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What to Do with Split Chicken Breasts

March 2, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 118 Comments

Save MONEY with the $1.49/lb chicken deal from Zaycon Fresh. Save TIME with the MyFreezEasy membership & chicken meal plans. Save SANITY by doing all the chicken meal prep and getting your freezer loaded with amazing MyFreezEasy chicken meals! For the first 25-ish years of my life I was a "boneless skinless snob." It was THE only cut of chicken that I bought in … [Read more...]

How to Make Perfectly Shaped Muffins

December 10, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 8 Comments

The "Supplies" This post is for all you self-proclaimed "Type A"s! It drives me NUTS when the muffins aren't the same size. NUTS! (Starting to see where my oldest gets most of his OCD tendancies!). I have found a solution. Not only to the "uniformity" issue. But also the "batter dripping" issue! For regular size muffin tins, use an ice cream scooper...makes perfectly … [Read more...]

Blanching Vegetables

October 2, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

When 4 heads of broccoli only costs $.88, you have to buy more than you can eat that week! I did! I already had some in the fridge, and my MIL had some for me, but I couldn't pass this one up! I can't believe I am now stockpiling fresh vegetables! So I blanched it and froze it!  Now I've got 4 meals worth of broccoli for way less than $2! Yeah! Broccoli that was … [Read more...]

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