Reaching out Casseroles . .

There comes a time when things just seem to fall apart for friends or family in your life, sometimes it's due to a job loss, sometimes it's due to an accident, a birth, a medical emergency and sometimes a death. For those folks going through one of these situations, the last thing on their mind is preparing healthy, filling meals for the family (or guests that are often dropping by!)
Here is a collection of helpful recipes and casserole-type dishes that can be prepared ahead and dropped off to help out a friend, family or neighbor in need of some support.


Casserole Style Dishes: Casserole are wonderful because they can be prepared in small or large quantities, as needed. These are dishes that are typically prepared in 9x9 or 9x13 aluminum foil pans - and only need to be heated in the oven for 20-30 minutes to serve.

• Lasagna
• Shephards Pie

Hot Dishes:

• Chicken Pot Pie
• American Chop Suey
• Sweet & Sour Kielbasa
• Creamy Pesto Chicken over Bow Tie Pasta
• Ham & Broccoli Mac & Cheese
• Turkey Sticky Balls

Cold Dishes:

• Potato Salad
• Macaroni Salad
• Tuna-Pasta Salad

Sweets/Desserts/Snacks

• Nutella Dreams (No Bake)
• Apple Walnut Butterhorns
• Banana Bread

Other non-food Help things you can do:

• Drop off a Large (Clean!) Trash Can with fresh bags, paper plates, plasticware and napkins. Chances are the family will have numerous people coming and going and will need the lots of plates/plasticware
• Rake (if needed) or Mow the lawn, Shovel the driveway (winter
  storms), or even the Roof, if necessary

What are your favorite dishes that feed a large number of people fairly inexpensively?



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