Fish


The Summertime Pantry Challenge continues…

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This is one of my husband’s all time favorite meals. When he walks in the door and smells these on the table, I have a very happy man. It’s easy to keep all of these ingredients on hand for a quick meal as it uses canned salmon. I’ve modified his mother’s recipe to suit our [...]

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Grilled Citrus Tilapia Packets – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 20, 2011

I recently got some tilapia for $1.99/lb. It’s rarely that price, so I got enough for 2 meals (a little over a pound for each meal)…and now I’m wishing I’d gotten more. I’m on a grilling kick right now and really wanted to grill up some of the tilapia. Tilapia is a very delicate and [...]

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What to Make When…Fresh or Frozen Fish Fillets

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on February 9, 2011

Next up on the “What to Make When” Series…Fresh or Frozen Fish Fillets. Every now and again, there will be a great price somewhere buried in the store circular…$2.99/lb for fresh salmon fillets.  $2.99/lb of frozen tilapia fillets.  These two types of fish are what we like to eat…and what we can manage to squeeze [...]

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Spicy Tuna Melt Pie

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on December 1, 2010

The post in which I plead the case of the tuna melt pie. It ended up being much better than I expected…

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Sweet Balsamic Tilapia – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 27, 2010

Love. Love. I’m in love. For several reasons. Fish…wanting to add more fish into our diet. Made these in the slow cooker. Super easy clean up. Kids ate every bit of the fish…and wanted more. (Yes, I let them dip it in ketchup. Gotta do what you gotta do.) It only takes 2-3 hours to [...]

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Scampi Tilapia – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 2, 2010

I dug some tilapia fillets out of the freezer. I bounced out to the garden to pick some fresh parsley from the garden, thinking I was going to do the same old Lemon-Dill Tilapia thing (that’s my fall back for when I’m feeling uninspired)…but of course, I opened the fridge to grab the lemon juice…and [...]

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Tilapia on the Grill

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on April 21, 2010

I dug out some tilapia fillets from the depths of the freezer.  Thankfully they were vacuum packed and in another freezer bag, so they almost as good as fresh! I wanted to grill the fillets straight on the grill, but they were too thin…so I “foil grill” it is. And we’ll round out the meal [...]

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Salmon Tomato Chowder – Guest Post

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on March 4, 2010

Hello again! It’s me – Sarah, that overly-enthusiastic-about-garlic lady who introduced y’all to my White Bean Spinach Dip a few weeks back. I hope y’all got a chance to try it out! This time around, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite soup recipes; Salmon Tomato Chowder. It’s good stuff. If you’re [...]

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Firecracker Salmon – FAIL

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on January 26, 2010

Operator fail. Chef fail. I shall explain! This is the other salmon that I bought when on sale for $2.99/lb.  I immediately added the marinade, wrapped it up in foil, put it into a plastic freezer baggie and froze it. Operator fail. I forgot to mark which side of the salmon was “up” before freezing [...]

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