Podcast appearances and mentions of erin chase

Grocery budget hurting?Erin Chase of $5 Dinners has been making inexpensive meals to save her family's grocery budget since the real estate crisis of 2008. She says the current inflation problem is similar in how it's making people feel about money and savings, and it's TIME to pay attention to your food budget, no matter who you are.In this episode, prepare to learn:How to stay ahead of the curve and adapt to the ever-changing worldWhy thinking about your dinner cost is even more important than finding a sale or thinking about what's in your cart at the momentThe most important part of the meal to focus on to cut costsHow one appliance can make a huge difference in your planningErin's awesome four-step process to gradually let go and teach kids to cookHow parents need to be intentional about teaching budgeting to kids (and it's a lot more like raising toddlers than you think!)We guarantee you'll learn at least one (hopefully many!) hack to save time, money, or stress while you nourish your family!Erin is a camp leader at #LifeSkillsNow summer camp, season 3, teaching kids how to make double the food in half the time – yum!Register for free!Resources We Mention for Cutting Your Grocery BudgetFind Erin onlineFeeding Teenage Boys on a BudgetSome of my tips for saving money on foodTeaching kids to meal plan and budget for groceriesHow to stretch your meat to maximize your grocery dollar5 steps to meal plan on a budget Kitchen Stewardship Kids Cook Real Food Register for #LifeSkillsNow Season 3 Virtual Summer Camp! follow Katie on Instagram follow Kids Cook Real Food on Facebook Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates YouTube shorts channel for HPH Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!

Whether you know it or not, “shrinkflation” is costing you. You're paying more for less, as manufacturers boast record profits. Your paycheck is getting eaten away faster and faster every month, but you're left with the same amount of stuff. How did this happen, and when is it going to stop? Phil Lempert, AKA the “SupermarketGuru,” has been analyzing consumer behavior, marketing trends, and the retail landscape for over two decades. Now, he's sharing thetricks manufacturers use to get you to spend more while expecting less. Shrinkflation has become such a severe problem that even the president of the United States has recently mentioned its damaging effects on the American household. Phil gives us the inside scoop on why prices are rising while sizes shrink, how retailers are actually fighting back to get customers the savings they deserve, and which products are seeing the most shrinkflation today. Phil also shares his top tips to beat shrinkflation and save more money every month, how to show the companies that you WON'T put up with their price gouging games, easy ways to identify shrinkflation, and the supermarket chains that give you the best bang for your buck. If you're tired of seeing your grocery bill inflate while your bank account shrinks, this is an episode you cannot miss! In This Episode We Cover Shrinkflation explained, and how manufacturers are taking advantage of Americans Products that are seeing the most shrinkflation and which items to avoid Why America's need for “choice” is making shrinkflation even worse The grocery stores and brands that are the best for budget-conscious shoppers How to identify shrinkflation and the sneaky tricks manufacturers play to get you to spend more for less How to take action against shrinkflation and tell brands to STOP ripping you off! And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group Network with Other Investors on The Path to FIRE Through the BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Scott on BiggePockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Find Investor-Friendly Lenders Cutting Your Grocery Bill in Half with Erin Chase from $5 Dinners Persuasion Secrets and Predatory Practices Businesses Use on YOU Supermarket Savings Tips: How to Avoid Shrinkflation as Some Companies Give Consumers Less Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-518 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Family Forum Friday on the Homeschooling Families Podcast. Today,  Leslie Nunnery is joined by Erin Chase of $5 Dinners. We imagine that you're at least a month into your back to homeschool routine, and we hope you're getting comfortable with your curriculum and general plan for school, but have you got your plan in place for all the other things that you are privileged to do for your family? Today, we're going to dive into a question that many are asking about this time—in the middle of everything else I have to do, how can I feed my family well and cost-effectively?  Erin Chase is going to give us some insight on meal planning, prep, and even money-saving tips so you can have a confident plan of action for the first breakfast, second breakfast, and the myriad of other meals your family asks for each day.  Meet The Guest:Erin is on a mission to help busy, overwhelmed home chefs learn to spend less money on groceries and get organized in the kitchen. Beyond the money savings, she's helped many people come to enjoy cooking again and help them stop feeling stressed and overwhelmed with feeding their families every single night. She lives with her husband and 4 hungry, growing boys in San Antonio, TX. You can find more information about Erin at www.5DollarDinners.com. Topics Covered In This Episode:Setting the Stage for Back-to-Homeschool SeasonThe Art of Meal Planning and PrepSaving Money Without Sacrificing NutritionCooking as a Family ActivityAdditional Resources:Find out more about Erin and $5 Dinners HERE

Welcome to Family Forum Friday on the Homeschooling Families Podcast. Today,  Leslie Nunnery is joined by Erin Chase of $5 Dinners. We imagine that you're at least a month into your back to homeschool routine, and we hope you're getting comfortable with your curriculum and general plan for school, but have you got your plan in place for all the other things that you are privileged to do for your family? Today, we're going to dive into a question that many are asking about this time—in the middle of everything else I have to do, how can I feed my family well and cost-effectively?  Erin Chase is going to give us some insight on meal planning, prep, and even money-saving tips so you can have a confident plan of action for the first breakfast, second breakfast, and the myriad of other meals your family asks for each day.  Meet The Guest: Erin is on a mission to help busy, overwhelmed home chefs learn to spend less money on groceries and get organized in the kitchen. Beyond the money savings, she's helped many people come to enjoy cooking again and help them stop feeling stressed and overwhelmed with feeding their families every single night. She lives with her husband and 4 hungry, growing boys in San Antonio, TX. You can find more information about Erin at www.5DollarDinners.com.  Topics Covered In This Episode: Setting the Stage for Back-to-Homeschool Season The Art of Meal Planning and Prep Saving Money Without Sacrificing Nutrition Cooking as a Family Activity Additional Resources: Find out more about Erin and $5 Dinners HERE   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Picture this: your grocery bill, cut in half. Sounds impossible, right? Not when you've got the queen of budget-friendly meals, Erin Chase, guiding you through the art of frugal feasting! Erin, founder of $5Dinner.com and author of the $5Dinner Mom Cookbook series, joins us for a chat that's sure to change how you shop, cook, and eat. From navigating the grocery store during turbulent times to leveraging store apps for the best sales, Erin's expertise is a lifeline for those looking to save a buck without sacrificing the joy of a good meal. But it's not just about saving money, it's also about gaining confidence in the kitchen. Erin shares her secrets to discovering the joy of cooking. She serves up tips on creating simple yet delicious meals, cutting down on dining out, and preventing food waste by stocking up on freezer-friendly options. With Erin's wisdom, you'll not only save money but also rediscover the delights of home-cooking. So, ready to cook up some savings? Join us for this insightful chat with Erin Chase.Connect With Erin:Get the recipes, shopping lists and step-by-step directions for putting 10 meals together and into the freezer.Check out her website hereFollow her on social media:@5dollardinners (Tw/IG/Threads)@5dollardinnersfans (FB) Grab my FREE Investing Starter Kit! Follow Allison on Instagram! @inspiredbudget Read the full show notes here on the blog! Take my FREE class on How to Budget to Build wealth!

