meal my 15-month old decides he lies is my favorite thing to cook.
Anything in the crock pot! It’s easy, I can get other things done while it is cooking, and it is (almost) always good!
White bean chicken chili
Spaghetti – I can make it without looking at any recipe books and everybody in the family eats it.
Comfort foods!
My favorite thing to cook for my family is chicken pot pie. It’s so easy to make, but more importantly, it means it’s cool enough to use my oven. My oven doesn’t get used from May until October because of the extreme Arizona heat so I love the winter months when I can use my oven again.
Anything my whole family actually enjoys eating! I have two small boys, so it’s always a great “pat on the back” when they both — eegads! — scarf down whatever is on their plate. It rarely happens, even when I make something any normal person would deem delicious… but oh, when it does, it makes my heart sing. Weird, I know.
Neat sharpener! These look quite user friendly. My favorite thing to make for my family would be either chicken soup when they are feeling yucky, or my special scones for Sunday mornings. YUM!
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Chili. 1 pot with all our legume and vegetable needs. Throw in some home made cornbread and everyone is happy.
Caldo de Pollo-chicken soup! Shredded chicken and broth over brown rice with a generous scoop of homemade pico de gallo. Quick and delicious
Spaghetti or any other noodle dish.
My fave thing to cook for my family is a weekend breakfast: oatmeal pancakes, scrambled eggs and home fries.
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Soup in the crockpot. I have so many good soup recipes I could cook soup every day of the week. In fact, I have black bean soup in my crockpot right now!
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African peanut soup from an old issue of Real Simple. Everyone gobbles it up (and it’s easy).
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Salmon patties.
All my kids love them. It’s bizarre.
But I go with it
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I love those meals I can prepare during my little ones’ naptimes and then leave simmering on the stove or slow roasting in the oven all afternoon. The house smells wonderful, and dinner is ready without the crazy 5:00 rush.
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Right now it is just my husband and I, but my favorite thing to cook is fried rice, made with leftover rice. It is so easy and it tastes great. I finally figured out how to closely replicate the fried rice at our favorite Japanese restaurant…the secret is to use butter instead of oil to fry the rice in.
Healthy, yummy dinners that everyone will eat – not usually though!
My fav right now is Chicken and Corn Chowder.
It is the dish I like to make for other deserving souls when in need.
I love baking! Mostly because then I get to really enjoy the results along with everyone else
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I love cooking a big “Southern Sunday dinner” type of meal: pot roast, turkey w/ all the trimmings, chicken and biscuits. Of course it has to be served it up with a big cake! For a simpler meal I like a nice, bubbling pot of pinto beans and some hot cornbread.
I’m not a big fan of cooking but I LOVE baking. And, I find it’s an easy thing to involve the kids in – cookies, cakes, breads, etc.
I love making mac n cheese for my family. We make it with spicy cheese.
What a fabulous product!
I love making creative salads to go along with our dinners. Sometimes the salads are so intense, we have them for dinner alone!
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I love to make tacos…and eat them!
My favorite things to cook for my family are our hand-me-down, heirloom recipes. Blasts -from -the past Ethnic foods from our Italian and Polish heritage. The food is incredible, I think of particular family members while I’m cooking, and the tradition (and recipes) get passed onto the kids. win-win all around. These are our ultra-special meals because they take a day (or in some cases, days) to prepare, and hold great significance to us. Lobster fra diavolo, handmade gnocchi, saurkraut spareribs with caraway, beet soup, duck blood soup, chicken with vinegar, risotto with pigs feet! I could go on for days!!
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I love to make anything I can start and then walk away from. Chili or Pasta a la Nana, and we’re BIG fans of soup here.
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I love making potato leek soup in the crockpot. It doesn’t take a long time to cook, is easy and low fat, and no matter how much of it I make, it’s gone by the end of the day! I’ve never had any leftovers. We just go and get a bowl of it at random points as the day goes on.
Hmm. I may need to start scrubbing up some taters now!
I love to experiment with new dishes for my family. I’m always looking for new recipes and ways to spice up our traditional dishes.
