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Holiday Meal ideas from Walmart

Posted by on Dec 23, 2009 in Food & Drink Reviews, Giveaways | 253 comments

My mom’s house is just about a block away from Walmart, so I know the store very, very well. Little known fact – my first job was actually as a sales associate in Walmart’s shoe department! Now I live over 1000 miles away, but still feel the same way about Walmart… I can always find exactly what I need at a good price.

In November, Walmart took steps to help Americans share a memorable Thanksgiving with its Thanksgiving Dinner for Eight for as low as $20. Now, with Christmas and New Year’s right around the corner, Walmart has two great encores — Christmas Dinner for Eight for only $30 and a New Year’s Eve party for 10 for under $40. With help like this, moms don’t have to cut corners or sacrifice taste or quality when entertaining this winter.

The current economy impacts overall holiday plans for 80% of us, which makes deals like these that much more important when it comes to ensuring that Americans everywhere have the opportunity to enjoy holiday meals with their families. And with the majority of moms planning to entertain more than 7 people for the holidays, Walmart’s fresh and affordable holiday meals help eliminate some of the stress that comes from hosting a large get-together.

Walmart’s Christmas Dinner for Eight under $30 provides all the ingredients necessary for a traditional meal, including a 10-lb Spiral Cut Half Ham, three cans of Del Monte green beans, one 10-lb bag of russet potatoes, Sara Lee dinner rolls, and a pumpkin pie. The New Year’s party basket for 10 for under $40 includes a Shrimp Tray, Vegetable Tray, Hillshire Farms Little Smokies, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Land O’Lakes Egg Nog, and a Red Velvet cake. And to give your recipes a new spin, Aarón Sánchez of Food Network fame shares cooking tips and unique, delicious recipes he created with Walmart’s basket of holiday and New Year’s ingredients. You can find these tips and more on Walmart’s Holiday Meals website – www.walmart.com/holidaymeals.

So that you can do a little Walmart shopping in the New Year, I have a couple of gift cards to give away! Two readers will each win a $30 Walmart gift card. To enter, please leave a comment below. I’d love to know what’s on your holiday menu this year!

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Contest ends: January 7th, 2010 11:59 pm EST. US entries only. One person per household may enter. Leave a separate comment for each entry & a valid email address. Winners, chosen at random, have 3 days to claim their prize.

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Walmart. In addition, I received a Walmart gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate, and two to offer as a giveaway.

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  4. Ladytink_534 / December 31, 2009

    On New Years we always eat simple with collard greens, black eyed peas, and homemade biscuits. Sometimes ham but not this year.

  5. Cheryl W / December 31, 2009

    Well it is New Years eve, so my menu tonight looks like this.

    Bacon Wrapped Brown Sugar lil Smokies
    7 Layer Mexican dip with Tosito Scoops
    Veggie platter with Ranch dip
    Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella plate

    We are already plowing through it as I type. LOL

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  7. Sondra / December 31, 2009

    New Years Menu is black eyed peas with cornbread. My Mom usually makes collard greens also.
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  9. MelodyJ / January 1, 2010

    We are having traditional black-eyed peas, collard greens and stewed tomatoes.

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  10. Soha Molina / January 1, 2010

    There’s Turkey in our Holiday menu.

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  13. jennifer / January 2, 2010

    For new years, I always make cabbage rolls, stuffed with ground turkey and spices. And of course we have black eyed peas and cornbread! YUM!
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  14. Jessie C. / January 3, 2010

    We had turkey, ham and salmon for main dish this year!

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  18. Cori Westphal / January 3, 2010

    We always do a bunch of appetizers and finger foods. No sit down meal. It’s so much easier!! And still delicious!
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  22. Kelly Deaton / January 3, 2010

    The traditional New Years Day supper includes: Collard greens, black eyed peas, a picnic ham, cranberry sauce, potato salad, deviled eggs, cornbread, sweet tea, and peach cobbler for dessert. Thanks for the chance!

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  25. Selene M. / January 3, 2010

    I was at my daughter’s house this year and she had turkey, dressing, gravy, macaroni and cheese, rice casserole, green beans, pumpkin and apple pie.

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  28. Stephanie / January 4, 2010

    We do pretty traditional foods for our holidays–sweet potato casserole, corn casserole, green bean casserole (see a theme with our casseroles?) and ham

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  31. Anne G / January 5, 2010

    We had turkey and ham for Christmas, and prime rib for new years. I like to do prime rib on Christmas, but we had too many people coming to dinner this year to be able to afford to serve prime rib.

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  36. Lisa / January 6, 2010

    Since my family aren’t huge ham or turkey fans, we had steak with baked potatoes, broccoli and salad.

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  39. Lori Z. / January 6, 2010

    The biggest thing I made this year was a lasagna.
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  40. Sandi H. / January 6, 2010

    Would love to make a romantic dinner for 2!

  41. Diane Harl / January 6, 2010

    We had a potluck with friends. We took brocoli salad. Yum!

  42. Jennifer McC / January 7, 2010

    We had a quite little Christmas Ham, dressing, peas. Just the 4 of us and it was wonderful.

    New years, Have to have black eyed peas & fireworks. Well fireworks not to eat but to see.
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  47. Jennifer Barr / January 7, 2010

    We had ham for Christmas

  49. trixx / January 7, 2010

    Our Christmas dinner was ham with mashed potatoes, string beans, corn, dinner rolls, brussels sprouts, and an apple pie!

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