Thursday, August 2, 2012

Out to Eat with Kids Provides Healthy & Economical Dining {$50 Applebee's Gift Card Giveaway}


As much as I attempt and enjoy cooking homemade meals for my family, there are plenty of days when we need a break from the kitchen. Whether it has been a long week, we have already eaten all of our typical favorites, or the day has just been too busy to stop for a breath, sometimes packing the kids in the car and heading to a restaurant is a welcome respite for all of us.

However, as all parents know, just selecting a restaurant can be a challenge, as it needs to combine the right food, atmosphere and service to ensure that the experience ends up positive... and not one of those times that we all dread.

At the same time, no one wants to spend an arm and a leg on a single meal, so along with picking a location, we often find ourselves researching for deals, specials and coupons before leaving so we know that the trip won't end up too expensive.

Fortunately, the process of going out to eat has been made much more convenient thanks to the introduction of Out to Eat with Kids.

Out to Eat with Kids

OutToEatWithKids.com is an online database featuring local restaurants with economical and healthy kids' meals. By connecting you with 15,000 restaurants nationwide (and constantly being updated with new deals), it only takes a click or two before you've found the locations in your area that offer stand alone kid specials.

I appreciate that Out to Eat with Kids makes it so easy to find information, as we all know that when you're planning where to eat, there is no time to waste with hungry kids around. Instead of spending time doing search after search, just visit OutToEatWithKids.com and enter in your zip code and the day of the week to find a selection of FREE or reduced-price kids' meals at local restaurants.

kids eat free

As an added bonus to saving money, Out to Eat with Kids also works with the National Restaurant Association to promote healthy children's menu options that meet nutritional standards set through the Kids LiveWell program. Simply look for the Kids LiveWell logo to see menu items that meet these nutritional standards at qualifying restaurants.

Kids LiveWell logo

As eating out with kids can be a stressful experience, Out to Eat with Kids is a great resource to make life easier. Connect with kid-friendly restaurants, discover free promotions or discounted prices on kids' meals, find information about restaurants with healthy and balanced kids' meals... you can even access the Out to Eat with Kids free mobile app located in the App Store or Android Market so that planning meals on-the-go has never been easier!

And, thanks to their generosity, one person will soon be able to bring their family out for a tasty (and hopefully stress-free) meal, because...

One lucky person will win a $50 gift card to Applebee's!


(Enter with the Rafflecopter form below. If you have any questions or problems entering, there is a video tutorial found here that can help.)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

A big thank you to Out to Eat with Kids for providing a $50 Applebee's gift card for me as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

567 comments:

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Adriane P said... 1

Our favorite restaurant as a family is Chili's!

Shelly said... 2

We love Olive Garden

Tracie Brown said... 3

cheddars!

Jessica Allen said... 4

My Big Guy Loves Any Kind Of Pizza Place, But We Like Chili's & Applebee's :)

mommy2luke2008 said... 5

I love Golden Corral!

CindyWindy2003 said... 6

family favorites are applebees and chili's, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com

Anonymous said... 7

Red Robin

Suburban prep said... 8

Barnaby's pizza

Kathy said... 9

We like Culvers and Salvatore Scallopini

latanya t said... 10

ruby tuesday

sherylssg said... 11

My family loves going to the Cracker Barrel.

sflickinger at rocketmail dot com

Laura Miller said... 12

The Olive Garden is our family's favorite!

Sylvia said... 13

We love IHop
sylviawhit@gmail.com

Kelly said... 14

We love Macaroni Grill

Anonymous said... 15

We love to go to a great local family restaurant called Chips.
kyonac1@gmail.com

Unknown said... 16

We love Texas Roadhouse!

Patricia said... 17

Right now its Pizza Hut. My son chooses it every time.

Zanita said... 18

Our favorite resturant is Mrfijis, a habachi resturant about 40 min. from us, if we are staying local than it is definitely Chili's!

debijackson said... 19

texas roadhouse debbie jackson,
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

Kiana N said... 20

We love Chili's!!

nafzikg at gmail dot com

Jackie said... 21

Olive Garden is one of our favorites
Thanks!

Elizabeth G said... 22

We enjoy eating at Ruby Tuesdays

Anonymous said... 23

our fav would be golden corral

elcane
flycacther91@yahoo.c

Real Life FA said... 24

Zaxby's!

wigget said... 25

we're big fans of outback

Lois said... 26

Hi! :) We like a few places, but arguably, the two we end up at the most is the Olive Garden and Red Lobster. (Gotta be their respective breads... LOL) :)

Lois

Becky M said... 27

I have two young boys, so the current favorite is Chucky E Cheese!

VJ ~ vantalee said... 28

I would say Red Lobster.

