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Zesty Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Roast

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 17, 2009

A simple, hands off meal to prepare! I love letting the slow cooker do all the work!

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End of Summer Harvest Soup – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 31, 2009

Oh my heavens…this was like a party in every taste bud! This is a MUST try!!!

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BBQ Mini Meatloaves and Meatloaf Bites

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 21, 2009

These meatloaf bites didn’t last long! Both kids gobbled them up…and I thought they were yummy too!

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Angel Hair with Cherry Tomatoes – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 17, 2009

Using up my overabundance of cherry tomatoes…a tangy pasta dish that your taste buds are sure to love!

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Italian Chicken and Bowtie Pasta

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 5, 2009

Loved this dish that Lindsay suggested! Pasta, spinach and cherry tomatoes…delish!

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Grilled Steaks

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 29, 2009

Grilling up some steaks today…despite the dreary fall like day we had today! Paired it with a side dish straight from the garden…Mmmm!

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Green Tomato Beef Roast – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on July 20, 2009

A food experiment gone…RIGHT! If you’ve got green tomatoes in your garden still, I highly recommend this meal!

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Beef Roast with Garden Vegetables – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 29, 2009

Keeping the costs of this meal as little as possible by eating green beans and squash from the garden! Link up to this week’s $5 Dinner Challenge!!!

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How to Freeze Green Beans

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on June 25, 2009

This past weekend I harvested about 2 lbs. of green beans from the garden. There were quite a few more that needed another week or two before harvesting, so I’ll pick those next week. I decided that instead of eating them right away, I’d freeze them. I froze some “whole” to use as a side [...]

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Simple Moussaka

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on March 6, 2009

I’ve been wanting to try moussaka for a long time, but knew that I couldn’t pull it off for under $5. I used the recipe from Joy of Cooking and simplified it quite a bit. I did not use any Greek yogurts or cheeses. Yes, I know those are the KEY ingredients to the dish, [...]

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