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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days has officially been announced for October 6th and 7th! Want to know how to get the best deals? In this post, we share our best tips for saving money and scoring great deals on Amazon Prime Big Deal Days! Amazon Prime Big Deal ... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  View Online Here's what's new: Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Starts Tomorrow! Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole and Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins ($10 Family Dinner Idea) Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Starts Tomorrow! Amazon Prime Big Deal Days has officially been announced for October 6th and 7th! Want to know how to get the best deals? In this post, we share our best tips for saving money and scoring great deals on Amazon Prime Big Deal Days! Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 is back and will run from October 6-7, 2026! That means we get two whole days of deals! If this is anything like last year’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, we will see deals that are as good as or even better than Black Friday deals! Amazon says this about Prime Big Deal Days 2026: Starting October 6 at 12:01 a.m. PDT, Prime members can shop millions of deals on top brands, seasonal favorites, and everyday essentials—from fall entertaining and home décor to Halloween prep, beauty, and early holiday gifting. These savings build on Amazon’s everyday low prices, giving members even deeper discounts on products they’re already shopping for. “Once fall arrives, there’s so much to get ready for—the hosting, the decorating, the holiday gifting—and Prime Big Deal Days makes it easy to check it all off while saving,” said Carmen Nestares, vice president of North America Marketing and Prime Tech. Other retailers will likely join in, too! Because of how popular Prime Big Deal Days is, other major retailers are planning on having HUGE sales this week, too. Walmart Deals Week started today, Target is back with their Circle Week deals, and Kohl’s is also having a huge sale. And this is just the major retailers! We’ll see ALL kinds of great sales that week from online retailers — small and big! How to Get The Best Deals on Prime Big Deal Days We predict that starting October 6th (or even earlier — from other online retailers), we’ll see a flurry of deals similar to what we usually see on Black Friday week. We love that so many other companies will be competing with the deals Amazon is offering because that means more deals and more savings! Because of this, we want to help you prepare accordingly so you can save the most money. We’ll be here all day both days! Our team will be hard at work all day long each day scouring the deals and posting the best ones we find! So be sure to tune in here at MoneySavingMom.com for all the BEST discounts on Prime Big Deal Days 2026! We’ll be posting all of the best deals all day every day! You can also follow us on Facebook or Instagram, join our Facebook group, Facebook Channel, and sign up for our HOT deals newsletter. Following us multiple ways gives you the best chance of catching all the deals as they pop up quickly! 5 Tips For Preparing For Amazon Prime Days To help you prepare well to maximize your savings for Amazon Prime Days, here are 5 strategies we suggest: 1. Sign up for a free 30-day trial to Amazon Prime. Not an Amazon Prime member? No worries, now is the perfect time to sign up for a FREE 30-day trial. This way, you’ll get all of the benefits of Prime and be able to take advantage of the deals, but you won’t have to pay for a Prime subscription. At the end of the 30 days, just be sure to go into your account and cancel your subscription and you won’t be charged! Psst! If you’re between the ages of 18-24, you can sign up for a FREE 6-month Amazon Prime trial! 2. Subscribe to our Hot Deals email newsletter. Have you signed up for our Hot Deals Email Newsletter yet? If not, be sure to do so before Prime Days! When you sign up, we’ll send you no more than 1-2 emails each day featuring the hottest and best deals hand-picked by us as soon as they become available. This way, you won’t have to wait for the daily enewsletter to go out in the afternoon; you can jump on the hottest deals right away! We’ll be sending out two email newsletters each day during Prime Days featuring only the BEST deals that are our top picks. Sign up for this newsletter here. 3. Follow us on Instagram. You can find us on two different Instagram accounts on Prime Days: :: Crystal’s personal Instagram: Be sure to head over there and hit the follow button. She loves personally sharing the deals she’s most excited about on IG Stories. (Plus, you’ll see a lot of behind-the-scenes content including day-to-day life, grocery shopping hauls, and a lot of other fun stuff that doesn’t get shared anywhere else!) :: Money Saving Mom Deals Instagram: You’ll also want to go follow our Instagram account that is solely dedicated to posting the top deals each day! If you follow us there, you’ll see deals pop up not only on IG Stories but also in your feed throughout the day. On Prime Days, we’ll be hopping onto IG stories on both accounts multiple times throughout the day telling you about the best deals that we’re most excited about! So be sure to follow both accounts HERE and HERE so you don’t miss anything! 