Need Recipes for Easy Snacks,dips Ect

I make this at almost every family gathering, and it is somewhat healthy and YUM!!!
It is a fruit salad that we call the pink stuff.
2 cans of fruit cocktail
2 cans of mandarin oranges
2 cans of pineapple chunks
1 can of cherry pie filling
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 small tub of cool whip
Mix all together in a large bowl and put in the fridge!
Very easy and the kids always love it!

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Here's a 3 ingredient dip or filling for pinwheels:
1 medium sized jar of salsa
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 block cream cheese

Mix with a mixer. If you use less salsa the mixture is thicker and spreads nicely on tortillas that can be rolled up and sliced pinwheels. The dip is great on anything, especially nachos.

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Here is a simple inexpensive dip that I make almost everytime we have a get together and everyone loves it.

1 8oz cream cheese block
Salsa
Shredded cheddar cheese

spread the cream cheese on the bottom of a microwavable container, spread salsa over the cream cheese and then sprinkle the top with cheese. Microwave about 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Serve with tortilla chips.

For a hot dish, I usually always do sloppy joes...it's really cheap and easy just throw your meat in a crock pot, add your sloppy joe sauce and then buy some buns...quick easy and budget friendly. It always goes over well.

Hope you enjoy...my family and friends always do.

Have a great day!

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This one is really hearty and tasty. Melt a half a pack of velveeta cheese after you cut it into cubes, add large can of no bean hormel chili. stir and heat thru. Serve with fritos.

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Here is a great dip recipe and it is really quick and simple to make.

Pizza Dip Recipe

Ingredients:

1 - 8 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
1 can Pizza Sauce
1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese

Blend together the cream cheese and Italian Seasoning. After blend is complete, spread onto the bottom of a pie dish. Once the bottom is covered, spread the Pizza Sauce over the cream cheese. Now spread the mozzarella cheese over the pizza sauce and also sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese.

Bake the dip until the top is golden brown and bubbly. (You can also microwave until the cheese is melted)

Serve with tortilla chips, corn chips or French baguettes.

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go to Cookinglight.com, there is a lis of 100 calorie snacks that are easy and cheap to make, including dips and fingerfoods.

Also, the foodnetwork.com has Wallet Friendly recipes.

I find making a chili bar or taco bar is fun and simple,.
Cook the chili in a crockpot and then just have all the sides people like on their chili,
with the taco bar do the same thing, make the meat, then put out all the toppings and let people serve themselves.

And last but certainly not least, ask people to help, in this economy, no one will be offended, just ask if others can bring toppings, or drinks or paper plates, it is not a bad thing to help out friends.

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Super easy and goes really fast because it's so good! Spread a block of cream cheese on a serving plate and top it with your favorite chunky salsa. Add tortilla chips on the side. You won't believe how popular it will be!!

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Bagel Dip
1 Jar of Cheese Whiz
1 Jar of Old English Cheese
1 block of cream cheese

Mix the three ingredients together until smooth. Serve with pretzels or broken up pieces of bagels (or anything that can handle a thick dip).

I've also had chopped up fresh basil in it and it's pretty good....I'd also imagine chives or cilantro would work well though.

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please this is a grown son ask your friends or family to bring one thing they know he likes with them.let them enjoy being a part of this aswell.there is many good snacks one of them being a fingerfood is english muffins with spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce with his favorite toppings on pizza on them

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I have a quick and easy pleaser...Three Layer Dip
Spread cream cheese (room temp) at the bottom of a pie plate. Spread salsa over the cream cheese. Then cover with grated sharp cheddar cheese. Heat in microwave until melted (in one minute increments) - it usually takes about three minutes. Serve with tortilla chips.

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Relish trays usually go well, just carrots, celery, pickles, maybe olives, maybe cauliflower and broccoli, for dips you can use ranch dressing, and simple onion dip from sour cream etc.
Take a pound of ground turkey or beef, a pack of velveeta style cheese and a jar of mild salsa, brown the meat and drain put in a serving dish, cut up the cheese in small pieces and add to the meat and stir in the salsa, you can melt the cheese in the micro or the oven, stir up and can put spoons of sour cream on top and serve with chips.
Sometimes a fruit tray works well too, but it can get expensive depending on the fruits you use.
You can always make meatballs and put them in a crock pot with some barbeque sauce, sweet and sour sauce, or we used to use Catalina salad dressing.
You can get ham, turkey, or chicken sliced thin, roll it and put it out with a tray of cheeses and sliced bread.
Always potatoe chips, frito style chips go over well too.

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A favorite here is a jar of cheese wiz and a can of chili with frito scoops. you put the chilli and cheese wiz in a crot pot and let it cook up. Also Just a pot of chili would be good.

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If you have a Kroger close by they have Frozen Italian Meatballs you can buy and put in a crockpot with Cattlemans BBQ Sauce and use straight pretzel sticks for people to use to eat them. Easy and yummie. Also a dip that is easy and everyone loves is a regualar tub of sour cream, Lipton onion soup mix (dry packet), chopped up chives and you can just buy Hormel bacon bits or put your own in, cheddar cheese served with crackers. If you want specific measurements let me know and I can look it up. I always just kinda throw it together. Very good though! Congrats for your son.
Enjoy,
J.

