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Roasted chicken legs with diced potatoes and carrots in a foil baking tray at an angle.

Dinners

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Sides

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Breakfast

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Desserts

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Frozen strawberry lemonade in a mason jar topped with a fresh berry.

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Frozen Strawberry Lemonade

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Cherry Dump Cake

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Beach Jell-O Cups for Kids (Pool Party or BBQ Idea!)

Two bacon-wrapped air fryer hot dogs in buns served in a blue basket with wavy potato chips on the side.

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Air Fryer Hot Dogs (Bacon Wrapped Option!)

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Oven Baked Chicken Thighs (With Crispy Skin!)

Close up side vide of glazed baby carrots piled on a plate.

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Roasted Baby Carrots With Honey

Up close image of strawberry, blueberry and chocolate chip banana pancake mix muffins.

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Pancake Mix Muffins (3 Flavors, 1 Pan!)

A square view of a crock pot with a piece of pork loin sitting on sliced onion and covered with spices before cooking.

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Amazing Pork Loin In The Crock Pot Every Time

Fourth Of July Desserts

A flag fruit pizza decorated like a USA flag in a cookie pan with frosting and fruit decorations.

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Flag Fruit Pizza

A close-up of cookies with red, white, and blue M&M cookies piled high on a plate.

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Red White And Blue M&M Cookies

Close up of the inside of a red and blue cake ball next to more cake balls on a plate covered in red and blue star sprinkles and white chocolate.

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Easy Patriotic 4th Of July Cake Balls

Slice of red swirled cake with strawberries being lifted from the pan.

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Strawberry Cake With Strawberry Sauce (Poke Cake!)

Tasty Ideas For The Grill

Grilled chicken slices on a plate with rigatoni pasta on a plate.

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Grilled Italian Chicken Breasts

A plate of grilled pork tenderloin skewers with chunks of pork, bell peppers, pineapple, and onions, garnished with herbs and lime wedges.

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Pineapple Pork Skewers

Close up a three rolled foil packets from above full of thin sliced potatoes, carrots, onions and topped with a burger with bacon.

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Hobo Dinner Foil Packets (Bacon Cheeseburger & Potato)

Close up square view of chicken fajita skewers piled on a serving platter.

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Grilled Chicken Kabobs (With Fajita Marinade)

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Here you will find ideas for helping kids have fun with food, recipes both kids and parents love, fresh parenting ideas, great tips and a little bit of humor. I hope you find an idea your family loves.

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Potluck Ready Recipes

Cold veggie pizza slice on the pan at an angle being pulled away with a spatula

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Cold Veggie Pizza (Easy Appetizer With Crescent Rolls!)

Large bowl of potato salad with bacon, cheese and green onion in a creamy dressing with a wooden spoon stirring.

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The Ultimate Loaded Baked Potato Salad Recipe

Zoomed in on creamy bacon ranch pasta salad on a plate with green onions near the plate.

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Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Close up view of pasta full of cheese, basil, pepperoni and olives for an italian pasta salad/

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Easy Classic Italian Pasta Salad

Summer Time Favorites

Side view of three glasses of strawberry lemonade topped with fresh fruit.

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How To Make Strawberry Lemonade Homemade

Peach dump cake gooey on a plate topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream from the side on a counter.

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Easy Peach Dump Cake

Up close view of a slice of strawberry cream cheese icebox cake on a plate missing a bite.

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake (Easy No-Bake!)

Strawberry pizza with a cookie dough, frosting and glazed strawberries from above showing most of a sheet pan on a counter.

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Strawberry Fruit Pizza (With Glazed Strawberries)

Family Favorite Dinners

Cooked chicken drumsticks in the slow cooker from the side in a brown sauce.

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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Drumsticks (5 Ingredients!)

Sausage and rice in a pan with a wooden spoon.

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One-Pot Smoked Sausage And Rice

Close up square image of pasta in a tomato ground turkey sauce on a plate with cheese and parsley.

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One Pot Ground Turkey Spaghetti

Square close up overhead view of chicken alfredo pasta in a pot.

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Chicken Penne Alfredo (One Pot!)

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No Bake Dessert Recipes

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Chicken Dinner Recipes

Roasted chicken leg on a bed of golden potatoes and carrots on a foil-lined baking tray from the side.

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Baked Chicken Drumsticks With Potatoes

A wooden spoon scooping creamy chicken and rice from a pot.

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Creamy Chicken And Rice (One Pot!)

Side close up view of a bbq shredded chicken slider topped with pineapple.

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Slow Cooker BBQ Hawaiian Roll Chicken Sliders

Close-up of a plate of bruschetta chicken pasta spaghetti with herbed chicken pieces, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil on a plate with a fork.

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Bruschetta Chicken Pasta

Family Favorite Desserts

Stack of three chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies, with a bite taken out of the top cookie on a counter.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Buckeye candies piled high on a plate from above.

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Buckeyes Recipe (How To Dip Buckeyes In Chocolate)

Stacked raspberry swirl cheesecake bars with the top bar missing a bite. Fresh raspberries and more cheesecake bars sit behind and nearby on the counter.

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Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

A stack of chocolate saltine toffee bars with pecans on top and the top piece missing a bite.

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Saltine Cracker Toffee

Tasty Beef Dinners

Ground beef burrito bowl covered in sour cream, avocado, and diced tomato with a fork in the bowl.

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Easy Beef Burrito Bowl (All In One Pot!)

Close-up of a wooden spoon scooping a hearty chili with baked beans, ground meat, and chopped green peppers, garnished with parsley.

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Baked Beans (With Ground Beef And Bacon)

A square view of a skillet filled with stir-fried beef and broccoli in a dark sauce with a wooden spoon stirring.

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Beef And Broccoli (Copycat Panda Express!)

A person is holding a French dip sandwich with beef dipping it into an aus jus sauce.

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Crock Pot French Dip Sandwiches

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