Stephanie Ann said... 29

we love outback & tgifriday's!

Teh Doll said... 30

Applebee's I love the two for $20

jbmthill said... 31

We live Chilis

like2sweep@gmail.com
jbmthill

d schmidt said... 32

Our favorite is Red Robin
mummytotwoboys@yahoo.com

Amy Green said... 33

My family's favorite restaurant that we used to go to was called Po' Folks, and there are only a few left!

~ Noelle said... 34

there is an italian place near us.. PASTA BELLA that is awesome.. or o'charleys (but that is just because they are close...) my husband will eat ANYWHERE that serves steak :)

JC said... 35

Olive Garden.

Katie said... 36

My family and I love Applebee's and some of our local pizza places

Allyson Bossie said... 37

WE don't often eat out, but my son LOVES Red Robin's Burgers so we go there a few times a year!

masgur at yahoo dot com

SueZH said... 38

We love a local restaurnat called The Homestead.

apple blossom said... 39

olive garden

Mudpiesandtiaras said... 40

Red Robin!!!

debbie said... 41

We have a local owned diner, called the sanford inn.

Erika P. said... 42

Red Lobster is our favorite.
805chick7 at gmail dot com

Denise said... 43

We love O'Charley's and Olive Garden.
stonemedic76@hotmail.com

Jennifer said... 44

love applebees

KatieO said... 45

We love Applebees and some local places!

Unknown said... 46

I love Ponderosa

Rose Linhardt said... 47

..great and timely idea!!

Unknown said... 48

it really depends on my mood but I do love applebees!

Amy W. said... 49

Tokyo House is our favorite. cwitherstine at zoominternet dot net

Rita M said... 50

Cracker Barrel - hands down!

Marie said... 51

There is this little local restaurant that we go to called The Haven which is great! But we also like places like Applebee's!

marielay@gmail.com

Valerie Taylor Mabrey said... 52

We like outback right now
vmkids3 at msn dot com

Unknown said... 53

My kids favorite is Chuck E Cheese, but as a whole we love applebee's and outback

Debra Guillen said... 54

Longhorn Steak House is our fav

Kelly Skibbe said... 55

We love to eat at lalos Mexican.

jessica said... 56

Applebee's is actually our favorite! We ate there a couple hours before we got engaged and we also ate there a week before that! We love the 2 for $20!

jek9880 at gmail dot com

Ashley H said... 57

Cracker Barrell! thanks!

Kelsey J said... 58

We love Mcallister's Deli.

akronugurl said... 59

Golden Corral
freebiel0ve@yahoo.com

Anonymous said... 60

We like Chili's, O'Charleys, and Applebees. julierupert@gmail.com

Anonymous said... 61

Steak and Shake
one2nvme at hotmail dot com

Jenny Stanek said... 62

Currently a nearby Italian restaurant called Pettis!

orangestar17@hotmail.com

Unknown said... 63

We love Red Lobster. It's so far away though, so we rarely get to go.

s said... 64

Outback

Kelly N. said... 65

Leave a comment on this post telling me your family's favorite restaurant.

Subway

MamaStace said... 66

If it was up to me, my fav is Fat Boy's, a local BBQ restaurant we have it town.. As a family we most enjoy going to Chili's

Nathansmommy619(At)aol(dot)com

Charlene S said... 67

Applebee's is our favorite.

Bethany C. said... 68

We love Seasons 52.

Colleen Boudreau said... 69

Olive Garden.

Jessica Schank Snow said... 70

We love the Olive Garden.

Thanks for the giveaway!! =)


JJs2468@aol.com

TeenaBugg38 said... 71

Actuyally it's Applebees, that's why I am entering....lol

bettycd said... 72

Love Theodora's which is a local Greek Restaurant

B. Wilson @ Windy {City} Wilsons said... 73

Red robin!

Nicole Larsen said... 74

Red Robin is definitely our favorite!

pittsy82@hotmail.com

Michelle said... 75

We like Ruby Tuesday and Fuddruckers. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

Savor The Days said... 76

We love Babe's chicken!
kim(at)kimberlychance(dot)com

Unknown said... 77

Chili's, Jimmy Johns, and Applebees!

Unknown said... 78

friendly's

Julie said... 79

BoneFish

hebb dot julie at gmail dot com

Danielle Davis/Grady said... 80

Red Lobster! :)
Thank you!
Suchaproudmama @ yahoo.com

Natalie U. said... 81

Maggiano's, La Fondue, and Kyoto Palace...I live in Silicon Valley so it's so hard to choose
pedidentalasst at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said... 82

We like Cheddar's.

rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

Andrea said... 83

We love Salt Grass Steak House and Olive Garden.

