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Mini Burgers

August 5, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

Dinner is over at Karen's house tonight!  She's making mini burgers for us all...sliders, if you will! Ingredients 1/4 cup yellow mustard 1/4 cup ketchup 1 lb. ground beef Hamburger buns or small rolls Directions Mix first three ingredients up until well blended. Dollop desired amount of ground meat mixture onto hamburger bun. Set the oven on broil. Add … [Read more...]

Mexican Chili Topped Potatoes

July 29, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

So tonight I'm out on the town...I'm hanging out at the Ultimate Mom's Night Out and will then catch the last showing of Ramona and Beezus with some girlfriends. (I know...I'm totally getting wilder as I age!)  I really just want to see Ramona and Beezus so I can feel 12 again. (I might have had a little thing for those Beverly Cleary books when I was a kid. The kind … [Read more...]

Beef and Mushroom Kebabs

July 26, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 17 Comments

I made these the other night...I made an extra trip to the store to get the ingredients needed for this morning's news segment...and spotted some $.99 whole mushrooms. I see them often for $.99 in the mark down basket in the produce section. I found more this morning...sliced this time. I don't typically buy extra food when I'm getting food for news segments, but I couldn't … [Read more...]

BBQ Cowboy Beans with Biscuits

July 14, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 13 Comments

bbq cowboy beans with biscuits

So grateful for a stocked freezer when coming home from a trip. I grabbed some ground meat, cooked black and pinto beans, and set to work in the kitchen. After thawing it all, I browned the ground meat, then added the beans and some BBQ sauce. So. So. Simple. I also had some drop biscuits in the freezer...so I thawed those and poured the cowboy beans over top. Served with … [Read more...]

Stuffed Poblano Peppers

July 7, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 7 Comments

(Sorry about the funny photos this week...I posted them from our desktop and it does weird things to them?!) Here's what I love about this recipe. You can make a ton of the "filling" and use it so many different ways! The recipe for the filling that I will post below will easily stretch into 3 meals! You could... Stuff the filling into green peppers, or other bell … [Read more...]

Grilled Taco Burgers

July 1, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 8 Comments

So I'm just not that into plain burgers these days. After buying up all sorts of spices and making myself several cups of homemade taco seasoning, I figured the least I could do was use some to make taco burgers!  This is not an exact recipe...so I shall give you how much you should use per pound of meat. Here's one of my new favorite burgers... Grilled Taco … [Read more...]

Beef & Bean Burgers

June 7, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 7 Comments

A few notes about this lovely meal. These were SO GOOD, but they were super crumbly...from the beans...so I would add an egg to hold the burgers together. The cilantro and lettuce are from the garden. The bread...because I had no buns in the house. And ran out of time to make them from scratch. The salsa is homemade from last year's garden. (Canned, of course.) … [Read more...]

Grilled Mushroom Burgers

May 18, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

Grilled Mushrooms and Onions atop a Grilled Burger. Yes, please! Drizzle a little steak sauce over the top. Scrumdidily-umptious! Prep the mushrooms and onions. Toss onions and mushrooms with the marsala cooking wine.  Grill alongside the burgers, or saute in a skillet while the burgers are cooking. Once cooked, season with salt and pepper to … [Read more...]

Lettuce Burger Wraps

April 27, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 14 Comments

So we made our burgers this past Sunday night. And there were only enough buns for Steve and Grandma.  I could have used regular bread instead, but I went for the lower calorie option. (Shedding postpartum baby weight is taking a little longer this go around!) I just took some of the large leaves from a Romaine lettuce head and wrapped the patty up with some red onion and … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef and Onion Pasta

April 20, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 13 Comments

Remember the Slow Cooker Beef Roast with Balsamic Onions?!? Well, you should just bookmark it now and make it next time you have a beef roast on hand. Or better yet, toss it with some pasta and might I say you won't regret it! I used up a BOGO beef roast from the freezer, a yellow onion and some $.50/box pasta. Along with half of a $1 green pepper and a $.99 Romaine … [Read more...]

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