I’m in love with these. In a lotta love with these. Really.

They are so so so easy to put together, make very little mess and there was not a clean plate at the table.

As we approach the September release of my third cookbook (gah!!!), I’ll be sharing more recipes over on OneDishDinners.com this summer…starting with these!

($5 Dinner Challenge link up will return next week!)

Is it a challenge for you each morning to make a healthy lunch for your child that they will actually eat?  I know it is for me sometimes!  To get some inspiration on foods to include in their lunchbox, head over to Wendolonia.

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The $5 Dinners Weekly Meal Plan with Printable Grocery List

Every week I will post 5 links to archived recipes, plus an additional 1 or 2 recipes for breakfast, snacks or batch cooking recipes.  You can click through to see the original recipe and print that recipe if you like. (Or go green and just come back to this post to get to the recipe.)

Summer is officially here. Pools (in the northern part of the country!) are open…and everyone is ready to make a big splash this summer. Here are a few light and tasty dinner options for you this week…

The Recipes

• Asian Chicken Salad with Quinoa

• Healthy Breakfast Burritos – Brinner

• Peppered Salmon with Brown Rice (throw it on the grill if it’s too hot to heat up the kitchen by baking it!)

• Angel Hair with Julienned Zucchini

• Frozen Banana Bites

And we hope you enjoy all your Memorial Day leftovers!

Also, don’t forget to check out the amazing resources at Food on the Table!

And feel free to check out all the previous weekly meal plans with printable grocery list for other options!

Scroll down and you’ll see a list of ingredients for each of the recipes included, in the order they are listed above. I’ll include ALL ingredients, including many that you already have in your pantry, refrigerator, or freezer. If you have those ingredients, just don’t click them!

Put a check mark by each of the ingredients, and a cute little box will appear at the bottom of your screen with your grocery list.  Once you’ve clicked all the ingredients you need, print your list and be on your way to the grocery store!

Ingredients List

If you are seeing this in an email or in your reader and you’d like to print your grocery list, then click here to access the list feature, which is only available on the website.

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Every week I’ll be posting the best food deals at the different national drug stores. I have found that the drug stores often have great prices on food, especially pantry staples!  I may occasionally highlight other free, moneymaker and ECB/RR deals to help you get the credit needed to get some of these pantry staples for free, using the ECBs, RRs and UP rewards.

Bumble Bee Solid White Tuna in Water 5 oz $1 (Limit 10)
-$1/2 any Bumble Bee Tuna (Recyclebank coupon)
Final Price: $0.50 each after coupon wyb 2

Combos 7 oz or Pepperidge Farm Goldfish 6.6-8 oz 2/$3
-$1/2 Combos Baked Snacks, 6.3 oz+ (exp 06/02/2012)
Final Price: $1 each after coupon wyb 2

Dole Fruit Cups 4 pack 2/$3

Gold Emblem Colossal Cashews 8 oz or select nut blends 8-10 oz $4.99

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran 15 oz, Froot Loops or Apple Jacks 8.7 oz $1.77 (Limit 3)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals, 10 oz+ 05/13/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Cereal (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals (exp 06/10/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.27 each after coupon wyb 2

Mars Chocolate (M&M’s, Snickers etc.) 1.08-2.15 oz, $0.75, Earn $0.75 ECB wyb 1 (Limit 1)
Final Price: FREE after ECBs

Planters Mixed Nuts 10.3 oz or Cashew Halves 8 oz 2/$8 (Limit 4)
-$1/1 Planters 04/22/2012 SS Insert (exp 05/27/2012)
Final Price: $3 each after coupon

Planters Trail Mix 6 oz, Gold Emblem Pretzel Mini Twists or Braids 10-18 oz BOGO
-$1/1 Planters 04/22/2012 SS Insert (exp 05/27/2012)
Final Price: varies after coupon and BOGO

Post Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal, Nabisco Honey Maid or Wheat Thin Crackers 2/$5
-$1/1 Post Honey Bunches of Oats Rolling
-$1/2 Nabisco Cookies or Crackers, Except Single Serve (exp 06/02/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.50 each after coupon