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I love making pizza from scratch – I use the basic recipe for the dough from Williams Sonoma’s website, then top it with slices of fresh mozzerella, chunks of plum tomatos, fresh basil and lots of olive oil. It’s to DIE for. I don’t make it as often as I would like because it takes so long. I’m thinking of making the dough ahead of time some lazy day and freezing it. That might make it an easy weekday meal.
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My favorite things to cook are experiments… when I’m trying to come up with a new dish! Other than that, I like making spaghetti!
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My fave thing to make for my family is Harvest Chicken and Veggie Bake. It has carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes baked with Chicken Breast that is coated with Ranch Shake and Bake….so yummy
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I think my favorite is trying a new recipe – or making one up – and having the family call it “a keeper!” I’m happiest when they’re pleasantly surprised.
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I love to make this Speedy Chicken Stir Fry from Kraft.com. Everyone in my family loves it ans it’s so quick and easy! Here’s the link if you’re interested:
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/speedy-chicken-stir-fry-107263.aspx
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I love to cook anything from barefoot contessa, I want to be her in my next life! (and I want her house too!!)
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I can’t think of what my favorite thing to make them is…. I think the best feeling I get is when I am cooking something as special birthday meal. That changes and I really love to try new things. I just love it when they all ask for more and say how good it is.
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I like making deserts, mostly because I love to eat them!
Meatballs and spatezle. Yummy!
tacos!
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I love making italian creamy chicken in the crockpot, then shred it, mix with cheese and cook between bread like grilled cheese–big hit at our house!
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When they all eat it I know I did well! I love the recipes from the Sneaky Chef and Deceptively Delicious. A favorite in our house that I enjoy making is my mom’s famous lemon BBQ meatloaf.
Sushi! And you need a sharp knife to cut those rolls!
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FAJITAS OR ANYTHING ITALIAN!
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Cook? Am I supposed to cook for my family?
JK. I’d say pasta with meatballs.
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Yesterday I made fried chicken… and my husband raved about it for the rest of the night. Therefore, it is now my favourite thing to make
My favorite thing to cook for the fam is pancakes. I think it’s more about Sat morning fun and how excited they all get when I make them. They also get excited when I make baked BBQ chicken and sweet corn spoon bread.
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My favorite thing to cook for my family is probably lasagna, its always a hit and its just so sinfully delicious. It takes so much work too so its really nice to know that everyone is going to enjoy it.
beef stroganoff………..never gets any complaints!
My favourite thing to cook for my family is thanksgiving. I love being in the kitchen all day long. Turkey, stuffing, pies galore!
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Favorite thing to cook, definitly fajitas.
I love to cook soups for our family. We don’t have them often living where it’s VERY hot for a good part of the year. But we love good soups!
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My favorite meal to cook right now is Cauliflower Cheese Pie with Grated Potato Crust from The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. An identical recipe can also be found online through a google search. It is SO yummy.
I love to bake. Fresh bread with honey butter, cookies and other sweet treats are my favorites!
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My favorite thing to cook for the fam is steak, marinated in my own secret recipe, roasted pototoes, rice, and veggies. For dessert, Reece’s Cup Cookies. Yum!
my fav. to make for my family is anything with potatoes (yummy!!) or baking. cookies, banana bread, zucchini bread, all good!!!
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While they’re very time consuming, I love making homemade Chinese potstickers for my family. They are definitely a labor of love.
This is a tough one, but I guess I’d have to pick chicken pot pie. Lots of vegetables, chicken, gravy and crust on top…ultimate comfort food. Really enjoy your site, by the way!
I love making breakfast. Pancakes, bacon, and eggs on Sunday morning are such a treat!
Cooking mushroom barley soup as we speak.
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I love to make homemade soups and breads – both are so hearty and satisfying and comfort foods around our home. Thanks!
I love to make homemade pies. I also make a special roast chicken. Cooking for my family is a labor of love for me.
