This week’s meal ideas of Classic Poppy Seed Chicken followed by an impressively easy Sausage & Wild Rice pot pie style casserole are ones that never miss their marks as family favorites. Complete it all with an overnight breakfast recipe, a crazy good snack + an apple cake for dessert, and you’ll definitely be a hero in the kitchen this week! But shhhh! No one needs to know how easy it is to pull off with these recipes.
This Week’s Secret To Success
- This week, we’re leaning into the season hard with these cozy comfort food favorites!
- The Sausage & Wild Rice Casserole tastes like savory a wild rice and sausage dressing married a flaky, cheesy spanakopita pie. It’s so easy with pre-made puff pastry sheets. We’re talking pot pie kind of goodness!
- And Southern Poppy Seed Chicken is a veritable classic paired with an all-in-one side dish.
- Fruit salad is an optional recipe that is delish with both meals AND served with the breakfast casserole. So there are plenty options for mix and match there.
- Cook the sausage for the Wild Rice Casserole and for the breakfast casserole at the same time so you’re ready to go for both recipes.
- If you make your fruit salad and the apple cake on the same day, you can chop your apples all at once too!
Tasty or convenient recipes are only half of the dinner equation!
So, don’t forget to make a plan for you table this week!
Having a few things you really love and on the ready is THE KEY to making your meal time special and inviting others over for dinner stress free.
I’ve got my sites set on Thanksgiving with this table setting!
Menu 1- Sausage & Wild Rice Casserole
In this Wild Rice & Sausage Casserole recipe, wild rice, sausage, spinach, parsley and parmesan cheese topped with a golden, flaky puff pastry crust make a savory pot pie-style casserole that is deliciously hearty and satisfying comfort food. Serve it with a side of quick Skillet Roasted Asparagus and Classic Fruit Salad with a yummy cream sauce!
Menu 2- Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole
Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with it’s buttery Ritz cracker topping is so creamy and delicious, you won’t believe how easily it comes together with just a few kitchen staples! Perfect for busy weeknights, easy to freeze, a classic at potlucks and just the dish to share with a friend in need, this easy chicken dinner is sure to a be regular on your menu! Pair with Green Beans & New Potatoes for an all-in-one side dish!
Dessert This Week
Chock full of chunky chopped apples and buttery walnuts with just a hint of cinnamon and the right amount of sweetness, this Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake recipe is melt-in-your-mouth tender with a perfect, crackly crust on top.
Breakfast Made Easy
What’s better than a breakfast casserole loaded with hash browns, eggs, sausage, bacon and cheese – all the hearty farmhouse breakfast goodness your family loves and craves? How about one that is easy to throw together and bake the morning of in the oven or overnight in the crock pot while you sleep?
Snack of the Week
The classic combination of peanut butter and crackers get a chocolate snack mix overhaul with quick and easy Ritz Bits Muddy Buddies. Dangerously delicious, it’s hard to stop once you crunch into that very first one! With just 5 ingredients, this simple treat is fun to make, fun to eat and perfect for holidays, quick gifts, parties, game days and weekends at home!
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