Skinny Cow or Lean Cuisine Select, Earn $3 ECBs wyb $10 (Limit 1)
Skinny Cow Candy Heavenly Crisp or Dreamy Clusters 6 ct 2/$7
-$1/1 Skinny Cow Candy Snack, 4 ct+ (exp 07/31/2012)
Skinny Cow 4-6 ct $3.99
-$1/1 Skinny Cow Low Fat Ice Cream Snack, 4 ct+ (exp 07/31/2012)
Lean Cuisine 5.25-11.5 oz 2/$6
-$1/4 Lean Cuisine Varieties SavingStar (exp 06/20/2012)
-$1/4 Lean Cuisine Varieties, 5-16 oz (exp 06/02/2012)
-$0.55/3 Lean Cuisine Varieties (exp 06/05/2012)
-$1/4 Lean Cuisine products 04/29/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
Final Price: varies after coupons and ECBs

Smartfood Selects Popcorn 4-6 oz or Stacy’s Pita Chips 6.75 oz 2/$6

Starbucks Coffee $7.49

Sunsweet Prune Juice 64 oz 2/$7
-$0.75/1 Sunsweet Prune Juice Rolling
-$0.55/1 Sunsweet Product Rolling
Final Price: $2.75 each after coupon

Crackers: Select Nabisco or Keebler 6-16 oz or Kellogg’s Special K Crisps 4 oz 2/$5
-$1/2 Nabisco Cookies or Crackers, Except Single Serve (exp 06/02/2012)
-$1/3 Keebler Products (exp 06/02/2012)
-$1/2 Keebler Townhouse Crackers, 9.5 oz+ Rolling
Final Price: $2 each after coupon wyb 2

Jif Peanut Butter 18 oz or Smucker’s Strawberry Jelly 20 oz 2/$5

Kellogg’s Cereal, select 12-15 oz 2/$5, Earn $2 RR wyb 2
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Cereal (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals, 10 oz+ 05/13/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals (exp 06/10/2012)
-Find more Kellogg’s Cereal coupons in the Coupon Database
Final Price: as low as $1 each after coupon and RR wyb 2

Lindsay Olives 5 or 6 oz $0.99 with in-ad coupon (Limit 6)

Nice! Snacks: Almonds 9 oz, Peanuts 9 or 12 oz, Sunflower Seeds 13 oz or Kernels 11 oz or Trail Mix 12 oz BOGO

Nice! Sugar 4 lbs $2.49 with in-ad coupon (Limit 3)

Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved Meat 8 oz, Kraft American Singles 12 oz 2/$5

Poppycock 7 oz 2/$4

Quaker Quick 1 Minute Oats 18 oz $3.29 BOGO

Starbucks Coffee 12 oz or K-cups 10 pack $7.99
-$2/2 Starbucks Coffee K-Cup Packs (exp 06/05/2012)
-$2/2 Starbucks Blonde K-Cup Packs (exp 06/05/2012)
Final Price: $6.99 each after coupon wyb 2

Welch’s Grape or Sunsweet Prune Juice 64 oz $2.99
-$0.75/1 Welch’s Healthy Start 100% Grape Juice (exp 06/02/2012) (if included)
-$0.75/1 Sunsweet Prune Juice Rolling
-$0.55/1 Sunsweet Product Rolling
Final Price: as low as $2.24 each after coupon

Blue Diamond Almonds or Wonderful Pistachios 16 oz $4.99*
-$1/2 Wonderful Pistachios (5oz+) 03/25/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$1/1 Wonderful Pistachios Rolling
Final Price: as low as $3.99 each after coupon

Condiments, select 2/$3
French’s Mustard 14 oz
-$0.30/1 French’s Classic Yellow or Spicy Brown Mustard 03/25/2012 SS Insert (exp 05/31/2012)
Hormel Bacon Bits 3 oz
Kraft BBQ Sauce 17.5 oz
-$1/2 Kraft Barbecue Sauce 05/06/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/06/2012)
RA Ketchup 24 oz
Final Price: as low as $1 each after coupon wyb 2

Kashi Cereal 10.4-17.5 oz or TLC Snack Bars 6 ct, Cream of Wheat or Quaker Instant Oatmeal 10 pack $2.99*
-$1/2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal, any flavor/variety (exp 07/22/2012)
Final Price: $2.49 each after coupon wyb 2

