Ham and Hashbrown Bake

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

A throw together “breakfast for dinner” meal! We came home late from running errands…so I’m glad I had an easy dinner planned for tonight!

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July Meal Plan

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

Here’s the plan for July! Looks like this month will fly by as well!!!

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Keeping the costs of this meal as little as possible by eating green beans and squash from the garden! Link up to this week’s $5 Dinner Challenge!!!

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Giveaway – Sara Lee Wheat Buns

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

Let Sara Lee provide the buns to your July 4th BBQ!!! Giving away a pack of hamburger and hot dog buns to 5 lucky readers…

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Menu Plan Monday – June 29th

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

Since we spent 2 days last week eating saltines and drinking Ginger Ale, this week will be another “pantry challenge” week for us! Plus a new twist in my plan!

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Square Foot Garden Update #6

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

More growth and harvesting going on in our garden this week!

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Honey Sweetened Dehydrated Apples

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

An easy recipe for making sweetened dehydrated apples! A delicious and healthy snack!

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Beef, Snap Pea and Broccoli Stir-Fry

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 25, 2009

Tossed the snap peas from the garden into one of my favorite beef and broccoli stir-fry recipes!

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How to Freeze Green Beans

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 25, 2009

This past weekend I harvested about 2 lbs. of green beans from the garden. There were quite a few more that needed another week or two before harvesting, so I’ll pick those next week. I decided that instead of eating them right away, I’d freeze them. I froze some “whole” to use as a side [...]

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A Delicious, Frugal, Naturally Gluten Free Dessert

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 25, 2009

A great guest post from Carrie at Ginger Lemon Girl! One of my favorite things about being gluten free is that the desserts are wonderful! Believe it or not, using gluten free flours to make brownies, cakes, or cookies can be a lot of fun and incredibly tasty!! But as much as I love to [...]

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