Grinding My Own Flour – What Do I Need to Know

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

But the grind my own flour thing has been pestering me for a while. It’s time to invest…but I have a few questions! Can you help me out?!

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Last week my publicist at St. Martins called. Kinda out of the blue. And before she even said hi, she asked if I was sitting down…

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Kroger Shopping Trip – The “Week After” Edition

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

Just as I’ve come to expect…after a heavy sale week or Mega Event, the following week or two are not the greatest for stockpiling…

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Egg Salad Meets the BLT Sandwich- $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 16, 2011

Tuna salad would work…especially with some melted Swiss on top. What about egg salad?! I wonder if that would work…

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Being able to slow cook some meat in a sauce with some veggies all day, then add the starch at the end of the cooking cycle…makes for super simple, slow cooked, one dish dinners!

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Check out the latest printable coupons to start out our week…

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$1.99 Filippo Berio Olive Oil at CVS

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 16, 2011

Yes, this week…you can get Filippo Berio Olive Oil for just $1.99.  It is on sale for $3.99.  There are a number of $1/1 coupons that you can print out to bring the price to $2.99.  There is also a $1 e-coupon available through Upromise. Making it just $1.99 after coupon and e-coupon! $1/1 Filippo [...]

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The $5 Dinners Weekly Meal Plan with Printable Grocery List Every week I will post 5 links to archived recipes, plus an additional 1 or 2 recipes for breakfast, snacks or batch cooking recipes.  You can click through to see the original recipe and print that recipe if you like. (Or go green and just [...]

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So I was out running errands earlier this week with just Tyler in tow.  He had slept in that morning and I knew he would take a later afternoon nap.  In an attempt to take advantage of the fact that I could hit the garden center with only 1 child in tow, we went in! [...]

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Drugstore Food Deals – Week of May 15th

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 14, 2011

I’ll be stopping in to CVS for spices and olive oil this week…

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