There are 2 key elements to making the best buttercream frosting for cakes - a lot of patience and this amazing recipe! After you try this recipe for the best homemade buttercream frosting for cakes, you won't ever want to buy a jar of frosting again! The key to this recipe is patience. Making a homemade cake is a labor of love, and when planned well into your … [Read more...]
Video: 2 Dinners, 1 Rotisserie Chicken – Tuscan Chicken Pasta & Oven Chicken Tacos
Need New Recipes for Rotisserie Chicken? We have TWO Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes Made from ONE Rotisserie Chicken! Get the best bang for your buck with that rotisserie chicken!! We can even promise that it won't feel like you're eating the same meal twice. Please take special note of my oven tacos hack. All hacks are pretty cool, but a taco hack is extra … [Read more...]
Cheesy Beef Quesadillas
Cheesy Beef Quesadillas are the cheesiest and most delicious weeknight meal! We love an easy meal around here, and this is one of our favorites! We are just making some perfectly seasoned ground beef, then snuggling it inside a flour tortilla with some shredded cheese. (Level up the flavor by using a combination of cheeses!) I'm all about cooking smarter, not harder … [Read more...]
Schitt’s Creek Fans: Recipes Inspired by the Show & How to “Fold in the Cheese”
From Moira's Aaanchiladas to Twyla's Questionable Smoothies, I have the best list of Schitt's Creek inspired recipes for you This beloved show skyrocketed in popularity in recent months, and for good reason. It's a feel-good show, riddled with enough dark humor and enough silliness to make you want to watch it three times through. (Not that I've done that.) The … [Read more...]
Quarantine Cake – A Yummy Twist on Depression Cake
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...]
The Best 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...]
7 Hacks for Baking the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Learn important tips for making the perfect chocolate chip cookies at home Want to know why bakery and delivery cookies are always so perfect?! The dough has had time to hang out in the mixing bowl or storage dish, letting the ingredients mingle and meld and mix together. It's true, the butter and flour, and eggs and leavening, need time to mix together. It's a chemistry … [Read more...]
12 Best Baked Oatmeal Recipes
When Oatmeal and Cake Gets Together and Has a Baby...You End Up the Best Baked Oatmeal!!! That's right - it's like an oatmeal cake. And you MUST TRY IT!!! It's a hearty, filling, and delicious baked oatmeal that will fill up even the hungriest of bellies. Here on $5 Dinners, we believe in making every meal of the day affordable and simple. And Baked … [Read more...]
QUARAN-Beans and Rice – Recipes & Tips for Eating More at Home
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...]
7 Ways to Go Green in 2020
Make Greener Cleaning Part of Your New Year Goals!! The new year is the perfect time to step back for a minute and consider important changes to make in your life, your habits, and your routines. I have spent a considerable amount of time these past few weeks thinking about what I want to do differently in 2020. And green cleaning is the top of the … [Read more...]