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    $5 Dinners | Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals

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    What’s Trending on Instagram

    May 28, 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...]

    15-Minute Freezer Meals

    September 27, 2021 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    If you need quick and easy dinners, these 15 Minute Freezer Meals are perfect for you! These FAST freezer meal recipes are all about hands-on time. The prep to freeze time, and the prep to cook time should be LESS THAN 15 MINUTES TOTAL! Each of the recipes listed below have been featured in my weekly Dinner Made Easy show! Tap the links below to see the recipe or … [Read more...]

    Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken

    September 9, 2021 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    fiesta crack chicken

    Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken is the best and easiest crack chicken!   Take your favorite and easy crack chicken and level it up with this fiesta version with taco seasoning and bell peppers! This recipe is from my 15-Minute Freezer Meals Cookbook! Tap below to get your book ordered! Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken It is a colorful, flavorful … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Chicken Gyros

    August 9, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    This recipe is from my 15-Minute Freezer Meals Cookbook! Tap below to get your book ordered!   In high school, we had "off campus" lunch my Junior and Senior years. We would have standing lunch dates and group lunch dates and spontaneous lunch dates. I had a small planner that I kept in my purse with just my lunch dates. (Apparently I've always been a nerdy planner … [Read more...]

    MUST-HAVE! The Work & School Lunches Meal Plan

    July 7, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

    It’s here…it’s finally here. I asked you what you wanted in a new meal plan and over and over you said lunches. I have pulled together some amazing recipes and resources that will help you with the lunch packing process – for both school and work! In this lunches meal plan, you’ll find: 10 freezer friendly and make ahead lunch recipes with shopping list 5 Mason … [Read more...]

    5-Ingredient Baked Ravioli

    March 18, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

    So...baking ravioli. Let's chat about this for a minute. I've seen a number of recipes that call for boiling the ravioli ahead of time and then baking it with the sauce. But I don't have time for that. I really don't...I'd forget that you need to do that...then I'd run out of time. (What I mean by that...is that my boys would end up having to wait an extra 15-20 minutes for … [Read more...]

    How to Prioritize Big Projects & Break Them into Simple Tasks

    February 3, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Cultivating the Habit of The Most Efficient People in the World - Prioritizing Tasks and How to Break Them Down A successful and productive day awaits you... ...as soon as you figure out what your top priorities are, and how to break them into smaller pieces. If I were to ask you to following... What is keeping you from accomplishing your medium to big goals in … [Read more...]

    Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap and Recipe Ideas List

    April 27, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    Leave a Favorite - Find a New Favorite in This Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap and Recipe Ideas List Quarantine have you making the same thing over and over?! Feel like you've cooked dinner about 413 times this month?! Running out of ideas of what to cook?! Seems like you've made the same meal 5 times this week already?! Tired of all the pasta and meat … [Read more...]

    How to Prepare for Potential Quarantine: A Practical Guide to Stocking Up

    March 10, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

    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...]

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