Stefanie Elysse Hurtado said... 84

We love California Pizza Kitchen!

Carrie Phelps said... 85

Hermonoes; a local Mexican restaurant.

tawndam said... 86

mocciastrainstop.com ...small-town family run for years

jules said... 87

our familys favorite would be olive garden.

Leann said... 88

Our favorite is a local Mexican restaurant.. Ben Villars. chefl@swbell.net

bunnyb said... 89

We love Chili's!
bunnybx at gmail . com

Sarah Coulsey said... 90

We love Red Robin!! Yum!!!

Lori's Place said... 91

Applebee's is a fav! loriagalbraith at gmail dot com

Fan R. said... 92

Montana

teddyoutready2(at)gmail(dot)com

Fangirl Jen said... 93

TGI Fridays

freddie said... 94

We love Olive Garden. dwelchert@yahoo.com

Anissa said... 95

We love the Malt Shop!

Daily Woman (Lacey) said... 96

Red Robin

Anonymous said... 97

We like Chilis
marypopmom@yahoo.com

marymichelotti said... 98

On the Border

marymichelotti@gmail.com

Tammy1409 said... 99

We like Zoe's Kitchen

Rachael said... 100

Olive Garden

Allisha Gold said... 101

Our favorite restaurant is the Golden Wok. :) Thanks so much!
allishagold at volcano dot net

Jan Messali said... 102

We like Chili's, Applebees and a little local restaurant called O's Family Kitchen.

Unknown said... 103

Applebees!

Marcie said... 104

We love ruby Tuesday!

Marcie said... 105

We love ruby Tuesday!

Marcie said... 106

We love ruby Tuesday!

amy beth marantino said... 107

we like McDonald's - the kids a re shareholders, and like to keep their money within their company ;)

Frugal Tumbleweed Acres said... 108

A local restaurant called The Cellar. Love to go there.
gourdsrmylife(at)yahoo(dot)com

Unknown said... 109

we like carrabbas
sarah hirsch

Sunnymay said... 110

We like Olive Garden with the endless soup and salad and breadsticks for lunch. We dip the breadsticks in marinara asked for on the side and have a relatively big and filling lunch.

Alicia said... 111

A new Red Robin opened up at the mall, love their burgers

Ariel said... 112

We enjoy Red Robin.

captainliss40 said... 113

We love Panera Bread! captainliss40(at)gmail(dot)com

LAMusing said... 114

We like IHOP and Chen's

Brandi Elam said... 115

We love Olive Garden!

Allison Downes said... 116

We love the Olive Garden. Their Salads are so good!

fancygrlnancy said... 117

we all love Sushi Brookers, but its far so we don't get there much. (Nancy Partin)

Crystal B. said... 118

Our favorite places are Carriage Crossing in Yoder KS (an Amish restaurant, great pie) and Jimmy's Diner in Wichita. Best milkshakes and egg creams ever.

Crystal said... 119

My favorite is probably Le Cellier at Epcot.
CrystalW07 at aol.com

Anonymous said... 120

my family loves burger king...I'm serious.
-Lynn

Tammy S said... 121

Our family loves Outback for a special treat.

Unknown said... 122

We like P.F. Chang's.

Lloyd Family said... 123

my family loves Red Robin
j lloyd

dfraley3 said... 124

We love Cracker Barrel.
crochet4hats[at]gmail[dot]com

dfraley3 said... 125

We love Cracker Barrel.
crochet4hats[at]gmail[dot]com

Jaydensgrandma said... 126

Our favorite is Wild West, a local Mexican and Steak House.
Joye Rast

Sandy VanHoey said... 127

gosh, so many, Ruby Tuesday, Applebees or Outback

Unknown said... 128

I guess we go to Applebee's the most :) So I guess that wins :) LOL

Kari Ann said... 129

My family Loves Asian food so we go to a local family Asian restaurant called four seasons!

Beth @ TheAngelForever said... 130

My oldest loves Ruby Tuesdays and my youngest Cici's. Thanks for the opportunity.

Jen said... 131

My hubby loves Applebees and Olive Garden. I'm partial to Chili's.

kelley wood said... 132

olive garden :)

moonsword said... 133

Our favorite is a cafe called Fuel because they have superhuge superhealthy veggie burgers. Thanks!

Flowerg said... 134

We love Chili's and Red Lobster. Thanks!

romapup at gmail dot com

Alecia H said... 135

We love the local Chinese buffet

FireRunner2379 said... 136

We go to Outback Steakhouse most often.

Wild N Mild $$$ said... 137

My sons favorite is Olive Garden.
Jennifer Rote
wildnmild4u at yahoo dot com

Brianne said... 138

We love Olive Garden!

