Category Archives: Main Dish

Ritz Chicken Casserole with Poppy Seeds

Updated October 31, 2026 with cracker and baking notes, serving notes, make ahead and freezer notes, and reader tips.

Ritz chicken casserole with poppy seeds, creamy underneath and buttery crisp on top, built from 6 ingredients and cooked chicken, and on the table in 40 minutes.
Poppy seed chicken casserole, creamy underneath with a buttery Ritz cracker topping, made from 6 pantry ingredients.

“A delicious recipe my daughters are thrilled with. Have made it weekly. This time I will make a corner of it for me without cracker crumbs as I am keto.”
Karen De Ruiter, March 2019

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Twice Baked Potato Casserole

If you’ve been looking for the ultimate comfort food, look no further, because Twice Baked Potato Casserole has delivered the perfect combination of flavor and warmth. Just imagine your favorite potatoes being crisp, greasy, cheesy, and bacony. Mmmm… I might be out of control.
If you've been looking for the ultimate comfort food, look no further, because Twice Baked Potato Casserole has delivered the perfect combination of flavor and warmth. Just imagine your favorite potatoes being crisp, greasy, cheesy, and bacony.

I’m sitting here with my window open next to my desk, and brisk 50 degree air is blowing in.  Continue reading Twice Baked Potato Casserole →

Crock Pot Stuffed Peppers

Old fashioned stuffed bell peppers were a staple in our family when I was a kid and they find the way onto my family’s table now. They are an inexpensive comfort food that can be made in the oven, crock pot, or top of stove. There are a lot of variations but here is how I like them. They are wonderful to make and freeze as well.

Old fashioned stuffed bell peppers were a staple in our family when I was a kid and they find the way onto my family’s table now. They are an inexpensive comfort food that can be made in the oven, crockpot, or top of stove. There are a lot of variations but here is how I like them. They are wonderful to make and freeze as well.

I always spend the last days of summer doing a makeover of my kitchen pantry.  Continue reading Crock Pot Stuffed Peppers →