The Value of Dining Together

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

Tonight’s guest post comes from none other than “the Hubs”! He shares his thoughts on the importance of family time over the dinner hour.Every afternoon I come home from work to a house overflowing with savory smells from the kitchen. The boys run to the door to greet me, and tackle me as I come [...]

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One Beef Roast – Three Meals

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

Today’s Guest Post comes from Amy at the Finer Things in Life. Amy blogs about her “faith, motherhood, simplicity, tiny towns and good ol’ home cookin’!” Growing up in a meat and potatoes family, I’m accustomed to fixing and eating a variety of cuts of beef. In fact, we’ve ordered beef about 150 pounds at [...]

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Fish with Rice Blend and Broccoli

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 3, 2009

This recipe can now be found exclusively in The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook.

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Bargain Meal of the Week – Kroger, Meijer

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 3, 2009

Not sure what to eat this week? Not a coupon user? Planning meals is a great way to save a little money at the grocery store. Planning meals based on the advertised sales alone can REALLY help reduce your grocery budget. Here are a few frugal meals that I see this week (Prices based on [...]

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Homemade Guacamole

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 2, 2009

We also had homemade guacamole and homemade corn tortilla chips to snack on. Homemade Guacamole 2 avocados 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tsp lemon juice 2 Tbsp Rotel tomatoes 2 Tbsp sour cream (omit if GFCFSF, tastes great without it!) 1 tsp salt Scoop out flesh from avocado. Smash with fork. Add crushed garlic, lemon [...]

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Spicy Lentil Chili

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 2, 2009

So I totally wasn’t thinking that yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday when I made my menu plan last week! We were set to have lentils and rice. I jazzed it up as best I could! Spicy Lentil Chili Ingredients 1 cup green lentils ($.25) 1/2 cup split peas ($.15) 4 cups water 3 cloves garlic, [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – February 2

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 1, 2009

Monday – Sweet Potato Crusted Chicken Tuesday – Fish with Wild Rice Blend Wednesday – Chicken Pot Pie Bowls Thursday – Cranberry Pork Chops Friday – Spaghetti Saturday – Leftover Pork Roast Sunday – Blueberry Pancakes with Eggs I will post the recipes for the different meal each night as I make them! For this [...]

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