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"What’s For Dinner?" Gift Basket Review & Giveaway – 3 Winners!

"What’s For Dinner?" Gift Basket Review & Giveaway – 3 Winners!
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***This giveaway is now closed.***

I love to cook, but there are some nights when I just don’t have the time or energy to go to a lot of trouble. So when My Blog Spark asked if I would like to review a dinner kit from Romano’s Macaroni Grill, I was more than happy to try it out. And guess what? Three readers will win an awesome “What’s For Dinner” gift basket, filled with food and kitchen supplies!

My review:

This gift basket was right up my alley, because it was so useful. First of all, it comes with items that every kitchen can use. There’s a nice metal colander, which is very handy to have on hand, and a big serving spoon – can’t have too many of those! I was especially pleased with the cheese grater, because I’ve been meaning to buy a new one. The ones I have aren’t very good, so this will be a big help.

I also received a box of Romano’s Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken Pasta dinner kit, and tried it out for dinner last night. The kit is designed to be a meal in a box, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much is actually included. The box contained noodles, a seasoning packet, creamy sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, and a packet of grated cheese. All I had to do was add meat, milk, and a bit of butter. Being ever-thrifty and an adventerous cook, I decided to substitute pork for the chicken.

I knew this would be a hit, because Jai was sneaking bites before I even served it up. The pasta was very yummy and had a great flavor – Jai said it was “Really, really good, like pasta you’d get in a restaurant”. It was great with the pork, and it made a lot more than what you see in the picture; we both had seconds and then ate the leftovers for lunch today. Mmm!
My kit also came with coupons for three more complimentary boxes, so I’m looking forward to having several more hassle-free, delicious meals.

Win it!


THREE lucky Contest Corner readers will receive a “What’s For Dinner?” gift basket, which includes:

  • A box of Romano’s Macaroni Grill Dinner Kit in the Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken Pasta variety
  • Coupons good for three (3) FREE Macaroni Grill dinner kits
  • Colander
  • Serving spoon
  • Cheese grater

Here’s how to enter:

1. For your first entry, leave a comment telling me what your biggest struggle is when preparing dinner for your family.
This step is required to qualify for the drawing. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment, so that I may notify you in the event that you are the lucky winner!

Want extra entries? Do any of the following, and leave a separate comment for each one:

2. Write a post on your blog linking to this giveaway. Then come back here and leave me the link!
3. Write about this on Twitter, then come back and leave me the link to your tweet!
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Rules, regulations, and other important stuff: Giveaway ends on April 29th at 11:59 PM, PST. Winners will be chosen the following day via Random.org. Winners have 48 hours to respond to my notification email, or a new winner will be chosen in their place. Giveaway is open to US residents.

223 thoughts on “"What’s For Dinner?" Gift Basket Review & Giveaway – 3 Winners!”

  4. My biggest dinnertime struggle is pre-planning. I often forget to defrost a meat ingredient on time or am missing one key ingredient when I start the meal preparation. This “meal in a box” would be a lifesaver.

  6. Being consistent with dinner. I’ll buckle down and we’ll have a week of good, healthy meals prepared in advance, and then we’ll have a week where we’re eating out half the time.
    verytacky(at) hotmail.com

  11. My is making a healthy meal fast without my family getting bored of the food too.
    jfkidder(at)hotmail(dot)com

  14. My biggest struggle with preparing dinner for my family is my 2yr old thinks he is a chef & is steady taking things out of the fridge. we installed a safty latch now, so he wants to wash dishes. My little helper.

  16. My biggest problem is that my two youngest children are vegan and eat no animal protein of any kind. It is not by choice. When they ingest animal protein (whey, geleatin, meat, eggs, dairy, fish, etc) they experience breathing problems. It has been this way since they were born and boy was it hard to diagnose. We’d never heard of any such thing. So, my oldest child is a carnivore, my oldest daughter leans to fish and veggies, my husband likes anything with cheese, and I like just about everything. Getting a meal on the table means making at least two different entrees a night. I don’t want the younger two to feel left out. No one else in the family is interested in becoming vegan out of solidarity. I used to love to cook … right now I’m kind of burned out.

  18. My biggest struggle is balancing the amount of time used, the health of the meal, and the mess that it makes. Some of our healthiest meals make a big mess that takes time to clean up!

  19. My biggest struggle is finding new, healthy, quick recipes. I get stuck in ruts and we eat the same things over and over again.
    ruthann (dot) francis (at) gmail (dot) com

  25. my biggest dinner struggle is the amount I cook. SOme nights no one wants more and I have soft left and other nights everyone is hungry and I dont havbe enough! I cant win.

  28. My biggest struggle is finding new recipes that are quick and easy to make that everyone will like.

  30. My struggle is trying to cook something that everyone is going to like and eat. Everyone always wants something different.

  31. My biggest struggle is making the same boring things over and over because they’re quick and easy. We could use a change from sloppy joes and hot dogs.

    shel704 at aol dot com

  36. My biggest struggle is really in the deciding. “What’s for dinner” is the most dreaded question I hear. And I hear it on a daily basis!

    I also seem to get stuck in ruts.

  42. By biggest struggle is trying to get any vegetables into my family! No matter how cleverly I hide them in a dish, they seem to get picked out.

  45. My biggest struggle has traditionally been finding the energy to cook after working all day.

  47. My biggest problems are caused my my lack of organizational skills
    digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net

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