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Brown Rice Casserole

by Sharon on April 19, 2012

This Brown Rice Casserole is a nice way to add more fresh vegetables, and some whole grain rice, to the dinner menu.

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Alea’s Asian Chicken Skillet

by Alea on January 10, 2012

This recipe combines our favorite Asian flavors in one easy skillet dish.

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I like to operate from a menu plan, but during the summer my menu plan is written in pencil and subject to change after visiting the garden…

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Alea’s Easy Broccoli and Beef

by Alea on May 10, 2011

One evening it occurred to me…I am not a recipe follower! So I used the flavors from a friend’s recipe and created a fast and easy Broccoli and Beef recipe that we can enjoy even on busy nights.

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Alea’s Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

by Alea on February 8, 2011

Extra curricular activities are the scourge of my existence. They are leaving me weary and interfere with my dinner plans. I have fewer helpers and less time to prepare dinner for my increasingly hungry crowd. Food allergies prevent me from indulging in my occasional desire to pick up fast food. Food allergies also make prepackaged convenience foods cost [...]

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Smothered Pork Chops Recipe

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on October 15, 2010

Smothered Pork Chops, made according to the recipe from my grammy’s 1940 Tested Recipes Cookbook…

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Grilled Marinara Chicken

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

I loved the Grilled Salsa Chicken so much.  I had to try something similar with marinara and fresh Italian herbs. It’s a toss up. They are both just so yum-ilicious! Ingredients 1 package chicken thighs ($2.26) Manager’s Special Fresh basil, oregano, thyme (from the garden) 1 jar favorite marinara or spaghetti sauce ($.99) Coupon and [...]

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Bacon, Broccoli and Tomato Pasta Salad

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on May 12, 2010

Pictured above: the mixins. This is a quick and easy pasta salad. And quite refreshing too. (Too bad, it’s cool and wet outside today!) Ingredients 2 cups elbows or penne pasta noodles ($.50) Almost out of my $.50 boxes of pasta! 6 strips of bacon or turkey bacon ($.50) Bought this past week for $1.5o/package. [...]

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Buffalo Chicken Wings

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

Half of the family has finished their dinner. The other half was sidetracked by the gorgeous weather, and the desire to use every moment of sunlight to work on “opening up the garden.” (Nevermind that it might snow next week.  I’ve GOT to get my seeds for the spinach and lettuces, or is it LETTUCI?!, into [...]

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Sesame Chicken Stir-fry

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on March 16, 2010

SPLURGE ALERT!!! CONVENIENCE FOOD ALERT!!! (BTW I have loved hearing your do’s and don’t’s when it comes to convenience foods!) It was one of those days.  It started too early. It was filled with distractions. And a few schedule changes. And it left me in no mood to cook.  Y’all have those days too, right? [...]

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