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    Best Buttercream Frosting for Cakes Recipe

    September 15, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    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...]

    Schitt’s Creek Fans: Recipes Inspired by the Show & How to “Fold in the Cheese”

    July 20, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    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...]

    The Best Homemade Recipes

    April 2, 2020 by laurend 1 Comment

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

    Homemade Sloppy Joe Mix

    September 9, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 23 Comments

    Homemade Sloppy Joe Mix

    You likely have the ingredients needed to make this homemade sloppy joe mix and sauce in your fridge and pantry!  We make a.l.o.t. of sloppy joe type meals around our house and over time, I've developed this delicious homemade mix of spices to use to make my own homemade sloppy joe sauce.  It's a mix of spices, that get stirred in with ground beef, ground turkey, … [Read more...]

    Hot Cocoa Mug Gifts

    December 12, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    You wanna know why I adore this gift. 4 reasons. It's oh so easy to make - no crafting skills required! *high five from a non-crafty gal!* The jar doubles as a mug. I love drinking from mason jars and mugs! It's perfect for making several batches so that you can gift to friends, neighbors, and teachers! 'Tis the season for all the hot cocoa and is great to have some … [Read more...]

    Pico Guacamole

    October 5, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    I think I can say with 99% confidence that I have some kind of avocado every day. Sometimes it's on a salad, sometimes I just add some lemon juice and scoop it right out of the skin, and sometimes I inhale an entire bowl of guacamole! (For real.) I don't know what it is about avocados, but we get along really well! ;) Recently, I made up a simple homemade guacamole … [Read more...]

    Homemade Cherry Vinaigrette

    October 1, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Jazz up your next salad with this easy, tasty homemade cherry vinaigrette dressing! I love a delicious homemade vinaigrette and this one can be made year-round - either using cherries from the frozen food section, or fresh cherries that you score on sale (in the summer months.) Enjoy! Homemade Cherry Vinaigrette 1 1/2 cups frozen unsweetened pitted tart … [Read more...]

    Restaurant-Style Blender Salsa

    August 6, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    I'm a salsa nerd. I judge (and choose) which TexMex restaurants we dine at, based on their salsa alone. (Being in San Antonio, there are LOTS of options and I am not alone in my salsa snobbery!) When my mom made this for me and said it was from her favorite TexMex restaurant in North Dakota (where she grew up), my eyes ROLLED. Like...no way, why do you love this salsa … [Read more...]

    Make Ahead Smoothie Packs

    July 28, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    One. Step. Ahead. That's my mantra when it comes my family's "hunger management." When feeding 4 boys and a husband on a daily basis, you have to be prepared - with fast, simple, delicious and nutritious "grab and go" options for all meals of the day. (If you haven't heard, I'm a freezer meals queen too - so much so that we built this to make freezer meals as easy as … [Read more...]

    Homemade Orange Cranberry Sauce

    November 15, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

    Forget the canned stuff! It's so simple and easy to make homemade cranberry sauce. It just takes a few minutes and is really easy to "flavor-fy," like I did with the orange flavors in this recipe! Enjoy! Homemade Orange Cranberry Sauce 12 oz. bag fresh cranberries1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup orange juice1/2 cup orange marmalade1 cup mandarin orange … [Read more...]

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