Recipe Index: Simple & Easy Meal Ideas for Families

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Appetizers

Deliciously Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread...YUMMO!

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread

Easy Homemade Salsa

Put a little spice in your life with these easy stuffed jalapenos. Enjoy these at your Super Bowl party in a few weeks or just hanging out with friends.

Easy Stuffed Jalapenos with Sausage and Cream Cheese

kraft dressing

Delicious Avacado Ranch Dip

Looking for easy Super Bowl Party Recipes? Get 40+ easy football party recipes that will have your guests mouth watering on Super Bowl Sunday!

40+ Super Bowl Party Recipes for the Big Game

If you’re tired of eating store bought salsa and you’re looking for a little zing, RO*TEL Salsa is the perfect recipe to try!

The Best Rotel Salsa Recipe EVER!

homemade baked tortilla chips with salsa

Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe Under 20 Minutes

Simple and easy dessert bread to share with everyone...Pull Apart Cinnamon Bread | MomsConfession.com

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

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Breakfast Ideas

These 5 minute breakfast tacos are easy to make and so tasty. They are perfect for kids and busy moms to enjoy a quick back to school breakfast.

Back to School Tips for Busy Moms + 5 Minute Breakfast Tacos

My family has a love love relationship with pepperoni! It’s good on everything including these Southwest Pepperoni Breakfast Tacos! Go ahead and grab a bite

Southwest Pepperoni Breakfast Tacos

Delicious Fall Muffin Recipes for the season!! YUM!

Fall Muffin Recipes

Do you love the summer, but never know what to make for breakfast each morning? Try these simple summer breakfast ideas and personalize them for your family today.

Summer Breakfast Ideas

Banana nut bread recipes are a dime a dozen on the internet, but the sweet smell of this bread recipe baking makes my heart go pitter patter. It's so good!

DELICIOUS & EASY BANANA NUT BREAD RECIPE

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Enjoy these spring breakfast ideas all season long to get the most of your meal & start your day off right!

Spring Breakfast Ideas

Back to School Breakfast Ideas - simple breakfast meal ideas to help you get back into your back to school routine!

Back to School Breakfast Ideas

Pecan Pie Muffins

Pecan Pie Muffins

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Dessert Recipes

mini fruit pizza cookies recipe

Pecan Sandies Mini Fruit Pizza Cookies

4th of July Moscato Cupcakes #MeEncanta

Gallo Family Vineyards Moscato Cupcakes

Stupid Simple Pumpkin Spice Carrot Cake - perfect for the fall and holiday season

Simple Pumpkin Spice Carrot Cake

banana pudding in a bowl on a cutting board

Easy Banana Pudding Recipe

Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

You can't go wrong with chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal all in one deliciously good cookie!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Try this healthier spin on the traditional ice cream sandwich with this Chocolate Graham Cracker Surprise!!

Summer Snack Ideas for Kids: Chocolate Graham Cracker Surprise

Everyone loves rice krispie treats and this football rice krispies treats recipe is perfect for game day! Get this game day recipe today and enjoy!

Yummy Football Rice Krispies Treats

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Drinks & Smoothies

Making this good moscato cocktail at home tastes so much better on a cool summer day. Plus it's great for the upcoming your 4th of July parties.

The Best Strawberry Moscato Cocktail EVER!

Fall Drink Ideas are great for using at your first fun fall bonfire party! Grab this list of ideas and create delicious drinks everyone will love!

Fall Drink Ideas

Stop cold and cough season with this hot toddy shot recipe | Moms Confession

Hot Toddy Shot

moscoto party mixer

Moscato Party Mixer Recipe

Looking for the perfect summer drink for a hot day? Learn how to make sun tea with strawberries and lemon. It's tastes amazing and is so easy to make.

Sweet Strawberry Lemon Green Sun Tea Recipe

This is the easiest and best tasting apple cider recipe you will ever make! Must try!

How to Make Your Own Apple Cider

Winter Drink ideas like Hot Cocoa, Cider, and more are amazing for cold winter evenings! Check out our ideas and recipes here!

Top Winter Drinks Ideas

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Lunch Ideas

beef and bean burrito

Mexican Beef and Bean Burritos – A Classic Recipe Idea for Burrito Lovers

Fun Fall Lunchbox Ideas - Fall is FINALLY here, and that means we get to pack fun lunches for our kids. If you’re curious about what type of lunchbox ideas you can pack for your children this fall, consider these tips.

Fun Fall Lunchbox Ideas

veggie fingers

Birds Eye Veggies = Great Snack & Lunches

Teaching kids independence starts with something like having them to make their own lunch. These lunch ideas for kids to make themselves are simple for all.

Lunch Ideas for Kids to Make

Fast Lunch Idea Using Jimmy Dean Steak Bowls

Easy spring lunch ideas are a great way to lighten up your meals as the seasons change. With these simple spring meal ideas, you can do just that!

Spring Lunch Ideas

Looking for gluten-free meal ideas? I know finding gluten-free lunch ideas can be tricky so I've put together a great resource for you. Check it out!

Gluten-Free Lunch Ideas

Not sure what will make a good lunch this back to school season? Here are a few back to school lunch ideas your children are sure to love.

Back to School Lunch Ideas

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Main Dishes & Dinner Ideas

Great fall dinner ideas for the season!

Fall Dinner Ideas

Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak recipe

Southern Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy

These easy healthy chicken dinner recipes in 30 minutes or less are the perfect solution for dinner time. Check out the ultimate list of chicken dinners.

