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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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    Valentine’s Day Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treats

    January 23, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Valentine's Day Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treats Level up your Valentine's Day dessert with these chocolate dipped treats! I am always trying to come up with little ways to mix up old favorites, and this recipe is exactly that! If you haven't had chocolate dipped rice krispies yet, you need to try it!   How to Make Chocolate Dipped Heart Rice … [Read more...]

    Non-Eggy Breakfasts, Because Holy Egg Prices!

    January 20, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    A list of non-egg based breakfasts, because whoa egg prices! If you haven't heard about or noticed the recent egg price inflation, it's affecting just about every corner of the US.  Apparently we are having a supply issue because of an avian flu outbreak in the fall. Given this, we should see prices ease off as the supply rebalances. But in the meantime, I'll be making … [Read more...]

    14 Clever & Practical Gadgets I Use Weekly in My Kitchen

    January 20, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    14 clever and practical kitchen gadgets

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    Pesto Chicken Sandwiches

    January 9, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    Lovely colors and even lovelier flavors in this easy sandwich for dinner idea!  How to Make Pesto Chicken Sandwiches Below is a photo tutorial of how to make these Pesto Chicken Sandwiches!  Cut the chicken into thin cutlets. Season and saute in olive oil until cooked through. Gather your ingredients and prep to assemble the … [Read more...]

    $5 Dinners x Top Google Searched Recipes in 2022

    December 29, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    top 10 google searched recipes of 2022

    Find The $5 Dinners Budget Friendly Versions of the Top Google Searched Recipes in 2022 Below is a list of the budget friendly $5 Dinners recipes that best align with the overall top searched google recipes in 2022 - get these added to your an upcoming meal plan in 2023!  #1 Sugo Sugo means sauce in Italian. And there is some debate over whether or not this is a … [Read more...]

    Top 10 Recipes from 2022

    December 27, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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    Check out the Top 10 Recipes from 2022 from $5 Dinners and MyFreezEasy! Top 10 Recipes of 2022 from $5 Dinners   Top 10 Recipes of 2022 from MyFreezEasy   … [Read more...]

    Merry Christmas from the Chases

    December 22, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Every week for the past few weeks, "take family Christmas photo" has been on my to-do list. And each week, it kept getting bumped to the next week.  There's still time. You're not sending Christmas cards by mail, so....you really have until 12/23 to get this done.  That was the story that played in my mind...as I worked on other holiday tasks, like...find white … [Read more...]

    12 Days of Budget Comfort Foods

    December 4, 2022 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    12 days of budget friendly comfort foods

    These Budget Comfort Foods are simple, frugal, and cozy! … [Read more...]

    Casserole Recipes to Double & Freeze

    October 18, 2022 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    casserole recipes to double and freeze

    Save money and save time with these casserole recipes you can double and freeze! The ultimate budget friendly dinner hack: freezer meals. A simple and easy way to prep freezer meals is to double a recipe and freeze the extra one!  I sometimes call this make-one-freeze-one! Or MOFO for short. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) Just make sure you have double the ingredients and … [Read more...]

    Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins

    October 4, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    These 4 Ingredient Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins are DELIGHTFULLY Fresh and Soft and You Will Love Every Bite! These muffins start with the spice cake mix, plus a little pumpkin puree and butterscotch morsels! The pumpkin flavor and the butterscotch are a great combination!!  VIDEO: How to Make Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins Pumpkin Butterscotch … [Read more...]

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