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The $5 Dinner Mom’s Cookbooks

Check out my latest cookbook, on shelves nationwide!

The $5 Dinner Mom One-Dish Dinners Cookbook

Erin Chase, The $5 Dinner Mom, knows that one-dish dinners are family-pleasing, budget-friendly and easy-to-prepare.  In her crusade to help families across America eat well and stay on their budgets, Erin’s back with a treasure trove of more than 150 delicious suppertime solutions all prepared in one skillet, baking dish or pot.  And none of them will break the weekly budget because they all cost no more than $5 to prepare.

It’s on shelves nationwide!

The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook

Do you wish you were a savvy supermarket shopper who knows how to cut your weekly food budget, banish fast food from the dinner table and serve your family meals that are delicious and good for them?  Well, Erin Chase, “The $5 Dinner Mom”, is here to help.  Check out her first cookbook, where she guides you through the muddy waters of spending less at the grocery store.  Her strategies for shopping, couponing and meal planning, can help reduce your grocery bill by half!

Find out more about The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook, including recipe highlights and where it is sold!

The $5 Dinner Mom Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook

With the same fool proof system she used to cut your weekly food budget and put a healthy and delicious $5 meal on the dinner table for your family, she takes it one step further with “The $5 Dollar Dinner Mom Does Breakfast and Lunch”.  Erin walks you through the time and money savings of batch cooking and making your own convenience foods.

Learn more about The $5 Dinner Mom Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook, including recipe highlights and where it is sold!


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Comments

  2. The Frugal Military Wife says

    Hey there I was one of your Christmas Winners and I am reading “The $5 Dinner Mom – Breakfast and Lunch cookbook,” and it is GREAT!!! Now I want the other one as well!! 😉 You really know that we mothers need fast yummy & healthy food for our little one. 5 out of 5 stars!! definitely will recommend..

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  5. Patricia Gravel says

    Love your web- site just found was hoping to win your breakfast lunch book But it’s Over already ( so Sad) anyways Love your site good Luck on your next cook book one dish Dinners

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  7. Lucy Pabst says

    I have to return your cookbook to the library today! I don’t know what I’ll do. I must win this!

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  10. Memoria says

    Why is this cookbook geared toward moms? Fathers and other caregivers need recipes for their families, too. Why are we holding so tight to the 50s?

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    • heather says

      Where does it say it’s geared toward moms only and not dads or other caregivers?
      She calls herself the $5 dinner mom (because she’s a mom) and it’s the Dinner and lunch cookbook.
      I have it and there is no place in it where she says who can and cannot use it. she just shares recipes and tips that she uses with her family.

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  15. Beth Honeycutt says

    As a single mom of a teenager – I find your recipes to be fantastic. Anyway to pinch a penny when it comes to feeding a growing boy that eats twice as me is a great deal!! Thanks so much!!

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  16. Kathy says

    Great to see you on the View. What an awesome opportunity for you . Have joined your blog..everything looked so yummy especially the Ribs……

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  17. MaryAnn says

    I have both your books and would love for you to think about putting out a crockpot recipe book. I think it would help a lot of people with fall just around the corner.

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  18. Ann says

    Living with 3 males(husband and 2 teenage boys) food goes fast around here. Love the site and looking forward to checking out the books. 🙂

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  21. melody h says

    everything is so yummy looking and also very cheap to make!! 4 kids and a hungry husband make for a LARGE grocery bill if I am not careful. Thank you for what you do!

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  31. maria says

    Are the recipes suitable for a diabetic? I hope they are because I am so bored with my menues. Pastas, potatoes and rice can really elevate glucose rapidly. So, I am hoping they are not based on those 3 stales.

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  32. Julieanne says

    I already have both of the books and have fallen in love with them- I even made the Pumpkin Applesauce and my family back home loved it and wondered how they could get the recipe. I was a hit.

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  34. Jen says

    Love $5 dinners! Since I lost my job and we are down to one income, I love the feeding my family a good meal for only $5! Thank you!!

