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Today’s giveaway is sponsored by eMeals, an online menu planning service that offers menu plans for busy moms or wives.

eMeals - Easy Meals for Busy People!

Founded by sisters Jenny Cochran and Jane Delaney, the goal of E-Meals is to provide:

Delicious family friendly recipes
Ingredients bought on special and/or at the best price available
An easy and stress free home-cooked dinner

Emeals relies on a team of experienced meal planners, writers and editors to create new dinner menus every week that are designed around grocery store sales, seasonal specials and diet preferences. For $5.00 per month, subscribers download a recipe plan for the week with a matching aisle-by-aisle grocery list. The easy-to-follow recipes usually contain fewer than seven ingredients to allow for prep times of less than 30 minutes.  It also helps families stay within a predictable budget by being prepared with a detailed list to use at the grocery store.

Our family has loved using eMeals and have discovered some really great recipes that have now become  family favourites! We use the low-fat, any store menu and last year I shared one of our favourite recipes for Fat Free Bean Chalupas. Today, thanks to eMeals, I’m excited to share one of our latest recipe favs!

Double Banana Whole Wheat Pancakes:

1 and 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. white flour
2 Tbsp sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
4 medium bananas
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 c. fat free milk

Combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, mash 2 bananas with a fork; add eggs, vanilla, and milk, stirring to combine. Add to flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop by 1⁄3 cupfuls over medium heat on a large sprayed griddle or skillet. Cook2-3minutes per side, or until golden brown. Slice remaining bananas. Top pancakes with bananas and maple syrup. Serve with cooked bacon.

We had these pancakes for lunch and they were a big hit with the whole family! Delicious, healthy and so filling compared to regular pancakes. Definitely throwing this recipe into our regular rotation of recipes!

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Today E-Meals is giving away a 3-month subscription to one lucky simple as that reader!

Please remember that giveaways are for Simple as That followers only. Follow via Google Friend Connect on the left sidebar or sign up to receive updates via email or through your favourite RSS reader. Thank you. 🙂

How to enter:

Leave a comment on this post telling us why you’d love to try a subscription to eMeals!

Bonus entries:

1. Follow eMeals on facebook.
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2. Follow eMeals on twitter.
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3. Blog, Tweet or post on facebook with a link to today’s giveaway.
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Good luck everyone!
Giveaway closes Tues, March 27th at 8pm MST.


Interested in more great recipes and ideas from eMeals? Check out their blog and and did you know that you can give eMeals as a wedding gift!?

You can purchase either a 6 or 12 month gift subscription and you have over 30 plans to choose from! Wouldn’t that make such a great gift for any new bride!? Use the discount code WEDDING to receive 15% off your gift subscription purchase.  
The code expires 3/31/12.

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Disclosure: I was provided with a free eMeals menu plan which my family and I have enjoyed and found SO useful! The eMeals recipes that I’ve shared on my blog were photographed by me, we actually ate them and they were delicious, which is not to say that ALL the recipes we’ve tried through eMeals were for us. For the most part I’ve found the recipes we’ve tried in the Low Fat, Any Store plan to be budget friendly, easily prepared and with the exception of a few, we’ve really enjoyed them.  All opinions expressed in this post are mine.
Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca Cooper is a 42-year-old wife and mother of four from Alberta, Canada. As a photographer, crafter, author, and blogger, she finds joy and fulfillment in celebrating everyday moments. She loves to read and eat chocolate, and is a firm believer in afternoon naps. Rebecca shares her family’s adventures, photo tips, simple craft projects + more right here at Simple as That.
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  1. I follow you on my Google Reader, that’s how I got to this post 🙂

    I have always wondered whether Emeals would be a good solution for me though I am in the Philippines. My fear is that some ingredients may not be as readily available here. A free 3-month subscription is a wonderful chance to give it a try! 🙂

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  4. What a great idea to have meals already sorted out for you! I admit, I NEED something like this as a mother of 2 and wife to a Pastor of a young church. My family comes first and I want to ensure they are fed nutritious meals that don’t necessarily break the bank. If I get some like eMeals, I can spend more time just being WITH the kids and enjoying them instead of just mothering them from a distance (like the stove or the kitchen sink).

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  5. This would be a dream for me and my family! My husband is getting ready to start his participation in the first ever clinical trial in the US (!) of the Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetics. Sadly, this will leave me and my 15 month old son home alone and fending for ourselves at dinnertime(bowl of cereal, anyone?) We’re also both working parents, and don’t get to spend every day at home with our baby, and would much rather spend time with him than a ton of time in the kitchen planning meals! We would love this!!

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  6. For us Baseball & Now Gymnastics season is upon us and dinners become not the healthiest and I would love to be able to have recipes I would be able to wipe up that not only would be fast but good for my family. Thanks so much the chance.

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  7. As a busy mother of three youngsters this would be a huge help to me. My biggest challenge in today’s environment is getting foods and meals that my whole family will enjoy and can eat. Three out of five have food allergies and they are all different. It’s difficult to find true healthy recipes that are kid friendly and easy to prepare. I would love to give emealz a try!

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  8. I could so use emeals…it would help me to find some new healthy meals to cook! I love the idea that you can pick what kinds of meals and what stores to shop at! This is really a great thing!

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  11. As a working momma who loves to provide delicious home cooked meals to my family, this would be an amazing help to the planning portion of feeding my family each week.

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  14. I am the worst at meal planning which means we eat out a lot. So not healthy or cost conscious. This would help me so much. Thanks for the chance.

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  31. I have just recently been tring couponng and buying stuff on sale. I need emealz to expand my list of recipes as we seem to have the same stuff over and over and over and over….

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  36. I’m a follower!
    I would LOVE a chance to win a subscription to try out. As a mom of 6. A grandmother to 1. A hostess to many who travel and stop in. And a wife to 1 who recently was diagnosed with a serious health issue….I NEED help to get my meal planning on track! OH please oh please. ; ) Thanks!

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  41. I’d love a subscription because I’m always short on time & I can never come up with a good variety of meals for a week & then translate that into a functional grocery list. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  46. I am a follower of your blog and love ready your blog for helpful everyday hints. I am hoping that emeals will help me be more creative in the kitchen and help get organized. I really need a better system!!! Keeping my fingers, toes, and eyes crossed that I win this wonderful opportunity!

    Hugs,
    Angela L.

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  47. I would love to try out this service since I newly became single. I am having a difficult time trying to figure out what to cook just for myself just to end up eating out to avoid cooking a huge meal! Thank you for the opportunity!

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