A 7-layer dip with a 1950's casserole spin. 🥫🧅🥫🫑🥫🥳 7-Layer Casserole Talk about your one-dish meals! Here's one with no pre-cooking. Just put in the layers, pop it in the oven, and get set for some real raves from your family! Start heating oven to moderate (350 F.). Place these ingredients in layers in a 2-qt. baking dish with a tight-fitting lid: 1. 1 cup rice, uncooked 2. 1 cup canned whole kernel corn, drained 3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour 1 8-oz. can HUNT’

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A classic mid-twentieth century cheesy noodle and ham casserole, celebrating the sweet zest of an Easter ham glaze. A perfect way to use leftover ham from ANY holiday. NOTE: THIS IS ONE DELICIOUS DISH. 🐷 🎄 🐣 🦃 This recipe is a website exclusive. You might see it in an upcoming cookbook! Meanwhile, there are dozens of other lip-smacking casserole and comfort food recipes to choose from in my first best-selling cookbook . Order your copy today .  Here you see the second hal

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From "The Infinite Feast: How to Host the Ones You Love—Recipes from the Big Easy . . . and Beyond" by Brian Theis, 2020 Click here for...