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  35. Stacey Lape says

    Just found the $5 Dinners book at my library and I love it! I read it immediately and now can’t wait to try some great new recipes!

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  40. Cheryl Gunderson says

    Love your recipes. Have folks in the families with diabetes and food allergies. Are the recipes for the dinners you showed on The View today available online? Glad I came to your site. Thanks so much!

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  54. TERI OSCHMAN says

    also can’t figure out how to confirm my subscription………….clicked on the address, but nothing happens…..

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  56. Stephanie Patterson says

    I am so excited to find your site. I would love to win this cookbook. I have a family of 5 and it can be a challenge to find recipies that are tasty and easy on my wallet. Thanks so much!

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  58. Amy says

    Would love to win a cookbook, could use the ideas with 2 growing boys I’m desperate for healthy and cheap ideas for meals/lunches/snacks.

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  70. Mary says

    I also cannot confirm my subscription. Someone posted to click out & then back on to do it but that didn’t work either. You’re losing sign-ups!

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  73. Amber says

    Hi I would love love 2 win! I am a family of 4 & we don’t have a lot of money so $5.oo dinners are a really nice thing for us!

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  75. Sue says

    I got an email that was s’posed to contain an “activation” code or link or whatever, but I don’t find that function, only for the cookbooks, etc.

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  76. Buffy says

    Confirming subscription. Not sure if my first attempt went through properly? Glad to find you and hoping to also find inspiration to cook for my DH again.

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  77. Buffy says

    Ok third times a charm…forgot to click the “Sign upand enter box below the submit button. Hoping somehow some way I am confirming my subscription andentering to win.

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  89. Rita says

    Confused! Not sure how to confirm. I hope by leaving a comment I am confirmed. I don’t see any answers to the same problem in the comments. Need ideas!

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  92. Jessica says

    Worked for me 🙂 I re-entered my email address and clicked subscribe and it told me ‘you are already subscribing’ 🙂

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  96. S. Reddom says

    Just confirming email request…I hope.
    Instructions in email could be a bit clearer for new signups…this page just seems to be marketing/selling the cookbooks.
    Good luck with sales and intros.

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  114. Lynda says

    This is a miracle nowdays. I would love to have both of your cookbooks. We are unemployed and boy, what a help these would be.

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  115. Mary says

    This is a great Website! What great ideas and inspiration! I am a mother of 5 (ages 2 months-7 years old) and your ideas will certainly be helpful for meal planning and my budget! Look forward to hopefully recieving a cookbook! Many thanks!

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  118. zoe' poutoukalis says

    g’day mate, i live in australia (down under) & love cooking; so would be thrilled to win your cook books. “throw another shrimp on the barbie (barbeque)”

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  119. Anne says

    Looking for more ways to budget my families’ income. Website looks very useful; definately would love to win one of your cookbooks. I’m a “Cookbook Junkie”.

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  123. Angela Thomassen says

    OH I hope I win… this is an awesome page.. so if not.. I have already won getting such great ideas that you have! Thanks so much for you blog! 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!

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  132. Karen Schatz says

    I would love to win this cookbook and try your recipes. I am always looking for ways to reduce my family’s grocery budget!

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  145. PatsyAnne says

    I would love to win either of your books but the weekly grocery bill would be even better. Glad to be on board as a subscriber. Eager to read and follow it and try out your recipes and learn from your hints.

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  155. Lovely Librarian says

    Sounds like a great way to stay on track with my food budget 🙂 With three girls in college & one in high school-this would be a huge blessing! Whoever said boys eat more than girls hasn’t been to my home!

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  158. Christine Light says

    I’m so glad I found this web site! I’m a seminary wife with a young family and things are tight…I am inspired by possibilities without sacrifices in taste. I would LOVE to win your book :O)

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  167. Lesa says

    Really enjoying being able to prepare breakfast and lunch without the stress of ‘what’s for ____ meal?” Looking forward to incorporating this into my meal plans.

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  170. Katy says

    Win a copy of your cookbook…YES PLEASE!! A cookbook with inexpensive, healthy meals…and without a bunch of ingredients that you have never heard of…sign me up!!

