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How to Bake Donuts: Funfetti Donuts Recipe

June 2, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Ah, Baked Funfetti Donuts. Because when you think donuts couldn't possibly be MORE fun... and then you take a delicious bite of rainbow colors and sweetness. Learn how to bake donuts... And just like that - donuts will never be the same again! Sweetness at it's finest. A donut at it's finest. These funfetti donuts take homemade donuts to the next level. Kids will … [Read more...]

7 Easy Snacks for Family Movie Night

May 27, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

easy snacks for movie night

You need these delicious and easy snacks for your next family movie night! Family movie night isn't even truly a movie night without the most important part... SNACKS! And if you're like us, it's been one family movie night after another right now.  (We have loved introducing our boys to classics like the Back to the Future series!) There's no reason to … [Read more...]

Quarantine Cake – A Yummy Twist on Depression Cake

April 27, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

Depression Cake became popular when ingredients were scarce during the Great Depression. Quarantine Cake became popular because we have all these ingredients and need chocolate. :P  An egg-less and milk-less cake was first made popular during the Great Depression when cake, milk and even flour were very difficult to come by.  During this season of social … [Read more...]

Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap and Recipe Ideas List

April 27, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Leave a Favorite - Find a New Favorite in This Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap and Recipe Ideas List Quarantine have you making the same thing over and over?! Feel like you've cooked dinner about 413 times this month?! Running out of ideas of what to cook?! Seems like you've made the same meal 5 times this week already?! Tired of all the pasta and meat … [Read more...]

School Cancellation & Kids Cooking Lessons

April 20, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

The New Whis-Kid Student Guidebook is NOW AVAILABLE!  I want to turn your kid into a WHIS-KID in the kitchen. Get it - see what I did there. We are going to WHISK UP CONFIDENCE and CREATIVITY in the kitchen!  My boys and I have loved teaching your kids how to cook in the School Cancellation Kids Cooking Lessons. I wanted to make things a little more … [Read more...]

The Best Homemade Recipes

April 2, 2020 by Lauren Drawdy 1 Comment

homemade recipes

Have some extra time on your hands? Trying to use up some pantry ingredients? You are going to adore these homemade recipes!       … [Read more...]

Encouragement and Inspiration for Intentional Living – Introducing the Erin Chase Show

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

Join Erin on her new show where she inspires an intentional, well-balanced life   Intention. It's one of my favorite words. It's become a part of my mental, emotional, and spiritual framework. It's a concept that is interwoven across all areas of my life. And it's one of the guiding principles in my personal and professional success. I'm beyond ecstatic to … [Read more...]

QUARAN-Beans and Rice – Recipes & Tips for Eating More at Home

March 23, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

As we find ourselves staying home and getting creative with the items we have on hand to pull dinner together, this list of rice and bean pantry recipes and tips are a stellar resource to save! I present to you... QUARAN-Beans and Rice!!!  Even though the recipes we share on this site are mostly on a $5 per meal budget, there are times in the month that you … [Read more...]

How to Prepare for Potential Quarantine: A Practical Guide to Stocking Up

March 10, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

Summary You can be prepared without being a "prepper"  Do not panic and run out and buy all of this today Only purchase things you will actually use during a 6-8 week period Slowly add these extra items to your upcoming shopping trips, rather than buy everything at once and blow your budget A Practical Guide for Stocking Up on Food and Household Items, in … [Read more...]

5-Layer Queso Dip

February 19, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

A Scrumptious 5-Layer Queso Dip...with creamy white or yellow queso as the base and a pile of delicious toppings! Here in San Antonio, it's often said that you judge and choose a local TexMex joint or taqueria by their salsa. Well....... I say you need to judge it by their salsa AND their queso dip. Because queso is life. (Seriously, I grew up dipping rolled … [Read more...]

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