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Eggs

Baked Oatmeal with Scrambled Eggs

May 6, 2009

A tasty breakfast for dinner! Boys couldn’t get enough of the baked oatmeal…and the eggs! Can’t go wrong with this one!

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Potato and Egg Breakfast Tacos

April 21, 2009

Breakfast for dinner is ALWAYS a frugal and quick option for an evening where you’re running behind schedule.

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Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast

April 13, 2009

This is the perfect dish to prepare right after breakfast and pop in the fridge. Before dinner, throw it in the oven and dinner’s ready in 30 minutes!

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Breakfast Tacos

February 24, 2009

Breakfast for dinner is always a frugal option. And one that I tend to forget about!
Sorry. No photo again! Camera battery is recharging
Ingredients
10-12 eggs ($1.25)
4-5 small potatoes, peeled and diced ($.50)
1-2 Tbsp olive oil ($.10)
Salt/pepper
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese ($.38) Omit if GFCFSF
1 cup salsa ($.50)
8 corn or flour tortillas ($.69) Corn [...]

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Bacon and Egg Quesadillas

October 28, 2008

Ingredients
6 strips of bacon ($.65)
6-8 eggs ($1.05)
1 cup shredded cheese ($.84)
8 Tortillas ($1.09), use natural corn tortillas for gluten free
Salsa ($.25)
2 Pears ($1) Lots of pear sales lately!
Directions
1. Cook bacon in skillet on stove top. Remove and place on paper towel to drain excess fats. Pour most of the fat from the skillet.
2. [...]

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Zucchini Omelets

October 14, 2008

This meal is inspired by my brother in law. We went to visit them in Chi-town this past Labor Day weekend. He cooked up a storm! It was such a joy to watch him take on the same role as his dad! Host and chef! Also, want to say a quick congrats to my BIL [...]

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Almost Cobb Salad

October 4, 2008

This recipe can now be found exclusively in The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook.

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Norwegian Rice Pudding

September 30, 2008

Norwegian Rice Pudding
Ingredients
8 Eggs ($.56…eggs were on sale last week after the power outage! Thanks Kroger!)
1/4 cup milk ($.05)
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese ($.15…cheese has been on sale lately!
2 cup water
1 cup rice ($.30)
1 qt. milk ($.75)
1 t salt, nutmeg, vanilla ($.10)
(Add raisins if you like. We can’t eat them…too high in yeast! [...]

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Blueberry French Toast Bake

September 20, 2008

The bread became very soft after soaking all night!

I don’t like to waste ANY food! I do whatever I can to use food to it’s best and fullest! We had part of a French loaf for the other day that had grown quite hard. I thought I’d try to make a French toast bake, even [...]

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Potato, Egg and Cheese Tacos

September 16, 2008

Potato, Egg and Cheese Mixture (It’s great by itself if you don’t have any tortillas!)
Tonight I made Potato, Egg and Cheese Tacos at my MIL (mom-in-law)’s house. We are still without power, and will likely not get it back until the weekend.
Because I bought 13 lb of Roma tomatoes ($.65/lb!!!) on Sunday just before [...]

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