The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook: 200 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Nourishing Meals That Are Easy on the Budget and a Snap to Prepare » (Original)

Erin Chase is the creator of  5dollardinners.com. She has previously shared her savvy tips for saving on “The Rachael Ray Show” and “The Jean Chatzky Show” on Oprah Sirius Radio. She grew up in San Antonio, TX, went to Texas Christian University, and served as a missionary in the Dominican Republic where she met her husband. They live in Dayton, Ohio with their three children.

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.

Erin is the founder of www.5dollardinners.com the skyrocketing internet website that's now the go-to source for families who want to eat well and stay within a budget. Erin became a supermarket savvy mom, challenged herself to create dinners for her family of four that cost no more than $5 and is here to share her fool-proof method with you in her first cookbook that contains over 200 recipes that cost $5 or less to make. First, Erin will show you how to size up the best supermarket deals, clip coupons that will really save you money and create a weekly dinner menu plan. Then, in each recipe she shows you just how much she paid for each item and challenges you to do the same.

Here are a few of her favorites:

- North Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwiches - $4.90

- Curried Pumpkin Soup - $4.41

- Apple Dijon Pork Roast - $4.30

- Orange Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry - $4.94

- Creamy Lemon Dill Catfish - $4.95

- Bacon-Wrapped Apple Chicken - $4.96

- Country Ribs with Oven Fries - $4.77

Join the army of devoted followers who have already let Erin Chase show them how to be savvy supermarket shoppers who cook tasty, economical meals. You'll never spend more than $5 on dinner again.

Library Journal

This debut cookbook by the creator of the popular family-food-budget web site www.5dollardinners.com presents 200 recipes for meals that cost $5 or under to make. In her introduction, Chase discusses how to spot a good product deal, create a weekly food budget, use coupons, stockpile large quantities of a sale item, and plan meals. Recipes include dollar breakdowns for each ingredient as well as total meal cost, frugal facts (e.g., corn usually goes on sale during the early and late summer), and easy-to-follow instructions. Appendixes include essential kitchen gadgets, pantry necessities, and coupon web sites. This one-of-a-kind book, which mixes thrifty shopping tips with recipes, is sure to be a hit with library patrons, especially those who saw the author on Rachael Ray's show, and every cook on a budget.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 Strategic Grocery Shopping 1

2 Strategic Couponing 16

3 Strategic Meal Planning 33

4 Pasta and Pizza Dinners 51

5 Chicken and Turkey Meals 87

6 Beef Meals 131

7 Pork Meals 165

8 Fish and Seafood 191

9 Soups and Stews 207

10 Vegetarian Meals 231

11 Homemade Recipes 257

Appendix A 287

Appendix B 291

Index 293