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VIDEO: How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs

March 1, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Learn the Secret to Making the Best-Ever Scrambled Eggs! Learn how to make perfect scrambled eggs with Erin Chase. She’s cooking up a Poblano Breakfast Scramble and spilling all the secrets for making the best-ever scrambled eggs. New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like this Video & Subscribe to the $5 Dinners Channel! VIDEO: How to Make Perfect … [Read more...]

St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Cookies

February 27, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Simple and delicious St. Patrick's Day treat... Oh, chocolate chip cookies. Yummy, yummy cookies. They're about to get a little yummier and a little chocolate-ier. (That might be my new favorite word, chocolate-ier.) Why don't we kick it up a few notches this St. Patrick's Day with these Rainbow Chocolate Chip Cookies?!? Who's with me?!? I love these because they … [Read more...]

CHALLENGE: 5-Ingredient Freezer Meal Plan

February 17, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

recipes for 5 ingredient challenge

How to prepare SIX meals in LESS THAN 30 MINUTES with this 5-Ingredient Meal Plan! I don't know about you, but it makes my heart happy when a recipe only needs a handful of ingredients. And when they are "normal" ingredients, too! You know what I'm talking about. Ingredients you often have in your kitchen, and are commonly found at a typical grocery store. So I made a … [Read more...]

Guacamole with Street Corn

February 11, 2023 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

If I started keeping track, I imagine I eat an avocado or guacamole at least 5 times a week. Sometimes I get guacamole at my fave tex-mex restaurant, sometimes I make my own, sometimes I get it on top of a Chipotle salad, sometimes I just scoop it right out of the skin with a little lemon juice and salt. I'm always looking to mix things up and keep the guacamole "fresh" and … [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

top 10 recipes of 2022 5dollardinners

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...]

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 Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 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...]

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