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Instant Pot Shredded Mojo Pork

February 16, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

This meal is simple ingredients, that when combined together make for a super scrumptious meal. We're pressure cooking this pork roast with citrus juices and some lots of garlic, and a touch of smoky flavor from the ground cumin. This combo will really flavor up the pork. Once it's finished in the Instant Pot, you can shred the pork meat into the sauce and serve over rice … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Cowboy Chili

January 19, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

instant pot cowboy chili

A delicious bowl of chili with pinto beans, made in the Instant Pot! The Instant Pot has this magical way of infusing flavors so beautifully with the way it uses heat and pressure to cook the ingredients and melt them together. The flavors mingle and marry in such a perfect way and chili is one of my favorites from the Instant Pot. If you haven't made chili in your Instant … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Chicken

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

This is a fantastic and easy to cook dinner in your Instant Pot. It's a "2-phase" kind of recipe because we need the chicken to have some time alone to cook, as it takes much longer than the baby potatoes. If you added the baby potatoes at the beginning of the pressure cooking cycle with the chicken, they would be completely overcooked into mush. You don't want that. The … [Read more...]

Last Day to Sign Up for Winter 2018 Grocery Budget Makeover Class…

January 8, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

January 8th - that's TODAY! Today is the last day to register for the Winter class... On a rare occasion, I’ll have an ‘off week’ where I only have half of my grocery plan in place and a chicken-scratched grocery list. (Just keeping it real, my friend!) And the result is I end up spending way more than I wanted to. It’s an awful feeling. Which is why I don’t have those … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Hamburger Helper

January 5, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

Hamburger Helper in the Instant Pot!?!? You better believe it!  There are a couple of ways to accomplish this, so pay close attention... This is a meaty-spin on the Instant Pot Macaroni and was inspired by one of our MyFreezEasy members. With this macaroni made in the instant pot, you just add some ground beef and whatever spices you want to get in there … [Read more...]

Grocery Savings, Perfected.

January 3, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

It's that time again...! Registration for my online class called the Grocery Budget Makeover is OPEN. But note, that it’s only open until Monday, January 8th. The Grocery Budget Makeover is just what it sounds like…a program to completely overhaul and flip turn upside-down the way you shop for groceries. It lasts for 5 weeks, and each week I’ll send you a set of lessons with … [Read more...]

The 2018 Grocery Savings Workshop Has Begun… 🎉

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

Happy, happy new year! We are kicking things right off in 2018! The 2018 Grocery Savings Workshop begins today...   3 reasons you won't want to miss this workshop... 1. We do grocery savings differently. Quick-fix resolutions that don’t actually help you. It's time to make some lasting changes to the way you shop for groceries. And those changes  >>> … [Read more...]

Best Instant Pot Recipes of 2017

December 28, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

The Best Instant Pot Recipes of 2017 This year, we shared some fantastical Instant Pot recipes on the $5 Dinners blog. And at the very beginning of the year, we opened registration for the Electric Pressure Cooking 101 online class. This class is designed to help you... Actually get your instant pot out of the box and put it to work for you. Overcome the fear … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Christmas Roast

December 1, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

Remember that Tomato Chutney recipe from the other day?! Here it is again...this time, spooned onto sliced beef roast from the Instant Pot. And it's so ridiculously fantastic! The chutney really dresses up the sliced beef and brings with it all the magical holiday flavors. It's worth making a batch and then adding to jars and keeping around to add to all.the.things. Like … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Turkey Breast

November 3, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

This is the first recipe in our 2017 Thanksgiving recipes series...and what better thing to start with than TURKEY and INSTANT POT. :) This recipe is for TURKEY BREAST. I'm putting that in all caps because I do NOT want you emailing me on Thanksgiving morning because your 22 lb. Tom will not fit in your Instant Pot. :) :) :) :) :)   This is for a smaller … [Read more...]

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