How do you manage your time when you're a parent running an online business? In today's episode, we discuss: Prolific content strategy! How to price your membership Creating multiple streams of income through multiple memberships How to start, build, and grow a membership while raising your family! Today's guest on The Flipped Lifestyle Podcast is an amazing friend of mine and Jocelyn's - Erin Chase of 5 Dollar Dinners (5dollardinners.com). Erin has been in the online business world for 12 years (that's pioneer-level stuff)! She has been out there helping families save money on their grocery bill and save time on their dinner plans for a long, long time and she is here today to tell us about her membership site! Erin is a true master of the low-price membership offer! Our spotlight speaker is our very own Lydia Lane! Lydia is our Customer Support Specialist at Flipped Lifestyle. She is also a personal trainer, nutrition coach, wife, pastry chef, and most importantly- Mom. Lydia has exercised her entire life, but everything changed when she had kids. Her passion is helping Moms find their confidence by building strong, healthy bodies and minds. Check her out at —  https://www.busymomfit.com There's tons of value in this episode of the podcast because we're also answering a question from the Flipped Lifestyle Community forums! What should I focus on once my product is done? Register For Flipped Lifestyle's Start Your Online Business Challenge: flippedlifestyle.com/register We would love to have you as a member of The Flipped Lifestyle Community!  We believe you have God-given talents and experiences you can use to start an online business!  All you need is 100 people to pay you $50/m online to make $5,000/m, $60,000/y!  Let us help you start a membership of your own. Click here to learn more: https://flippedlifestyle.com  

$5 Dinners are a great thing to teach people and Erin Chase has figured out how to turn a recipe website into a business. Get your tickets to the Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference here: https://masterpassiveincome.com/rewbconGet $50 OFF with the the promo code: dustinGet the FREE Real Estate Investing Course: https://masterpassiveincome.com/freecoursesuYoutube: https://successfullyunemployed.co/youtube// WHAT TO WATCH NEXTStart a Podcast: https://youtu.be/YdKKwSSOnJAMake Money Online: https://youtu.be/WDkRHg3uxR0Flea Market Flipper: https://youtu.be/MYEoeQPT-5E//BEST BUSINESS COURSES I RECOMMENDStart an Online Business: https://successfullyunemployed.co/p24Start a podcast: https://successfullyunemployed.co/podcourseMake money on Etsy: https://successfullyunemployed.co/goldcityCreate a Facebook Ads Agency: https://successfullyunemployed.co/laptopempiresMake $ from nothing as a Flea Market Flipper: https://successfullyunemployed.co/fleamarketflipperLearn how to invest in land: https://successfullyunemployed.co/retipsterLearn more about Dustin and find resources to build an automatic real estate investing business:https://masterpassiveincome.com/NOTE: This description may contains affiliate links to products we enjoy using ourselves. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. We appreciate your support!

Today, Erin Chase joins me to offer ideas and inspiration for making your next Thanksgiving celebration one to remember—even with inflation! From meal planning to special touches that you can add, Thanksgiving is worth celebrating! SHOW NOTES --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/support

Do you own a slow cooker or a pressure cooker? Then you can make freezer meals! With inflation at record levels, many families are looking for ways to make their food budget go further. Today, Erin Chase joins Heidi with tons of great ideas for meal planning and tips for making home meals healthy and affordable. SHOW NOTES --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/support

With inflation at 8.3%, many families are feeling the pinch at the grocery store and certainly at restaurants. While it can be frustrating to see food costs increase, it can also be fruitful, as more families are being intentional about eating at home. Mealtimes are made for connecting, and so today, Erin Chase, founder of 5dollardinners.com joins Heidi to talk about the importance of family meals and offers tips to stretch your family food budget! It starts with being intentional before your head to the grocery store. SHOW NOTES --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heidistjohn/support

Answering your questions and sharing stories from the set of Big Bad Budget Battle, episode 3!  Get the recipes here: https://www.5dollardinners.com/big-bad-budget-battle-recipes-erin-chase/ 

Join Erin on today's show and learn the 7 cooking skills all kids must know before adulthood hits! https://www.5dollardinners.com/whis-kid

The cost of food is soaring as inflation continues to rise and we're all feeling it in our pocket books. We have people to feed. So what can we do to lower these expenses? Erin Chase of $5 Dinners, has been cutting costs left and right at the store. She joins Dr. Kristin to share her strategies on how to make affordable meals and what to look out for when you're cruising the store aisles.   Learn more about Erin Chase and her budget friendly family meals at www.5dollardinners.com!   Learn more about Dr. Kristin and the podcast at www.kristinsaxena.com!

Erin Chase has been in the online business world for 12 years (that's pioneer-level stuff)! She has been helping families save money on their grocery bills and save time on their dinner plans for a long, long time, and she is here today to tell us about her membership site! Erin is a true master of the low-price membership offer! Today we are going talk about: How Erin built her amazing audience How she started getting traffic to her site Erin's prolific content strategy! How to price your membership Creating multiple streams of income through multiple memberships Start, build, and grow a membership while raising your family!