Special K, Smart Start, or Fiber Plus Cereals 11.4-14 oz BOGO
-$1/3 Special K Cereals 04/29/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Special K Cereals, 11.4 oz+ (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Special K Cereals 04/29/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/2 Kellogg’s FiberPlus Cereal (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals, 10 oz+ 05/13/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals (exp 06/10/2012)
Final Price: varies after coupon and BOGO

Popcorn Indiana 9-10.5 oz BOGO
-$1/1 Popcorn Indiana, any family size bag 5 oz+ 03/25/2012 SS insert (exp 06/30/2012)
Final Price: varies after coupons and BOGO

Rite Aid Pantry Pistachio or Pecan Mix 8.5-9 oz, Macadamia Nuts 6-6.5 oz, Cashew Pieces or Mixed Nuts 16 oz 2/$9*

Rite Aid Pantry Trail Mix 20-24 oz or Nuts 24-28 oz $4.49

Welch’s Grape Juice Purple or White 64 oz 2/$6*
-$0.25/1 Welch’s Grape Juice, 14-64oz ,Videos available to watch until 6/2/2012 Rite Aid Video Values (exp 06/16/2012) AND
-$0.75/1 Welch’s Healthy Start 100% Grape Juice (exp 06/02/2012) (if included)
Final Price: $2 each after coupons

*Buy $30 in select products, Receive a $10 +UP Reward

I hope this helps you decide whether or not to bop into the drugstore this next week to pick up any staples!

Sale prices valid, starting this Sunday. Visit Savings Lifestyle for a complete list of the drugstore deals at each of the major drugstores.

New spin on Cobb Salads…serve it wedge style!

I love fresh salads during the summer, especially when some, or all of the ingredients are coming out of my garden. (Or down the street from the local farmer’s market!) There’s just something primitive about eating foods that you grew, or you know who grew them, and where they were grown. There’s a comfort to this primitive feeling.

And not to mention, that there is so much produce that is in peak season and you don’t have to spend an arm and leg for tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce!

This Cobb salad is a total mix n match…just pile on whatever you have on hand. And make this your new favorite way to serve salads this summer!

My other favorite wedge salads

• Caesar Romaine Wedge Salad
• Roasted Red Cabbage with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Hope you get a chance to try this wedge cobb salad this summer!

Want a sneak peak at what coupons are in this Sunday’s paper?

There are no inserts scheduled for this weekend’s paper due to Memorial Day weekend!  Have a fun and relaxing weekend!

Check out the rest of this week’s Sunday Coupon Preview!

Learn more about how the Coupon Preview can help you spend less at the grocery store!

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Are you prepping for a Memorial Day cookout this weekend?  If so, I would say that this Peach Topped Blueberry Cheesecake will likely be the perfect dessert!  To find out more on this recipe head over to Pip & Ebby!

Every Friday, Swagbucks gives away anywhere between 100 and 1000 Swagbucks for searches all day long!  As you accumulate Swagbucks, you can trade them in for gift cards to a number of online and retail stores.  For example, a $5 Amazon gift card can be purchased with just 450 Swagbucks.  So if you score one of these mega swagbucks giveaway of 1,000 swagbucks, you’ll get 2 $5 Amazon.com gift cards just like that! (Yes, it’s true. And yes, it’s that easy!)

So if you’ve got some internet searching to do…do it through Swagbucks and win big today!

This is a fun dinner for teenagers!  It is so easy to make and very economical. The hardest part about this recipe is waiting for those potatoes to finish baking!  You might want to consider pre-cooking the potatoes the day before.   Then just re-heat whenever you are ready.   I made mine early in the afternoon so we could have them ready at our normal dinner-time.

Do you need to get your finances organized?  Check out this complete list of printables to put in your financial notebook over on About.com Frugal Living.

And check out some of Erin’s other favorite personal finance websites…

• LearnVest – Daily newsletter that is packed with money-saving tips and financial how-tos to enrich your life.
• Mint.com – Awesome infographics that explain the ins and outs of personal finance.
• Dave Ramsey – Financial counselor that has helped millions get out of debt and find financial peace and freedom.