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

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

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Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce

July 7, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Freezer Friendly Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce from 5DollarDinners.com

This Instant Pot Bolognese sauce has such a rich, deep flavor. You could use your Instant Pot's saute function to brown the ground beef with the bacon pieces, or you could brown those in a skillet. I personally prefer to brown in a skillet and drain well, before adding to the Instant Pot. But if you want to dirty 1 less dish, then use your IP insert and the saute function to … [Read more...]

Garlic Chicken Kebabs

July 5, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Grilled Garlic Chicken Kebabs Recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

Grill time!! These Garlic Chicken Kebabs will rock your socks off and here's why. The chicken marinates in a simple, homemade lemon and garlic marinade. The acidity from the lemon juice both softens and adds flavor to the chicken. The end result is a perfect bite of chicken, waiting for you on the kebab. And if you're wondering if these are freezer friendly, the answer is … [Read more...]

Berry Yogurt Breakfast Pops

July 3, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

When you wake up and it's 82 degrees and 97% humidity, I've often wondered 'why can't I have a popsicle for breakfast?!?' Welp...I can. And you can. And your kids can. Because HOT HOT HOT...and we all want a COLD COLD COLD breakfast option! These babies are packed with delicious-ness and will be ready and waiting for you in the freezer when we wake up. You can put … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Plum Pork Tenderloin

June 30, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Instant Pot Plum Pork Tenderloin from 5DollarDinners.com

Real plums. And plum sauce. And not heating up your kitchen and still having a great 'meat and potatoes meal' - here you go! This unique flavor combo will not disappoint! Pork plays really nicely with fruits like applesauce and turns out it does well with plum too. Before we get to the recipe, I wanted to share a little about plum sauce... It's the amazing sauce that … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Creamy Salsa Chicken

June 28, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

Slow Cooker Creamy Salsa Chicken Recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

Quite possibly the best slow cooker chicken ever. If you don't eat it straight out of the slow cooker, it's also delicious when shredded and used in enchiladas, soft tacos/burritos, hard shell tacos and street tacos. This is literally one of this "winner winner chicken for dinner" meals! PLEASE note the timing on adding the sour cream... Enjoy!!! Slow Cooker … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa

June 23, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa from 5DollarDinners.com

Beef roast plus lime and cumin - drop that in the Instant Pot and walk away. Come back, slice/shred the beef and assemble these fantastical tacos. Great flavors for summer, and the Instant Pot will not heat up your kitchen! *boom* Tips: how to choose ripe mango and how to choose ripe avocado. Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa A … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Garlic-Orange Pork Tenderloin

June 21, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Slow Cooker Garlic-Orange Pork Tenderloin Recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

So much flavor. So much. I'll be honest, I think that pork tends to be bland...and has more trouble than chicken taking of flavor. But, this slow cooker garlic-orange pork tenderloin is just magical. The slow cooker, plus the acidity from the orange juice, plus the other flavors in the marinade -- magical (and easy) dinner. This is also freezer friendly, which … [Read more...]

Need a Witching Hour Makeover?

June 20, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

It's not that you don't have enough time. Although that's how it feels. I would argue that you don't have the right mindset, nor tools and simple strategies to help you thrive through the witching hour. First - what is the witching hour? The witching hour occurs every day in the later afternoon, usually just before dinner. It's that point in your day where you go, "oh crud, … [Read more...]

Avocado Toast

June 19, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Avocado Toast from 5DollarDinners.com

I think I eat an avocado every day. In some form or another. I've been known to drown myself in a bowl of guacamole, and I love avocado with just lemon juice and salt. (In fact, I had one like that with lunch today...just mash it right in the skin and scoop it out!) I like to mix it up and add to sandwiches, salad and toast too. This could totally be breakfast, lunch … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Classic Spaghetti Sauce

June 16, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

instant pot spaghetti sauce

Yo yo! Please start cooking/warming your sauces in the Instant Pot - the way that it uses heat and pressure to infuse flavor is INDESCRIBABLE. And it, so good that I can't put into words the difference. Like, silly delicious. Like, stupid good. Now... Before we get to the recipe... There are a few things that I need to share about this particular recipe. This is … [Read more...]

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