Better Green Bean Casserole - fresh green beans, semi homemade velvety sauce, copycat french's onion rings

Better Green Bean Casserole

Today, I’m gonna tell ya (coz I’m bossy like that) to forget what you know about green bean casserole and try out my Better Green Bean Casserole. It’s still cozy with a nod to the traditional but it’s jazzed up with some bangin’ flavors!

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30 Minute (total time) Instant Pot Roast Medium Rare

30 Minute total time Instant Pot Roast Medium Rare

I haven’t posted an Instant Pot recipe in a while. I was in Georgia, visiting over the holidays, and no Instant Pot. Honestly, I went through withdrawal! Once home I met a friend at Panera, and I knew exactly what I wanted to make next! A 30 Minute Total Time Instant Pot Roast Medium Rare. So I could copycat the famous Panera Steak & White Cheddar Panini.

30 Minute (total time) Instant Pot Roast Medium Rare

30 Minute (total time) Instant Pot Roast Medium Rare

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Maid-Rite Sandwiches, Sloppy Joe Tavern Burger old Church Cookbook recipe

Maid-Rite Sandwiches – Instant Pot or Stove-top

I grew up in the Midwest in the ’60s eating various and assorted “loose-meat” sandwiches, mainly homemade Maid-Rite Sandwiches (this recipe is not the classic version), actual Maid Rites, and Tavern Burgers. I never heard the word, Sloppy Joe, until I was an adult and moved away, and then no one seemed to know what a Maid-Rite was!

Maid-Rite Sandwiches Sloppy Joe Tavern Burger old Church Cookbook recipe

This is the old family, Church Cookbook recipe for the Maid-Rite made with Campbell’s Chicken Gumbo Soup.

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Three Cheese Chicken Casserole

Three Cheese Chicken Casserole

We’ve been having the dreariest, dark, cold, wet weather all week. How about you? I know it’s good for the plants but I get feeling a little blue. I want to get outside and DO things! Instead, we’ve tucked in and made something warm and comforting and creamy and cheesy! Three Cheese Chicken Casserole!

Three Cheese Chicken Casserole

Three Cheese Chicken Casserole

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