Beef roast plus lime and cumin - drop that in the Instant Pot and walk away. Come back, slice/shred the beef and assemble these fantastical tacos. Great flavors for summer, and the Instant Pot will not heat up your kitchen! *boom* Tips: how to choose ripe mango and how to choose ripe avocado. Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa Adapted from: My … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Garlic-Orange Pork Tenderloin
So much flavor. So much. I'll be honest, I think that pork tends to be bland...and has more trouble than chicken taking of flavor. But, this is magical. The slow cooker, plus the acidity from the orange juice, plus the other flavors in the marinade -- magical (and easy) dinner. This is also freezer friendly, which meals that the pork tenderloin marinates in the OJ … [Read more...]
Free Knife Skills Class for Kids ~ Registration OPEN!
FREE Knife Skills Class Registration is OPEN! Teaching your kids new skills can be a challenging part of this whole parenthood gig. Let's take swimming for example. I didn’t know the proper way to teach my boys how to swim, so the older 3 boys did swimming lessons intermittently between the ages 4 and 8. Over time, I learned the overall step by step and process and phases … [Read more...]
Top 12 Favorite Fall Comfort Casserole Recipes
Fall means.... Gorgeous leaves. Final harvests. Sweatshirts and hoodies. Brisk, cool mornings. AND....Comfort Food! While it's still warm here in south Texas, I'm starting to add more soups, chilis and casseroles to our weekly menus! Because....warm, delicious food is good for the stomach and good for the soul! I thought I'd share this list with you, to … [Read more...]
Costco Top Deals for Nov 2016: Nutella, Crescent Rolls, Swiss Miss, Quaker Cereal + More
Have you seen our 20 Meals for $150 Meal Plans Using Ingredients from Costco yet? We’ve got TEN of them including our latest featuring all organic freezer friendly meals! It’s a great way to save on dinners, using bulk ingredients from Costco!!! Included are a price list, shopping list, full recipes, and more! Sign up for the $5 Dinners free email newsletters to receive all of … [Read more...]
Raspberry & Chocolate Chip Quesadillas ~ 31 Days of Kid Friendly Recipes
I'm pretty sure that this kind of fruity quesadilla ranks in the top 5 of my boys' favorite after school snacks. And I love them because they are filling and keep them full until dinner (none of that 'I want another snack' 30 minutes before dinner thing with these!) These are also super adaptable and flexible and you can make all sorts of combinations... Fruity ideas: … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Nachos ~ 31 Days of Kid Friendly Recipes
It's FALL. Autumn. The season filled with cinnamon, colorful leaves and brisk mornings. And apples. Lots and lots of apples. (Pumpkin Spice everything too, but today we are focusing on the apples!) Slice them, soak them in some lemon water (to prevent browning), pat them dry and then nestle them into some caramel sauce and top with other goodies! BEST FALL … [Read more...]
31 Days of Kid Friendly Recipes ~ New Series this October!
I’ve been dying to share this 31 days series with you…because we’re all about Kid Friendly food this month, and who doesn't want new ideas for the kids!?! But before we get to the recipes, we need to talk about what “kid-friendly” means? Does it mean boring, bland, white and yellow food? Does it mean tasteless food? NO and NO. Kid-friendly is hard to define because … [Read more...]
12 Best Chili Recipes
There is nothing that celebrates the taste of fall more to me than a good bowl of chili. Even though we do eat chili year-round, there is something special about a steaming hot bowl of chili with brisk temperatures outside. In honor of nearing that lovely time of year, we've gathered up the 12 Best Chili Recipes on $5 Dinners (although you can actually find a dozen more if … [Read more...]
Erin’s Top 10 Favorite Freezer Friendly Recipes ~ 31 Days of FreezEasy Meals
I love me some freezer meals. And I'd be remiss if I didn't close out our 31 Days of FreezEasy Meals series, without sharing some of my favorite freezer meals with you! I love how freezer meals help you get "one step ahead," they help you make decisions ahead of time...so that you don't have to make the call about dinner at 5 pm when the "Decision Fatigue" is at it's worst. … [Read more...]
