Check out this FREE offer from Gardens Alive that will help us get started on spring planting!

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Find out what coupons will be in this Sunday’s coupon insert…if there are some hot coupons, you might want to pick up a few extra newspapers!

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The other night all of the kids wanted something different for dinner. The majority of them finally decided on egg salad and french fries. Whoa, my OCD was having problems with that. Egg salad and fries just don’t “go” together. The kiddos were pretty persuasive. And they were right. We tend to group foods together [...]

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2011 Goals – Professional and Financial

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 6, 2011

Today I give you some of my professional goals, as well as our family’s financial goals for 2011. I love how goals give you vision and purpose for the day in and day out of working…and how they help keep you accountable to the way you are using your time and money.

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10 Healthy Snack Ideas – New Year, New You!

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 6, 2011

I’m sharing 10 of my favorite healthy snack ideas over on SCJohnson.com. And for those of you who have a lose weight goal or resolution in this new year, I challenge you to look more closely at what foods you are putting in your grocery cart…Read on…

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Check out the latest printable coupons including some HOT egg coupons!

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Connie’s Swedish Meatballs

by Connie on January 5, 2011

Connie’s family of 10 loves Swedish meatballs! They are the ultimate comfort food when served over a big helping of mashed potatoes and smothered in gravy! YUM!

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What to Make When…Pork Chops

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 5, 2011

Welcome to my new series called “What to Make When…” I hope this series will help you decide what to make when you find the particular ingredient on the front page of your grocery store’s circular! First up…pork chops! Smothered Pork Chops Cranberry Pork Chops Italian Pork Chops Pork Chops with Peach Salsa Honey Glazed [...]

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2011 Goals – Personal and Parenting

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 5, 2011

I *may* have mentioned that I’m not into resolutions. Resolutions don’t seem to hold as much “authority” as goals do. Maybe it’s the media making light of them, or our reluctance to stick to them…for whatever reason. I prefer goals…

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Batch Cooking – The Ground Beef Edition

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 4, 2011

Whenever I buy large quantities of ground beef, one of two things happens. One, I stashed the individual packages that I won’t be using that week into the freezer. Two, I brown it all at once and turn it into spaghetti sauce and/or taco meat…then once prepared, I use and/or freeze in meal size portions.  [...]

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