The $5 dinner mom cookbook : 200 recipes for quick, delicious, and nourishing meals that are easy on the budget and a snap to prepare

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 "$5 Dinners", 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.

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.

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 (http://www.5dollardinners.com) 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 - 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. This work is born out of Chase's own need to feed a family of two adults and two young children--on no more than five dollars per dinner. This, her first cookbook, features 200 recipes along with shopping advice. Strategic grocery shopping Strategic couponing Strategic meal planning Pasta and pizza dinners Chicken and turkey meals Beef meals Pork meals Fish and seafood Soups Vegetarian meals Homemade recipes.