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  181. Denise says

    I’ve read your site for a long time now and would love to add your cookbook to my collection. 🙂 Keep up the great work!

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    • Mariam says

      Hi,friend wow when I saw your email I couldnot Belive my eyes 😳thanks so much for sending it to me .Iwould love to win your books it’s aprivelage !!!what a treat in such dificult times.I look forward for your emails and your insight on being an excellent expert on saving money.

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  184. Mariam says

    Hi,thanks so much for sending it to me,I hope I can win your books ,and hopefully I can benefit from your insight on saving money especially in these dificult times.

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  196. Lindsey says

    I’d love to have your cookbooks. I checked the $5 Dinner Mom book out at the library, and have enjoyed reading through it. You have wonderful tips — especially the “Pay-no-more-than” grocery list. Love that idea!

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  198. Diane says

    just found your website and I am looking forward to getting some ideas. more people are going back to making their own foods to cut costs and finding that things just keep getting more and more costly at the grocery stores. Of course it is healthier to know what is in the food we eat!!
    I would LOVE to win a copy of your new cookbook!! I will be looking for your other too as well.

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  204. Muniyrah says

    Thank you! I just finished making the homemade ranch salad dressing and it is fantastic. I asked my son to taste it on my salad and I had to fight him not to eat more.

    Thanks!

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  212. Teresa Smith Doutgherty says

    I have two teenagers and we all love the recipes in the cook book. We are looking forward to even more of them. Thank you so much!

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  216. Kimberly says

    Already made the Lime Cilantro Quinoa Salad for a party. Guest of honor was eating right out of the bowl as they were cleaning up. Needless to say it was a huge hit…..even with the little ones. Thank you.

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  219. Tina says

    I love the many areas you explore, not just dinner. I am excited to see how I can include some ideas in or life.
    Thanks,
    Tina

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  229. Shaunta says

    I just signed up for your newsletters! I can’t wait to get some great ideas ’cause I need all the help I can get when it comes to saving on food!

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  230. Laura M says

    I am so thankful to find a book that is easy to use and not overwhelming! I have always felt guilty that I was not able to provide consistent healthy dinners to my family and I am now getting there with the help of your book! The website is well laid out and I appreciate all the time and effort you have put into helping other “non-cooks” like me! God Bless!

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  238. Tasha wright says

    Looking forward to trying and cooking the new recipes and great news ideas from my new chef Erin. My daughter will be so happy, when I tell her the great news .She love’s to help out in the kitchen and love trying new things from cook books. Cooking is something she wanted to do all summer, trying new recipes. She does not even want to go any where. I find that to be strange for a kid. looking forward, I can’t wait!!!!

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  244. Jacqueline Morris says

    Hi! I just happened across your website while on Feedblitz. Your site seems really interesting and up my alley. I am a single mom of two children. I am busy with school, work, and running my household. I am so thankful that you have a resource for moms like me who don’t have the time to slave away in the kitchen. I am looking forward to checking out your site even more. I will be bookmarking your site to keep coming back!

    Thanks,
    Jackie Morris

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  277. Pablo says

    This site sounds and looks interesting,willing always to explore and also learn, and if i can add my contributions it would also be a plus.

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  289. Monica Leite says

    I discovered you first book a couple of years ago and I have loved it every since. It is my favorite and go to recipe book. I love the simplicity, but detail of cost and tips associated with individual recipes. I just bought your one dish dinners on my Nook. I have to admit I do love the paper book better but I’m trying to watch my expenses and opted for the cheaper ebook version.

    Please keep coming out with cookbooks the breakfast and lunch one is on my list next.

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  306. Kelly says

    Thanks so much! Busy mother of three (four if you count my husband lol) with one on the way! Needed some help and found you!

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  314. Andy S. says

    Great ideas. I really like the simplicity. I will be trying most all of these recipes. I am a 100% Service Connected Disabled Veteran and am working on cheap and easy ways to eat in a healthy manner. Good nutrition and a lot of water is the key to survival !

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