Three stocks that are safe investments and can provide some valuable, recurring dividend income include Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO), Village Super Market (NASDAQ: VLGEA), and Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB). Dental care could be a promising place to invest in as the economy returns to normal and people get back to making regular visits to their dentists. Although inflation may drive costs up, the company is taking steps through pricing, cost-savings initiatives, and improvements in supply-chain productivity to protect its bottom line.