Beef Goulash – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 12, 2009

This recipe can now be found exclusively in The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook. ________________________________________________ Have a Frugal and Healthy Recipe to share? Post the recipe on your blog and then add the link below. Other guidelines can be found here. To make it easy for other readers to find your recipe, please leave the link [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – January 12

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 11, 2009

Monday – Potato Veggie Medley Tuesday – Beef Goulash Wednesday – Pork Roast Thursday – Rosemary Orange Chicken Friday – Garbanzo Beans and Winter Vegetables Saturday – Turkey with Cornbread Stuffing Sunday – Pulled Pork with Corn Pudding I will post recipes each night as I make the meal! For this week’s Kroger deals, visit [...]

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Designer Lunch Tote Giveaway

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 11, 2009

ADORABLE!!! How cute are these??? These brand new designer lunch totes from Spring Los Angeles are not only stylish, they can help you save $$$ too! Any guesses on how much money you would save by taking your own lunch to work? Or going on a picnic with your kiddos instead of eating out or [...]

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Sweet and Sour Pork

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 9, 2009

Despite all my meal planning efforts, today was one of those days where it was 5 pm and I hadn’t set foot in the kitchen to start making dinner (we usually eat at 5:30). We all have “one of those days” and today was mine! But, thankfully we didn’t resort to eating out, because I [...]

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Twice Baked Potatoes with Salad

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 8, 2009

I don’t make too many salads because they are generally a more expensive veggie side. Since I found a bag of lettuce at the store for just $.50, I thought I’d try to pull it off! Oh yeah, I updated the “About Me” tab on the site. If you are reading in a reader or [...]

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Organic Product Coupons

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 7, 2009

Recently a reader asked about organic products and coupons. I wanted to share pass along some links that Crystal recently posted on MoneySavingMom. Mambo Sprouts has a few new coupons that can be found here. I was recently at Whole Foods in San Antonio. At the customer service desk that has Mambo Sprouts coupons IN [...]

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Grocery Store "Restocking" Trip

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 6, 2009

Had to do a major “restock” after being on vacation for 2 weeks! I got whole slew of stuff for $89! Way over budget, so I’ll have to spend less the next few weeks to “make up for it”. I took advantage of the save $5 when you buy $25 worth of P&G products…really stretching [...]

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Dominican Rice and Beans – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 5, 2009

I’m back in my kitchen! It feels great to be back! Here is the best recipe that I can remember for making Dominican Rice and Beans. I’m not sure there’s an “exact” recipe for these anywhere, as they are made everyday for lunch. They’re just made. I watched and helped out a few times…so we’ll [...]

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JuicePlus+

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 5, 2009

“Eat more fruits and veggies!” “It�s the one recommendation in almost every diet plan, every guide to nutrition, every fitness book. Even organizations such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion agree. But [...]

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Menu Plan Monday

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 4, 2009

I do realize that I posted the Christmas logo for MPM…It matches so perfectly! I can’t help it. I like things that match For other menu plans from over 300 bloggers around the blogosphere, head on over to OrgJunkie.com! Monday- Dominican Rice and Beans (I lived in the Dominican Republic for 6 years!) Tuesday – [...]

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