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
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
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!
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
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 Save Money at the Gas Pump
As we all feel the pain at the pump, here are 7 ways to save money at the gas pump and other important considerations for maximizing fuel economy. We are all feeling the pinch at the grocery store AND the gas pump these days. I wanted to share a few things that we are doing to help cut the costs at the gas pumps. Every little bit helps us save, especially when we … [Read more...]
Best Summer Salad Recipes
The best summer salad recipes are cool, fresh, and easy to make! These are great for a family dinner or a potluck! Eating your summer salad in the sun or shade is super scrumptious, don't be silly sally! Savor the summer salad under a sunshade while sipping a shasta and singing songs. PARDON ME, and my alliterative moment there! No matter how you say it, and … [Read more...]
Amazon Prime Day 2022: Best Deals on July 12-13
Get the best Amazon Prime Day deals on kitchen, home and more! Here are Erin's favorite Amazon Prime Day Deals. Deals will be added started July 10th...updated daily to help you save the most on kitchen and grocery items! Erin's Favorite Amazon Prime Day 2022 Deals All the best Prime Day deals will be here. What is Prime Day? Prime Day is the day that Amazon … [Read more...]
The Ultimate List of CHEAP Taco Recipes
Everything you need to know for making the best cheap taco recipes, week after week, in your kitchen! Oh, tacos. We love them. Especially when they are CHEAP tacos. Tacos are awesome for many, many reasons... aside from how delicious they are. Taco meals provide an easy way to accommodate dietary preferences, because they can be assembled with different fillings and … [Read more...]
Low-Cook Recipes for Quick & Easy Meals
It's summer and we don't want to heat up the kitchen too much, but we also can't have cereal every single night?!? Introducing: Low-Cook Recipes for Quick and Easy Meals to Make this Summer! What is a Low-Cook Recipe? So, Erin...what is a low-cook recipe?! I'm glad you asked! First, let's define what it is not... It's not a "no-cook" … [Read more...]
Tuna Pasta Salad
The Best Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe Ever! There's something about pasta salads that make me think of my grandma. And this Tuna Pasta Salad is the BEST! Every summer growing up, my family and I would "escape the TX heat" and spend a few weeks at my grandma's lake cabin deep in the woods of northern MN. Gorgeous country. Beautiful lake. Cozy cabin where my extended family … [Read more...]
Greek Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing
I adore the Mediterranean flavors...so much so, that a visit to the Mediterranean is on my "someday travel bucket list." This simple, tasty and fresh pasta salad is loaded with flavor and completed with a homemade Greek vinaigrette dressing. If you've never made your own vinaigrette dressing, might I suggest you start with this one! Also, double up on this and then you'll … [Read more...]
Caprese Summer Pasta Salad
An easy, summer recipe made with ingredients from Amazon Fresh and Amazon.com This post is sponsored by Amazon, however all thoughts and opinions are my own. I adore a good pasta salad. This closely mimics one that my grandma would make for us at her house in the summer. I love how easy they are to prepare. I love how they taste better on the 2nd or 3rd day. … [Read more...]
Grammy’s Summer Tuna Pasta Salad
I think I could eat my weight in this pasta salad. We make it by the giant bowlful every summer and enjoy it for brunch, lunch, snack and dinner. It's delicious, filling, and stretches a long way! TIP: It takes much better the day after you make it! :) Here's what you need to make it... 1 pound cooked pasta. Halved cherry or grape tomatoes. 2 cans of … [Read more...]
Best Budget Friendly Charcuterie Boards
Charcuterie Boards are the ultimate snack platter, and a really fun way to feed your family! Charcuterie boards create endless possibilities for a fun snack or meal. While many charcuterie ideas you see on the internet are elevated and stunning, we like to focus on a budget friendly type of board that is easy to assemble and has items the whole family will … [Read more...]