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$5 Dinners | Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals

Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals and Cooking Tutorials for the Busy Home Chef

Save on Groceries in 2025

How-To & Cooking Tutorials

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Cooking Tutorials

Have you ever seen what seemed like a great deal on produce, but didn’t take advantage of it because you didn’t know what to make with it, or how to chop it up? Buying seasonal is a great way to spend less on groceries…and the cooking tutorials below will help you know what to make and how to cut up that produce you’re just not sure about. And they’ll also help you save all kinds of time in the kitchen too!

Chopping, Slicing, Dicing and More


Angel Hair with Julienned Zucchini (Includes How to Julienne)

Eggplant Penne Pasta with How to Prepare Eggplant

How to “Process” a Large Zucchini

How to Choose & Cut a Cantaloupe

How to Choose & Cut Papayas

How to Choose and Cut a Mango
how to choose and cut avocado
How to Choose and Cut an Avocado
how to cut an onion without crying
How to Chop an Onion Without Crying – Kitchen Trick
how to cut green peppers
How to Cut a Green Pepper

How to Cut a Kiwi

How to Halve a Peach
how to roast hatch chile peppers
How to Roast & Freeze Hatch Chiles

How to Seed and Dice a Cucumber
how to select and cut a pineapple
How to Select and Cut a Pineapple
how to shred cabbage
How to Shred Cabbage – Kitchen Shortcut
how to cut and use pomegranates
Pomegranates (Including How to Cut & Use)
how to cut and cook rhubarb
Strawberry Rhubarb Mania

 

 

Freezing


Apple Pie Filling for the Freezer

Freezing Meatloaf

Freezing Pizza Dough

How to Cut and Freeze a Large Butternut Squash

How to Freeze Cookie Dough

How to Freeze Fresh Herbs

How to Freeze Green Beans

How to Freeze Raspberries

How to Freeze Strawberries

How to Freeze Whole Corn on the Cob

How to Make Homemade Freezer Jam
how to roast hatch chile peppers
How to Roast & Freeze Hatch Chiles

How to Stockpile and Freeze Blueberries

Taco Meat

 

 

Time and Money Saving Techniques


3 Easy Ways to Save on Cleaning Supplies

Batch Grilling Burgers

Batch Grilling Chicken Breasts

Cleaning Your Stained Cutting Boards – Kitchen Shortcut

Homemade Baked Beans

How to Keep an Avocado from Browning – Kitchen Tip

How to Make Cilantro Pesto

How to Roast Acorn Squash

How to Speed Up Grilling Time

Lunchbox Prep Sessions

Quick Thawing – Kitchen Shortcut

Reviving Dry Carrots and Dehyrdated Celery – Kitchen Shortcut

Storing Yeast in Your Freezer

Ways to Use Homemade Pesto Sauce

What to Buy When at the Grocery Store

Why Stock Up on Raspberries

Why to Use a Silicone Baking Mat

 

Homemade Spice Mixes


Homemade Apple Pie Spice

Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup

Homemade Garlic Ranch Dressing (Dairy Free)

Homemade Jerk Seasoning and Jerk Chicken Recipe

Homemade Pesto from the Garden

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix

Homemade Sloppy Joe Mix

How to Make Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce

Italian Salad + Homemade Balsamic Salad Dressing

 

 

Cooking Techniques and Tutorials


5 Tips for How to Make Homemade Bread

6 Ingredient Substitutions for Healthier Cooking

7 Tips for Making the Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread + How to Cut Baking Time in Half!

Five Ways to Cook Butternut Squash

Grilled Garlic Bread

Grilled Roasted Potato Salad + How to Make Foil Packet Potatoes

Homemade Granola (No Added Sugar)

How to Bake Brown Rice in the Oven

How to Bake Butternut Squash

How to Blanche Vegetables

How to Cook & Freeze Dried Beans

How to Cook a Sweet Potato

How to Cook a Whole Chicken

How to Cook a Whole Chicken in the Slow Cooker

How to Cook Asparagus

How to Cook Bacon in the Oven

How to Cook Turkey Bacon

How to Double a Recipe

How to Grill Corn on the Cob

How to Grill Potatoes on Skewers

How to Halve a Recipe

How to Make an Egg Tortilla

How to Make Baked Eggs

How to Make Gluten Free Flour Blend

How to Make Homemade Naan

How to Make Homemade Pie Crusts

How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs

How to Make Perfectly Shaped Muffins

How to Make Rice Milk

How to Make Tex Mex Restaurant Style Rice

How to Pan Roast Brussels Sprouts

How to Pan Roast Radishes

How to Roast Asparagus

How to Roast Pumpkin and Squash Seeds

How to Roast Whole Garlic

How to Saute (and Roast) Asparagus

How to Saute Summer Squash

How to Season Ground Beef

How to Season Hamburger Patties

How to Triple a Recipe

Measurement Equivalents

Meatballs – 5 Ways

Mexican Bean Tostadas + How to Make Tostadas

Pasta – To Rinse or Not to Rinse?!

Quiche Biscuit Cups

Refried Beans in the Slow Cooker

Shredded Salsa Verde Chicken + How to Shred Chicken in a Stand Mixer

Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

Spicy Mexican Omelets + How to Make an Omelet

What to Do with Split Chicken Breasts

When to Add Rice & Pasta to the Slow Cooker

You can also find step by step photo instructions on many of the recipes in the recipe index. Enjoy!

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Comments

  1. sophie says

    August 30, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    These are all great tutorials! I really appreciate it as someone who is new to cooking.

    Reply
  2. lisa v says

    September 30, 2011 at 11:07 am

    I love this section of how to chop and dice and freeze things. This is so helpful. I really do like your website.

    Reply
  3. Vanessa says

    October 28, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    A how to make onion soup mix would be a good one to add..I always see that in recipes and I can never find it in the market.

    Reply
  4. olivia jones says

    November 17, 2011 at 12:20 am

    uummmm, homemade…

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  5. Cindi says

    August 16, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    How would you prepare potatoes to freeze. Do you partially cook them and then freeze them. Any good tips and techniques?

    Reply
  6. Denny Dillavou says

    April 19, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    All this help and not one word about pressure cooking whitch I consider far superior to any other method. What’s up with that?

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    • Jenn K says

      April 19, 2016 at 6:15 pm

      She’s got several pressure cooker recipes. Start here: https://www.5dollardinners.com/pressure-cooker-all-purpose-pork-recipe/

      Reply

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