Welcome to Season 5 of the podcast! It's only February so maybe you're still working on your new year's resolutions, but with inflation and the high cost of food, it's not easy to eat healthy and feed your family on a budget. The good news is that there are quick and easy ways to save money at the grocery store—as much as $30 a week!   In this episode, I sat down with Erin Chase, founder of 5DollarDinners.com. Erin's mission is to help busy, overwhelmed people spend less money on groceries and get organized in the kitchen. In addition to saving money, she teaches people how to enjoy cooking again and feel less stressed and overwhelmed with feeding their families every single night. Erin lets us in on the sneaky ways you can spend too much at the grocery store, her favorite budget-friendly foods, and where to shop to get the best deals. She also talks about meal planning, apps, and how to eat healthy on a budget.  Welcome 1:58 Let's talk about your story! 3:05 Why are food prices so high and should we expect they will keep increasing? 5:13 What are some surprising ways you can unintentionally spend extra money? 9:50 How can we eat healthy and still save money? 10:02 How do we determine the unit price of food and save money on groceries? 15:00 What are your favorite budget-friendly foods? 16:25 Can buying frozen fruits and vegetables help you save money? 19:29 Is online grocery shopping a good way to save money? 22:40 Are there better retailers than others where you can save money? 25:13 What about the local butcher or farmers' market? 26:24 Writing a grocery list or using a grocery shopping list app is simple so how can it help you to save money? 27:26 What's the easiest way to do meal planning? 31:00 Is Wednesday the best day of the week to save money? 31:58 Do you have a favorite cashback or discount app? LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW Julie mentions that she interviewed Erin for FIRST for Women magazine. Julie mentions this recent study which found food prices are up 6.4% over the past year. Erin mentions Sprouts stores. Erin mentions the Flipp app and Julie mentions the Fetch Rewards app. Learn more about Erin on 5DollarDinners.com and follow her on Instagram.  FROM OUR PARTNERS Kids Cook Real Food eCourse The Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, created by a mom of 4 and a former elementary school teacher, is designed to build connection, confidence, and creativity in the kitchen. The course includes 30 basic cooking skills, 45 videos including several bonuses, printable supply and grocery shopping lists, and kid-friendly recipes. The course is designed for all kids ages 2 to teen and has three different skill levels. More than 18,000 families have taken the course and The Wall Street Journal named it the #1 cooking class for kids. Sign up now for the Kids Cook Real Food ecourse and get a free lesson for being a “Food Issues” listener. 

When starting the new year, there's a lot of things you have to get in order for your business to thrive. More often than not, you're doing the job of 5+ people as a content creator.Enter automation. Automating work frees up time and helps you focus your attention where it's needed. Erin Chase from 5 Dollar Dinners joins Jenny Guy, our Senior Director of Marketing, in a conversation about what automation is and how you should treat these products and services as an "invisible employee". From determining what tasks you should automate to what services could be the right fit for you, you don't want to miss it! (This past episode of Summer of Live was brought to you by BigScoots, a service that offers completely hands-on managed WordPress hosting. Visit their website at https://www.bigscoots.com/) Helpful Resources 5 Dollar DinnersErin's Meal Planning WorkshopFreezer Friendly Dump Dinners CookbookFreezer Cooking ToolsWhis-Kid Cooking Lessons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DkDp-0WcM&t=125s Transcript JENNY GUY: It's Thursday, August 20, which means that summer is winding down. Sad face for some of us. Some people are all fall and have been waiting for Halloween to begin. Since I have an awesome food blogger on today, I decided that we should kick off this episode with food talk even though she's not really here to talk food. So for your hello, welcome, post in the comments, what end-of-summer produce are you making the most of while it still lasts? Or are you canning? Tell us in the comments what late summer goodies your loving. Gifts, emojis, recipe links, whatever butters your bread with late summer produce, drop it in there, and that's what we're talking about today. And while you are spamming us with comments I wanted to let you know that this episode is brought to you by BigScoots. BigScoots offers completely hands on managed WordPress hosting purpose built with WordPress in mind to deliver industry leading performance and reliability. They proactively dig deep into your specific WordPress website to find optimizations and page speed performance improvements that other hosts just don't have time for. As your WordPress partner, they will be laser-focused on your individual site catching issues before they impact you or your site's visitors. And are always working hard behind the scenes to ensure things are secure and running smoothly without having to be asked. For more information on BigScoots, check out their website. We're going to share that in the comments for you. We are so glad to have BigScoots. They're so fun. Oh, yay. And we're already getting wonderful comments from people what they're doing with their late summer produce. We've got white nectarines. Yeah, Carol Bryant. Good call. Tomato cucumber salad. Yep. Canning salsa, diced tomatoes, pasta sauce, and pickled okra, Rachel. You're putting us all to shame. OK. I will go. I will go back to the food in a minute. But for the topic at hand, as I already mentioned, my guest is a pretty big deal in the blogging world. And for her specific food focus she really emphasizes saving home cooks-- their sanity, their money, making their lives easier. And she is here today to do the same for all of our audience websites. Free up your time and your energy so you can focus on the high level and high priority tasks in your business with automations. And I have been wanting to sing the-- [LAUGHS] do you know the Pointer Sisters song? (SINGING) Automatic. I've been wanting to-- every time I say, automations, I want to go, (SINGING) automations. Every time. So just so you know. Erin Chase is here. She is the founder of $5 Dinners and 5dollarmealplan.com, grocerybudgermakeover.com, myfreezeasy.com, and author of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook series. She is on a mission to help busy, overwhelmed home chefs learn to spend less money on groceries and get organized in the kitchen. Her courses and membership programs have helped tens o...

Erin Chase is the queen of the $5 dinner! She is on a mission to help busy, overwhelmed home chefs learn to spend less money on groceries and get organized in the kitchen. In this podcast, Erin talks about why she's passionate about being frugal and how being so can benefit all parts of your life. She shares her tips on couponing, meal planning and the top 3 ways we overspend in the grocery store. 5dollardinners.com/

The Erin Chase Show - Creating “Time Margin” ahead of the holidays…

Daily Planning & “Scrum” for Regular People Wait...what?!? Let me explain...  

The ERIN CHASE SHOW - Themed Meal Planning!!! This could be the magic strategy and structure that your family's meal plans need!

Septuary?!? Like...September is the new January?! This month, I'm chatting all things meal planning and today it's all about Sunday Meal Prep Tips & Hacks!

Are you taking the wrong approach to meal planning?! Let's find out...

Thanks for tuning into today's episode! As promised, here are the $5 Dinners blog post links that were mentioned...check them out when you have a minute!    Cookie Dough:  https://www.5dollardinners.com/how-to-freeze-cookie-dough/    Smoothie Packs:  https://www.5dollardinners.com/make-ahead-smoothie-packs/    Breakfast Tacos:  https://www.5dollardinners.com/baking-day-part-2-and-3/    Breakfast Sandwiches:  https://www.5dollardinners.com/avocado-egg-breakfast-sandwich-how-to-make-baked-eggs-with-cilantro-in-muffin-tin/    or    https://www.5dollardinners.com/make-ahead-the-perfect-christmas-morning-sandwich/    Muffins/Quick Breads:  https://www.5dollardinners.com/chocolate-chip-banana-bread-recipe/    xo Erin  

Meals that only require 15 minutes hands-on time?!? Or just 5-ingredients?! LET ME TELL YOU MORE!! https://store.erinchase.io/collections/cookbooks-prep-kits

