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Sheet Pan Hot Honey Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Zucchini

November 22, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Sheet Pan Hot Honey Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Zucchini: Your New Weeknight Dinner MVP Forget juggling multiple pots and pans—this sheet pan hot honey chicken delivers maximum flavor with minimal cleanup. Bite size pieces of chicken coated in a honey mustard while roasted sweet potatoes and zucchini caramelize alongside them, creating a complete meal that's both … [Read more...]

Sheet Pan Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

January 27, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Sheet Pan Chicken Bites with Sweet Potatoes: A Simple, Flavorful One-Pan Dinner That Everyone Will Adore This wholesome, one-pan meal combines tender, seasoned chicken bites with caramelized sweet potatoes and red onions. If you're looking for an easy dinner to prepare that's packed with flavor, you'll want to save or print this perfect weeknight … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes

November 24, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

instant pot mashed sweet potatoes

Easiest Thanksgiving side dish ever! The Thanksgiving ideas and Instant Pot recipes continue...next up is these Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes. You could easily turn these into Sweet Potato Casserole, but I think they are sweet enough after they have been pressure-steamed and can be enjoyed with some butter and spices. The sweet potatoes naturally caramelize (and … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Italian Pork & Sweet Potatoes

November 14, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Slow Cooker Italian Pork & Sweet Potatoes A delightful slow cooker pork roast with sweet potatoes - served with some dinner rolls or other favorite side. 2 lb. pork roast (bone-in or boneless, or pork tenderloin)Salt and pepper1 cup apple juice3 Tbsp minced onion1 Tbsp Italian seasoning4 large sweet potatoesSide: dinner rolls Peel and quarter the sweet … [Read more...]

BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

January 18, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

bbq chicken stuffed sweet potatoes

"OMIGOSH, these are amazing. I had no idea I'd love them! I'm in trouble!" This is a note from my friend Kari. We were talking about these and she wasn't sure about the combo, then she tried them and emailed that to me. I share this with you because it might not sound like these 2 should go together - I mean, they aren't peanut butter and jelly, or wine and cheese, or … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Beef & Sweet Potato Stew

October 20, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Comfort food at it's finest. If you've never cooked with an electric pressure cooker, I want to tell you this. It's the first thing that I share when someone asks me, "What is the deal with the Instant Pot? Why do I need one?" It cooks beautifully and infuses flavor like no other cooking method. And with the invention and popularity of the electric pressure cooker, it … [Read more...]

Baked Sweet Potato Chips

March 1, 2016 by Jenn K 1 Comment

Baked Sweet Potato Chips from 5DollarDinners.com

It's a new month with 31 Days so we are featuring a brand new, month-long series for 31 Days of Healthy Snack Recipes! Here's our first one: Holy-this is my new favorite snack-moly. I was working in the kitchen the other day and started my cooking sesh with getting these babies into the oven. Then I moved onto dinner prep. I pulled these out of the oven and set them out … [Read more...]

Black Bean & Sweet Potato Dip

April 16, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Dip from 5DollarDinners.com

We're coming up on the spring time of the year when sweet potatoes go on sale for a short window of time, dredging up memories of autumn that have been all but covered by mounds of snow. And these same awesome sweet potatoes remind us that the beauty of spring is here to revive us again. Therefore, it seemed appropriate to use baked sweet potatoes in an enchilada-inspired … [Read more...]

Chili Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

February 27, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Please pardon the iphone photo above. I did what I could with it in my photo editing software, but it's still an iphone photo! ;) I've done a number of stuffed potatoes and sweet potatoes on the site over the years, but never these. I love them because they are a great way to use up leftover chili. In your week's menu, you can schedule a chili meal, perhaps with some … [Read more...]

Sweet Potato & Chicken Sausage Hash

January 9, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 9 Comments

If only my stomach were a little larger. Because if it were, I would have tried to eat this entire skillet. All by myself. This Sweet Potato Chicken Sausage Hash is a phenomenal combination of sweetness, heartiness and warmth. It's a great, simple meal that will warm your tummy on these FRIGID COLD DAYS. {And yes, it's totally okay to stand over the skillet to keep … [Read more...]

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