Budget-Friendly Skillet Beef with Sweet Potatoes & Zucchini: A One-Pan Meal That Saves You Cash This affordable dinner is filling, delicious and is also perfect for "make ahead - prep style" dinners, as it reheats beautifully! MONEY SAVING HACK: Get the ground beef on sale! TIME SAVING HACK: Microwave the sweet potato cubes for 4 minutes, so they soften … [Read more...]
Lasagna Soup
A scrumptious meat and marinara based soup, with broken lasagna noodles cooked right in. Top it off with some ricotta, mozzarella, and/or Parmesan cheese and you have the best Lasagna Soup! It's all the flavors of lasagna, in a fraction of the time. Get the beef and marinara simmering and then drop in some broken lasagna noodles. Once they are cooked, ladle into soup … [Read more...]
Roasted Dijon Chicken and Veggies
It's a sheet pan supper! I'm making more and more of these in my kitchen, because they are so easy! And because I can sneak into the kitchen and get it going, then go help one (or all) of the boys with homework, or find a lost soccer cleat, or whatever...and then come back and dinner's about ready! Please note with this one, you do have to come back and add the green … [Read more...]
Coconut Lime Chicken Skillet
This chicken was GONE. It flew right out of the skillet, right onto our dinner plates and right into all the bellies! I actually made a double portion of what's below because I knew my boys would love this - because they love curries, and this is basically a tamed down curry with focus on the lime and the coconut, and less on the kick and spice that comes from curry … [Read more...]
Bacon Cheeseburger Tortellini
Here's another one that I'd call another mess of delicious! (In case you missed the Tex Mex Tater Tot Bake from earlier this week, here it is!) This pile of cheeseburger tortellini with bacon on top is going to knock your socks off! There's a hint of vinegar and mustard in the tomato sauce, to give it a touch of ketchup flavor...but it's not the full ketchup flavor...just … [Read more...]
Creole Shrimp & Grits
Excuse me, that was so rude of me. I just couldn't help it. That's what I'd be saying to you, had we been at the same table enjoying this Creole Shrimp. Because I would have been licking my bowl. Seriously, I did. This meal is magical. I liked my plate...in front of the boys...and we all had a good laugh about it. Despite my horrible manners. But seriously, just … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Taco Pasta
Instant Pot Pastas are my new MOST FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD. For now, anyways. Because my other favorite thing in the whole wide world is the Multi-Cooker. I'm beginning to think I have a small kitchen appliance problem. But it's really a "I just need these adorable devices to take care of dinner for me" problem. And they both do an amazing job at that. And … [Read more...]
Italian Chicken & Zucchini Skillet
Adore. This is a meal you will adore. Because it's super quick to prepare in the skillet. And because it's packed with flavor from an array of Italian veggies and herbs. We adored it, and I hope you do too! Italian Chicken & Zucchini Skillet Thanks to simple, quick cooking ingredients like chicken tenderloins and zucchini, you end up with a lovely meal … [Read more...]
Unstuffed Peppers
I'm just gonna put this out there...I'm not sure why it took us 9+ years to get an Unstuffed Peppers recipe here onto $5 Dinners. 9 years. We've had stuffed peppers, slow cooker stuffed peppers, walking stuffed peppers, poblano stuffed peppers and more. Finally, we get to unstuffed version. This is a simple ground beef skillet meal...brown the ground beef, add the … [Read more...]
Pizzadillas
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...]