Chicken Guacamole Enchiladas.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Avocado Enchiladas.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Guacamole Enchiladas.

CLCG Enchies. For short.

I really don’t care what we call these, because it doesn’t really matter. What matters is that they are packed with flavor. And they are the perfect summer enchilada.

Sales for avocados have started, you can pinch cilantro from the plant in your garden, and you can usually get a fresh lime for less than a quarter. Add some shredded chicken you’ve got on hand in the freezer, roll it all up, pour the sauce and cheese on top and bake. Sure, you might heat up your kitchen for 20 minutes….but it will be so so worth it!

If you absolutely do not want to heat up your kitchen, you could probably put the enchiladas in a metal baking dish and cook them on the grill. Just cover with foil and heat them up for 20 minutes or so in a 300-400 degree grill. I only recommend this with a gas grill. Use hot pads, obviously.

Other Enchilada Recipes

• Buffalo Chicken Blue Cheese Enchiladas
• 15 Bean Enchiladas
• Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas
• Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas

Here’s how these cilantro-lime-chicken-avocado enchiladas, or whatever you wanna call these beauties, work…

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Perfect for summer swimming…grab a great deal on Huggies Little Swimmers (or diapers and wipes) at Kroger this week!  Here’s how:

• SavingStar Huggies Promotion: Buy $35 on any Huggies Diapers, Baby Wipes and Little Swimmers Swimpants, receive $5 back! (valid through 6/13/12) AND

• Kroger Catalina Promotion: Buy $20 or more on select Huggies products (including diapers, wipes, and swimmers), receive a $5 catalina (valid through 5/27/12) AND

• Huggies Coupons including:

$0.50/1 Huggies Baby Wipes 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/16/2012)
$1.50/1 Huggies Little Swimmers 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/16/2012)
$1/1 Huggies Diapers with Hawaiian Design (IE) Rolling (if included)
$1/1 Huggies Little Swimmers Disposable Swim Pants Rolling

This adds up to some huge savings when combined all together!  Happy shopping (and swimming!)

Thanks, Savings Lifestyle!

I can’t tell you how hard it is for me to say those words. Because I’m not an arrogant person. I’d say I’m humble most of the time, with a healthy dose of confidence too…but it’s true. I’m the real deal.

(Said in the most confident, humble way.)

I have one passion in life. Well, two really…rolled into one. My passion is to feed my family healthful meals each night, all while not burning too big ‘a hole in my wallet. And that passion then gets extended here on $5 Dinners. I love, love, love sharing these meals (successes and failures) with you. I love teaching you shortcuts, showing you how I make meals, where I find my deals and how it all works together to reduce your grocery budget.

I can’t help but feel giddy when I get emails and messages from you sharing how much you were able to save, or how you tried a new recipe or cooking method. I’m so fortunate and blessed to be able to help you on your journey to spending less money on groceries, and keeping healthy food on your dinner table.

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My kiddos love the honey mustard as a dipping sauce and my husband and I enjoy the dijon mustard on sandwiches!

• $.50/1 French’s Dijon Mustard 
• $.50/1 Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Yay for spending less on condiments as we head into summer…

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Do you love pizza but maybe not all the calories?  Check out this healthy alternative, Zucchini Pizza Bites, over on SkinnyTaste.

Here are some of the latest and hottest printable coupons:

Food

• $0.50/2 any Barista Baking Company Scone Products 13 oz
• $1/1 any Birds Eye Voila Product
• $1.50/1 Butterball Sweet Onion or Original Seasoned Frozen Turkey Burgers
• $0.55/1 any Challenge Butter Salted or Unsalted 1 lb
• $0.85/2 any Dean’s Dips 12 oz or larger
• $1/1 any Eclipse or Orbit White Gum 3 pack Multipack
• $2.25/1 any Gerber Good Start Soothe Bulk Size (and other Gerber coupons)
• $0.55/1 any Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage
• $1/1 King’s Hawaiian product
• $1/2 any Land O’Frost Premium, Delishaved or Bistro Favorites
• $1/2 any Nabisco Crackers or Cookies
• $1/3 any Snack Pack Pudding 4 packs
• $1/1 any V8 V-Fusion Smoothie 36 oz

Household

• $0.25/1 Angel Soft Bath Tissue 4 double roll or larger package
• $0.50/1 any Ruffies Trash Bags
• $1.50/2 Scotch-Brite Botanical Disinfecting Wipes
• $1/2 any Vanity Fair Napkins or Guest Hand Towels

Personal Care

• $1/1 any Advil 20 ct or larger
• $1/1 any Advil PM 16 ct or larger
• $0.75/1 Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm
• $4/1 any Centrum Multivitamins 200 ct or larger
• $1/1 any Clear Care Cleaning and Disinfecting Solution 12 oz or larger
• $1/2 any Dial Bar Soap 8 bar pack or larger
• $1/1 any ThermaCare 2 ct or larger

Be sure to check out all the printable coupons available at Red Plum, Smart Source, Coupon Network and Coupons.com!

