Recipe Index: Simple & Easy Meal Ideas for Families

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Appetizers

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

Wolf Brand Chili Thicker & Heartier Recipes

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

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

Easy Homemade Salsa

homemade baked tortilla chips with salsa

Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe Under 20 Minutes

simple deviled eggs on a brown platter with eggs in the background

Simple & Easy Classic Deviled Eggs Recipe for Thanksgiving

Easy Cheese Ball Recipe - Tastes delicious and is super easy to make too! | Moms Confession

Simple & Delicious Cheese Ball

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

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread

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Breakfast Ideas

Looking for easy breakfast meal ideas? This muffin tin omelets recipe is the answer! These omelets in muffin tins are great on the go and back to school.

Easy Breakfast Meal Idea – Easy Muffin Tin Omelets Recipe

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

Are you trying to live the gluten free lifestyle? Do you need new gluten-free meal ideas? These gluten-free breakfast ideas are exactly what you need.

Gluten-Free 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

These grilled bacon skewers are a tasty and the perfect breakfast idea for Father's Day. This simple recipe idea for Father's Day is going to be a huge hit!

The Best Grilled Bacon Waffle Skewers Recipe

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

This scrumptious, quick and easy blueberry muffin bread from scratch is so delicious! We made this blueberry muffin loaf and it was devoured in about 5 minutes flat! You must try it yourself!

Quick and Easy Blueberry Muffin Bread Recipe

Pecan Pie Muffins

Pecan Pie Muffins

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Dessert Recipes

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

Simple Pumpkin Spice Carrot Cake

mini fruit pizza cookies recipe

Pecan Sandies Mini Fruit Pizza Cookies

Strawberry Ice Cream

Strawberry Ice Cream

Enjoy this tasty twist on the traditional chocolate sheet cake as a vanilla white Texas sheet cake. Who knew you could make something so yummy, more delicious!

White Vanilla Texas Sheet Cake – a Texas twist you have to try!

snickers cupcakes

Snickers Cupcakes

banana pudding in a bowl on a cutting board

Easy Banana Pudding Recipe

Tex-Mex Condensed Milk Fudge

cinnamon apple pie recipe

Cinnamon Apple Pie Recipe

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Drinks & Smoothies

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

Hot Toddy Shot

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

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

moscoto party mixer

Moscato Party Mixer Recipe

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

How to Make Your Own Apple Cider

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!

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

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

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

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

Believe it or not, it is possible to have a yummy and nutritious lunch while you are traveling on the open road; it just takes a little planning. Here are some road trip lunch ideas to consider today so you can start planning ahead.

Road Trip Lunch Ideas

beef and bean burrito

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

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

homemade pigs in a blanket

Easy Homemade Pigs in a Blanket with Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

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

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Main Dishes & Dinner Ideas

Check out amazing Holiday Dinner Ideas that help you think outside the box without spending too much! Tons of fun holiday dinner options to choose from!

Holiday Dinner Ideas

Corn Chili

This Homemade Chicken Alfredo is better than any copycat Olive Garden recipe you will find on the internet. Give this recipe a try...you won't regret it.

Homemade Chicken Alfredo

bacon wrapped chicken with sausage and cream cheese filling

Even Better Chicken Bombs with a Texas Twist

Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak recipe

Southern Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy

Simple and easy make this beef stir-fry recipe a go to for our family. You must try this simple dinner idea with your family tonight!

Beef Stir Fry Recipe

smoked brisket meat on a cutting board

Best Smoked Brisket Recipe

You need this one dish dinner meal solution idea for back to school. This chicken bacon pasta salad is the perfect 20 minute meal idea to start the school year off with an easy family meal.

One Dish Dinner Idea – Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

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Salads

New York Style Coleslaw Recipe

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

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

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

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Sauces & Spreads

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

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

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

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

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

Texas is…TexFest and Bourbon Jalapeno Bacon Jam!

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Homemade Tartar Sauce

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Side Dishes

Best Green Beans Ever

Best Green Beans Ever!

Italian Corn Flake Chicken

Easy Italian Corn Flake Chicken Dinner Recipe & Veggies

This is the best 30 minute pork stuffing recipe. Serve with our jazzed up cranberry sauce and it's perfect on your Thanksgiving plate!

Easy 30 Minute Smithfield Pork Stuffing Recipe for the Holidays

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

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

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

Enjoy this easy pepper jack macaroni and cheese recipe

Pepper Jack Macaroni and Cheese

Having the perfect steak, chicken, brisket, or ribs on the grill or smoker are great, there is always room to spice up meals with a delicious side, like an easy pasta salad.

Easy Chipotle Ranch Pasta Salad

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Snack Ideas

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

Healthy Halloween Grills

Great resource for fall snack ideas to enjoy this season!

Fall Snack Ideas

These simple back to school snack ideas will help make sure the kids are refueling their minds after a long day with simple staples for them to grab & go.

Back to School 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

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

Learn how to roast pumpkin seeds this fall and savor the flavor of the season. These roasted pumpkin seeds seasoning ideas are perfect to tempt your taste buds all season long!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Seasoning Ideas and How to Make Them

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Soups & Stews

Pizza Soup

Alea’s Pizza Soup Recipe

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

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

30 Minute Hamburger Soup

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

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Hey y'all! I'm Kristi, a go with the flow single mother of two 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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