Learn important tips for making the perfect chocolate chip cookies at home Want to know why bakery and delivery cookies are always so perfect?! The dough has had time to hang out in the mixing bowl or storage dish, letting the ingredients mingle and meld and mix together. It's true, the butter and flour, and eggs and leavening, need time to mix together. It's a chemistry … [Read more...]
12 Best Baked Oatmeal Recipes
When Oatmeal and Cake Gets Together and Has a Baby...You End Up the Best Baked Oatmeal!!! That's right - it's like an oatmeal cake. And you MUST TRY IT!!! It's a hearty, filling, and delicious baked oatmeal that will fill up even the hungriest of bellies. Here on $5 Dinners, we believe in making every meal of the day affordable and simple. And Baked … [Read more...]
Encouragement and Inspiration for Intentional Living – Introducing the Erin Chase Show
Join Erin on her new show where she inspires an intentional, well-balanced life Intention. It's one of my favorite words. It's become a part of my mental, emotional, and spiritual framework. It's a concept that is interwoven across all areas of my life. And it's one of the guiding principles in my personal and professional success. I'm beyond ecstatic to … [Read more...]
What’s Trending on Instagram….March
I thought it would be fun to share what photos and videos are trending on our Instagram profiles every week! We have 7 (yes you read that right!!) - $5 Dinners, Instant Pot Dinners, FreezEasy, Make Ahead Freezer Meals, Vonnie App, Intentional Bites Planner and my newest Erin Chase IG Account @IAmErinChase ! We would LOVE to feature your Instagram post when you make one of … [Read more...]
QUARAN-Beans and Rice – Recipes & Tips for Eating More at Home
As we find ourselves staying home and getting creative with the items we have on hand to pull dinner together, this list of rice and bean pantry recipes and tips are a stellar resource to save! I present to you... QUARAN-Beans and Rice!!! Even though the recipes we share on this site are mostly on a $5 per meal budget, there are times in the month that you … [Read more...]
School Cancellation & Kids Cooking Lessons – Watch All Episodes Here
The perfect Kids' school cancellation activities...learning to cook! School cancelled?! WE GOT YOU!! The boys and I will be hosting daily cooking lessons for kids at Noon CST on the $5 Dinners Facebook page. If you can’t watch live, the “replay” and video will stay here on the page and on our YouTube channel, as well as down below. I know all of these cancellations … [Read more...]
How to Prepare for Potential Quarantine: A Practical Guide to Stocking Up
Summary You can be prepared without being a "prepper" Do not panic and run out and buy all of this today Only purchase things you will actually use during a 6-8 week period Slowly add these extra items to your upcoming shopping trips, rather than buy everything at once and blow your budget A Practical Guide for Stocking Up on Food and Household Items, in … [Read more...]
5-Layer Queso Dip
A Scrumptious 5-Layer Queso Dip...with creamy white or yellow queso as the base and a pile of delicious toppings! Here in San Antonio, it's often said that you judge and choose a local TexMex joint or taqueria by their salsa. Well....... I say you need to judge it by their salsa AND their queso dip. Because queso is life. (Seriously, I grew up dipping rolled … [Read more...]
Art of Green wins 2020 “Product of the Year” Award
Wahooooooo! I've been sharing with you that Art of Green is AMAZING, and I was right! ;) Art of Green was just named 2020 Product of the Year Winner in the Green Cleaning category. Recap video from the Awards Dinner and Party in Times Square, New York City - below is the official news! A new line of eco-friendly Art of Green® Multipurpose Cleaners has been named … [Read more...]
Last Call to Print $3/1 Tide Coupon!
Last chance to print this $3/1 Tide Power PODS Coupon! PRINT PRINT PRINT!!!! Tide, America’s #1 laundry detergent and consumers’ #1 trusted laundry detergent brand in Reader’s Digest survey, is launching Tide Power PODS, as the ultimate solution to the issue of large laundry loads. I have been using the Power PODS for the past few weeks, and they've been perfect for … [Read more...]