tomatoes


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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Spicy Pasta Puttanesque-a – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on November 30, 2009

***UPDATE: Apparently, Mr. Linky is not feeling well today, so please leave your link in the comments section Alisa shares a fabulous pasta puttanesque-a recipe with us tonight…with quite a few variations to fit all kinds of dietary needs!  This recipe is Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Soy-Free, Sugar-Free, Low-Fat, optionally Gluten-Free / Wheat-Free, and optionally Vegan / [...]

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Roasted Tomato Soup

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on November 12, 2009

A simple soup with LOTS of flav-AH! And UBER CHEAP because I used up tomatoes from the garden that I had frozen and fresh basil that I had dehydrated!!!

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Tomato and Olive Pizza

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

Fresh tomatoes from the garden and green olives on a homemade pizza crust topped with mozzarella cheese…

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Caesar Chicken Pasta Salad

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 22, 2009

Sauteed chicken, pasta and tomatoes tossed in a Caesar dressing and served on a bed of lettuce!

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Chicken Rigatoni al Fresco – $5 Dinner Challenge

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 14, 2009

Rigatoni pasta “baked” in the microwave with diced chicken and garden fresh tomatoes, onions, basil and parsley.

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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Salsa

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on September 10, 2009

I’m not sure what possessed me to do this…but I found myself at the farmer’s market. Picking 20 pounds of tomatoes. Then going on a spaghetti sauce and salsa making spree…

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Grilled Eggplant Panini with Rosemary-Garlic Aioli

by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom on August 28, 2009

I SO wish my stomach was larger…because I seriously would have eaten 4 of these…they were just THAT de-li-cious!

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Taco Salad

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

I do believe I’ll be eating this for lunch tomorrow…as there is just enough leftover!!! This was T-A-S-T-Y!

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