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

By Erin Chase

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312607334
• ISBN13: 9780312607333
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The $5 Dinner Mom

excellent recipes, okay, maybe not $5 recipes at my grocery store but good, easy and probably cheap meals -- just what I was looking for.

As good as it seems

I saw a copy of this book and as I looked over the recipes I saw many that I really thought I would try. I liked it enough that I bought a copy for myself and each of my children. Worth the money.

I LOVE this book! Great recipes!

This is a great book! The recipes are tasty and easy! It gave me great ideas to cut our grocery store spending! Highly recommend just for the recipes, the cost cutting advice is an extra bonus!

Amazing Resource!

I don't know why anyone would give this book a 1 star! I LOVE this book! I bought this one and Family Feasts for $75 a Week and have found both to be extremely helpful to keep our grocery bill down! I've had this for 2 weeks; I've planned and bought groceries for the entire month for my family of 3 for only $200! I live in LA and didn't think that would be possible! I love how Erin itemizes each of her ingredients by price per unit! Very cool! This is a great book for those like myself that don't enjoy cooking, but love to save money!

Great new frugal cookbook

I received a reviewer copy of this for my blog and it's great! In addition to good shopping, organizing, couponing, and menu planning tips, there is a huge selection of good sounding recipes. I've only used two so far but they were both great. Each recipe includes a breakdown of the cost of the whole meal (side dishes included) so you can see how she arrived at her figures.