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I love to make desserts for my family. I’m a huge fan of sweets myself, so I guess it’s just more satisfying to me. Plus, who doesn’t like a special treat every now and again?
i love to cook breakfast… waffles, pink pancakes from my new cookbook (Deceptively Delicious)! we love breakfast
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oatmeal raisin cookies…since they are such a big hit
My favorite thing to cook for my family is chicken/artichoke penne pasta with a garlic cream sauce….and a side salad.
Parmesan mushroom orzo. Yum!!
I love to make chicken potpie when life is getting crazy. It’s uncomplicated, comfort food and my family loves it. Followed up with chocolate chip cookies, of course;)
On cold, snowy days like this, I like to break out the crockpot to make good, hot comfort food for my family. Beef stew (currently festering in the crock!), homemade chili and a wide variety of soups are our favorites to warm us up during the blustery days of winter!
I like to make chicken curry. My children like it a lot.
Thanks
My favorite thing to make is baked salmon with roasted tomatillo salsa. There is no added salt, sugar, or oil. Just salmon, tomatillos, peppers and garlic. It’s awesome and really healthy!
Wow, what a really cool giveaway!!
Man, how I could use that sharpener! I don’t know how many pairs of scissors we’ve bought just because they get dull.
Thanks for the chance!
Umm….I love to sook so many things for my family – mac and cheese, indian desserts , curries etc.
My favorite thing to make for my family (because it is their favorite thing for me to make) is my homemade garden salsa. It requires lots of chopping and dicing and is mmm-mmm good.
I love to make stir fry. It’s easy and everyone seems to like it.
Thanks for the chance to win.
i love to make fresh bread and soup…especially on a cold day.
waffles on Sunday morning as my daughter counts the eggs and mixes the batter then wakes her dad up with breakfast in/on bed!
super useful giveaway!!! my favorite things to cook is sweet potatoe fries, cucumber salad, cheesy chicken and broccoli and homemade jam. I enjoy cooking anything new too! I like finding a new recipe and trying it out.
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I left my comment on the wrong post so here it goes again. I love to make chicken tacos for my family. Everyone loves to eat them and there are hardly ever left overs.
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I love to make my “Make-Do-Chili.” It was created one night when I didn’t have the ingredients for a chili recipe I wanted to try, so I made it up based on what was in the pantry. It quickly became a favorite!!
A big, warm pot pie–great comfort food!
Spaghetti!! It was my moms recipe and my favorite dinner to eat growing up! I still love pasta!
My favorite thing to make is lasagne. It’s an old recipe from my grandma, and it’s delicious. I make it for family often, and also as a great thing to bring friends who have just had a baby. It freezes well and everyone loves it!
Soup, because the wee ones eat more of the “good stuff” in soup or tacos, my girls LOVE tacos (it is also easy to disguise other good for you foods in tacos).
A homemade pizza with fresh dough from our neighborhood bakery. Yummy!
Chili or a quick, easy pasta with warm garlic bread!
I am on a sausage and potatoes kick-I found a recipe that makes it all in one pot and it’s super easy and heavenly to eat! We normally have chicken (chicken curry last night) every night, but this sausage recipe is to die for, so I make it every couple of weeks! I just need smoked sausage to go on sale more often!
thanks!
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My favorite thing to cook is soup! Sounds perfect in this cold weather. This weekend I made a creamy kale and sausage soup. I’ve been dreaming of minestrone and stew too!
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My favorite thing to make right now is bread. It’s so nice to slice up a warm loaf of bread for my family. Add some blackberry jelly and we’re all good to go.
I cook meatloaf, brownies and chocolate chips – the family loves these.
This is such a coincidence…DH and I have been talking about needing a knife sharpener and here I found this giveaway! Count me in!
My favourite thing to cook would have to be my bolognese spaghetti sauce. I’ve never met a person who didn’t like it, even my 3 year old who is so fussy about what he eats these days!
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Ooohh,,,my knives are always dull! THis is a great giveaway and one we will probably purchase!
I love to cook a seafood boil. We live on the coast and there is nothing better than shrimp, oysters, clams, corn , sausage and potatoes! Yummy!
I love to cook pasta dishes – especially Baked Penne! My hubby and kids all love this recipe and we never have leftovers!
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