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Cheesy Ravioli and Italian Sausage Bake

Please Pin!  Thanks!! Hearty and family friendly, Ravioli and Italian Sausage Bake, goes together in about 20 minutes. Slide it in the oven and do whatever else you need to do until  it’s ready for the table an hour later.  Add a vegetable salad, and a simple dessert – apple slices with peanut butter or […]

Creamy Wild Rice and Chicken Bake

Creamy Wild Rice and Chicken Bake is delicious, filling comfort food.  It is easy to assemble in about 5 minutes.   Make the rice mixture in the morning to refrigerate with the thawed chicken in a separate bag.   The minute you walk in the door, put the chicken on top of the rice, add the slivered […]

Blueberry Baked French Toast

Blueberry Baked French Toast is quick and easy to put together and has several options for getting it on the breakfast table.  You can make it the night before and let it set in the refrigerator overnight before popping it in the oven for a hot delicious breakfast.  You can assemble and bake it right […]

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Wicked Good Unusual Baked Corn Chowder

Last spring, my niece graduated college so we did the family thing and threw a day of eating to celebrate.  Her dad (my brother) Gene, and wife Deb drove all the way from North Carolina to the middle of the Great Plains where we live.  Deb dashed out to the local store and grabbed a […]

Chicken and Bacon Lasagna Roll ups

From my sister, Bee . . .Chicken and Bacon Lasagna Rollups . . .  a  creamy, cheesy pasta dish with chicken made over the top delicious with yummy bacon.  Sooo good.  I got to do the filling and rolling for this batch  — since I was hanging around the pan of browned bacon, I think.  […]

Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Bake

Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Bake –Soooo good you’ll want seconds – and thirds!  Everything goes together fairly quickly.  While you are preparing the pasta, you can also cook the bacon and then the chicken. I prefer to use thinner chicken breast cuts because they cook quickly and can be more easily cut into uniform pieces. […]