Guest Posts


 About 5 years ago, I was introduced to Sister Schubert’s Parker House Rolls by my mom at a Thanksgiving dinner. My mom has never been one to make homemade bread, but she sure knows how to pick the best options for non-homemade. These puppies melt in your mouth. Seriously, this bread melts. Add a [...]

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The $5 Dinner Mom’s 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

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

I’m all about the practical. And products that make my life a little easier. Or help me spend less money. While I love a good splurge every now and again, it’s the gifts that get used that I love the most. And it’s those gifts that I love to give the most. (Like the spoon [...]

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I’m so grateful to get to partner with such wonderful websites each month. I’d like to highlight a few of my favorite ideas, recipes and more from this month’s partners! Get Organized with the 2012 Weekly Agenda from Buttoned Up! Coupon codes and more from Coupon Shack Restaurant coupons and Retail coupons from Surviving the [...]

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It’s Pumpkin Week on $5 Dinners

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on October 17, 2011

It’s all things pumpkin this week! (With the occasional coupon, restaurant deal thrown in the mix too!) Before we dive into all this deliciousness, I thought I’d share a few of the pumpkin recipes shared here on $5 Dinners in past years. Pumpkin Pecan Granola (pictured) Pumpkin Muffins with Cinnamon and Pecan Struesel Pumpkin Pancakes [...]

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I’m so grateful to get to partner with such wonderful websites each month. I’d like to highlight a few of my favorite ideas, recipes and more from this month’s partners! Get Organized with the 2012 Weekly Agenda from Buttoned Up! Recipe for Crunchy Quinoa Berry Almond Salad, a Veggie Delights Recipe from FrugalFunFortune.com – yum! [...]

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She makes this whole healthy living thing doable. Practical. And well, doable…

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From this past few weeks, you’ll find my recipes for…

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Saving Savvy by Kelly Hancock of Faithful Provisions

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 21, 2011

Several years ago, when I was first talking to my editor at St Martins Press about the cookbooks I was going to publish with them, he made a comment that turned out to be quite prophetic. At that time there were just a handful of bloggers who were publishing books based on their blog or [...]

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Hocking Hills Camping Adventures

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

After I finished shrieking and came out of my hiding place, the boys had all sorts of questions about why their mommy was behaving neurotically…

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Focused Couponing eBook

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 19, 2011

Andrea from Savings Lifestyle has just published her first ebook, Focused Couponing! Get a copy for just $4.99…

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