March Cookbook Winners

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 8, 2011

In case you haven’t heard…every month we give away 5 cookbooks to active subscribers…

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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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Kitchen Foul

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 8, 2011

See that little red light back there. It means that the stovetop is still hot…

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You need a good dinner prepared but you are busy ALL day long. (who isn’t!) This recipe gets everything tender and juicy in the crock pot while you are at work or running errands. All you have to do is boil some noodles for dinner! How easy is that??  It’s actually even easier than the [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, after the big boys and I made a few batches of cookie dough for the freezer, we made the Baked Apple Puff recipe from my friend Michelle’s new cookbook The Whole Family Cookbook: Celebrate the Goodness of Locally Grown Foods. The boys love to whisk, pour, dump and they especially enjoyed seeing the [...]

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$.75/3 Steamfresh Frozen Veggies – Printable Coupon

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 7, 2011

These should be on sale for close to $1 one more time this spring…as we move out of “frozen vegetable season” and into later spring and summer!

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Help Us Combat the Rising Cost of Food

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 7, 2011

Have you seen the rising cost of food in your grocery store yet?! I’ve seen it on a few products…milk, apple juice, and sugar. But I haven’t seen much change in the typical sale prices.  Lesson being…stock up when on sale! A few weeks ago, we took the kids to the nearby children’s museum and [...]

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Spicy Mexican Omelet

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

I’m often asked during news interviews and radio interviews…”Is this really possible to do this $5 Dinners thing?” And my typical reply is… “Of course, a key part of this whole frugal cooking business is being creative with the ingredients that you get on sale, or even discounted, from the grocery store. If you score [...]

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Upromise – April eCoupons

by Jenn K on April 6, 2011

Check out this month’s Upromise e-coupons…

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$2/1 Silk Soy, Coconut Milks – Printable Coupon

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

My Kroger has the Silk coconut milk on sale for $1.99 and this coupon would make it FREE!

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