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

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Peaches and Cream Oatmeal

January 22, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 11 Comments

As part of No Cold Cereal Week and Pantry/Freezer Challenge Month, I made this fabulous oatmeal (along with another I'll share next week!)... ...as well as Banana Cinnamon Waffles (which I made the night before...because we all know (or maybe you don't) that I am SO NOT a morning person...and I'm not sure what I was thinking when I made up this challenge. For me, the … [Read more...]

Apple Cranberry French Toast Bake

August 24, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

I*heart* French Toast Casseroles! I love how you can take SUPER STALE french bread and turn it into a breakfast (or dinner) masterpiece! By soaking the bread overnight in a fruity, egg-milk mixture, stale french bread can be completely transformed and redeemed!!! When Andrea sent this recipe, I HAD to try it! Note: The marked down french loaf bread that I *knew* was in … [Read more...]

Pork Chops with Peach Salsa

August 13, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

Monique shared this recipe with me. Hello, scrumptious! I couldn't bring myself to buy the $2.49 jar of peach salsa. So I compromised and used the peaches I bought last week and the red onion from this week to make my own peach salsa. And ended up grilling it alongside the pork chops! I also grilled up some zucchini and tomatoes in the grilling basket! Pork … [Read more...]

Banana, Strawberry, Peach Smoothie

July 27, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 25 Comments

banana strawberry peach smoothi

This is my new favorite smoothie! The boys and I usually having a smoothie with lunch and this has been a hit for the past few weeks. I will say that it tastes different each time, probably depending on how ripe and sweet the peach is...and of course, how much sweetener is added! I find that the ripest (softest...without being bruised and damaged) peaches make the best tasting … [Read more...]

Peach Pork Skillet

September 7, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 10 Comments

My mom-in-law told us how she was cooking peaches in with her pork chops! Let me tell ya...YUM! Within an hour of her telling me her latest and GREATEST, I had 3 pork chops and 1 sliced peach in the frying pan! Peach Pork Skillet My mom-in-law told us how she was cooking peaches in with her pork chops! Let me tell ya...YUM! 4 boneless pork chops1 fresh … [Read more...]

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