All about the FASTEST Meals EVER! A look at the how, why, and who of MyFreezEasy!!! www.MyFreezEasy.com, www.erinchase.io

It's Back to School Lunch Organization Time... Join me as I organize our snack & lunch packing supplies and go over how we set up lunch packing stations! MUST READ Back to School Info for YOU! https://www.5dollardinners.com/31-days-of-school.../ https://www.5dollardinners.com/ultimate-back-to-school.../ https://myfreezeasy.com/the-best-back-to-school-freezer.../

THE ERIN CHASE SHOW…continuing with our money theme this month…   Today we're talking about maintaining positive money thoughts!   This has been a CHALLENGE this past year, huh?!? www.erinchase.io

~ 5 Keys to Personal Money Management during Inflationary Seasons www.grocerybudgetmakeover.com www.erinchase.io

3 Ways to Fight Against Rising Food Prices from Inflation & "Shrink-flation" Download Spending Trackers FREE: https://www.5dollardinners.com/fight-food-prices-inflation/ www.erinchase.io

It's nice to hear a fan of the BiggerPockets Money Show talk about how they are on the path to financial freedom. It's even nicer when we hear that the fan, Melissa Yi, went from a negative net worth to now $100k+ due to some simple tips from Scott and Mindy.Melissa had stints in her childhood where she was facing homelessness, not knowing where her next meal was coming from. She worked hard after high school and ended up at a job that offered to pay for her college education. A year away from graduating, she made the decision to quit, without savings, another job lined up, or a way to pay for school. She took out student loans, auto loans, and sunk into credit card debt.At one point, Melissa looked around and realized she had a lot of stuff. Stuff that wasn't doing anything for her, except for filling up her garage. She sold what she could, started bringing in side income streams, and stopped eating out. These small changes allowed her to slowly pay off her debt and get to a positive net worth. Now, she's at the $100k+ point and slowly coasting her way to financial independence! In This Episode We CoverThe importance of financial education when growing up Taking advantage of company-sponsored tuition reimbursement Why you should never cash out your 401(k) or other retirement accounts Credit card debt and why it's so bad for uninformed consumers Using a live in flip to make a killer profit while paying $0 in taxesSetting up retirement accounts and maxing them out whenever possibleAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowBiggerPockets Money Facebook GroupBiggerPockets ForumsFinance Review Guest OnboardingScott's InstagramMindy's TwitterMelissa's Facebook PostCutting Your Grocery Bill in Half with Erin Chase from $5 Dinners Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/moneyshow210Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

MOUNT WASHMORE - that pile of clean clothes that we can never seem to find the bottom of?! Here's how to work together as a team to keep laundry moving and under control. Let's talk about teaching kids how to do the laundry! Shall we?! www.erinchase.io

Let's chat CHORES - paid vs. unpaid, how to motivate your kiddos, how to set up a structure and a routine to keep your home in order. Yes, I know the “memories are in the mess” but it's equally important to teach your kids about respecting and caring for their personal space. Let's talk about how to balance the fun and the responsibility! https://www.5dollardinners.com/chores-for-the-boys/

2 Ways to How to Teach Your Kids to Cook - One Might Surprise You! In this week's episode, I'm walking you through 2 ways to teach your kids to cook! https://store.erinchase.io/collections/whis-kid

The One Productivity Thing I Don’t Skip - EVER! One key to living intentionally is thinking and planning ahead. I have this routine drilled this into both my workflows in the business, as well as into my life. Listen to how I “operate” with my evening and end of work day routines!

The Importance of Routines and Workflows in the Kitchen Around Mealtimes Are the routines and flows in and around your kitchen and dinner table working FOR or AGAINST you? In this episode, I’m breaking down the 3 LAYERS of routines that you MUST have in place for mealtimes. www.erinchase.io

Habits & routines are the foundation of living an intentional life, and that’s why we are talking about them all month long. In this episode, I want you to think about the habits and routines you have rolling through your life...and come up with just 1 new one to implement. Starting with your morning routine…

Setting yourself up for success in the kitchen...by having the right ingredients and gadgets on hand!! Some of the gadgets and resources mentioned today can be found in my online shop...check it out here: www.erinchase.io

Find out the MOST EFFICIENT way to prep meals for the freezer. I’m teaching you everything you need to know, plus the why behind MyFreezEasy! www.erinchase.io

The Who, What, When, Where, Why of the GROCERY BUDGET MAKEOVER!!!   https://store.erinchase.io/pages/2021-gbm   www.grocerybudgetmakeover.com/join   www.erinchase.io

Today’s guest is an amazing friend of mine and Jocelyn’s - Erin Chase of 5 Dollar Dinners (5dollardinners.com) Erin has been in the online business world for 12 years (that’s pioneer-level stufff)! She has been out their helping families save money on their grocery bill and save time on their dinner plan for a long, long time and she is here today to tell us about her membership site! Erin is a true master of the low-price membership offer! Today we are going learn about: How Erin built her amazing audience How she started getting traffic to her site Erin’s prolific content strategy! How to price your membership Creating multiple streams of income through multiple memberships Start, build, and grow a membership while raising your family!

We'll be talking about the importance of-- but also the challenge and struggle of family dinners and how to effectively and efficiently plan dinners for your family. Erin Chase shares some really helpful tips and information, and I believe that even if you've struggled in this area, you'll leave this podcast encouraged and excited to see changes in your family's meal time habits. Additional Resources: Find out more about Erin Chase and $5 Dinners HERE Register for one of our LIVE TTD Events HERE! Price increase coming soon! Download the free Teach Them Diligently app and stream all the TTD Podcasts and more on demand. Enroll in Heart School and learn how you can more effectively  disciple your children through home education. This class is good for new homeschoolers and veterans alike.

On the podcast this week, I am talking with my good friend, Erin Chase of $5 Dinners, about how she went about getting a million views for story pins on Pinterest.  Now, before you roll your eyes about story pins, let me say that Erin and I had a very targeted conversation on how toContinue reading The post #214 – Story Pins on Pinterest: One MILLION Views! appeared first on Simple Pin Media.

Erin Chase from $5 dinners has jumped head first into Story pins and she just reached 1 million views of her story pins. We're talking today about her simple strategy and what's worked for her growth.

