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A mediocre day thrifting is better than a good day of work anytime. Today's excursion turned up this beauty:

I really don't need another Pyrex casserole dish but this is one of my favorite colors and it came with a lid. Besides I now reside in Hot Dish Country and even though the thought of the turning on the oven is reprehensible I'm on the trail of recipes that will fill up this dish. Here's one from The Great Minnesota Hot Dish cookbook:

Chicken Noodle Hot Dish
3 3/4 cups wide egg noodles, uncooked
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 3/4 cups whole milk (I'm sure low fat milk will be fine)
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
10 ounces frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
1 tablespoon minced yellow onions

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
6 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Cook noodles according to package directions but less 3 minutes cooking time; drain.
In a saucepan, mix together soup and milk; stir and cook until hot.
Add remaining ingredients, including noodles; mix.
Spoon mixture into a 2-quart baking dish.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Sprinkle top with additional Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Better still for you Garrison Keillor fans--and you know who you are!--would be any one of the 42 recipes submitted to the Prairie Home Companion which includes Garrison Keillor's mom's "Meatloaf [sort of a hot dish]' as well as other tempting dishes such as "Ship-Wreck," "French's Chili-O With a Kick," "Thursday Night Special ('My Dad would put this together on my Mother's bowling night.' )" "Mom's Bacon, Sauerkraut, and Noodle Hot Dish," "Funeral Hot Dish," "Spam-aroni and Cheese," and

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6 slices white (we use Wonder) bread

Velveeta cheese (cubed)

1 large can crushed tomatoes
Potato chips

In a saucepan, heat the tomatoes and Velveeta cheese cubes until the cheese begins to melt. In a greased casserole (hot dish) dish, put a layer of bread on the bottom, add tomato and cheese mixture, put another layer of bread, then another layer of tomato and cheese. Top the whole thing with crushed potato chips. Bake at 350 degrees until the mixture is bubbly. Bubbly and good.

Enjoy!