Smothered Okra with Chicken and Rice – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 21, 2011

A favorite side dish of mine…turned into a meal!

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Tyler loves sweet potatoes.  He would eat them at every meal if I let him. He went through a beans phase, and now it’s sweet potatoes.  I’d prefer to “steam bake” them, but I often don’t remember in time, so I just microwave them for a few minutes after slitting them.  I intentionally choose longer, [...]

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Check out the latest printable coupons including high value Science Diet pet food coupons…

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Announcing ANOTHER brand new feature for the $5 Dinners Weekly Meal Plan…find out what…

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Drugstore Food Deals – Week of February 20th

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 19, 2011

Every week I’ll be posting the best food deals at the different national drug stores. I have found that the drug stores often have great prices on food, especially pantry staples!  I may occasionally highlight other free, moneymaker and ECB/RR deals to help you get the credit needed to get some of these pantry staples [...]

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Spanish Rice – Vintage Recipe (fail!)

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 18, 2011

The Spanish Stew the other night was a hit. This Spanish Rice…not so much!  Maybe it would have been tastier if I’d have used green olives instead of black olives. I know I just said I don’t share nasty recipes, but in the name of “It’s Vintage Recipe Week,” I’m sharing the experience! If anything… [...]

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About a year ago, I was introduced to “chocomole” by Katie from Kitchen Stewardship. She included a link to a recipe in one of her e-books, “Healthy Snacks To Go” and I was intrigued. So intrigued that I made in the next week. I could not believe it.  I still can’t believe it. It’s a [...]

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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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Sharon shares with us one of her family’s favorite dinners…Italian Chicken Subs.

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Chili – 5 Ways (or maybe 7!)

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 17, 2011

There are probably 1,000 different ways to make chili.  Beans, no beans. If so, what kind of beans. What cut of meat. Diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes or crushed tomatoes. Fresh crushed garlic, or fresh minced garlic.  Heat, or sweet, or both.  Top with sour cream, or shredded cheese. Green onions or red onions. Sharp cheddar [...]

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