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    BTS HQ: Everything You Need for Back to School 2022

    July 29, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    It's the $5 Dinners Back to School HQ with Everything You Need to Survive Back to School 2022 With the school year fast approaching again, it's a flurry of school supply shopping, shoe shopping, digging backpacks and lunchboxes out of the closet, and more. This year, I'm focused on re-using what we have and not spending a penny more than we need to (hello inflation + … [Read more...]

    What’s Trending on Instagram

    July 19, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    I thought it would be fun to share what photos and videos are trending on our Instagram profiles once a month! These are your current favorites.  Are you following all of our accounts? Check out my personal account, I Am Erin Chase, $5 Dinners, Instant Pot Dinners, FreezEasy, and WhisKidCooks IG Accounts. We would LOVE to feature your Instagram post when you make one … [Read more...]

    RE-DESIGNED for YOU: The “20 Meals for $150” Plans

    March 29, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Save TIME, MONEY, and MORE with these amazing 20 Meals for $150 Plans!  ELATED. ECSTATIC. STOKED. That describes how I'm feeling this week, as I re-share this amazing grocery saving and sanity saving resource with you!  Many moons ago, I decided to make some updates to the "20 meals for $150" plans. I started creating them in 2013, and it was just time for a … [Read more...]

    CHALLENGE: 5-Ingredient Freezer Meal Plan

    January 2, 2022 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

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    How to prepare SIX meals in LESS THAN 30 MINUTES with this 5-Ingredient Meal Plan! I don't know about you, but it makes my heart happy when a recipe only needs a handful of ingredients. And when they are "normal" ingredients, too! You know what I'm talking about. Ingredients you often have in your kitchen, and are commonly found at a typical grocery store. So I made a … [Read more...]

    The Best Ever Make-Ahead Freezer Meals Cookbooks!

    August 2, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    If you love getting ahead with dinner prep, and you love cookbooks, these Make-Ahead Freezer Meal Cookbooks are the books for YOU! The Freezer Meal Stereotype Often times when people think of freezer meals, they think of mushy casseroles. Or slow-cooker-only recipes. Or bland, tasteless, freezer burned meals.  It is also the assumption that these bland, mushy … [Read more...]

    Best Grocery Savings Mobile Apps

    December 27, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

    Check out the Best Grocery Savings Mobile Apps! These are also Erin's favorites. (She might be a bit biased about the first one!) MyFreezEasy With MyFreezEasy, it really is as easy as 1-2-3. Get organized, choose your recipes, use the shopping list provided, and then follow the instructions to get your make ahead freezer meals into your freezer! You'll save on groceries … [Read more...]

    How to Layer Ingredients for the Perfect Mason Jar Salad

    August 14, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    VIDEO: How to Make the Perfect Mason Jar Salads … [Read more...]

    Summer Spaghetti

    August 9, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    A lightened up, very refreshing summer spaghetti that is so scrumptious - both warm and chilled! This summer spaghetti is just ridiculously delightful and I can't wait for you to make it. It starts with cooking thin spaghetti noodles. Then I want you to start making the tomato-basil "sauce" right away...as the cook time of the pasta and the tomatoes are about the … [Read more...]

    Breakfast Nachos

    August 8, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Move on over avocado toast - there's a new kid at the breakfast table. Add a little guacamole as a garnish to these and you have a south of the border type of avocado toast! If you're cooking bacon and eggs for breakfast, you might as well just go ahead and make these "breakfast nachos." All you need is some tortilla chips, shredded cheese, and toppings (salsa, sour cream, … [Read more...]

    Back to School Savings: How to Prep 6 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals for $40

    August 7, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Tap here to join Erin's Back to School Freezer Meals Challenge … [Read more...]

    Rhubarb Raspberry Cream Cake

    August 2, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    This "magical" cake bakes itself "upside down" as the batter and creamy custard trade places in the baking dish - hope you enjoy this Raspberry Rhubarb Cream Cake! blurb Every summer I end up exploring with all kinds of rhubarb recipes because my mom adores rhubarb anything.  These Rhubarb Dream Bars are a hit.  So is this super easy Rhubarb Dump … [Read more...]

    Freezer Casseroles That You Can’t Wait to Eat

    August 1, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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    Comfort food at it's best, in the easiest way possible - is what freezer casseroles are all about! The mush is a myth. We don't do trays of mush around here. I'm just not going to share mushy freezer casseroles with you.  I'm going to share freezer friendly casseroles that you and your family will love.  And while I cannot help that your picky eater … [Read more...]

    The Best Fluffy Homemade Pancakes

    July 25, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    This not-so-secret ingredient will help make your homemade pancakes fluffier!! You'll see science in action in this pancake batter! Let's gooooo bubbles!!!  The buttermilk in this homemade pancake batter will "aerate" the batter with extra bubbles that will make your pancakes fluffier as they cook.  Add buttermilk to your next shopping list and then make these … [Read more...]

    Freeze These Bulk Ingredients from the Warehouse Store: Save Money on Groceries

    July 25, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Save Money on Groceries when you Freeze Bulk Ingredients That You Buy at Warehouse Stores Going into the warehouse store is a situation.  It's a situation with the giant grocery cart (or multiple carts...or the giant flatbed cart).  It's a situation with yourself as you decide whether or not you neeeeeeeed that one thing.  It's a situation trying to … [Read more...]

    9 Cheap Dinner Recipes from $5 Dinners

    July 21, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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    Save these 9 Cheap Dinner Recipes to Help You Fight Against Food Inflation I promise you are not the only person looking for cheap dinner recipes right now.  With food prices having risen so dramatically in the past few months, we need to do all we can to help keep our grocery bills down. I do have an online workshop that might help you - tap here to learn more and … [Read more...]

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