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Creamy Italian chicken sauce served over white rice next to a serving of green beans on a dark blue plate with white polka dots with a fork sitting on the plate partially under the rice.

Creamy Slow Cooker Italian Chicken

A square slice of sugar cookie cake frosted with sprinkles on top with a bite out of one corner held above a dark blue plate with white polka-dots with another slice of sugar cookie cake on it.

Perfect Sugar Cookie Cake

A sheet pan full of toasted parmesan baguette slices.

Toasted Parmesan Baguette Appetizer

Three small plates with square pieces of apple sheet cake with brown butter frosting. Two whole apples are in the right bottom corner, and three forks are laid on top of each other on the left side.

Jewish Apple Sheet Cake with Brown Butter Icing

Shredded chicken curry with green beans, diced carrots, corn, and peas served over white rice on a dark blue plate.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry

Texas Sheet Cake in a large baking sheet cut into 25 square pieces.

Texas Sheet Cake

Sweet corn, small red potatoes cut in half, Kielbasa pieces, and shrimp on a sheet pan.

Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil

A serving of ground beef rice casserole and two scoops of pumpkin on a dark blue plate. A fork is inserted into the casserole from the left and a spoon in the upper left corner.

Dinner in a Pumpkin

6-photo picture collage of minestrone soup, manicotti, teriyaki chicken kabobs with rice, roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy and peas and carrots, pesto pork chop on top of fettuccine, and meatloaf. Centered in the middle are the words "30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas" overlaid on the photo collage.

30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas

Horizontal 6-photo picture collage of sheet pan fajitas, chili Mac, loaded pepper jack mack and cheese, South of the Border Pie with corn chips and a green salad, sloppy joes, and sausage and peppers with egg noodles. In the middle the words "35+ Back to School Dinners" are overlaid on the collage of photos.

35+ Back to School Dinners

A 9x13 Polish potter dish of Authentic Eggplant Parmesan with a few basil leaves on top in the middle.

Authentic Eggplant Parmesan

The corner of a glass 9x13 dish filled with classic tuna casserole.

Classic Tuna Casserole

A dinner plate with coconut rice, broccoli, and 4 ounce filet of baked bang bang salmon with a fork held diagonally from the left inserted into the salmon.

Baked Bang Bang Salmon

Rice topped with green curry with chicken and potatoes in a dark blue bowl with white polka dots with a blue dot in the middle. A spoon is on the left of the bowl.

Slow Cooker Green Curry with Chicken and Potatoes

A dark blue Polish pottery bowl with white polka dots with homemade yogurt drizzled with honey and topped with slice strawberries. Two strawberries are in the upper left corner and one in the bottom right corner.

Instant Pot Homemade Yogurt

A a dark blue and white Polish pottery bowl patterned with small circles with a dot in the middle filled with homemade granola.

The Absolute Best Homemade Granola

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