Red Quinoa with Grilled Summer Veggies

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 30, 2010

Vegetables on the grill, tossed with red quinoa. Perfect! Ingredients 1 small zucchini ($.79) 1 orange pepper ($1) 1/2 yellow pepper ($.50) 1/2 white onion ($.15) 2 garlic cloves, minced ($.10) 1 Tbsp olive oil ($.10) Salt and pepper 1 cup quinoa ($1) Salt and pepper 4 ears of corn ($.60) $.15 an ear…woot! Directions [...]

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July 4th Recipes and Ideas

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 30, 2010

Looking for a few frugal recipe ideas for this July 4th Weekend?!?  Look no further… Red, White and Blue Smoothies Almond, Raspberry and Blueberry Muffins Homemade Potato Salad Roasted Red Potato Salad Homemade Cole Slaw Grilled Garlic Bread And finally…all of our favorite recipes from the grill! Happy Independence Day y’all! Photo Credit: Love my [...]

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Tropical Island – What Would You Take…

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 30, 2010

Let’s have a little fun…shall we? If you were going to be shipped off to an undisclosed location that looks like the above picture and could only bring 1 food, what would you take with you?!? Me. I would take chocolate. Your turn. Don’t overthink this. It is safe to assume there would be other [...]

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It is finished. And now I shall babyproof.

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 29, 2010

Coming up for air……. and BREATHE! It is finished. I emailed the $5 Dinner Mom’s Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook to my editor on Saturday afternoon. And just after I sent the 267 pages flying into cyber space, I captured this… No…he is not crawling. Yet!!! He is so close. He gets up on all 4s…thinks [...]

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Kroger Shopping Trip – June 28

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 29, 2010

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Smokehouse Maple Chicken

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 28, 2010

While foraging yesterday, I found some Smokehouse Maple grill seasoning hanging out amongst the other spices in the spice cabinet. Hmmm….let’s try this with some chicken. And I just so happened to have picked up a few packages of chicken at the store this morning. This could not have been an easier chicken to make. [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – June 28

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 27, 2010

Another Monday…another meal plan! Check out what we’ll be having this week!!!

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Square Foot Gardening – An Update

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 26, 2010

The latest on what’s happening in the $5 Dinners SFG! Find out what’s growing, what’s not, and what critters we’re dealing with this week!

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