#049: In this episode, I’m talking with Erin Chase, founder of $5 Dinners and MyFreezEasy. Her new project Whis-Kid, which was born out of the COVID shutdown, is helping give thousands of kids an important life skill—healthy, affordable cooking—and can create helpers for you at home! Erin will share how her cooking curriculum and guided videos work for teaching kids to cook, the perfect tasks in the kitchen for every age group, and how to handle the dreaded clean-up after your kids cook in the kitchen. Her tips are so fun and will make you want to get in the kitchen to try out a new recipe with your littles. (01:25) Erin shares her quarantine project and how it’s since helped thousands of kids (14:11) The perfect age for you to start cooking with your kids and being intentional with cooking lessons (25:45) Where you can start if you’ve never felt like you have great cooking skills (27:53) As kids are leaving the nest and going off to college, here are the basic kitchen necessities that they will need  (34:52) How to handle cleanup in the kitchen with your kids so it doesn’t drive you crazy (41:20) Chelsea’s Top Takeaways Looking for more information, mama? Visit the show notes at https://www.smartmoneymamas.com/erin  Check out Whis-Kid, Erin's cookbook for kids with guided video lessons: https://smartmoneymamas.com/whiskid Family Money Values Template: https://smartmoneymamas.com/family-money-values-template/ Thank you to our partner, Policygenius, for helping make this episode possible. Get multiple quotes for high-quality life, homeowners, or disability insurance and find the best rates for your family at https://policygenius.com/smartmoneymamas 

