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Air Fryer Garlic Bread Pizza

June 13, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

This air fryer pizza made with Texas Toast garlic bread is the perfect summer snack that the kids can make on their own! Love this easy "make your own pizza" that can be cooked in the air fryer. This recipe calls for frozen garlic bread, "Texas toast" style, but you could also use a bagel for the crust! Enjoy! Air Fryer Pizza Bagels Easy summer snack the … [Read more...]

Pizza Tortellini Bake

February 11, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Pizza Tortellini Bake: The Ultimate Easy & Cheesy, Dump & Bake Comfort Food This Pizza Tortellini Bake combines cheesy, tender tortellini with classic pizza flavors for a hearty, crowd-pleasing meal. You can toss in your favorite "toppings" to be mixed in with the sauce and pasta. Loaded with marinara sauce, gooey mozzarella, and your favorite toppings, it’s an … [Read more...]

The Fastest, Most Delicious Taco Pizza

February 5, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

The Fastest, Most Delicious Taco Pizza Boy oh boy, do we love pizza...homemade pizza, specifically. Really, any and all kinds of pizza is just perfect. And what we have here today is a semi-homemade. While I absolutely adore pizza dough made in the bread machine and a homemade pizza pie, I'm also often in a hurry...or not at home at the right times of the day to make … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Pizza Pasta

March 30, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Around here, we just can't get enough of these delicious "Instant Pot pasta meals." I love how easy they are to prep and that I don't have to keep a close watch of the stovetop - hello, pasta water boiling over! - and that I don't have to get out the scrubber to clean off the dried pasta water from the stovetop. Because seriously, one less task and clean up in the kitchen … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Pepperoni Chicken

January 26, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

You are going to adore this chicken. It's chicken - pizza sauce and pepperonis, all cooked together in the Instant Pot. If you aren't using an Instant Pot yet, let me tell you that it has a magical way of infusing flavor with the ingredients being cooked. The way that is uses heat and pressure to cook food transforms it to perfection. The chicken takes of the pizza sauce … [Read more...]

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake

September 11, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

You are your people and going to go batty-batty-batty over this pasta meal. What I've got for you here is the "basic or base" recipe for a pizza-pasta-bake. It's pasta, tossed with meat sauce, topped with cheese and pepperoni. There are LOTS of ways you can adapt this for your family - mixing in other favorite pizza toppings like mushrooms, black olives, green bell … [Read more...]

Pizzadillas

April 24, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Pizzadillas, an easy one dish dinner from 5DollarDinners.com

When you want pizza, but don't feel like making it. Or don't feel like another call for delivery. And you don't want frozen...again. Make these babies instead. WAY WAY WAY cheaper than any of the above listed pizza alternatives and super easy to 'personalize' with your favorite toppings and pizza flavors. With my boys, I set up a 'pizza bar' and they can choose what … [Read more...]

Garlic Bread Pizza Grilled Cheese

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

Don't feel like making pizza? Don't want to wait for a pizza to be delivered? Make this instead...because... Oh my stars. You and yours are going to love this one. It's grilled cheese...with all your favorite pizza flavors. (Feel free to add other 'toppings' as 'fillings' into your grilled cheese.) And the bread that you use....garlic bread. I KNOW. My … [Read more...]

Pizza Meatloaf

January 9, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Here's one for my meat loving friends! Yes, you're reading and seeing this right...it's meatloaf. With a pizza topping. And it's just amazing. Polished, we polished our plates when we had this one! The boys loved this. They decided that it had a bit of a spaghetti taste (I think this would be the pizza sauce with the beef combo.) And they thought it was great … [Read more...]

Pepperoni Pizza Muffins

October 12, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

Pepperoni Pizza Muffins ~ easy kid friendly recipe from 5DollarDinners.com

These babies are ALL.THE.RAGE. around my house lately. Like kids begging for them...for dinner...for snacks...for lunchboxes! All. The. Rage. And they are super simple to make - I'm still teaching the boys how to make them. I think after 1 or 2 more batches, the older 2 could make these on their own! (wahooooooo for working myself outta the job ;) ) Highly … [Read more...]

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