Videos from Denver Morning News Segments

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

There is pretty much only one thing that will get me out of bed before 6 am. A news segment. (Or a teething baby!  Tyler decided to cut his first tooth on our weekend away in CO…made for many sleepless nights!) I had to get up super early, as I needed some extra time to [...]

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Free Coupon Alerts

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

Sign up for Free Coupon Alerts today! Get the latest printable grocery and retail coupons delivered to your inbox!

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Pardon me while I play catch up…we’ll start with the coupons!!! And ones for chocolate no less! And post-its…this might be printable coupon heaven!!! $1/1 Dove Chocolates $1/1 Dole Salad Kits $1/1 Cranberry Raisinets $1/1 Starbucks Ice Cream $1/2 Viva Paper Towels $2/1 Tombstone Pizza Details on $.49 Tombstone Pizza at Faithful Provisions $2/1 Huggies [...]

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I’m Stuck!

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 12, 2010

I’ll be back to blogging tomorrow. I’m stuck in the Atlanta airport… with what feels like 4,268 other people waiting in the C terminal. Weather. I’ve loved reading about what utensils you would be on our tropical adventure…we will be adding to our “collection” later in the week! I miss you all. We have lots [...]

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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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The Perfect Scrambled Eggs

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 9, 2010

So we all know that I’m having a love affair with avocados this summer. But that’s not the reason that these scrambled eggs are perfect. There are probably 7 gazillion ways to make the scrambled eggs, but I’m going to share with you 5 tricks that will help you make the perfect scrambled eggs. 1. [...]

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Lasagna Pot

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 8, 2010

No silly, I’m not growing lasagna in a pot. But I am growing some herbs that I love to use in lasagna in the same pot. So I named it my lasagna pot. I’ve got basil (tall little leaves in the back), thyme (thin tall stalks to the left), and oregano (large leaves that are [...]

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Colorado Friends… This Monday morning…July 12th… I’ll be appearing on the Daybreak on the Deuce at 8:15 am…and I’ll be grilling up a recipe from the NEW cookbook! And then I’ll feature one of my favorite summertime recipes on Good Day Colorado at 8:45 am! So tune in or set those DVRs!  You won’t want [...]

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Stuffed Poblano Peppers

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 7, 2010

(Sorry about the funny photos this week…I posted them from our desktop and it does weird things to them?!) Here’s what I love about this recipe. You can make a ton of the “filling” and use it so many different ways! The recipe for the filling that I will post below will easily stretch into [...]

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I had so much fun reading what foods you all would take with you on a tropical island, I thought I’d turn this into a mini-series… If you were going to be shipped off to an undisclosed location that looks like the above picture and could only bring 1 kitchen utensil, what would you take [...]

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