Garden


Grilled Pizza with Chicken, Avocado and Tomatoes – Friday Night Bite

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 12, 2011

I made this pizza on Wednesday afternoon. The same afternoon I was feeling pioneer-ish!

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Grilled Chicken with Cucumber-Pineapple Salsa – Grow. Eat. $ave.

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 10, 2011

Up next on the Grow. Eat. $ave. calendar for this year is cucumbers. I’ve had more cucumbers in my kitchen in the last 2 weeks than I know what to do with…both from my garden, and from a friend’s garden. I’ve been enjoying them on salads, as well as soaked in balsamic vinegar with some [...]

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How to Seed and Dice a Cucumber

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 10, 2011

Sometimes I like the seeds…say, for sliced cucumbers on top of a salad. Other times, I don’t like the seeds. For those times when the seeds have got to go, this is what it looks like!

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Alea’s Squash Calzone

by Alea on August 9, 2011

“Your mother will be making squash for breakfast, squash for lunch, squash for dinner, crunch, crunch, crunch”…

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Mediterranean Quinoa – $5 Dinner Challenge

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

Not sure you can make a meal for your family for $5 or less?! Have you thought about challenging yourself?!

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Chilled Summer Squash and Orzo Salad – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 1, 2011

It’s that time of year when the zukes, squash, and tomatoes and abundant in gardens across the land. And I’ve got the p.e.r.f.e.c.t recipe that will use them all up in one shot!

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The Garden, From Afar

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 30, 2011

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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How to Seed a Tomato

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 28, 2011

If you need to use a tomato without all the drippy, seedy parts, try this quick and easy way to remove the seeds from the tomato…

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Caesar Romaine Wedge Salad – Grow. Eat. $ave.

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 27, 2011

So I have been racking my brain, trying to figure out what to do with this week’s Grow. Eat. $ave. post about lettuce. I feel like I’ve been eating or talking about salads for weeks. (See Strawberry Spinach Salad, Asian Spinach Salad with Mandarins, plus I’ve been making lots of the salad dressings that are [...]

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Ripening and Harvesting – Square Foot Gardening Update

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 23, 2011

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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