Dishsoap Spray for the Garden

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 15, 2010

Last year, y’all taught me about dishsoap spray. And I wanted to pass the information along to anyone who might not be using it. Last year I had trouble with Mexican beetles eating my green bean plants.  While my green bean plants did a lovely job of producing green beans, I was not too fond [...]

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The Deadline Edition – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 14, 2010

No recipe from me tonight. My head is buried in the sand on the beaches of Manuscript Deadline. I have no idea what we’re having for dinner tonight. And I’m OK with that. Please leave your links for us. After a week of gritting sand between my teeth and dreaming about Tyler crawling around in [...]

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CLOSED! Healthy Snacks To Go eBook – Giveaway

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 14, 2010

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Printable Coupons – Hodgepodge Edition

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 14, 2010

Here are some of the latest and hottest printable coupons: $1/1 Burt Bee’s Toothpaste $1/1 All Oxi-Active $.55/1 Blue Diamond Almond Milk $.75/1 Earthbound Farms Organic Spinach $1/1 Country Choice Organic Oats Be sure to check out all the printable coupons available at Red Plum, Smart Source and Coupons.com! Looking for a coupon for an [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – “No Plan Monday”

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 13, 2010

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

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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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Homemade Lasagna with Garden Herbs

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 11, 2010

Even though most of us in our family…80% of us to be exact…are not eating dairy foods right now, I still stock up on cheeses when they are on sale so I can make lasagna for Steve’s lunch.  I make a 9×13…and it will last him 8 lunches.  I cut 4 pieces off and store [...]

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Sunday Coupon Preview – June 13th

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 11, 2010

Want a sneak peak at what coupons are in this Sunday’s paper? There is scheduled to be 2 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum in this weekend’s paper. $2.50/1 Smart Balance milk $.45/1 Daisy Cottage Cheese $1/1 Kraft Sandwich Shop Mayo $1/1 Tom’s of Maine products Check out rest of this week’s Sunday Coupon Preview! [...]

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Growing Oranges in Canada

by tdomf_91172 on June 11, 2010

I am from Canada – I will be trying to grow oranges & olives this year – thanks to global warming – I am told that this is not impossible.

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Red Pepper Guacamole

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 10, 2010

This makes me want to move to Spain. Or Mexico. Anywhere Spanish speaking would work! (I miss saying Hola and Buen Dia all the time.) Ever since playing “Twitter translator” (where I would send Twitter DMs with common Dominican phrases to my friends who were in the Dominican Republic), I’ve been itching to speak Spanish. [...]

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