{"id":45,"date":"2010-03-04T23:47:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltmama.net\/bbmreview\/2010\/03\/04\/banquet-thanks-a-million\/"},"modified":"2010-03-04T23:47:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:47:54","slug":"banquet-thanks-a-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltmama.com\/bbmreview\/2010\/03\/04\/banquet-thanks-a-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Banquet Thanks a Million!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I work three jobs.&#160; My days start at 5 A.M. and it ends most nights at midnight.&#160; With just a short break in the afternoon to pick up my son and feed him dinner, time is tight.&#160; Like most parents, I would prefer to make all of our dinners from the freshest materials and always from scratch, but that&#039;s just not possible.&#160; So often, I have to turn to something fast and easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conagrafoods.com\/consumer\/brands\/getBrand.do?page=banquet#prevNextLinks\" target=\"_blank\">Banquet<\/a> has been helping busy families out with dinner for 50 years now. During the last two weeks, with extra hours at work, I turned to Banquet to provide some balanced meals for my family.&#160; A favorite frozen entree of mine has always been Salisbury Steak.&#160; Now that I have a son, we can&#039;t pass up Chicken Nuggets, his favorite food! I&#039;m so thankful to have an easy and tasty alternative for dinners!<\/p>\n<p>As Banquet&#039;s way of saying thanks to all their loyal customers, they have launched their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conagrafoods.com\/banquetthanksamillion\/officialrules\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banquet Thanks a Million<\/a> Instant win game.&#160; Look for the &quot;Thanks a Million&quot; logo on their frozen entrees which contains a game piece for prizes ranging from a Banquet coupon to $100,000!&#160; I&#039;d say that&#039;s a nice way to say thanks!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>For giving me something less to think about at dinnertime and for giving me hope that I can get rid of one of my jobs by winning one of these prizes, TKDDaughter gives Banquet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/.a\/6a00d8341c0f9b53ef01310f65b8e9970c-pi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brownbelt_2\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c0f9b53ef01310f65b8e9970c \" src=\"\/.a\/6a00d8341c0f9b53ef01310f65b8e9970c-800wi.jpg\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u201cI wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momcentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mom Central<\/a> on behalf of Banquet and received a sample to facilitate my candid review. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momcentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mom Central<\/a> sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.\u201d<\/span><br \/><\/span><br \/>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I work three jobs.&#160; My days start at 5 A.M. and it ends most nights at midnight.&#160; With just a short break in the afternoon to pick up my son and feed him dinner, time is tight.&#160; Like most parents, I would prefer to make all of our dinners from the freshest materials and always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-games","category-giveaways"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I work three jobs. 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