Update: Thanks to everyone who entered! And, our winner is… Christina Winner has been notified via email with further instructions. So it’s that time. Almost. I can’t believe it is here already. We have a very busy June, so I’ve decided to start making some baby food this next month and getting it into the [...]
Friends…I’m baking brown rice these days. For years, I’d made it on the stovetop, as that’s how I learned how to cook rice when I lived in the Dominican Republic years ago. Then I discovered the rice cooker. I’ve only been using my rice cooker for a few months, but I love it. It cooks [...]
Some of the most popular recipes here on $5 Dinners are the homemade mixes. Their posts and pages get thousands of visits each week, so I thought I’d pull them all together into one place for you. Homemade Taco Seasoning Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix (with dairy free suggestion) Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix {Repin It} [...]
I really prefer to feed my family home cooked meals, but some days that just isn’t as easy as others. For example, I like to prepare pizza dough ahead of time and keep it in the freezer for future meals, however there are days that the family wants pizza but I completely forget to take [...]
Thanks so much to Lisa from Mix It Up for sharing this great recipe with us. I’m currently on maternity leave and am so grateful for the help and support of my fellow bloggers during this time! ~Erin Chinese takeout is delicious, but because of all of the added MSG and the ridiculously high cost, [...]
Two cookie dough posts in one week. You’d think I was pregnant and craving cookies or something. (Oh wait.) Actually, I really should have included this in Monday’s How to Freeze Cookie Dough article, but we’ll let this one stand on its own. I love gifting people with homemade cookie dough. And this is a [...]
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, nutritionally speaking. This particular breakfast is NOT nutritional, but it is a wonderful, delicious, decadent breakfast for a special occasion. This is the breakfast that everyone asks for when it is their birthday or other special day. We have this a few times a year, and [...]
I’ve shared a few of my tips for how to freeze cookie dough in the past, and I wanted to revisit it again as we move into the holiday baking season. I’m planning on doing a couple of “dough makes” in November, as one way to stay ahead of myself once the crazy holidays hit. [...]
So we’ve had a handful of “brisk” mornings here in San Antonio. And by “brisk,” I mean the temp has dropped below 70. Which must mean fall is here because I’ve seen a number of people out wearing sweatshirts. Or my blood is already starting to thin out some, because it’s really not that cool? [...]
