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Here’s Your Ticket To Easier Mornings!

If you’re anything like me, every morning is a bit of a struggle. It’s not exactly easy to get up at 5am every day, and on top trying to get yourself ready for work you need to make sure your kids don’t leave the house hungry. I will be the first one to admit I’ve literally thrown apples at them while rushing them out the door. There’s nothing wrong with a fresh apple, but it’s not a very wholesome morning meal, is it?

A few weeks ago I decided I don’t want to stress over breakfast anymore, so I spent a few hours putting together a meal plan. I collected a bunch of easy breakfast ideas and I actually made a monthly plan, listing out every ingredient I would need for each recipe and how much time I would need to make them.

It took me a couple of hours to do that but it has had a huge impact on my family’s morning routines! Things are not as chaotic anymore, and no-one has to leave the house with an empty belly. These are my favorite 7 easy breakfast ideas – I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

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Quick Tip: On Sunday, make a breakfast plan for the whole week – it’ll make everything so much easier!

I have fallen in love with chocolate dipped cheesecake bites. Nobody tell my husband.

So, it was a blizzard outside and my entire family was stuck in the house. No school and no work. We tend to get a bit of cabin fever under these circumstances. So, what did we do? We made chocolate dipped cheesecake bites of course! My youngest son insisted that we all dress up as chef’s while we made the treats. My husband wasn’t playing along with these shenanigans but the rest of us did. I even drew a tiny mustache on my upper lip. I looked like a French baker.

Our chocolate dipped cheesecake bites turned out great! Actually, they are probably the best dessert I’ve ever gotten from Melady Cooks.

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: Get creative and use a flavored chocolate like cherry or peanut butter to cover the cheesecake bites with.

Fruit salad just got a makeover with this creamy and dreamy recipe!

For as long as I can remember my mother and grandmother always made some sort of a fruit salad for family gatherings. Now, these fruit salads weren’t just any old combination of fruit from a can. My mom would typically hollow out a watermelon shell and place her fruit salad inside of it. She’d make the rind look like a basket! Mom was always so creative. I know she would adore this recipe for creamy orange fruit salad.

I love the fact that this creamy orange fruit salad incorporates Greek yogurt into the mix. So yummy!

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: This recipe calls for vanilla Greek yogurt but feel free to use plain or even strawberry if you’d like.

Three bean salad is a staple dish served at every church potluck I’ve ever attended.

When I was growing up I can remember my church having potluck suppers quite often. You can bet your bottom dollar that there would be at least two bowls of three bean salad on the table. One of them was typically made by my grandmother. I’d always choose grandma’s over the others. Anyway, I found a delicious recipe for three bean salad on the Melady Cooks food blog and it reminds me so much of my grandma’s!

The longer you let this salad marinate the more pickled the beans become and I LOVE that!

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: Feel free to make this with yellow or Vidalia onions.

For as long as I can remember, apple carrot bread has been my favorite homemade treat.

My husband and I were invited to a Super Bowl party last year. I had been doing really good with my healthy eating goals and I knew there would be nothing but junk food at the gathering. I mean, I couldn’t expect people to swap out their brownies and nachos for something healthy haha! So, I decided to make my own “dessert” and brought along this homemade apple carrot bread. It was a hit!

Wouldn’t you know that everyone was chowing on my apple carrot bread instead of the donuts and cookies? Apple carrot bread is a touchdown!

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: I love eating this apple carrot bread with my grandma’s homemade apple butter.

My entire family loves this from scratch spinach dip recipe and yours will, too.

This recipe for homemade spinach dip has recently become a staple appetizer in my household. For one, it’s healthy for you and for two, it’s really easy to make. There is a trick to this spinach dip that you probably wouldn’t even recognize if you didn’t know any better. Want to know what it is? There isn’t any mayo in this recipe. No, siree! It is Greek yogurt that gives this spinach dip its creamy texture.

I don’t personally have any issues with mayo but the Greek yogurt gives this spinach dip a nice flavor.

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: This recipe calls for plain Greek yogurt but feel free to replace it with mayo if you’d like.

These ham Frito Fritters are happenin’!

When my husband has his buddies over for the football game I love making different snacks and appetizers that everyone will love. Anyone can set out chips and salsa. I like my snacks to be unique. I was browsing the recipe archives on my favorite blogger’s website and came across ham Frito fritters. They looked so good in all of their deep fried glory! I just knew that I had to make them. I am so glad that I did.

I recommend making a double batch of ham Frito fritters because they go fast!

Wouldn’t it be grand to get the details on how to make this lovely recipe? Welp, hop on over to the next page for a list of ingredients and instructions. Yum!

Recipe and image courtesy of Melady Cooks.

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Quick Tip: I like to make ham Frito fritters as a side dish for steak or pork chops.