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Creamy Pasta and Veggie Salad

Creamy Pasta and Veggie Salad makes a great dinner salad for cool summer eating. It’s also perfect for potlucks and family. However or whenever, this salad makes an appearance it is a well balanced blend of carbs, veggies and proteins.   It’s healthy and makes a big salad so it will serve a large number of […]

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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. […]

Chicken Spaghetti

Chicken spaghetti is a versatile dish. 1) It can easily handle add-ins, like a 10 ounce package of frozen mixed vegetables or 8 ounces of sauted mushrooms 2) Can be wrapped and frozen for up to six months for make ahead meals, before or after baking. 3) Can be made ahead and kept covered and […]

Bacon Ranch Garden Patch Salad

We love a main dish salad for dinner in the summer. Bacon Ranch Garden Salad has it all – meat, pasta, veggies and bacon!  It’s perfect for a  summer day – make ahead in the morning when the kitchen is cool and it’s ready to serve on the shady deck for the evening meal!  Use […]

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Texas Spaghetti

I needed a dish to take to a family of three big guys and big eaters.  Something that could be refrigerated for a few days or frozen until later.  Something that could be warmed one serving at a time or all at once for a meal.  Something familiar, truly comfort food as they were in […]

Crock Pot Lasagna

I mooshed several different Crockpot Lasagna recipes together to come up with another crockpot special to feed the work crew during the kitchen remodel! I would make this crock pot lasagna again – but flavor it up a little bit.  Normally we don’t do spicy, but this was a little bland for us.   Since I did […]