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Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals and Cooking Tutorials for the Busy Home Chef

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New on $5 Dinners – Budget Recipes, Freezer Meal Plans, Cooking Hacks and More!

Cheesy Ranch Potatoes with Sausage

Rhurbarb Pretzel Salad

Rhubarb Zucchini Quick Bread

Creamy Summer Lasagna Skillet

Lemon Blueberry Oven Pancake

Rhubarb Crisp

Slow Cooker Spicy Mango Chicken

Budget Dinner Recipes for Your Meal Plan: WEEK 39

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Lemon Pretzel Bars

Air Fryer Cheesy Toast

Sloppy Joe Pasta Bake

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Tuna Pasta Salad

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Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Pumpkin Pie French Toast

Mocha Brownies

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How to Halve a Peach

March 7, 2014 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

Learn How to Halve a Peach Run the knife around the peach...starting at the top by the stem... ...running all the way back to where you started the cut. Gently twist... And pull the two halves apart. Scoop out the seed with a spoon. … [Read more...]

Chunky Guacamole with Mango & Red Onion

March 7, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

This one surprised me. I'm a huge fan of homemade guacamole, definitely prefer it over store bought. (I usually doctor up the store bought with lime juice, cumin, cilantro and possibly other mixins.) About homemade guacamole...it's really a highly personal thing. It's almost like you shouldn't mess with a good and simple homemade guacamole. But I promise adding sweet mango … [Read more...]

Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: Measurement Equivalents

March 4, 2014 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly see measurement equivalents for a recipe! Download your free printable for Kitchen Measurement Equivalents   … [Read more...]

Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: How to Triple a Recipe

March 4, 2014 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly triple a recipe! Download your free printable for How to Triple a Recipe … [Read more...]

Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: How to Double a Recipe

March 4, 2014 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly double a recipe! Download your free printable for How to Double a Recipe   … [Read more...]

Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: How to Halve a Recipe

March 4, 2014 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly halve a recipe! Download your free printable for How to Halve a Recipe … [Read more...]

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

February 28, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

This recipe is part of the latest 21 Gluten Free Meals from Costco Plan. I love this enchilada casserole. I love that I can make it all at once and freeze it, or that I can make the chicken and tomatoes in the slow cooker in a larger batch and freeze in meal size portion. Then make this casserole using the frozen chicken and tomatoes. When making 'ranchero chicken,' I … [Read more...]

Orzo Salad with Mango & Avocado

February 26, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

Here is your next 'to-try' lunch recipe friends. Or a great side dish for carnitas or ranchero chicken. Or fajitas. Or grilled chicken. I adore the mango and avocado flavors together. About 5 days a week I have a salad for lunch, and 4 of those 5 days it has mango and avocado mixed in. Now that mangoes are back in season...we go through about 2 boxes a week from Costco. … [Read more...]

Freezer Friendly Taco Meat

February 25, 2014 by Jenn K 1 Comment

  For those coming over from the Costco Meal Plan #2 post, welcome! To make this recipe for 2 meals, use 2 lbs of the ground beef and 1- 15 oz can of diced tomatoes. Adjust onion and spices according to taste! There's a reason I don't blog recipes on the weekend. It's my "time off" from blogging. BUT, I don't take time off from cooking! Well, I do. Sorta. We … [Read more...]

20 Meals from Sam’s Club for $150 – Meal Plan #2 with Printables

February 24, 2014 by Jenn K 6 Comments

Are you ready? We've got another awesome meal plan for 20 Meals at Sam's Club for $150! Recipe List Tuna Melts Cheesy Tuna Pasta Tuna Quesadillas Spicy Tuna Melt Pie Tuna Sandwiches with Hard Boiled Eggs and Carrots Loaded Potato Frittata Potato Saute with Baked Eggs Grilled Sausages and Potatoes Slow Cooker Sausage … [Read more...]

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