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Slow Cooker Maple Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

July 10, 2016 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

This is one of our family's favorite "One Dish Dinners" and it's always a hit when we serve it! I love the sweet and savory...and it's just a meal winner. Slow Cooker One Dish Meal Freezer Friendly See why it's winning. Winning, winning, winning! Hope it's a winner for your family too! See the complete 5-Ingredient recipe for Slow Cooker Maple Chicken with … [Read more...]

Pork Chops, Red Potatoes & Apple Skillet Dinner

July 9, 2016 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

Skillet meal...FTW! I adore skillet meal because they are easy...but I once didn't think they were easy. Once I discovered them and started making them more, I learned what a great "tool" they are in my "cooking tool belt." I love them because they are fast and quick to pull together...and some, you can even plop onto the table and let the kids serve themselves from the … [Read more...]

Salsa Verde Chicken Burritos

July 7, 2016 by Jenn K 2 Comments

Yes...burritos with 5 ingredients. It's not only the amazing flavors that work so well together in this meal, it's also that it's so so so so easy to put together! These just might be your family's new favorite...try them now and let me know how you love them! See the complete 5-Ingredient recipe for Salsa Verde Chicken Burritos here! Pin all of our 31 Days of … [Read more...]

Beef Coconut Curry

July 6, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

Beef Coconut Curry 5 Ingredient Recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

There's something about coconut milk curries that just perfectly cooks beef and chicken...especially when the meat is sliced uber-thin. With this curry, you want to "shock" the small amount of juices that are in the thin slices of beef by sautéeing them over high heat. Then you stir in the coconut milk and curry powder and simmer the beef in the coconut milk...further softening … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken

July 5, 2016 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

Aboslutely adore this meal. For our family, this is a "polish and lick your plate clean" kind of meal...for everyone at the table. These are my favorite kinds of meals. Please note...if your slow cooker tends to dry food out or "runs hot," then you might add a little water or broth to the slow cooker before it cooks the day away... See the complete 5-Ingredient recipe … [Read more...]

Spicy Asian Chicken Noodles

July 4, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

If you have not ever taken time to stop and take a gander through all the amazing sauces and marinades that live in the Asian aisle of your grocery store, I'd encourage you to stop sometime. Take a look at the sauces. And grab one or two to try. For this one, I used a Thai orange simmer sauce. It's not too sweet...has a great kick to it...just enough spice in the after bite. … [Read more...]

Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches

July 3, 2016 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

This might just be your new family favorite! Chicken (recommend mixing chicken breasts and chicken thighs for deeper flavor!), crushed pineapple, BBQ sauce. Red onion, if you like. Buns. This chicken is perfectly sweet and tangy...and I like to serve it with the red onions raw. Because I like raw onions like that. If you don't like raw onions, you can cook the onions in … [Read more...]

Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

July 2, 2016 by Jenn K Leave a Comment

Yes...4 ingredients. (Not including the side dishes you might serve with these.) Shredded chicken. Salsa Verde. Corn tortillas. Shredded cheese. That.IS.ALL. Enchiladas might seems cumbersome...the rolling, the placing perfectly into the baking dish, the rolling...but when it's just a few ingredients, these are a cinch to prepare. HIGHLY recommend making a second … [Read more...]

Lemon Rice Krispies

June 30, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Lemon Rice Krispies from 5DollarDinners.com

This Lemon Rice Krispies recipe is a delicious, fun and summery flavor twist on rice krispie treats! This recipe below calls for yellow food coloring and lemon extract for the flavoring. If you're an essential oiler person, you could sub the lemon extract for a few drops of lemon essential oil or Jade lemon essential oil. (That will keep you from needing to buy lemon … [Read more...]

No Bake Coconut Key Lime Pie Squares

June 29, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

No Bake Coconut Key Lime Pie Squares Recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

I'm adding this to the "foods that when I eat them, any and all self control flies out the window" list. Right behind Thin Mints and chocolate chip cookies. In general, I'm a sucker for any dessert with chocolate. And now I'm a sucker for these key lime bars. So..so..so..SO..SO rich, smooth and summery-scrumptious! No bake. Coconutty flavors that practically whisk … [Read more...]

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