It's time to get our smoke on friends. This homemade brisket is too.die.for. Please read the recipe carefully, as smoking your own brisket is an investment...both in time and in that you are purchasing a very large piece of meat (that you will use for several meals!!!) This simple yet fantastic rub makes for the perfect brisket that you can slice and throw onto … [Read more...]
We’re getting a little crazy with the next meal plan and we need your thoughts…
Hello, my friend! I need your thoughts to help us finalize our next meal plan. (Shhh...don't tell anyone but it's being released in August!) If you could take 2 minutes to answer 3 questions for me, then I'd be eternally grateful and might even name the meal plan after you. ;) Take the survey! Many, many thanks! xoxo Erin P.S. If you are new around here, then a … [Read more...]
12 Summer Freezer Friendly Meals for $70 – Meal Plan Using Ingredients from Aldi
Looking for a simple dinner solution to get through the rest of the summer? Here is a brand new set of freezer-friendly meals using ingredients from Aldi! Put together 12 meals in about an hour, and it'll cost less than $70. The heat is upon us and the last thing you want to be doing is heating up the kitchen everyday. The less time I have to spend thinking about and … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Using the Flipp App
Alright my grocery savings loving friend, you are going to flip over this new app!!! (See what I did there!) Flipp reached out to me and asked if I'd be willing to use their app and build a meal plan for our family as part of their #FoodFlippChallenge. So I started fiddling with it and.... Back flip, back flip, back flip is how I feel about this new sales circular app, … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
These pancakes are inspired by 2 things... 1. My Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal. (Which is basically baked oatmeal with cinnamon chips and white chocolate chips mixed in the batter!) 2. The way-too-complicated methods and recipes that I've seen for Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. I'm all about the simpler-the better. I don't have time for crazy and fancy. These Cinnamon Roll … [Read more...]
20 Meals for $150 ~ Summer Pantry Staple & Freezer Friendly Edition
Does it make you tired just thinking about planning and cooking meals this summer? We have the meal plan solution that will save you time and money. As much at $100 per month and 3 hours per week. Summer is here and I don't know about you, but I want to spend as much time as I possibly can with my kids and enjoying all the fun that summer brings! But doesn't it feel … [Read more...]
Bacon-Ranch Meatloaf
Bacon. Yes, again. It feels like just about every other Paleo recipe that I've ever seen has bacon in it. Even the dessert recipes. (Well, maybe not the desserts...but I have seen bacon laced cupcakes before! Can't decide how I feel about those!) This is an outstanding meatloaf. It's loaded with bacon (both inside and on top) and the lovely flavors of ranch dressing mixed … [Read more...]
NEW! 6-Week Vegetarian Meal Plan Available!!!
We’re soooo excited and we just can’t hide it!!! The Vegetarian Meal Plan is finally available for you. Aviva, Jim and I are thrilled to share this with brand new 6-Week Vegetarian Meal Plan that we pulled together, just for you! We know how easy it is to get into a rut and make the same 10 things over and over and over and over….and over again. Yes, we know. The struggle is … [Read more...]
See How the Grocery Budget Makeover Will Change Your Life…
My friend. Today I want to tell you about my new grocery budget makeover and how it will help you completely change the way you shop for groceries...so you’ll be spending less time and money on groceries each week. Wahoooo and cha-CHING! I’ve put together everything I know about saving money on groceries and plugged it into a ‘makeover program’ that we’ll walk through … [Read more...]
20 Meatless School Lunch Ideas
It’s almost ready, I promise! The first ever Vegetarian Meal Plan here on $5 Dinners will be available in just a couple days. While we finish dotting all the i’s and crossing all the t’s, we thought we’d share this amazing list of 20 Meatless (School) Lunch Ideas with you. Wait Erin, who is ‘we’? I mentioned this the other day...that I’ve teamed up with Aviva Goldfarb … [Read more...]