Grill


Oh my gosh? Dare I say it? Spring is right around the corner!! You know what this means, BBQ’s and camp fires! Flowers and swimming! Playing, playing, playing! (for the kids, of course) As long as we’re talking summer, we’ve got to talk grills…….that’s right, what a lead in…Have you ever thought about  paninis on [...]

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Grilled Potato Skewers

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on October 25, 2010

Some variety of potatoes are on sale just about every week during this time of year! Red potatoes on skewers. On the grill.

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Green Chile Burgers

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 17, 2010

We’ve been doing burgers every Sunday night all summer…and these are up there in my top 5! Loved the Mexican flavor…the zip (but not so zippy that the kids wouldn’t eat them)…the added smokiness from the grill. Yum! Ingredients 1.2 lb. ground beef ($1.78) 1 4 oz. can green chilies ($.59) 1 egg ($.10) 1 [...]

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Simple Pasta with Sauteed Tomatoes – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 13, 2010

If you need a “mild”…ease back into eating type of meal, here you go!

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Chicken Wraps with Balsam-melized Red Onions

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

Caramelizing Red Onions in Balsamic Vinegar…gives these ordinary chicken wraps an amazing flavor!!!

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Spicy Onion Burgers

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 20, 2010

Looking for a spicy new topping for your favorite burger?! How about some onions with a lotta zing?!

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Stuffed Tomatoes – Grow. Eat. $ave.

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

Looking for a recipe that uses a vegetable that’s growing in your garden? Perhaps Grow. Eat. $ave. can help!

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Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 11, 2010

(Please pardon the iPhone photo. Dead camera battery.) I went out yesterday morning to survey the garden…and to make sure it survived our weekend away. I was pleasantly surprised to find lots of red grape-roma tomatoes, and a meal’s worth of green beans!  I picked some basil, parsley and oregano and then got to work. [...]

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Beef and Mushroom Kebabs – $5 Dinner Challenge

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

I made these the other night…I made an extra trip to the store to get the ingredients needed for this morning’s news segment…and spotted some $.99 whole mushrooms.  I see them often for $.99 in the mark down basket in the produce section. I found more this morning…sliced this time. I don’t typically buy extra [...]

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Chicken and Bacon Florentine Pasta

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 22, 2010

Every had one of those super productive days…only to forget one very important thing on your to-do list. That thing: Make dinner. Eeps!  That’s what happened to me tonight.  I scurried around all day, catching up on Mt. Washmore (yes, we have been home for 10 days and I still haven’t caught up on laundry [...]

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