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A horizontally placed white and blue polka-dotted Polish pottery bowl of Spinach Poppy Seed Salad.

Spinach Poppy Seed Salad

A sheet pan placed horizontally with roasted sliced cabbage pieces with seasoning.

Roasted Cabbage Steaks

A hand held above a bowl of Janeth's Corn Salad Dip holding a chip with dip on it.

Janeth’s Corn Salad Dip

A Poppy Seed loaf bread placed horizontally on a cooling rack with four slices cut from the left end.

Poppy Seed Loaf

A lemon blueberry ricotta bundt cake dusted with powder sugar sitting on a round Polish pottery plate.

Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Bundt Cake

A soup bowl with steamed broccoli and shredded pork and gravy served over long-grain rice.

Slow Cooker Pork Roast and Gravy

A plate salted caramel crush squares with the squares stacked on top of each other.

Salted Caramel Crush Bars

A black wire cooling rack with Amish Banana Muffins

Amazing Amish Banana Muffins

A dinner plate with barbecue chips, sliced cucumbers, sliced carrots, and a slow cooker Mississippi pot roast sandwich with melted cheese.

Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Baked garlic parmesan breadsticks on a large baking sheet with a silicone mat.

The Best Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks

A plate full of brown butter oatmeal raisin cookies.

Chewy Brown Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

A white and blue polka-dotted bowl filled with ham and lentil soup sitting on a large white polka-dotted blue plate with three bread sticks on the left of the bowl.

Ham Bone Lentil Soup

A serving of green salad with slice tomatoes and cucumbers with a scoop of Mexican chili chicken casserole, all on a dinner plate.

Mexican Chili Chicken Casserole

A diagonally placed 9x13 glass baking dish of an Earthquake Cake showing half of the cake.

Earthquake Cake

Slow cooker goulash in a white and dark blue bubble patterned Polish bowl with a cloth napkin and spoon on the left and a hard roll up in the right-hand corner.

The Best Slow Cooker Goulash

A close-up of a large baking sheet of hot cross buns frosted with an "X"

Hot Cross Buns

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