And another thing, I'd start entering sweepstakes. Sometimes the wins are nice, I've won a lot over the years, but it takes lots of patience, postage and persistency. And there are masses of this online, but do be VERY careful what you click on or you'll find you have ordered a year's worth of magazines.
The law states that you do not have to buy anything to enter sweepstakes. Contests are or might be totally different. Some of them you must send in recipes, but I'm not too sure they pull the winner from the best recipe. READ THE RULES. Then read them again, slowly. Copy and past them on a letter and make them larger and separate them by paragraph, then read them again. When using snail mail, be sure to mail in letters at least 3 days before it ends.
I've won most from the Second chance sweeps. And less from the online ones, have won from them, but infrequently.
Good luck with whatever you do.