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Appetizers

homemade baked tortilla chips with salsa

Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe Under 20 Minutes

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

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread

kraft dressing

Delicious Avacado Ranch Dip

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

Simple & Easy Classic Deviled Eggs Recipe for Thanksgiving

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

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

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

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!

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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

Pumpkin Pancakes are a great way to wake up to a crisp and cool fall morning. These pumpkin spice pancakes are filling and flavorful with all the amazing spices of fall.

Pumpkin Pancakes

It's best to keep your families stomachs as happy as possible when you travel over summer. Try these road trip breakfast ideas and you should be good to go!

Road Trip Breakfast Ideas

Quick & Healthy Breakfast Tacos

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

These holiday breakfast ideas are just what you need to plan for Thanksgiving or Christmas breakfast! Tons of great holiday breakfast ideas to satisfy!

Holiday 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

Delicious Fall Muffin Recipes for the season!! YUM!

Fall Muffin Recipes

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Dessert Recipes

mini fruit pizza cookies recipe

Pecan Sandies Mini Fruit Pizza Cookies

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Diabetic Friendly Chocolate Ice Cream

Chocolate Ice Cream

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit

Rio Star Grapefruit is a Texas Treat

Strawberry Ice Cream

Strawberry Ice Cream

Delicious marshmallow pops

Silver & White Marshmallow Pops

Take care of your sweet tooth with these delicious Pumpkin Spice Marshmallow Pops!

Pumpkin Spice Marshmallow Pops

cinnamon apple pie recipe

Cinnamon Apple Pie Recipe

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Drinks & Smoothies

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

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

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!

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

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

Hot Toddy Shot

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Lunch Ideas

Easy Fall Lunch Ideas...perfect meal ideas for the season

Fall Lunch Ideas

Baked Tortilla Pepperoni Pizza

Crispy Tortilla Pizza with Pepperoni

These creative winter lunch ideas are perfect to enjoy all season long. Try one or try them all...you won't be sorry!

Creative Winter Lunch Ideas

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

beef and bean burrito

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

These summer lunch ideas will fill you up and cool you off. Not only are the delicious, they're also healthy and super easy to make. You could even pack up any of these lunch ideas for a summer picnic with the entire family!

Summer Lunch 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

These quick, easy back to school gluten free lunch ideas for kids are fantastic, nutritious, filling and easy options you have to try today.

Gluten Free Lunch Ideas for Kids

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Main Dishes & Dinner Ideas

bacon wrapped chicken with sausage and cream cheese filling

Even Better Chicken Bombs with a Texas Twist

smoked turkey on a platter

Perfectly Smoked Turkey + Meal Planning Tips for Thanksgiving

Spring showers bring May flowers, but Spring dinner ideas bring families together. Try these great easy meal ideas with your friends and family.

Spring Dinner Ideas

The perfect ingredients for a delicious Butterball Turkey Sausage meal.

Easy Family Dinner: Butterball Turkey Sausage and Fried Potatoes

Mini Taco Salad

Mini Taco Salads

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

Spicy 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

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Salads

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

cucumber ranch summer salad

Summer Salad: Zesty Cucumber Ranch

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

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

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

Texas is…TexFest and Bourbon Jalapeno Bacon Jam!

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

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 Tartar Sauce

Homemade Tartar Sauce

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

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

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

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

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

veggie fingers

Birds Eye Veggies = Great Snack & Lunches

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

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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

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

Bring awareness to breast cancer with these delicious popcorn balls!

Breast Cancer Awareness Popcorn Balls

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

Great resource for fall snack ideas to enjoy this season!

Fall 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 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

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

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Soups & Stews

Pizza Soup

Alea’s Pizza 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

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

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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