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Make Ahead Recipes

Make-ahead recipes are a life savor for busy weeknight dinners, parties, potlucks, and house guests. Browse through tons of dinners, appetizers, and more!

Popular recipes The Pioneer Woman’s Twice Baked Potato Casserole, Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole, and Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole

Tender Beef Tips and Gravy on a plate with Mashed Potatoes and fresh parsley.

Beef Tips and Gravy (Stove Top or Crock Pot!)
A hamburger bun filled with homemade sloppy joes on a wooden plate with chips in the background.

Homemade Sloppy Joes (Crock Pot Friendly!)
Slices of turkey meatloaf on top of mashed potatoes with green beans.

Turkey Meatloaf Recipe
A hand dipping bread into a bowl of cream of broccoli soup.

Cream of Broccoli Soup
Potato Skins on a plate topped with cheese, bacon, and green onions.

Potato Skins
A wooden spoon scooping condensed cream of mushroom soup up from a pan.

Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
A mug of French Onion Soup topped with 2 slices of cheesy baguettes.

French Onion Soup
A wooden spoon scooping up Corn Casserole from a skillet.

Paula Deen’s Corn Casserole
A spoon pulling up a cheesy baked meatball in marinara sauce from a casserole dish.

Baked Meatballs
A white plate with a fork scooping up Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole with ham, chicken, and rice.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
A white plate with a pile of mashed potatoes topped with meatballs and gravy with fresh rosemary on the side.

Meatballs and Gravy
A casserole dish filled with Taco Lasagna that's being pulled up with a spatula.

Taco Lasagna – No Boiling Needed!
A casserole dish filled with Baked Spaghetti with a spoon scooping it up.

Baked Spaghetti – Make Ahead + Freezer Friendly!

Frito Pie
Overhead view of a casserole dish with a spoon in it topped with potato chips and chives.

Funeral Potatoes
A hand holding a tortilla chip and dipping it into hot corn dip with bacon.

Corn Dip

KFC Coleslaw Recipe – BEST Copycat
A large spoon scooping Shepherds Pie from a casserole dish.

Easy Shepherd’s Pie
Sloppy joe casserole in a casserole dish with a spoon scooping it up.

Sloppy Joe Casserole
A casserole dish filled with cheesy ground beef and rice casserole.

Cheesy Ground Beef and Rice Casserole
A wooden spoon scooping up homemade marinara sauce from a pot.

Homemade Marinara Sauce
A hand dipping a tortilla chip into a skillet filled with Queso Dip with black beans, beef, and tomatoes.

Velveeta Queso – (Cowboy Queso!)

Chicken Parmesan Casserole
Bisquick Chicken pot pie in a casserole dish with a wooden spoon scooping it up.

Bisquick Chicken Pot Pie (Crock Pot & Instant Pot Friendly!)

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Slow Cooker Beef Stew
broccoli chicken rice casserole in a casserole dish with a wooden spoon.

Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole
A white plate with Lasagna on it with a fork in the background.

Easy Lasagna Recipe
A Crock Pot Roast in a Crock with Potatoes, potatoes, and gravy.

Crock Pot Roast (with Gravy!)

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