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    Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

    August 4, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 38 Comments

    For the past, um, year or so, I have not done a whole lot with potatoes. And for good reason. Ryan tested positive for a potato allergy, among other things. So I quickly removed them from our diet. A few weeks ago, we got the go ahead from both the allergist and the GI doctor to start reintroducing the more "tame" foods...or the ones he reacted to least...and see if he can … [Read more...]

    Ways to Use Homemade Pesto Sauce

    July 30, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 16 Comments

      Rather than let the garden herbs grow out of control, make pesto instead.  I have found that it doesn't really matter how much of which kind of herb you use...as long as you have enough basil in there to give it that basil flare. I did not measure my pesto as I made it...but I'll tell you what I put in it...and then just added a little salt and olive oil to … [Read more...]

    How to Cut a Green Pepper {Video}

    July 23, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 13 Comments

    how to cut green peppers

    Or perhaps the wrong way to cut a green pepper?!? I am a total green pepper cutting rebel and do my own thing when it comes to dicing, slicing and cutting green peppers. I am not, however, a rebel without a cause. I definitely cut with a cause.  In this case, freezing all these green peppers!  In the end, I wound up with the following meal size portions: 6 … [Read more...]

    How to Saute Summer Squash

    July 16, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

      Sautéing summer squash...it has never worked well for me. I mean, it works...but not perfectly. I recently figured out that if I partially steam it before sautéing it...the results are quite tasty! Here's how to saute summer squash!  How to Saute Summer Squash Learn how to "steam and saute" summer squash to … [Read more...]

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