Kat said... 139

We love Culver's!

won said... 140

There's a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican place we love.

*Wendy T on rafflecopter

Sue Ellison said... 141

Olive garden is a favorite!

suebee05@gmail.com

rosannepm said... 142

Next to our local Lino's we like Outback

ellen_levickis said... 143

Applebee's really is our favorite

Terri Patillo said... 144

Chilis, Cheddars, Applebee's, Outback!

Terri P
pr4gatheringroses AT gmail DOT com

virgomomwriter said... 145

East Garden, William Ho's and/or Red Lobster!

Sarah G. said... 146

We like the little Greek Diner around the corner from our house. Good sized portions and affordable.

mkjmc said... 147

Texas Roadhouse

peg42 said... 148

We like Chili's.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

Emily N said... 149

My kids love to eat at IHOP.

Anonymous said... 150

We love China Buffet King. Jack Palmer jcpalmer25@yahoo.com

Unknown said... 151

Outback Steakhouse

Think about it said... 152

i loved fire mountain grill but that closed in flint mi.

but now we go to apollo in davison mi!
its a coney island

kadia3 at yahoo dot com

ohstac said... 153

We like Olive Garden

jlafount said... 154

We enjoy Godfathers Pizza

SB said... 155

We like Chili's

Anonymous said... 156

We love Red Lobster.

Love3570@aol.com

jzagarjr said... 157

I like Bob Evans

kjasus said... 158

we love to eat at a local mexican chain called margaritas

Jackie said... 159

Runza

mimo said... 160

We love Olive Garden

Unknown said... 161

fuddruckers!

Amber said... 162

Catch 35 is one of our favorites!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

pattycake said... 163

dennny's restaurant

Kimberly said... 164

Red Lobster
Kims2312@verizon.net

Unknown said... 165

It would have to be Summer Palace- our favorite (local) Chinese restaurant!
magickalblessings26{at}gmail.com

Karla said... 166

I like Olive Garden because they have yummy breadsticks.

sottovoce said... 167

We love a local Italian restaurant, Anzios. :-) Thank you.

amp said... 168

Chili's

apoalillo {AT} hotmail dot com
Alyce Poalillo

J. Cannon said... 169

My favorite family restaurant is Olive Garden!

Trasina said... 170

Our fav is actually Applebee's! Best steak ever!

TheresaJenkins said... 171

vesuvio's pizza,pa

Anonymous said... 172

Love hut (a vegan asian restaurant, really yummy)

Anonymous said... 173

Red Lobster rkmarsh at aol dot com

kellyr78 said... 174

We like Red Lobster.
KellywcuATyahooDOTcom

Kristen said... 175

As far as chain restaurants we like Applebee's and Chili's.

emchelly77 said... 176

we love chillis! we could go there everyday if we had the money!

randio said... 177

We love Outback!

Cody said... 178

Pizza Doctors!
cody_endres(at)hotmail(dot)com

Sarah Hall said... 179

We enjoy going to IHOP as you can have breakfast any time of the day.

Ann Fantom said... 180

We like the Outback Steakhouse

abfantom at yahoo dot com

lokigsd said... 181

Applebee's has the best steak! Yummy! (and mashed potatoes n winter mix veggies).

Anonymous said... 182

When we ALL go out, including the kids- we LOVE a buffet. We have a Chinese Buffet and an Old Country Buffet here. The kids can choose the things they like, that way.

HarleyC said... 183

We LOVE Olive Garden!

carol said... 184

my family loves Olive Garden

chris z said... 185

i like olive garden

April said... 186

Red Robin, our boys favorite

ssgsweeps @ hotmail .com

clc408 said... 187

We have several excellent local restaurants. As far as national chins go, I like Carabba's.

Peter Schott said... 188

Our favorite is a small local chain, Mi Familia.

sweepmom said... 189

My family likes Texas Roadhouse.

Conor said... 190

I like Gustavs!

sksweeps said... 191

Chili's!

sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net

Carol said... 192

We love Buffalo Wild Wings.
brand242003@yahoo.com

Stephen Saunders said... 193

Texas Steakhouse...

mogrill said... 194

We love Olive Garden.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com

Ryan said... 195

we love the cheesecake factory

rypm25@aol.com

Anonymous said... 196

My son loves Golden Corral, but his mama would almost rather eat gum off the sidewalk! I like a local fish house. Charlottewinters@cox.net

Elisabeth said... 197

We love Olive Garden!

R. said... 198

We like The Atlanta Bread Company.

rebecca.nvcl (at) gmail.com

DeeAnn S said... 199

We like to go to Chili's. Thanks.
sweepster49 at comcast dot net

kath g said... 200

really like tgifridays

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