This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Forester Farmer’s Market . The opinions and text are all mine.

Hey, guys! I made you dinner!

Believe it or not, I don’t survive on sweets. I normally cook dinner pretty regularly, but have MAJORLY fallen off the wagon this summer. Late nights outside have thrown off my mojo. How does 9pm come so early? Why is the sun still shining? Whoopsies, looks like microwave nachos…again.

(For the record, I’m really good at microwave nachos. The secret is extra colby-jack)

With the new school year right around the corner (can we have a moment of gratitude amen), I’m dusting off the stove top and adding a few meals to my repertoire. Seeing as I am the proud owner of the pickiest husband and children in all the land, we get into dinner slumps pretty frequently. Meat, potatoes, yawn forever.

So here we are — I finally found something with a bit of kick that the whole family is crazy over! These yummy little sliders are super simple and better than the chicken I normally order in any restaurant. My husband and I actually had tentative plans to go to dinner tonight since grandma had the kids…and we decided to forgo it in favor of these sliders and Game of Thrones on the couch.

I didn’t regret a single bite!

I’m pretty picky about the chicken that I buy, and +Non GE/+Non GMO Forester Farmer’s Market™ chicken is hands down the best I’ve found in a supermarket. It’s actual butcher-quality chicken that I can pick up while I’m at Sam’s Club getting the rest of our groceries! Nothing against the butcher, but it’s a whole big thing. I’d rather just get my good chicken in the same place I get our giant bags of flour and bottles of shampoo. Is that too much to ask in this day and age?

+Non GE/+Non GMO Forester Farmer’s Market™ don’t feed their chickens animal by-products or +genetically engineered/+genetically modified grains, and they don’t give them antibiotics or hormones. I recently picked a bag of their chicken breasts up from my local Sam’s Club and was happy to find that they are affordable and the chicken breasts are individually wrapped. Lucy and I don’t typically eat more than half a chicken breast each (I pound ours flat before cooking every time — they stretch so much further that way!), so chicken that is packed by weight and not individually wrapped is often too much for us to eat. Bonus — the individually wrapped chicken breasts thaw SO much faster! I don’t usually remember to start thawing until late morning, so this is always a bonus.

These little sliders are one of the best meals you’ll have made in quite some time. I’ve had the same chicken breading technique for forever and it’s always a winner — juicy, crispy, and just thick enough. No sogginess and no falling off of the chicken. Add a sweet, slightly spicy glaze and soft little buns (yep, I said soft little buns), and you have cozy comfort food that you can feel good about.

Try these Honey Hot Sliders with +Non GE/+Non GMO Forester Farmer’s Market™ chicken for a fun back-to-school meal that won’t take longer than 30 minutes to whip up. You’re going to love them!

Enjoy and have a great day!

Cinnamon Toast Crunch cupcakes are packed full of cinnamon-sugar flavor and topped with a creamy, tangy frosting!

Hey, friends! Haaaaayyyy…..

School starts in the morning and I am feeling all sorts of sassy. There’s a pep in my step that seemed to have been missing for the entire month of August.

Well, if we are being honest, it’s been missing since the second week of June. These kids don’t take long to start bickering right outside the bathroom door that I SHUT FOR A REASON WHO IS JIGGLING THAT HANDLE OMG.

But now that school starts tomorrow, I’m basically Mary Poppins all up in this mug. Dinner was promptly served at 6. We had rolls and side salad — A SIDE SALAD, DID YOU HEAR ME?? Lunch is packed, backpack is by the front door, and I’ve got a smile plastered on my face. Would you like dessert? I’ve prepared cupcakes.

I ACTUALLY MADE DESSERT FOR MY REAL FAMILY OF HUMAN BEINGS.

My alarm is set, and not begrudgingly. I don’t mind, getting up early suddenly seems enticing when you know that you’ll be spending the day in peace. US Weekly and a maple donut in complete silence? Don’t mind if I do, sirs and madams. Don’t mind if I do.

So what will I be doing with a whole day of freedom? Nothing much, if by nothing much you mean peeing with the bathroom door open, eating chocolate NOT SNEAKILY, watching shows where people cuss. You know, just regular things that are my basic right as an adult person.

I also just so happened to stash away two of these Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes after a back-to-school cookout I hosted over the weekend. Breakfast goals, am I right?

I am happy to say that these got RAVE reviews. Like OMG THESE ARE THE BET CUPCAKES I’VE EVER HAD rave reviews. So if you were wondering if these are a must make, the answer is “DUH.”

Enjoy, friends! Happy back to school!!