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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.)

I hope everyone has a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! I’ve included a few picnic and backyard BBQ recipe ideas for you on this week’s plan! Here’s to a wonderful time kicking off the summer of 2012!!!

The Recipes

• Scrambled Egg Pockets

• Crunchy Parmesan Spaghetti

• Angel Hair with Julienned Zucchini

• Side Salad – Balsamic Tomatoes with Feta and Fresh Herbs

• Side Salad – Fried Green Tomatoes

• Side Salad – Roasted Red Potato Salad

• Dessert – Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies

• Dessert – One Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

• Dessert – Spiced Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

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

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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.

BelVita Breakfast Biscuits 2/$5
-$1/1 Belvita Breakfast Biscuit AND Gallon of Milk (exp 06/02/2012)
-$1/1 Belvita Breakfast Biscuit, 8.8 oz Rolling
Final Price: as low as $1.50 each after coupon

Frank’s Hot Sauce or Vlasic Pickles 2/$4
-$0.35/1 Frank’s Redhot Sauce (exp 06/02/2012)
-$0.75/1 Franks RedHot Sauce 05/13/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
-$0.75/1 Vlasic 04/01/2012 SS Insert (exp 05/31/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.25 each after coupon

Gevalia Kaffee 12 oz $6.99, Earn $1 ECB (Limit 1)
Final Price: $5.99 each after ECB

Gold Emblem Granola or Fiber Bars 5-12 ct 2/$4

Gold Emblem Pistachios 18 oz or Natural Whole Almonds 23.5 oz $5.99

Grocery, Select Earn $3 ECBs wyb $10 in participating products (Limit 1)
Hellmann’s Mayonnaise 22-30 oz 2/$7
-$1/2 Hellmann’s or Best Foods Products, 16.5 oz+ Rolling
Ragu Pasta Sauce or Bertolli 15-24 oz 3/$5
Skippy Peanut Butter 15-16.3 oz 2/$5
Final Price: varies after coupon and ECBs

Keebler Club Crackers 16 oz or Popcorn Indiana 9-10.5 oz 2/$5*
-$1/3 Keebler Products (exp 06/02/2012)
-$1/1 Popcorn Indiana, any family size bag 5 oz+ 03/25/2012 SS insert (exp 06/30/2012)
-$1/1 Popcorn Indiana Chipins or Popcorn, any bag 6.7 oz+ 03/25/2012 SS insert (exp 06/30/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.50 each after coupon

Kellogg’s Cocoa or Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes Cereals 9-12 oz 3/$5 (Limit 3)
-$0.50/1 Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Gluten Free Cereal,12 oz+ (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals, 10 oz+ 05/13/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$0.50/1 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Cereal (exp 06/10/2012)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals (exp 06/10/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.17 each after coupon

Ocean Spray Juice 64 oz BOGO
-B1G1 Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Drink Get Cherry Free (exp 06/02/2012) (if included)
Final Price: varies after coupon and BOGO wyb 2

Palmolive 10 oz $0.99

Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts 8.75 oz, Whole Cashews 8.5 oz or Nutrition 8.75-10.25 oz 2/$9
-$1/1 Planters Nutrition, 8.75 – 10.25 oz 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 08/31/2012)
-$1/1 Planters Nut-riton Product, 8.75-10.25 oz, excludes bars Rolling
Final Price: $3.50 each after coupon

Planters Peanuts 16 oz 2/$7*

Pop Chips 3 oz 2/$4*

Sun-Maid Raisins or Ocean Spray Craisins $1.99
-$1/1 Ocean Spray Craisins, 5 oz+, p. 88 – 89 Parenting, March 2012 (exp 06/30/2012) 03/06/2012
-$1/1 Ocean Spray Craisins, 5 oz+, any flavor, p. 32 – 33 Family Fun, March 2012 (exp 06/30/2012) 03/05/2012
-$1/1 Ocean Spray Craisins, 5 oz+, p. 68 Parents, March 2012 (exp 06/30/2012) 02/20/2012
Final Price: as low as $0.99 each after coupon

*Free $10 Gas Card wyb $30 in participating products

Blue Diamond Almonds 16 oz $5.49
-$1/1 Blue Diamond Almonds, 16 oz Walgreens IVC, May 2012 (exp 05/26/2012)
Final Price: $4.49 each after coupon

General Mills Select Cereal 10.9-14 oz, Fiber One Bars 5 pack, Nature Valley Bars or Thins 6 or 10 packs $2.49
Honey Nut Cheerios shown
-$0.50/1 General Mills Cereal, 10.9 – 14 oz, Nature Valley Bars or Thins, 6 or 10 pk, or Fiber One Bars, 6 pk or Brownies, 6 pk Walgreens IVC, May 2012 (exp 05/26/2012) AND
-$1/2 General Mills Cereals (exp 06/05/2012)
-$1/2 General Mills Cheerios Cereals (exp 06/02/2012)
-$1/3 General Mills Cereals 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
Final Price: as low as $1.49 each after coupons wyb 2

