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Appetizers

Wolf Brand Chili Thicker & Heartier Recipes

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

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

Cheesy Bacon Ranch 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

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

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

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

Simple & Delicious Cheese Ball

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

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Breakfast Ideas

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

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

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

These winter breakfast ideas are perfect for the family to enjoy on a cool winter day. Check out this amazing list of winter meal ideas today!

Winter Breakfast Ideas

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

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

Quick & Healthy Breakfast Tacos

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

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Dessert Recipes

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit

Rio Star Grapefruit is a Texas Treat

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

Simple Pumpkin Spice Carrot Cake

Diabetic Friendly Chocolate Ice Cream

Chocolate Ice Cream

banana pudding in a bowl on a cutting board

Easy Banana Pudding Recipe

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

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

mini fruit pizza cookies recipe

Pecan Sandies Mini Fruit Pizza Cookies

Tex-Mex Condensed Milk Fudge

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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!

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

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

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

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Lunch Ideas

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

Fall 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

veggie fingers

Birds Eye Veggies = Great Snack & Lunches

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

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

Fast Lunch Idea Using Jimmy Dean Steak Bowls

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

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

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Main Dishes & Dinner Ideas

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

Tex-Mex Fish Tacos – A Simple Weeknight Dinner Idea

Looking for Winter Meal Ideas? Check out these simple and easy winter dinner ideas to enjoy with family around the dinner table tonight!

Winter Dinner Ideas

Cooking semi-homemade meals can be a great way to save money and also get dinner on the table in a hurry. Try this quick chicken stir-fry tonight and enjoy dinner in 15 minutes!

Quick and Easy 15 Minute Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

Mini Taco Salad

Mini Taco Salads

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

Enjoy this delicious fall off the bone ribs as well as the dry rib rub that makes them even more scrumptious with your family. They will melt in your mouth!

Fall Off the Bone Ribs + Dry Rib Rub Recipe

Mexican Pizza Recipe Inspired by Taco Bell for Cinco de Mayo

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

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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

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

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

New York Style Coleslaw Recipe

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Sauces & Spreads

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

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

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 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

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Side Dishes

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

barbecue baked beans in a bowl

The Best BBQ Baked Beans Recipe

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

These delicious summer snack ideas make it easy to fill up between meals so that you can have summer fun all day long. Not only are these snacks delicious, but they also include healthy fruits and vegetables, so you don’t need to feel guilty about snacking.

Summer 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

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

Bring awareness to breast cancer with these delicious popcorn balls!

Breast Cancer Awareness Popcorn Balls

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Soups & Stews

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

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

30 Minute Hamburger Soup

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

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