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Kid-Friendly Recipes

Cookies and cream popcorn in a bowl.

Desserts

Easy Cookies and Cream Popcorn

BACON PANCAKES have been a family favorite for years! We first had these savory pancakes and bacon bits at the Calgary Stampede in Canada and have been making them ever since. If you've been thinking about making Bacon Pancakes, today is the day! It's our favorite easy breakfast recipe. The savory/sweet combo just can't be beat!

Breakfast

Bacon Pancakes

This GRILLED CHICKEN CORDON BLEU SANDWICH is so easy and so full of flavor! Kick your sandwich game up a notch with layers of grilled chicken, creamy swiss, honey ham, and buttered bread.

Dinners

Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich

Cereal Milk Breakfast Smoothies (3 Ways!) are a fun, healthy, and easy breakfast the entire family with love! Blend your favorite cereal with milk, bananas, and ice and you're in business! Customizable for any flavor. SO FUN!

Healthy

Cereal Milk Breakfast Smoothie (3 Ways!)

Baked BBQ Chicken Breast makes for an easy and delicious dinner! This CRISPY WHITE CHEDDAR BAKED BBQ CHICKEN only has 3 ingredients, but it's filled with so much flavor. Baked chicken is so simple to make and sure to please the entire family. This is our go-to easy dinner recipe!

Dinners

Baked BBQ Chicken Breast

FRENCH BREAD PIZZA BITES are the easiest and tastiest cheesy appetizer! These mini french bread pizzas are loaded with garlic butter, cheese, and all of your favorite toppings. They make a great appetizer (the perfect party food), but we may just eat them as an entire meal!

Appetizers

Garlic Butter French Bread Pizza Bites

FRIED MASHED POTATO BALLS loaded with bacon, cheese, and onions are perfect for Thanksgiving leftovers! Put those leftover potatoes to good use and fry up some cheesy mashed potato bites. These loaded mashed potato balls make the ultimate appetizer or side dish!

Appetizers

Fried Mashed Potato Balls (Loaded Mashed Potato Bites)

Monkey Bread is a fun and tasty treat perfect for breakfast or dessert! This Pumpkin Pie Monkey Bread Recipe tastes just like pumpkin pie, making it the ultimate Thanksgiving breakfast. I love this ooey gooey monkey bread made with biscuit dough. It's so easy and so delicious!

Holiday Recipes

Pumpkin Pie Monkey Bread Recipe

a bowl of mashed potatoes with cheese and parsley.

Pasta

White Cheddar Mac and Cheese

MINI NUTELLA CHEESECAKES are the perfect EASY DESSERT RECIPE perfect for any occasion. So creamy, delicious, and addicting. Good luck eating only one!

Desserts

Mini Nutella Cheesecake Bites

top view of homemade chips

Appetizers

Homemade Cool Ranch Doritos

Vanilla Milk with a green mint twist will be a favorite St Patty's Day drink for kids! We make Green Mint Vanilla Milk (aka Leprechaun Milk) every St. Patrick's Day. It's fun and tasty, and it makes for a great surprise for the kids!

Holiday Recipes

Green Mint Vanilla Milk (St. Patty’s Day Drink)

white chocolate hot chocolate with stormtrooper marshmallows

Mocktails

White Hot Chocolate with Stormtrooper Marshmallows

princess leia truffles on wire rack

Holiday Recipes

Princess Leia Oreo Truffles

Mini Fried Taco Pizza Pockets...such a fun and simple appetizer or after school snack. ADDICTING! Fried Wontons stuffed with spicy beef, tomatoes, and cheese. These Taco Pizza Rolls are a favorite easy recipe!

Appetizers

Mini Fried Taco Pizza Pockets

A stack of apple slices on a cutting board for making microwave apple chips.

Kid-Friendly Recipes

Apple Chips

overhead view of ranch fried pickles on a white plate.

Appetizers

Fried Pickles (Ranch Pickles)

peanut butter fluff spread in a jar with knife

Desserts

Peanut Butter Fluff

Magic Cotton Candy Martini (Plus Kid Friendly Version). There are SO FUN for Halloween or any time! The Cotton Candy dissolves in the juice!

Cocktails

Magic Cotton Candy Drink

Skinny(er) Funfetti Cake Batter Dip! Birthday party favorite! SO easy and delicious. MAKE AHEAD THE NIGHT BEFORE!

Dips

Funfetti Dip

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