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...]
5-Layer Queso Dip
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...]
Chicken Guacamole Bites
This is a Must Try Delicious, Addictive and Healthy Appetizer Recipe - Chicken Guacamole Bites These little bites of goodness are sure to bring a smile to your face, and everyone's at your gathering. I've teamed up with ¡Yo Quiero!™ Brands to bring you some new delicious recipes this year! Because I want to help you find affordable, fresh ingredients that are … [Read more...]
Salted Caramel Scotcheroos
A yummy twist on "Hawgs" or "Special K Bars" or "Special K Cookies" - Salted Caramel Scotcheroos! This sweet treat goes by several names, and you can call them whatever you like...but I call them DELICIOUS! The base is a combo of cereal with a sugar-almond butter mixture that makes for a slightly sweet and crunchy bite. And the top is a combo of melted chocolate … [Read more...]
Preparing Your Home for Holiday Guests: Free PDF Checklist for You!
A Checklist of Important Tasks to Complete as You Prepare Your Home for Holiday Guests Wanna know the secret to a stress-free holiday visit with family and friends?! If you know me well, this probably won't surprise you. If we aren't pals yet, then I want you to learn this. The secret to many things in life is being "one step ahead." Meaning, you need to be thinking … [Read more...]
Best Banana Bread Recipe with Caramel Glaze
A homemade caramel glaze makes this the best banana bread recipe ever - you'll never make homemade banana bread without this glaze again! It's time to level up your favorite banana bread recipe with a caramel glaze. You'll never make it without the glaze again! With this recipe, I'm sharing 3 different ways to bake this bread. No matter how you bake it, you'll definitely … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Recipe
Your favorite flavors of fall blended with steel cut oats, cooked to perfection in this Instant Pot Oatmeal recipe! Around our house, we made a.l.o.t. of oatmeal in the Instant Pot. It's our preferred "breakfast" cooked in the Instant Pot, except it's not usually eaten for breakfast. It's usually the "2nd dinner" option for the boys. You see, I can start the Instant Pot … [Read more...]
Tortellini Pasta Salad
These addictive little tortellinis...in chilled pasta salad form! What exactly is it about tortellinis that make them so irresistible?! It's probably as simple as - it's cheese plus pasta. But I think it's because they're so cute. And they cook so easily and quickly. And they make for a lovely Tortiellini Pasta Salad - perfect for a summer lunch … [Read more...]
7 Money Saving Tips for Packing Lunches
Summer has come, and is going great, but is quickly passing by! The ominous school supply ads and backpacks to fill reminders are everywhere as the back to school transition looms. In addition to the new school outfits, school supply checklists, there's also the school lunchboxes and busy weeknight dinners to think about. Sigh. BIG SIGH. We see these amazing lunchbox … [Read more...]