Where to Find Coupons

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

(Before we go any further…the coupon above is just a sample image…it is not a current coupon.) I’m often asked where I find the coupons that I post here…and the answer is simple. I have a few places that I look every few days to keep up with the latest printable coupons. 1. Coupons.com 2. [...]

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Menu Plan Wednesday

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

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

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Square Foot Gardening – Starting Seeds Indoors

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 7, 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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Home Depot Garden Club

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 6, 2010

Register with the Home Depot Garden Club to receive valuable coupons, savings, and gardening advice. It’s a great email newsletter to receive, not only for the coupons and savings, but also for the practical gardening advice! A

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Want a sneak peak at what coupons are in this Sunday’s paper? There is scheduled to be 1 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum in this weekend’s paper. $.75/1 Dole All Natural Fruit $.75/1 Reynolds Wrap Foil $5/1 Schick Hydro Razor $1/1 Seventh Generation Product (excludes single roll paper towels) Check out the rest of [...]

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Mini Burgers

by tdomf_91172 on August 5, 2010

I recently moved from IL to CA due to being married. I am a graduate student in the distance to learn program and am studying to get my masters to be a librarian. My husband works for a video game company out in Santa Clara so we can get free video games. ;)

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Here are some great coupons from Coupons.com: $1/2 Libby’s Fruit Products $1/1 8th Continent Soymilk (half gallon) $1/2 Healthy Balance Juice, any Be sure to check out all the printable coupons available at Red Plum, Smart Source and Coupons.com! Looking for a coupon for an item on your shopping list? Or a coupon for your [...]

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Bargaining at the Farmer’s Market

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 5, 2010

So I chatting with a friend recently, and she asked…”How do you get these great prices at the farmer’s market? Do you bargain with them or something?” I replied, “No. I just get lucky, I guess!” But the convo got me thinking about bargaining, and how widely unacceptable it has become in our culture.  In [...]

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Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 4, 2010

For the past, um, year or so, I have not done a whole lot with potatoes.  And for good reason.  Ryan tested positive for a potato allergy, among other things.  So I quickly removed them from our diet. A few weeks ago, we got the go ahead from both the allergist and the GI doctor [...]

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We’re also talking money mentality over in the Frugal Living Community! Tell us…Is your money mentality to “Save More” or “Spend Less”?!?

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