Tawra Kellam at Living on a Dime has graciously offered her book, Dining on a Dime, as a great giveaway to kick the year off right. Living on a Dime is having a 50% off sale on all their books and 63% on sets.  Dining On A Dime has never been on sale for more than 25% off so this is a great deal.

I personally have three of the Living on a Dime books and cannot believe the amount of information packed into one book, especially for such a reasonable price.

So here’s the technical stuff.

The contest will run from January 1-7 and is open to United States residents only. Tawra will send the Dining on a Dime book directly to the winner.

Visit the Living on a Dime website at http://www.livingonadime.com/books/nys.html  and take a look at all of the money saving books offered, then come back here and post a comment about your favorite. One first comment entry per person.

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Hurry! The week will be over before you know it!

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After several attempts at either purchasing a solar dehydrator at a decent cost or making one myself, I have given up and decided to use my electric one outdoors. We moved my baker’s rack onto the side porch to make an outdoor kitchen of sorts and away I went…..

Seems the canning bug has started early here at TSB and I thought I would show the product of my efforts from the past few days. I have a friend who makes the best salsa ever and she was gracious enough to share her recipe with me a couple of years ago. I have since tweaked it a bit to include a hint of cilantro and my family just cannot get enough of it.

The smaller jars are a concoction I made from blueberry tea and grape juice. I do not normally make jelly, as I have been afraid of it in the past. I am not certain if it is the skimming, or the worry over the jelly not setting properly, or if it is that I prefer a great fruit filled jam or butter instead.