Recipe suggestion please!!

Lasagna...

Baked macaroni and cheese! It's really yummy and easy to transport. Although it might not last really long because it's so good. lol

I was also going to say lasagna. What about chicken pot pie? With either a crust or mashed potato topping. Cookies, banana bread, or any kind of goodies are nice - especially for when they'll have visitors.

Stuffed Green Peppers or cabbage rolls.... they freeze well, and people love em!

How about stuffed peppers? Red, green or yellow? They aren't REALLY special but something different.
Lasagne? A quick one with or without meat? Sub in eggplant for the meat?
Chicken and dumplings? Yes, you can buy a can or frozen but homemade is always better.
Salmon patties--make them, cook them and then freeze. Add a nice bag of rolls with it.
Swedish Meatballs? They can just make some rice, or even boil in the bag rice.
Home made clam chowder? Manhattan or New England--again, home made is better than the can.

I know you mentioned chili but when someone makes it--it tastes better and the thought of having been made special for you speaks volumes. They can always run to the store if they have a taste for something else. You are all great coworkers!

Edit: Everybody beat me to it on some of the suggestions! Oops...

How about a pastry cased pie, they can then be frozen until needed. If everyone else is doing fresh food the fridge is gonna be pretty full unless you're doing it on a staggered delivery

If you feel comfortable making chili and cornbread, go for it! I would be happy if someone brought me that for dinner -- it is something I rarely make. When I have had babies, people from church always bring in dinners, and I am truly grateful for whatever they bring! Sometimes, they have just ordered pizza for us!

Here is a simple recipe for Lasagna -- it is not super fancy or authentic with tons of spices etc, but my family likes and we have been eating it for years. It is not hard to put together, either. BTW I got this recipe from someone when they brought it to my house for dinner when I was sick!

1 pound lean ground beef
12 lasagna noodles
1 jar spaghetti sauce, your choice
8 ounce package grated mozzarella cheese
16 ounce low-fat cottage cheese
2 eggs

Put large pot of water on to boil for noodles -- while waiting for the water to boil, begin browning ground beef in skillet. Drain any excess fat and add spaghetti sauce and any spices you prefer -- garlic, parsley, etc. Let simmer on low.

Combine cottage cheese and 2 eggs in bowl.

Noodles should be done by now -- drain in strainer and rinse with cold water because they will be hot and burn when you try and pick them up!

Spray 9 x 13 pan -- add 1/2 the meat sauce in the bottom. Place 6 noodles over sauce. I overlap 5 noodles long ways and take the 6th noodle and put it at the end because none of the noodles reach the end of my pan, so it covers that bare spot (I fold it to fit.)

Take 1/2 the cottage cheese mixture and spread that on top of the noodles. Then add 1/2 the package of mozzarella.

Repeat this process again, beginning with the sauce.

Keep in mind the the layers will be thin, as in the sauce and cottage cheese -- it will seem like you need more, but it is really fine.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 45 minutes.

Serve with garlic bread and green salad and fresh strawberries -- and , voila, you have dinner! Good luck

One last thought -- you might want to try making in this in two aluminum 8 x 8 pans ( the throw away ones from the store) -- that way you can make a dinner for yourself and one for the man's family -- this recipe feeds my family of 7 with a small amount of leftovers -- I was assuming that they are a family of two, and if that is true, this recipe would be way too much for them! If you do the 2 pan idea, just take scissors and cut the noodles in half after they are cooked and it should work out fine -- you may feel like you are a little thin on the sauce and cottage cheese, so you can either add a little more when you make it -- but if it were me, I wouldn't , I'd just let it be! And maybe put a little more in his pan and keep the one with a little less for yourself :happy:

Go to kraft foods website or the food network website, Paula Deen has some great and easy recipes on the the food network website.

If you go to the Kraft Canada web-site and search Layered Fiesta Casserole, it's one of my all time favorites, freezes well, and makes great lunches too.