RecipesNov 1, 2026
Sausage, Potato, Onion & Cabbage Casserole
A 9x13-inch casserole of regular and spicy loose sausage, russet potatoes, sweet onion, and green cabbage, seasoned with salt and black pepper and baked until tender.
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Find colorful, easy recipes from JJ’s kitchen — Sausage, Potato, Onion & Cabbage Casserole, Bacon-Fredo Pasta, Crisp & Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad, Fall Harvest Pasta Salad, Vanilla honey banana walnut chia seed pudding, Classic Homemade Chili, Burrata-fully Loaded Beef Tortellini Soup, Blinged Out Beans, Mmm Mmm Good Slow Cooker Salisbury Steaks, High-Protein Bagels, Swine & Shine Egg Bites, Classic Chicken Corn Soup, Classic Horiatiki (Authentic Greek Salad), One-Pot Buffalo Chicken Tortellini, JJ’s Smoky Maple BBQ Sauce, Honey Garlic Pork Chops with Melted Cheddar, Giddyup Tater Tot Casserole, Sheet Pan Chicken and Green Beans, Grandma’s Onion Dip, Sweet Potato & Beef Taco Bowl, Mexican Chicken, Italian Chuck Roast, and more.
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RecipesOct 8, 2026
Bacon-Fredo Pasta
Thin spaghetti tossed with crispy bacon, caramelized red onion, and shredded Brussels sprouts in a creamy Parmesan and egg-yolk sauce finished with garlic, oregano, and black pepper.
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RecipesOct 5, 2026
Fall Harvest Pasta Salad
Protein pasta tossed with Gala apple, dried cranberries, walnuts, feta, kale slaw, sweet onion, and cooked chicken in a honey Dijon dressing.
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RecipesOct 6, 2026
Crisp & Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad
A refreshing, chilled cucumber and onion salad with a creamy dill dressing.
Read“Write it down. Taste it twice. Read the last chapter slowly.”
— from my writing, August
Hi, I’m JJ
Home cook, slow reader, committed writer. I started Plates & Pages because my camera roll was 90% dinner and my notes app was 90% feelings, and it seemed efficient to put them in the same place.
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