Menu Plan Monday – June 1

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 31, 2009

Going out for our anniversary this week…twice! Once with friends to the Yanni Voices concert, and once just the two of us!

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Square Foot Gardening – Update #3

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 30, 2009

The latest update and photos from our Square Foot Garden! We made our first harvest this week and boy was it delicious!

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Shrimp Kabobs with Creamy Dijon Dill Sauce

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 29, 2009

Experimenting with a new sauce for grilled salmon…

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June Meal Plan

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 29, 2009

I’ve come up with another 30 days of meals…plus a few nights out for this month! Find out why…

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Round Steak and Mashed Potatoes

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 28, 2009

A meat and potato meal for all to enjoy!

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Cheabies…What and Where???

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 28, 2009

Cheabies are….“A hybrid of ‘cheap’ and ‘freebies’ referring to a freebie that has a small but often negligible cost (such as postage). While costing a small sum of money, cheabies can represent similar or greater value than a completely free freebie as it is often of higher quality.” -Definition from FreeStuff4Free.com I am often reluctant [...]

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Homemade Veggie Pizza

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 27, 2009

A homemade whole wheat pizza crust topped with green peppers and squash!

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Gluten Free Casein Free Update

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 27, 2009

A quick update on what happened to the gluten free, casein free diet the boys had been on…

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Shopping Trip

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 27, 2009

Last week I thought I’d try to shop for 2 weeks. It was a FAIL! I didn’t get enough to last 2 weeks, so I had to go back.

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Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 26, 2009

This meal is actually from the other night…but I never got around to posting it! I’ll post tonight’s Veggie Pizza recipe tomorrow when the boys are having leftovers. Then we’ll be back on track! Ingredients 3 chicken breasts ($2.25) On sale for $1.88/lb last week 3 Tbsp mustard ($.10) 1/4 cup honey ($.50) 1 tsp [...]

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