EP:21 The $5 Dollar Dinner Mom, guest Erin Chase Julie Emerson: [00:00:00] Welcome to Debt-Proof Living with Mary Hunt. Today's episode is brought to you by Mvelopes.  That's M, like Mary, v-e-l-o-p-e-s. Mvelopes uses the tried and true envelope budget system all in one easy app. Give every dollar a purpose! Mvelopes.com. And now, Here's Mary!    Mary Hunt: [00:00:27]Hello, Everybody! I'm so happy  you're with me today. This is Debt-Proof Living with Mary Hunt. And this is very, very exciting because guess what? We have a guest . I'm so thrilled that Erin Chase is the $5 dinner mom is going to join us today. Welcome Erin!    Erin Chase: [00:00:47]Hello. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to chat today.   Mary Hunt: [00:00:53]This is great. I have followed you for so long. You won't believe it. But first I want to, I want to let my readers, my listeners know more about  Erin.  Erin Chase, she's known as the $5 Dinner Mom is -  I know, nobody can believe it. We're going to have to get into that with her. She says that she has a little problem. She cannot make a meal that costs more than $5. Even if she tries her brain just will no longer allow it. Through her websites and classes, $5dinners.com, $5mealplan, Grocery Budget Makeover, My Freeze Easy, My Efficient Kitchen, Electric Pressure Cooking 101. Erin now is on a mission to help us spend a whole lot less of our hard earned money on groceries. Erin is a Texas native graduate of Texas Christian University. You know, the TCU Horned Frogs. A few short months after graduation, she found herself-Whoa- in the Dominican Republic as a missionary and a high school teacher. She learned all she needed to know about meal planning and grocery shopping on a budget. All in a third world country using foreign currency. Back in the late summer of 2008, Aaron began couponing loving the challenge of coming up with meals that costs under $5, $5 for the entire meal. That's just not per person. And one night as she was cleaning up the dishes from dinner, she thought of this phrase $5 dinners. The first website was born. Now she and her husband and their four boys live in Texas. And when she's not couponing, grocery shopping or blogging. Erin enjoys date nights, training for and running half marathons, hanging out outside, reading and hanging out with her girlfriends. I'm so happy you're here, Erin. I can't wait to learn more. First. I have a little story to tell. I was sitting at my computer. I can almost tell you about the year. I'm not gonna, I might be a little bit off. But I was getting a lot of email, a lot of things popping up and there was this [00:03:00] TV chef named Rachel Ray, who popped up on my screen. I don't know why, but she had a guest on her show. And it was this amazing woman. Young girl actually looks just not the same as you look today. Exactly. She had her on her show and it was just the most amazing thing that she was confident that she could make dinners for $5, not just per person. And you blew Rachel Ray and her audience away. Now tell me, had you been doing this for a long time or was this kind of new for you?    Erin Chase: [00:03:40]Well, when I, first of all, I love that you caught that segment. They- I've been on Rachel's show twice. And the first time was in April of 2009 and I started $5 dinners in August of 2008. So it wasn't that long after. And they featured me in that first segment in a People Who Were Saving Money Across America. It was just, you know, random people. I just happened to have a blog that went with it and really how I ended up there is I just, she and, Whoopi Goldberg was a guest on her show. We're talking, you know, around the same time I started the blog, they were talking about, like a fat tax ,or something like that. Like insurance companies were going to charge people if they didn't lose weight. And like, this was, you know, 2008 and they were talking about how eating healthy was too expensive. And I was like, excuse me, I have a few things to say about that. So I wrote in on there, like. On their website, just like wrote into the, like, have me on your show. I wasn't, I mean, I maybe wanted to be on the show, but I didn't really know. And. Six months after. So that was, that would have been August. So it was not long.  I, we taped and it aired very quickly. So probably March, they called me and were like, Hey, we'd like what you have to say to me, like what you're doing, we're going to send a crew to your house. And I was like, wait, what? So yeah, there I was. And then I went back again to share some recipes from one of my cookbooks, a couple of years later when those were published.   Mary Hunt: [00:05:13]Well, that helped to launch your career. Definitely. But I'll tell you something, Erin, I have followed you. I am so excited that we may be able to do things together in the future for my audience, because you fill a niche that nobody else does. But now listen, I mean, you've got to be absolutely truthful with me here. You have four sons and a husband. Okay. Five male eaters and yourself, $5 for a dinner. Tell us what, what does that mean? Does that mean $5 for just, a one dish or is that, is that the meal? Explain that to us.    Erin Chase: [00:05:57]So I think that it's more of a different way of thinking about your groceries and a different way of thinking about how much you're spending on a  meal. So when I started $5 dinners, it was in 2008 and I had two very young boys. now those boys are teenagers. And they, you know, it was a little bit different now I would say I'm making six, seven, maybe $8 dinners. It just cause I need more protein to feed these people. But the idea is don't get hung up on the $5, but I want you to hang up on and I want you to dial in on is how much are you spending per meal and what can you do to reduce the overall meal costs? Right? So when $5dinners very first started, and I still try to go for these price points, but it really we'll get into this in a little bit, but the protein cost is really the most important cause that's generally the most expensive part of any meal. So $5 a breakdown of a $5 meal would be 2.50 a person for protein. A $1.50ish for veggies or fruit, and then $1ish [00:07:00] for starch and starch is generally whatever the carbs are. Let's say, if you're doing a, you know, kind of a food plate balanced meal, so starches are super cheap. I mean, you can do rice for four people for 20 cents, right? Like, or less even. So it really, if you're just keeping it very simple and that's what I want you to think about. I want you to think about. What can I do to reduce costs kind of around your plate, if you will? And the easiest to start with is the meat, the meat, because, and that's also the most expensive. So I think it's the most important to start with. And I think that's what I want you to do. I want you to say, okay, I'm going to, I'm going to think about my meals. I'm not going to spend more than maybe you need to do $10. Maybe it's $8. Like for me right now, it's eight, the max, but I try to get it closer to five or six. we, you know, it, I think it's all about balance too. So if you do have like a more expensive meal, we really love salmon. that's just one of, that's probably our favorite seafood across the [00:08:00] entire family. And so if I'm going to put salmon on the menu one week, then I'm also gonna do like a big old rice and beans that week as well. Does that make sense? So it kind of balances out that way too.    Mary Hunt: [00:08:17] I love this. And I have enough questions to ask you for a thousand more podcasts. I mean, my brain is just overflowing because not only do I have my own questions and what I want you to tell my audience, I have my email inbox that is just loaded with people who are hungry, no pun intended to learn how they can do better with their money.  And so I want them to know you want them to find you. We're going to do everything we can in our power going forward to make sure that they can do that. So I just have a couple of really fun questions for you. maybe not so fun, but they'll be fun for us. Tell us the details. Do you shop like once every year and get everything all at once or do you do it every day or every week? Do you have a plan? Do you go to many, many stores? Those are the, I'll stop it there.    Erin Chase: [00:09:18]I think you have to find the right cadence for yourself. And I don't want to say you have to do it this way. Cause I don't, there's lots of personalities and lots of scenarios. Some people live in the country and really can only get to a good store once a month kind of deal my personal shopping M.O. and it has been this way for almost the entire time of my $5 dinners  life is weekly shopping with one warehouse run. Which I've, I think, I have been a warehouse store member for maybe seven, eight, eight years now. One of those about every six weeks. So I'll go to the warehouse store every six weeks, maybe five. It kind of depends on this during this pandemic time, it's been a little bit more frequently, but then I'm getting less at the grocery store. I've kind of shifted it around a little bit with the whole stocking up sort of scenario that we're currently in. And, but typically I prefer to get groceries once a week, get the fresh produce.  Meat most of the time comes from a warehouse store, but then I'll sometimes mix it in from the grocery store. It really kinda depends on what's on sale and you know, how I'm doing freezer meals is what it really comes down to for me is when that, when it's happening. So really it's a, for me, it's a cycle of weekly meal planning mixed in with kind of a freezer meal set up once-ish a month. Every five, six weeks, depending on when I'm doing my warehouse store run. And so that's been my cadence because that works really well for me. Both my personality with my schedule with, the sales cycles and all of those things just kind of fit to that particular cadence. other, you know, depending on your situation, I we've heard a lot from people that the going once a week is not enough. And so we also recommend doing [00:11:00] like every four-ish days, every three to four days, so maybe twice a week shopping. and in that case, You would want to be really a lot more granular with what you're buying so that you don't start overbuying. Does that make sense? And so you just have to be really mindful about when you do make a change like this in the way that you're shopping for food, being mindful that it's, it's working for you and you're not overspending. And it's kinda not working against you, if you will. And you know, we, I personally experienced that this last couple of months with having to shift. both budget dollars and the way I shop with the whole stocking up thing and not going out to eat anymore. And all those different things that's kind of shifted around, but it was very mindful of that shift happening. And I'm very mindful that that shifts it's already shifting back to my typical cadence. And so, I really think you've just got to consider those different factors and make your food dollars and your time shopping, whether that's planning and putting in a grocery pickup order, or you're getting into the store and buzzing through it, as fast as you can, you know, with your mask on and your sanitizer in hand, you know, like whatever it is but just being very mindful of the way that you are spending your food dollars.    Julie Emerson:  [00:12:36]Let's take a quick break for just a minute. Okay. Hi, I'm Julie. Producer a Debt Proof Living with Mary Hunt. You know, many of us have the experience in our lives of living paycheck to paycheck. Many people. I know it well, have a difficult time following a budget. But not managing our money as a leading cause of stress in our lives.  That's why Mvelopes created a simple, affordable envelope budgeting program that just works. Mvelopes helps you take control of your future by giving every dollar a purpose, every dollar. A purpose. People who use envelope, see monthly savings of 10% of their spending within six weeks of getting started and they report less anxiety.  And currently Mvelopes is extending their free trial to 60 days for all of their subscriptions. So there's never been a better time to start on a new path. Just click the link in the show notes and sign up today. Risk-free. Okay. Now let's get back to our conversation.     Mary Hunt: [00:13:41] You know, you mentioned that the pandemic and. it, it has changed our lives, in, in lots of ways. And I know that you lost your father recently. you've been through a lot. You had, I think you had some housing issues, right? Didn't your house flood or something, you know, it's, it's, it's easy to stick to all these plans when life goes, as we plan. But I'm just thinking how wonderful it is. And I, I want to ask you the impact that your, that this whole thing, where you have your money in control and you're doing all that. Did, Did that make things easier? I mean, I just want to know how, how do you get to really, really tough times without just throwing it all up in there as that can't do this anymore, you know? I can't stand this budgeting thing anymore. I mean, how have you gotten through this?    