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Appetizers

My mom has a way of making any Tex-Mex dish appealing and scrumptious, but this homemade guacamole recipe is perfect! I'd say it's the best damn guacamole.

Homemade Guacamole Recipe

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

Simple & Easy Classic Deviled Eggs Recipe for Thanksgiving

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

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread

homemade baked tortilla chips with salsa

Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe Under 20 Minutes

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!

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

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

Simple & Delicious Cheese Ball

kraft dressing

Delicious Avacado Ranch Dip

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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

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

Pecan Pie Muffins

Pecan Pie Muffins

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

Quick & Healthy Breakfast Tacos

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

Simply delicious fall breakfast ideas that are great all season long!

Fall Breakfast Ideas

Delicious Fall Muffin Recipes for the season!! YUM!

Fall Muffin Recipes

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Dessert Recipes

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

Pumpkin Spice Marshmallow Pops

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!

Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

smores bars

Cinnamon S’Mores Bars

Diabetic Friendly Chocolate Ice Cream

Chocolate Ice Cream

Delicious marshmallow pops

Silver & White Marshmallow Pops

Tex-Mex Condensed Milk Fudge

Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies

Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies

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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

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

Hot Toddy Shot

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

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

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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

Baked Tortilla Pepperoni Pizza

Crispy Tortilla Pizza with Pepperoni

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

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

Fall Lunch Ideas

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

Fast Lunch Idea Using Jimmy Dean Steak Bowls

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

Use these batch cooking tips for tentative home cooks to get dinner on the table quickly. These tips for batch cooking are great for meal planning too!

Batch Cooking Tips For Tentative Home Cooks

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Main Dishes & Dinner Ideas

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

Does your family love Chinese food as much as we do? If so, I promise this Chicken Fried Rice recipe is super easy and you can make it without a hassle.

Simple & Easy Chinese Chicken Fried Rice

$You must try these Tex-Mex Fish Tacos! They are full of Texas flavor, offering a sweet and spicy twist to a traditional recipe.$

Tex-Mex Fish Tacos – A Simple Weeknight Dinner Idea

These leftover turkey ideas are delicious, unique and creative. See how the many ways you can use up all that leftover turkey from the holidays here.

Simple Meal Ideas for Leftover Turkey After Your Holiday Dinner

Spicy Chili

Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak #BlogFilmFood

Poor Boy Chicken Fried Steak

Easy Grilled Chicken Skewers with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables

smoked turkey on a platter

Perfectly Smoked Turkey + Meal Planning Tips for Thanksgiving

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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

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Homemade Tartar 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

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

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!

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Side Dishes

barbecue baked beans in a bowl

The Best BBQ Baked Beans Recipe

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

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

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

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

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

veggie fingers

Birds Eye Veggies = Great Snack & Lunches

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

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Snack Ideas

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

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

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

Great resource for fall snack ideas to enjoy this season!

Fall Snack Ideas

Bring awareness to breast cancer with these delicious popcorn balls!

Breast Cancer Awareness Popcorn Balls

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

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

Healthy Halloween Grills

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

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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

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

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

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