Gevalia Kaffee 12 oz $6.99

Groceries, Select Earn $5 RR wyb $15 in participating products (Limit 1)
Hellmann’s Mayonnaise 22 or 30 oz $3
-$1/2 Hellmann’s or Best Foods Products, 16.5 oz+ Rolling
Lipton Tea Bags 2/$6 (or $3.29 wyb 1)
-$0.40/1 Lipton Tea Bags, Tea & Home to Go or Pitcher Size or Iced Tea Mix 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/17/2012)
Ragu Pasta Sauce 16-24 oz 3/$5 (or $2.29 wyb 1)
Final Price: varies after coupons and RR

Nice! Cashew Halves & Pieces 8 or 9.25 oz or Pistachios 10 oz or Mixed Nuts 10.3 oz $2.99

Nice! Dried Fruit 3-7 oz $0.79

Nice! Pure Honey 32 oz $4.99 with in-ad coupon (Limit 3)

Ocean Spray Drink or Juice 64 oz 2/$5 with in-ad coupon (Limit 4)
-B1G1 Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Drink Get Cherry Free (exp 06/02/2012) (if included)
Final Price: $1.25 each after coupons wyb 2

Condiments, Select 2/$3 (or $2.59 wyb 1)
French’s Mustard 14 oz
-$0.30/1 French’s Classic Yellow or Spicy Brown Mustard 05/13/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/15/2012)
-$0.30/1 French’s Classic Yellow or Spicy Brown Mustard 03/25/2012 SS Insert (exp 05/31/2012)
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

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops, Corn Flakes or Rice Krispies 8.7-16.5 oz $1.97
-$1/3 Kellogg’s Cereals, 10 oz+ 05/13/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/24/2012)
-$0.50/1 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Cereal (exp 06/10/2012)
-$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 $1.47 each after coupon

Planters Mixed Nuts 10.3 oz or Cashews 8 oz $3.49

Rite Aid Pantry Apple Juice or Vegetable Juice 64 oz, Earn $1 +UP Reward wyb 2 (Limit 2)

Rite Aid Pantry Peanuts 24 oz BOGO

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.

Breakfast for dinner…yes, please!

Light and tasty summer dinner…yes, please!

Powerful flavors in a simple dish…yes, please!

This is actually one of my favorite quiches, that I usually make with ground sausage…but I swapped out the sausage for mushrooms…and the result was amazing!

(Find a slew of mushroom recipes and “swapability ideas” on the Mushroom Love Pinterest Board.)

I’ve saved a slice for you! And while you may not be able to download this dinner from the computer onto your table, you can still make it yourself…

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

There is scheduled to be 1 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum in this weekend’s paper.

• $1/1 Best Foods, 16.5 oz+ 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/17/2012)
• $0.75/2 Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie or Dessert Bar Mixes 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/14/2012)
• $1/1 Bounty Basic Towels, 6 roll 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
• $0.50/1 Bounty Quilted Napkins 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
• $0.55/1 Chinet Classic White Plates or Bowls 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/29/2012)
• $0.50/2 Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
• $1/1 Finish Power UP Booster 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/17/2012)
• $1/3 General Mills Cereals 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
• $1/1 Glade Freezerware 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $1/1 Heinz 57, 10 oz+ 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 08/20/2012)
• $0.50/2 Heinz Homestyle Beans 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/08/2012)
• $0.50/1 Heinz Tomato Ketchup 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/19/2012)
• $1/2 Jack Daniel’s BBQ, 19 oz+ 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $0.75/1 Jack Daniel’s Marinade in a Bag 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $0.75/1 Johnsonville Burgers 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/30/2012)
• $1/2 Kraft Dressings or Kraft Sizzling Salads Dinner Kits 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/17/2012)
• $0.75/1 La Victoria Tortillas 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/29/2012)
• $0.40/1 Lipton Tea Bags, Tea & Home to Go or Pitcher Size or Iced Tea Mix 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/17/2012)
• $0.60/1 Otria Green Yogurt Veggie Dip 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $0.50/1 Palmolive Dish Liquid, 20 oz+ 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/09/2012)
• $0.55/1 Philadelphia Cooking Creme 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 06/23/2012)
• $1/1 Planters Nutrition, 8.75 – 10.25 oz 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 08/31/2012)
• $1/1 So Delicious Dairy Free 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $0.75/1 Weber Seasoning or 2 Marinade Packets 05/20/2012 SS Insert (exp 07/31/2012)
• $0.25/1 Wish-Bone Dressing 05/20/2012 RP Insert (exp 06/17/2012)

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

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