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24 Ways to Overcome Mommy Burnout - How to avoid mommy burnout when you're at home with the kids all day.  Keep up when you feel burnt out! Avoid stress, make life easier, and actually enjoy time with family with these tips to overcome mommy burnout.

How to Overcome Mommy Burnout

Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

Chocolate Banana Cake

Italian sausage and tortellini nestled in a creamy tomato sauce and topped with gooey mozzarella cheese in this Creamy Sausage and Tortellini make a quick and easy pasta dinner that the whole family will love! A delicious one pan meal that combines the tender, cheese filled pasta with savory sausage and wraps it all in a creamy cheesy tomato sauce. One bite and you'll wonder where it's been all your life!

Creamy Sausage and Tortellini

Spicy, sticky Baked Honey Lime Chicken Wings are made with real limes, honey, and 7UP.  Citrus and spicy, with a hint of honey sweetness, these Baked Honey Lime Chicken Wings may change the way you flavor your wings forever. The wings are oven baked, and tossed in a fresh zesty sauce that everyone will love. 

Baked Honey Lime Chicken Wings

Warm and gooey Ham and Pimento Cheese Sliders take just 5 minutes to prep! Buttery sweet buns, salty ham, creamy and zesty Pimento Cheese Bites make a flavorful explosion in your mouth.  Dip them in the sweet and tangy Red Pepper Jelly sauce to take them from great to drool-worthy. These sliders make an amazing quick and easy snack or easy appetizer. So. Good.

Ham and Pimento Cheese Sliders

Want to let your kids do sports, music, or art but are tight on money? Find out how to afford kids' sports and activities on a budget with these 11 simple ways to save on kids' activities and sports! These are great ideas for frugal families!

11 Ways to Save on Kids' Sports and Activities

Although you might swear by YouTube makeup tutorials that use only the latest, there are so many vintage makeup gems out there that can deliver the same results – if not better! With their glowing skin, tumbling curls and perfect pouts, vintage beauties like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn are still the envy of women today!  Here are 8 vintage beauty tips that still work today!

8 Vintage Beauty Tips that Still Work

It takes just 15 minutes and 4 ingredients to make Andes Mint Chocolate Covered cookies! The perfect holiday treat for friends & family. Festive green treat for St Patrick's Day or a simple cookie for a Christmas cookie exchange.  Rich dark chocolate and cool, smooth mint wrapped around a crunchy chocolate cookie! So good!

Andes Mint Chocolate Covered Cookies

These soft and chewy Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars are the perfect kid-friendly dessert that the whole family will love! Super soft sugar cookie bars piled with vanilla buttercream frosting and lots of sprinkles! So easy to bake since they’re in bar form!

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars (and the Best Way to Grocery Shop with Kids!)

Strawberry Heart Cookies Recipe -  OMG! You will never believe how easy these cookies are to make. These 5 Ingredient Strawberry Heart Cookies come out perfect every time! Unbelievably delicious and EASY Strawberry Heart Cookies drizzled in chocolate and made with just 5 ingredients! They're easy to make because they start from cake mix!

Strawberry Heart Cookies

Free Printable Gummy Bear Valentines for Kids - Free Printable Gummy Bear Valentines that are easy to put together and perfect for kids to hand out at their school Valentine's Day party.

Printable Gummy Bear Valentines

One Dish Baked Cheesy Chicken and Pasta Recipe - One Dish Baked Cheesy Chicken and Pasta with a creamy tomato marinara pasta, spinach, mozzarella, and Parmesan topped with juicy chicken breast.  Mix it all together and bake for a simple, easy and delicious one dish meal!

One Dish Baked Cheesy Chicken and Pasta

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Hello! I'm Michelle!
I'm a comfort food lover and self-taught cook with five amazing kids and a firefighter husband, surviving mostly on coffee. I love to create easy and delicious family recipes, and share creative family tips I've learned along the way.
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Happy Halloween!

A small glass bowl full of toasted pumpkin seeds with more pumpkin seeds around it on a rustic wood background and a mini pumpkin behind.

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

DIY Spider Costume for Kids - Make this easy, fun, and creepy DIY Spider Costume for Kids for a creepy crawly frugal do it yourself Halloween costume! So cool. Made from just a few black shirts!

DIY Spider Costume

Skeleton Cupcakes - Spooky but fun Skeleton Cupcakes with chocolate skeletons on top of your favorite cupcakes are a perfect easy Halloween treat for kids! These are so cute and easy! My kids will love them!

Skeleton Cupcakes

Black Cat Cupcakes Tutorial - Black Cat Cupcakes make a fun and easy non-spooky Halloween treat for kids! They're easy enough that anyone can make them! Fun project for kids to help with! Fun, quick and easy Halloween treats for kids! 

Black Cat Cupcakes

Jumbo Spiderweb Cookies Recipe for Halloween - Jumbo Spiderweb Cookies are a fun, quick, and easy Halloween treat for kids.  They're big enough to share and made with the all-time BEST chocolate chip cookies recipe. How fun! My kids will love these! Definitely making for their Halloween party treat!

Jumbo Spiderweb Cookies

9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins - Pumpkins are everybody's favorite! They just scream Fall! Check out these 9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins to squeeze even more pumpkin into your life while the season lasts! Love decorating for Fall and mini pumpkins are so fun! Love these ideas

9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins

More Halloween Recipes & Ideas

Falling for Fall

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Butterscotch Pie

Overhead view of a stack of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with a bite taken out of the top one.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin pudding in a small glass topped with whipped cream and gingersnap crumbs with another glass of pudding behind. They're surrounded by mini pumpkins and a linen napkins.

Pumpkin Pudding

Overhead view of butternut squash gratin on a small glass plate topped with a fresh sage leaf.

Butternut Squash Gratin

Pecan cheesecake pie on a small white plate with a layer of pie crust, pecan filling, cheesecake, and crunchy pecans.

Pecan Cheesecake Pie

Pumpkin sheet cake topped with chopped pecans and a creme pumpkin. The cake has a bite taken out sitting on a fork on a small plate.

Pumpkin Sheet Cake

A piece of turtle poke cake topped with pecans and caramel sauce on a small plate.

Turtle Poke Cake

A southern sweet potato pie in a glass pie dish topped with swirls of whipped cream, all on a rustic wood background with a linen napkin behind.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie with Crumble Topping

A slice of no bake pumpkin cheesecake topped with a caramel drizzle on a small white plate on a rustic wood background.

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

More Fall Recipes & Ideas

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Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

A glass mug of green mint white hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and crushed green mint candy pieces on a white marble surface surrounded by more star mint candies.

Mint White Hot Chocolate

A slice of no bake s'mores cheesecake topped with mini marshmallows and graham cracker crumbs on a small plate.

No Bake S'mores Cheesecake

Slice of crockpot breakfast casserole on a white plate with stainless steel crock pot in the background.

Crockpot Breakfast Casserole

A corner slice of chicken pot pie with golden crust on a small plate with a fork with a bite on it, on a rustic wood background with a striped linen

The BEST Chicken Pot Pie

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