4. Follow our Facebook Page We’ll be posting all the deals all day long on our Facebook Page, and it’s one of the easiest ways to make sure you don’t miss any HOT deals! Just bookmark this page and refresh it throughout both days to keep up to date with the latest and greatest deals. Plus, you might see some live videos and FB Stories throughout the day from different team members talking about some of our favorite deals! 5. Make a List & Budget If you haven’t done so already, be sure to make a list of the items you are most interested in buying, as well as the budget you have to spend. This way, you don’t just jump on a good deal because it’s “such a good deal”, when it’s not something you need or can afford. How to Earn Free Gift Cards For Prime Days Want to stretch your dollars even further? Now is the time to cash out your free Amazon gift cards or spend some time over the next couple weeks earning some extra Amazon gift cards. Here are just a few ways to earn some extra cash to spend on Prime Day: Sign up for Swagbucks — It’s also easy to earn enough swagbucks to trade in for a $5 gift card! You have plenty of time before Prime Day, even without referrals. I just spent an hour or two this week doing a few activities and already have enough for a $10 gift card! Go here to get started with Swagbucks. Sign up for Fetch Rewards — It’s so simple to earn points for scanning your receipts with Fetch Rewards. (Gretchen here! I signed for Fetch years ago and I’ve now earned hundreds of dollars in gift cards. It’s super easy. Also, your first couple scans will be worth enough to quickly get you over the 5000 points mark to trade in for an Amazon $5 gift card!) Psst! Find more ways to earn Amazon gift cards here. Are you ready for Prime Big Deal Days? Let us know what deals you’re looking for in the comments! Never miss a HOT deal again! Sign up below and I’ll only email you when I find a really fantastic deal!       Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole and Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins ($10 Family Dinner Idea) This Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole from Crystal has been a staple recipe at my house for many years! It’s such a great way to use up leftover chicken (or turkey) as well as leftover rice. She has instructions on how to make it as freezer meals, but I often just make it with leftovers and make a half batch of the recipe (which fits in a 9×13 pan) and we eat it the same night. I follow her recipe (although let’s be honest, I mostly dump and don’t really measure), except I use only cream of chicken soup (my husband would literally find and pick out the teeniest pieces of mushrooms if I used cream of mushroom, haha). If you’re working with leftover rice and leftover chicken, you can throw this casserole together and have it in the oven in less than 10 minutes (seriously!). Tonight I served this Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole with Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins, another oldie but goodie from this website. I buy blueberries in bulk at a reduced price from a warehouse by me, so I almost always have plenty of blueberries in my freezer. This post is part of our $10 Dinner Ideas series, brought to you by Brigette on our team! Each week, she shares easy, delicious, and affordable family-friendly dinner ideas that cost less than $10 to make, use everyday ingredients, and are super quick meals. Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole Dinner Menu: Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole (I made half of this recipe) Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins Ingredients for Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole: 5 cups cooked rice (Aldi – $2.95 for 3-lbs) — $0.98 2 cups cooked, diced chicken (Aldi – $2.49/lb) — $2 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup (Aldi) — $1.98 1 10-oz bag broccoli florets, steamed and chopped (Aldi) — $1.09 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (Bargain City – $15 for 10lbs) — $0.75 Salt and pepper to taste Total for Chicken Broccoli Casserole: $6.80 (serves 6-8) Ingredients for Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins: 2 eggs (I used 3 because they were super tiny eggs from our friend’s chickens) — $0 1/4 cup applesauce (I used 1 pouch – Bargain City – $1 for 20 pouches) — $0.05 1/4 cup oil (Aldi – $2.89 for 96 Tablespoons) — $0.12 3/4 cup sugar (Aldi – $2.86 for 4 lbs) — $0.23 4 cups whole wheat flour (Lidl – $2.99 for 5lbs) — $0.64 3 Tablespoons baking powder (Aldi – $2.05 for 8 ounces) — $0.38 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk (Aldi – $2.78 per gallon) — $0.30 3 cups blueberries (Bargain City) — $1.25 Total for Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins: $2.97 (makes 24+ muffins) Total Cost for Dinner: $9.77 (makes 6+ servings) How to Make Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Follow the directions here (or below) for making the casserole. I halved the original recipe (as shown on the recipe card below) and put it in a greased 9×13 pan. (My only substitution was to use 2 cans of cream of chicken soup instead of the original 1 can of cream of mushroom plus 1 can cream of chicken). Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until heated through and beginning to brown. 2. While casserole is cooking, follow the directions here (or below) for making Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins. I used regular oil in place of coconut oil and only 3 Tablespoons total of baking powder. 3. Pour into greased muffin tins, filling 3/4 full. Turn the oven to 400 degrees and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until done. (Note: It’s fine for the casserole to bake at 400 degrees while the muffins are in the oven). 4. If you’ve timed it right, the casserole and the muffins will both be finished baking at the same time, haha! Print Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole with Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins ($10 Family Dinner) This Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole and these Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins have been a staple at my house for years. Pair them for an easy, affordable, and filling $10 Family Dinner! Course dinner, Main Course, Side Dish Cuisine American Keyword chicken, easy dinner, easy side dish, family favorite, freezer friendly, freezer meal, homemade, muffins, weeknight dinner Prep Time 20 minutes minutes Cook Time 35 minutes minutes Servings 8 Calories 809kcal Author Brigette Cost $9.77 Ingredients Ingredients for Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole: 5 cups cooked rice Aldi – $2.95 for 3-lbs — $0.98 2 cups cooked diced chicken (Aldi – $2.49/lb) — $2 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup Aldi — $1.98 1 10- oz bag broccoli florets steamed and chopped (Aldi) — $1.09 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese Bargain City – $15 for 10lbs — $0.75 Salt and pepper to taste Ingredients for Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins: 2 eggs I used 3 because they were super tiny eggs from our friend’s chickens — $0 1/4 cup applesauce I used 1 pouch – Bargain City – $1 for 20 pouches — $0.05 1/4 cup oil Aldi – $2.89 for 96 Tablespoons — $0.12 3/4 cup sugar Aldi – $2.86 for 4 lbs — $0.23 4 cups whole wheat flour Lidl – $2.99 for 5lbs — $0.64 3 Tablespoons baking powder Aldi – $2.05 for 8 ounces — $0.38 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk Aldi – $2.78 per gallon — $0.30 3 cups blueberries Bargain City — $1.25 Instructions How to Make Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the casserole ingredients, reserving some cheese for the top. Put the mixture in a greased 9×13 pan. Top with additional shredded cheese, if desired. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until heated through and beginning to brown. How to Make Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins: While the casserole is baking, make the muffins. First, grease two 12-cup muffin tins. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil (or melted coconut oil), and sugar and mix well. Add a cup of flour, followed by baking powder and salt. Next, alternate adding milk and the remaining three cups of flour, being sure not to overload your mixer while mixing together on a low setting. Fold in the blueberries, taking care to not over-mix as you want to keep the blueberries intact. Pour into greased muffin tins, filling each about ¾ full. Turn the oven to 400 degrees and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until done. (Note: It’s fine for the casserole to bake at 400 degrees while the muffins are in the oven). If you’ve timed it right, the casserole and the muffins will both be finished baking at the same time, haha! Nutrition Calories: 809kcal | Carbohydrates: 111g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 1568mg | Potassium: 681mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 868IU | Vitamin C: 40mg | Calcium: 614mg | Iron: 5mg FAQs about Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole: Does broccoli need to be cooked before putting in a casserole? If you’re using frozen broccoli, you don’t need to cook it before adding it to the casserole. Since fresh broccoli takes longer to cook, you’ll want to steam it before adding it. What to serve with chicken broccoli rice casserole? These whole wheat blueberry muffins pair deliciously with the casserole! You could also serve it with a simple salad, applesauce, 30-minute yeast rolls, or fresh fruit. Can you freeze chicken broccoli rice casserole? Yes! To freeze this casserole, mix the ingredients together and freeze them in a gallon freezer bag before baking. To bake, thaw in the fridge overnight, dump into a greased casserole dish, top with extra cheese, and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. More Ideas for Family Dinners Under $10: Sloppy Joes and Simple Coleslaw Chinese Chicken Stir Fry with Vegetables Cheesy Baked Tortellini and Green Bean Fries Bubble Pizza Creamy Chicken and Rice Skillet French Toast Casserole and Baked Scrambled Eggs Easy Baked Chicken Biscuits and Gravy Quick & Easy Mini Calzones Mexican Lasagna Easy Cheesy Kielbasa Pasta Skillet Chicken Alfredo Pizza And, be sure to check out all our easy dinner recipes here! If you make this Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole and Whole Wheat Muffins family dinner, we’d love for you to leave a review and let us know how it turned out! FREE One Week Menu Plan! 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