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Appetizers

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

Simple & Easy Classic Deviled Eggs Recipe for Thanksgiving

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!

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

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

kraft dressing

Delicious Avacado Ranch Dip

homemade baked tortilla chips with salsa

Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe Under 20 Minutes

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

Simple & Delicious Cheese Ball

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

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

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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

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

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

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 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

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Dessert Recipes

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

smores bars

Cinnamon S’Mores Bars

These black and white popcorn balls are so yummy and remind me so much of the movie, Beetlejuice!

Beetlejuice Popcorn Balls

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit

Rio Star Grapefruit is a Texas Treat

baked sopapillas

Baked Sopapilla Recipe – Simple Snack for Diabetics

Tex-Mex Condensed Milk Fudge

snickers cupcakes

Snickers Cupcakes

If you are looking to add something sweet to your 4th of July, you don't want to miss out on these amazing 4th of July dessert recipes. All #1 in my books!

The Best 4th of July Dessert Recipes

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Drinks & Smoothies

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

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

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

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

Hot Toddy Shot

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!

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Lunch Ideas

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

beef and bean burrito

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

homemade pigs in a blanket

Easy Homemade Pigs in a Blanket with Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

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

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

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

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

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

Homemade Pizza on French Bread

Homemade Pizza On French Bread

Fettuccine Lasagna

Fettuccine Lasagna Bake

Great fall dinner ideas for the season!

Fall Dinner Ideas

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit

Rio Star Grapefruit is a Texas Treat

bacon wrapped chicken with sausage and cream cheese filling

Even Better Chicken Bombs with a Texas Twist

hamburger pasta recipe in a casserole dish with a spoon

Ground Beef Casserole

This family recipe was shared with me by my dad who is a huge fan of homemade hamburger goulash. Ok, I'll admit...I love it just as much as he does and that's why I'm sharing it with all of you! :)

The Best Homemade Goulash Recipe Ever

You have to try this 6 Ingredient Chicken Parmesan Recipe for dinner! It's delicious & features HEB Primo Picks that will have your family begging for more!

Six Ingredient Chicken Parmesan

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Salads

New York Style Coleslaw Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe with Italian Dressing

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

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Sauces & Spreads

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

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Texas is…TexFest and Bourbon Jalapeno Bacon Jam!

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 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 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

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Side Dishes

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

Italian Corn Flake Chicken

Easy Italian Corn Flake Chicken Dinner Recipe & Veggies

Best Green Beans Ever

Best Green Beans Ever!

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

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

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

barbecue baked beans in a bowl

The Best BBQ Baked Beans Recipe

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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