Garden

Gardening Reminder – Water, Water, Water!

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

Your friendly reminder to water that garden! It’s probably thirsty!!!

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Roasted Garden Ratatouille – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 30, 2010

A delicious roasted ratatouille…that when you take the first bite, you’ll soon forget the 20 minutes you spent chopping the veggies! It was worth every second…

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Green Beans – Grow. Eat. Save.

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 28, 2010

Looking for ways to use up the green beans that are taking over your garden? Perhaps Grow. Eat. $ave. can help!

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Produce Triage

by tdomf_91172 on August 26, 2010

Score a great deal at the farmer’s market, got an amazing harvest in your garden, or maybe your CSA box is overflowing…don’t fret…Wendy from The Local Cook is here to help!!!

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Garden Trick for Green Beans – Snap as You Pick

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

So the green beans are coming at a “you better pick these daily” rate at this point.  So we’re having them with either lunch or dinner everyday!  I couldn’t be happier…I think green beans are one of the best garden investments in terms of seed cost and green bean yield…you get a TON from a [...]

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Alea’s Eggplant Pizza Bites

by Alea on August 24, 2010

Last year when I saw pictures of Erin’s eggplant flowers, I resolved to grow them in my own garden…and set out to convert my husband into an eggplant lover…did these Eggplant Pizza Bites do the trick?!

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Square Foot Gardening – What I Haven’t Shown You Edition

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

The latest on what’s happening in the $5 Dinners SFG! Find out what’s growing, what’s not, and what critters we’re dealing with this week!

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Fall Planting – Square Foot Gardening

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 19, 2010

So I can’t believe we are in the middle of August…but that means it’s time to start planting for the fall. I had every intention to get some seeds into the ground by the end of July, but that just did not happen…Find out what I’ll be planting for the fall!

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Stuffed Green Chile Chicken

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 18, 2010

So I grabbed some green chilies a few weeks ago when I was stocking up (and going over-budget, sigh!)…and I had plans to make a green chile chicken in the slow cooker…but decided to pound out the chicken and roll it around the green chilies instead.  I paired this with brown rice, corn kernels and [...]

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Stuffed Tomatoes – Grow. Eat. $ave.

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 14, 2010

To-may-toes, To-mah-toes…
It’s what we’re talking about this week on Grow. Eat. $ave! Stuffed Tomatoes to be exact…

Got an over abundance of tomatoes?!? Looking for a cool, light and refreshing side…or even a main dish dinner?!? Well, stuffed tomatoes are THE way to go!
Stuffed Tomatoes with Spicy Avocado Salad
4 large tomatoes
1 avocado, diced
About 1/2 [...]

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