
Welcome to Holly’s Cooking Challenge! Here I will be sharing one of my favorite recipes that we can create together every month. Throughout the month, as you cook the featured recipe, snap a picture, and email it in for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!
Let’s get cooking!

Cooking Challenge
April 2025 Cooking Challenge
Scalloped Potatoes
This recipe is a comforting classic, made with layers of tender, thinly sliced potatoes smothered in a rich, creamy sauce. Whether served alongside a holiday ham or as a hearty side to a weeknight dinner, these scalloped potatoes are always a hit in my house!
What makes this recipe so special? The sauce! No need for canned soupโjust a simple, from-scratch sauce is made with a handful of ingredients and bakes up golden and bubbly. Whether you’re making it for Easter or a weeknight treat, these scalloped potatoes are sure to disappear fast!
This Month’s Alternative Recipe:
Crockpot Scalloped Potatoes: This recipe is easy, cheesy, and delicious while only requiring a few simple ingredients. It’s super forgiving, so go ahead and experiment!
Everyday Comfort Alternative Recipe:
Try a recipe from my cookbook, Everyday Comfort, for this month’s cooking challenge! If you donโt have one yet, grab a copy here and cook along with us.
- Three Cheese Scalloped Potato & Beef Gratin (p. 160): Tender slices of potato and seasoned ground beef are layered in a creamy three-cheese sauce and baked under a blanket of cheese until golden brown.
- Make this month’s Cooking Challenge recipe (or one of the alternate recipes). Feel free to get creative and add your own spin to the recipe!
- Snap a photo of your creation.
- Email photos to cookingchallenge@spendwithpennies.com by the last day of the month at 11:59 PM PST for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
Challenge FAQ
Holly’s Cooking Challenge is a fun way to try new recipes and a way for us to all share our love for cooking! On the first of every month, a new post will be published announcing the challenge recipe for the month. Make the recipe, snap a picture, and email it in for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. I can’t wait to see your creations!
Sign up for Spend with Pennies’ emails and watch for the email on the first of every month.
By emailing cookingchallenge@spendwithpennies.com, you are automatically entered into the draw. Make sure to do this before 11:59 PM PST on the last day of the month!
Nope! Any variation of the recipe will count as an entry. You can also make a variation of the alternate recipes to enter.
The randomly selected winner of the month will receive a $100 Amazon gift card!
You will be emailed if you are the monthly winner.