Simple and Easy Healthy Chicken Dinner Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less

Make dinnertime a little easier this school year by planning some of these easy and delicious back to school dinner ideas into your weekly menu.

Back to School Dinner Ideas

Corn Chili

This Cranberry Barbecue Sauce topped on a Smithfield All Natural Fresh Pulled Pork sandwich is one of our favorite recipes. Try it yourself!

Smithfield Pulled Pork with Cranberry Barbecue Sauce

Panko Crispy Chicken Tenders

Quick and Easy Meal Idea for Families – Baked Panko Chicken Tenders

You have to try the best homemade lasagna recipe ever! This family recipe has been passed down through our family and is a hit every time we make it!

The Best Homemade Lasagna Recipe Ever

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Salads

The long hot days of summer are upon us and light dishes are on the menu. A refreshing cucumber salad is the best summer salad side dish for a light meal.

Refreshing Cucumber Salad

cucumber ranch summer salad

Summer Salad: Zesty Cucumber Ranch

This simple spring salad recipe is sweet and tangy. You don't want to keep this recipe to yourself, your friends and family will love it too! Check it out!

Simple Spring Vegetable Salad Recipe

New York Style Coleslaw Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

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Sauces & Spreads

This Cranberry Barbecue Sauce topped on a Smithfield All Natural Fresh Pulled Pork sandwich is one of our favorite recipes. Try it yourself!

Smithfield Pulled Pork with Cranberry Barbecue Sauce

Texas is…TexFest and Bourbon Jalapeno Bacon Jam!

This homemade peanut butter recipe will definitely impress your friends and family if they are not used to you making food from scratch.

The Best Homemade Peanut Butter You Will Ever Make

This homemade butter recipe is super easy to make and like a mini science lesson for the kids all wrapped into getting them in the kitchen to cook! WIN!

10 Minute Homemade Butter Recipe

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Do you love sweet and spicy food? This sweet and spicy bbq sauce recipe is the perfect pairing for your next backyard barbecue dinner party.

Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce Recipe

A good cocktail sauce can really make a seafood dinner go from okay to amazing! This homemade cocktail sauce recipe will take your dish up a notch!

Simple and Easy Homemade Cocktail Sauce Recipe

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Side Dishes

You need to try these 5 Minute Potatoes. They are cheesy, delicious, budget friendly, and something the whole family will love any night of the week.

5 Minute Potatoes

Are you ready to try a recipe that will knock your socks? It’s Fried Cabbage and loaded with bacon too! Can't go wrong with that!

Fried Cabbage – the ultimate side dish

Jazz up your brown bag routine with these Mason Jar Salad Tips and Recipe ideas. With these mason jar salad ideas you can enjoy lunch and eat healthy too!

Mason Jar Salad Ideas and Recipe Ideas for Lunches on the Go

These sweet southern style candied yams are the perfect side dish for any holiday dinner. You must try them this holiday season!

The Best Sweet Southern Candied Yams

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

If you are looking for a creamy and very tasty dressing, make sure to put this homemade thousand island dressing on your list! You won't regret it!

Homemade Thousand Island Dressing

barbecue baked beans in a bowl

The Best BBQ Baked Beans Recipe

veggie fingers

Birds Eye Veggies = Great Snack & Lunches

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Snack Ideas

Check out one of our favorite Kitchen Hacks: How To Cut A Pineapple easily! This makes meal prep and snacking so much easier!

Kitchen Hacks: How to Easily Cut A Pineapple

Is there anything better than Christmas movies and the butterbeer popcorn? No, then you need this butterbeer popcorn recipe in your life today!

Have You Ever Tried Butterbeer Popcorn? If Not, Now Would Be A Perfect Time

Need something to munch on that’s gluten free? Snacking has got to be one of the best parts of the day! Check out some of these gluten-free snack ideas that you won’t want to pass up!

Gluten-Free Snack Ideas

These winter snack ideas are the perfect treat for the season. Hot cocoa, apple cider, and delicious gingerbread cookies are only a taste what's to see!

Delicious Winter Snack Ideas

Need some inspiration for road trip snack ideas for your next road trip. Look not further than this great list of ideas!

Road Trip Snack Ideas

These halloween grills are so fun to make with the kids as an afternoon snack or for your halloween party!

Healthy Halloween Grills

Bring awareness to breast cancer with these delicious popcorn balls!

Breast Cancer Awareness Popcorn Balls

With the seasons changing, we all need great spring meal ideas to enjoy with our families. These 5 spring snack ideas are great staples for the season.

Spring Snack Ideas

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Soups & Stews

Have you ever tasted a soup so amazing, you couldn’t wait to get your taste buds back on it? That’s how I feel about Zuppa Toscana Soup! It's amazing!

Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe

This easy loaded baked potato soup recipe is the best on the internet. The thick and creamy base using heavy whipping cream makes this potato soup recipe one that has everyone coming back for more! Give it a try!

The Best Easy Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe on the Internet

Pizza Soup

Alea’s Pizza Soup Recipe

Try a twist on the traditional chicken and dumplings and turn it into Green Chile Chicken & Dumplings with the help of HEB Primo Picks. Great family meal!

Delicious Green Chile Chicken and Dumplings Recipe

30 minutes to the best Hamburger soup ever! | MomsConfession.com

30 Minute Hamburger Soup

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Hey y'all! I'm Kristi, a go with the flow mom of two teen boys. Here at Moms Confession I share my life hacks [or creative ways] to keep my home organized and get dinner on the table in a hurry. Come as you are-- you'll find inspiration here, not perfection.

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