Erin Chase:[00:14:36] Well, what, Oh, goodness. Then where were we? How long do we have? yeah, we have had a very rough six months. our house flooded, well, six months ago this week, and then I lost my dad unexpectedly a couple months after that. And then the pandemic hit the following month. And so it was, it's just been a very, grief-ridden on multiple levels. You know, the loss, we didn't lose anything in our house per se, but just the loss of routine and the loss of Just being, we had to move into a rental home. So being somewhere else, you know, that's that. And then of course, grief from losing my dad. Has just it's, that's still obviously going on and then of course the grief of just losing our, our lives, everybody, what, what, however it, the pandemic affected you, everybody was affected in some way. And I think that, in some ways, you know, the very first thing that I did when the whole pandemic thing hit was what are we not spending money on now? That's the very first thing I wrote down. Like maybe the first weekend or so. And I finally cued in of, like how things are changing. Things are changing very fast. What are we not spending money on? We're not going out to eat. We're not buzzing through drive-throughs we're not picking up, a snack at the gas station, like all these different things. I wasn't going to the gym. And so that was the first thing, that I did. And I think that what ultimately it comes down to, you know, both on the, on the money level and on the, just like get me through the day level. really is two things is, is grabbing the silver lining, whatever that may be. So with our house, the silver lining was, I got a pretty much a whole new house. mostly covered by insurance. We did a couple of new upgrades, but it was very clear to me very quickly that despite there was water everywhere and like rugs were soaked and gross. I could still see that we would be getting a new house out of this, you know, and I, with, with, with my dad, Restored not restored. There were never any bad relationships, but just renewed friendships and relationships with my siblings and family members. Such a gift. Even despite all of the, the grief in, in the, it was very dramatic and traumatic, the way that it all happened so quickly and unexpectedly. So I think that even in the midst of the trial, let's say there’s— you've got to, you've got to grab the silver linings and so, you know, pandemic it's. Okay, now I have more time to spend with my kids. Like we have two teenagers, you know, teenagers got it. They get a bad rap, but it's been such a gift getting to spend time with them in a way that I, that, that even just actually not long ago, I thought, okay, we are going to have a driver soon. And I remember as soon as I started driving, I was like, BYE!  I got places to go and people to see. Right? And so I just kept thinking, I've only got a couple months. Left with this kid before he's really setting into that independence business. And so I think that, you know, I, I sit in the feelings and I sit in the grief a lot. There's a lot of resting. There's a lot of stillness that happens. but I think that in all of that, being able to focus on the positive and be able to grab onto the, the things that I'm really grateful for. And being able to see the positives, even in the night. Oh, there were many times where I wanted to throw my hands up, but the kids having to do school at home and you know, all the trying to work. And, but I saw this is an opportunity that I need to redefine my work schedule and I re redefined my entire work week. I've never worked weekends. Ever. No, thank you. I'm good. I don't want to work the weekends. I have worked every single weekend since spring break week. Well, since the pandemic started, but that's because I wasn't working in the mornings and I have shifted around.  And so I think it's being able to recognize and be willing to adapt and change quickly. And then of course, kind of grabbing it and focusing onto the silver lining. So I don't know that that has a whole lot to do with money. But I think that it, when we're in a hard time, when we're in an emergency situation, right, we just moved back into her house. There was a hailstorm five days after we moved into our house. We have to get another new roof. We just got a new roof four years ago. So it's just like, okay, alright. But there's, you know, other plans that we had with, with our house and with our finances. Hold! Hold, please. We got to get a new roof first.  And so, you know, you just, you just have to be, I don't know, kinda gotta go with the punches and got to make tough decisions and got to wait on things. and also grateful for, you know, our contingency fund, and grateful for, you know, my husband and I both work from home on the internet. I've been affected a little bit, but grateful to not have had a job loss. I'm grateful to my husband's in business. He lost a few in person events and classes, but really, he's been able to just shift his focus too. To the other kind of side of his business that wasn't, you know, dealing with live in person. So it's, it's really, yeah. I guess all of that,    Mary Hunt: [00:20:33]I couldn't agree with you more Erin, and, and while maybe, you know, your, your face, you teach about food and budgeting and all that kind of thing. And I'm kind of similar, you know, the whole thing about money. I have come to believe that money is so important to us because it's very important to God. I think it's absolutely true that he that's how God cares for us. He doesn't drop the clothes out of sky and you know, the food doesn't show up on the front step.  I mean, the conduit is God. He sends money into our lives, and asks us to be good stewards of it. And. For what you have gone through is, is horrific. But I think that because you know how to plan and that you are prepared and, and you haven't spent every single nickel and face the pandemic just out of despair. That it's coming through. But, and I think for all of us, I think everyone listening to me, we've all gone through this. And I think that it's very much like mourning. I have not faced in the past few weeks, which you are, but I think there are stages of grief. And for myself, I know I was, I was devastated when they shut everything down and my grandkids could go to school anymore. And it was so sad. I mean, I wept tears of just sobbing. What has happened? And then, and then I go through, you know, I'm sorry to say, but I think it's part of it. I've gone to a real angry stage as well.    Julie Emerson: [00:22:07] Now I have a quick question for you, Erin. One of the things that the quarantine has given us is a lot more time with our family and a lot more time to do projects with each other and to really spend time together. [00:20:38] And if we could just talk a little bit about what's coming up for you and what moms and grandmas and dads and grandpas or aunts and uncles can do with their kids in the kitchen that would be— a we'd love to hear it. So can you tell us more?      Erin Chase: [00:22:35] Yeah. So the week of spring break, March 9th, 10th, 11, I don't know, somewhere in there. when the  whole, you know, quarantine was being talked about and hadn't really started yet, I was at the gym and I kept thinking. If school gets canceled, what am I going to do with my boys? That's I mean, I was on the treadmill for half an hour and I couldn't stop thinking about it. And right towards the end of my run, I was like-kids cooking show live on Facebook. And I was like, okay. So I get home and I am actually leaving to go with my friend to their. ranch, river house, for the weekend of spring break.  We've done that for many years and I was like, I better put something about this on Facebook. So, you know, because we're going to start on Monday because by that point in the afternoon, our school had just announced that they were canceled. So I put it on Facebook. Fun fact. There's no wifi or cell service at the ranch. So I had no idea what was going to happen. So I put it, I put the recipe list. I had written it down on a piece of paper. My husband is driving. I'm making a Canva image on  my phone and I posted it right before we lost, like cell service. And so the next afternoon, my friend and I walked down to the neighbors where they have wifi and I checked in and I was like, Oh, okay, we're going to have a couple of people with us on Monday. So then I posted like an ingredient list real quick. And I'm like, Texting Lauren, like Help! We got to get this out! Like, go, go, go. So anyways, the kids and I did cooking lessons, we did four weeks of 20 lessons, plus the freezer cooking session over in March and then into the end of April and really, you know, It was just such a gift to us. And it's been such a gift to other people. Like I haven't cooked lunch since then. Nothing they're home all the time. They make their own lunches. Most of the time make their own breakfast. Sometimes I jump in there cause it's fun to be all together there in the morning in the kitchen. And really, you know, it's taught them so much. And it's been, you know, I love to cook. I'm a food blogger. I'm here to, I am here for it! but it's also nice to equip them and to kind of work myself out of a job. So we did all of those lessons and decided probably about halfway through,  that I wanted this to be longer than just through this, this quarantine. I wanted it to be longer. So I, I changed it from, you know, school cancellation kids, cooking lessons to whisk kid, which is a play on whisk and whiz. So I want you to be, I want your kids to be whizzes in the kitchen and I want to help them cultivate kind of a lifelong love of cooking and feeding themselves and really just starting with. Recipes that are, both kid-friendly and budget friendly and simple to make, but also have kind of cooking strategies that would apply to other types of recipes, you know, like a skillet meal, when you know how to make a pasta skillet meal, which is kind of like a homemade sort of Hamburger Helper, you  can make dozens, hundreds of different things with just that strategy. So that's, that's what I want to do. So we turn that into a curriculum in a, in a workbook and a guidebook. That we have with stickers, which I'm super excited for the stickers! I know I'm such a nerd and certificates for completion. And so really, you know, it's got everything you need recipes, the guided videos, the shopping lists, and the videos are essentially I'm teaching my boys in my kitchen in the same way as if you I'm also teaching your child in your kitchen.  It's, it's filmed and taught in that way. So all you gotta do is get the ingredients, which you probably have a lot of them already. And then just let, let me teach them, you know, while you're kind of watching from the corner. So that's the idea behind WhizKid, which I'm super excited about. It has been, I'm actually going to have my boys. They only, I worked with one boy at a time. And so they learned certain things with me and I'm going to have them go through this summer, the other things that they didn't learn yet. So they'll get their whole complete go at it with everything. And, you know, it's still very unknown. At least the time of we're recording this, what school's going to look like in the fall. And so it's this isn't. You know, this is meant to be a tool that can help you any time of year, not just the summer, not just in a quarantine, not just when school's canceled. but it is, it is something that, you know, will enrich your kids in your life, with, with, doing the lessons.   Julie Emerson: [00:27:15]Yeah. We're looking forward to it.   Mary Hunt: [00:27:18]I’m so thankful that you shared that with us. And, and again, our hearts go out to you for what you have been through, but oh my goodness. The growth and the fact that you've got four young men and a husband there with you and, what God is going to do in their lives is just fantastic. So I know that we've just barely scratched the surface. We've talked about the big picture things. I hope we can do this again. And as I said, I hope that we can do a lot of things. I [00:26:00] want my listeners to know that Erin has a prolific, wealth, I guess it would be called a, I don't know a bank of intellectual, one wonderfulness, where she teaches at her recipes. Oh my goodness. If we could all just learn to cook as well, and to spend as little, it would just impact our lives so much, especially going forward. Because I'm not going to hide the fact that I truly believe we are headed for some, some time, years of inflation. I mean, now, that you can't print the kind of money our company, our country has printed that had to help us get through all of this without that having a longterm effect. So. We are blessed to know ahead of time. We've got to learn to be frugal. We got to learn how to do everything for less to cook at home. And the queen of this is, is Erin Chase, the $5 dinner mom. So thank you so much, Erin. We're going to put into the show notes below all of her contacts, how you can learn more about Erin, how you can start doing so much better. Stick with me. Stick close because we're all in this together and we're going to save time and money every single day.    Erin Chase:[00:28:56] Thank you for having me. It's a joy to get to share with you guys. And I look forward to more.    Mary Hunt: [00:29:01]Thank you, Erin.    Julie Emerson: [00:29:05] Debt-Proof Living with Mary Hunt was created and hosted by, Mary Hunt. Produced by Julie Emerson, with Harold Hunt, Executive Producer. Save time. 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Erin Chase of $5 Dinners and Freeze Easy joins Leslie Nunnery today as they discuss the importance of family dinners-- and how to make them easier to achieve . Hear the different ways Erin and Leslie have seen meals play a vital role in their relationships with their children- and even with their spouses. This is a super fun discussion that is filled with helpful information and insight for your family. Additional Resources: Enjoy a free workshop about how freezer cooking can be a great strategy for your family and how to start implementing that strategy now. Check out Erin On YouTube and get some great ideas. Follow $5 Dinners on Twitter. About Erin Chase: Erin Chase is on a mission to help shoppers spend less money on groceries week after week. Her popular award winning website, $5 Dinners, has helped millions of people do just that. By talking to $5 Dinners readers and hearing the struggles of different types of shoppers and different types of meal planners, she has created several resources, tools and classes to help shoppers learn how to save more money on groceries. Her most recent resource, MyFreezEasy, was created to help the busy home chef get organized and feel confident in getting dinner on the table - despite hectic and chaotic schedules. She developed a "create your own freezer meal plan" web and mobile apps to meet busy people where they are and help them get what they need quickly. The MyFreezEasy meal plans include recipes, shopping lists (listed by recipe and listed by store category), step-by-step ingredient prep instructions and step-by-step meal prep instructions. They are the most comprehensive resource available for getting meals into the freezer in a flash. Erin enjoys training for and running half marathons, a good cup of sweet coffee, and relaxing with her family on weekends! Today's podcast is brought to you by Bipri Wellness.  Bipri is a comprehensive brain health program offersing great resources for families. Teach Them Diligently Podcast Listeners can get a free 15 minute consultation from BiPri. Go to www.Bipri.com/ttd to secure your spot and see how Bipri can help your family. 

