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The corner of a dark blue Polish pottery 9x13 dish filled with Easy Baked Tortellini Casserole.

Easy Baked Tortellini Casserole

The corner of a 9x13 glass baking dish of Toni's Zucchini Pizza.

Toni’s Zucchini Pizza

A corner of a glass 9x13 baking dish of unstuffed pepper meatloaf casserole with a scoop taken out of the corner.

Unstuffed Pepper Meatloaf Casserole

Three crescent dough pizza pockets sitting on a dark blue plate with white polka dots.

Easy Homemade Pizza Pockets

A serving of chicken buffalo pasta topped with sliced green onions in a white polka dotted and dark blue Polish pottery bowl. Faded on the right is a metal fork.

Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Pasta

Roasted red pepper lasagna in a dark blue rectangle Polish pottery baking dish.

Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna

A Polish pottery style serving bowl filled with Bruschetta Pasta Salad.

Bruschetta Pasta Salad

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

Janeth’s Corn Salad Dip

Mushroom casserole in a peacock patterned Polish pottery 9x13 baking dish.

Stuffed Mushroom Casserole

Southern Tomato Pie with a slice cut out of it and a basil leaf on the top.

Easy Southern Tomato Pie

A peacock patterned Polish pottery dinner plate with a serving of chicken tetrazzini, broccoli, and a roll.

The Best Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe

A dinner plate with a serving of pizza casserole, two slices of bread, and a green salad. On the left is a fork sitting on a tea towel.

Easy Pizza Casserole

Baked Parmesan Chicken

A blue plate with half baked ziti and half green salad on a yellow tablecloth with a silver fork to the left

Baked Ziti Recipe

A serving of lasagna, green beans and a roll on a blue plate with a yellow napkin on the left side and top in the background.

No-Noodle Zucchini Lasagna

a juicy chicken breast with seasoning and cheese next to noodles and green beans

Pesto Parmesan Chicken

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