Erin Chase is a busy mother of 4, a former teacher, and today runs 5DollarDinners.com and the 5dollarmealplan. Back in 2008, after some number crunching, Erin was excited at saving 50% on her grocery bills. She shared how she did this on her family blog, but with a low amount of interest she decided to start her own blog to help others make savings on their own grocery bills. You may have heard the saying, “there's no such thing as a free lunch” – well there is such a thing as free meal plans. Erin carried on publishing free meal plans and tips how to feed your family on a budget and her viewership kept growing. Note: Click here to download Erin's top blog monetization tips from this episode. In this episode, you will hear how Erin capitalized on the momentum of viral social media posts to set up paywalls and start generating more income. You'll learn how she transitioned from ad networks and affiliate income to selling directly to her audience, and how she set up membership programs for recurring revenue. Today, her online empire brings in a healthy 5-figure monthly income. Related: Want to start a blog of your own? Check out my free guide on how to start your blog.

Erin Chase, The Meal Plan Guru, saves you time, money, and stress by down-sizing your grocery bill.  Topics include:Cutting the cost of your groceries 20-percent by getting one ingredient on saleUsing the store sale prices and coupons to help decide what's for dinnerCoupon apps vs store circulars – which is better?

Erin Chase from 5DollarDinners.com is a busy mother who realized she could help others live their lives by becoming more organized through PIEK efficiency: Plan, Implement, Evaluate, Kill. Listen in as she explains how she grew from affiliate ads into paid classes and membership sites. She explains how she made her course and membership site different compared to "recipe" or "meal planning" sites as well as how she developed the software to make it truly stand out. Resources 5 Dollar Dinners (Website) Grocery Budget Makeover (Website) PIEK Efficiency (Website)