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We have a family favorite - hanky pankys they can be made two different ways -

Basic ingredients - 1 lb ground meat, 1 lb sausage - cook meats together, drain fat, add 1 lb velveeta cheese.

Either place mixture in crockpot on warm and serve with crackers/bread bits or

Spoon mixture onto cocktail breads and freeze - to serve, broil until cheese is melted and bread is toasted.

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looks like you have gotten some great ideas already but here is one more. a cheeseball is a great easy item, depending on the number of people and the number of other snacks you may want to double recipe but otherwise this makes a traditioanls size cheese ball

1 block cream cheese (can buy store brand for less $)
1 package budding dried beef (it is near the bologna and pre-packaged lunch meets)
(scallions)green onions chopped if desired

cut the beef up into small pieces and mix together with cream cheese and the chopped scallions if desired.
serve on crackers.

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First, you should ask for help. In these tough times, I know that most everyone is willing to help out, if asked.
Second, I have a buffalo chicken wing dip...it is easy.
2 large cans of white meat chicken or 3 cups of cooked chicken breast, 8 ounces of cream cheese, 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese, a small bottle of hot sauce(if you like started out with half a bottle, if you don't like it too hot).
It is layered in greased baking dish...cream cheese, chicken and hot sauce, then shredded cheddar.
Bake at 350 degrees until cheese melts(less than 10 minutes)
Remove from oven...you can either combine mixture(to place in a serving bowl) or just leave it in your baking dish.
Serve with those pretzel cracker, regular crackers or your favorite dipper item.
Good luck, and congrats!

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The sloppy joes were a good idea for something hot. Also, a big pot of chili can go a long way. Add a salad, bread, a few apps and a couple of desserts and you have an entire meal for a reasonable price.

Don't be afraid to ask for help with the food. I always like to take something!

Here's a good app:

BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
Ingredients
1 pkg. 8 oz. softened cream cheese
1 can (10 oz.) chunk white chicken, drained
½ c. buffalo sauce
½ c. ranch dressing
2 c. (8 oz.) shredded Colby Jack cheese
Tortilla chips

Directions
Spread cream cheese into ungreased shallow 1 qt. Baking dish. Layer chicken, buffalo wing sauce and ranch dressing. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake uncovered at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until cheese is melted. Makes about 2 cups.

And a good dessert (and easy, I buy the Angel Food cake already made):
ANGEL LUSH WITH PINEAPPLE

1 pkg. (4 oz. package) instant vanilla pudding
1 – 20 oz. can crushed pineapple in juice – do NOT drain
1 c. thawed cool whip

Mix pudding and pineapple, including juice, together. Gently stir in cool whip.

Can cut angel food cake in 3 layers and spread each layer with pudding mixture or serve individually.

Can cover with strawberries.

Makes 8 single servings.

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This is my husbands favorite dessert recipe and we make it all the time for carry-in meals. Super easy and cheap!
Peach Dessert
1 large can sliced peaches in heavy syrup
1 white or yellow cake mix
1 stick of butter

In a 9x13 baking pan open peaches and spread out over bottom of pan. Open dry cake mix and sprinkle over the peaches. Melt the stick of butter and drizzle it over the cake mix. Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes or until slightly browned on top.

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Hi S.,
My family loves my Taco Dip recipe and it is very simple.

1 8oz. cream cheese
1 8oz. sour cream
green onion
Large jar of Picante Sauce (I usually use medium strength)
small can of black olives (sliced)
1 bag of shredded taco cheese

In a bowl, mix well the cream cheese and sour cream. Spread this as your bottom layer in a dish. Pour jar of Picante Sauce and spread evenly. Sprinkle with desired amount of taco cheese, green onion, and black olives. Enjoy with your favorite chips (we tend to use the Scoops).

Enjoy!

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I agree with the other moms - soup is the best way to go! Chili, Vegetable/Beef, Broccoli Cheese, or Potato Soup. All you need are the fixin's (cheese, sour cream, bacon bits, crackers - depending on the soup you choose). Bag of chips and a Veggie tray with dip goes well with it and inexpensive (carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, pickles). Cornbread goes well with chili. That way all you need are small plates and bowls/spoons. Soup goes a long way when needing to feed alot of people! We do this every year for my stepson's birthday with our big family. He gets to pick the kind of soup each year and everyone seems to enjoy it.

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S., not a hot dish, but a super easy cracker dip.

Cut up pepperoni and put in sour cream, put in fridge over night and serve with crackers. Pepp flavors the sour cream and I love it. And I'm sure anyone wouldn't mind bringing a little something, especially family, so ask.

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Cake is easy and cheap to make.
Salsa and chips always go over big with the guys, although it is not exactly cheap- the bigger containers are more economical.
If you want a hot dish, homemade meatballs in BBQ sauce in your crock pot is great.
Congrats to your son!

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How about a Chex Mix, or a mix of M&M's and peanuts. Skyline Chili dip, or even a pizza dip similiar to the Skyline just with tomatoe sauce and chips or crackers.

Enjoy,
J. R.

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Congratulations to your son! Here is a healthy and budget-friendly recipe that everyone will enjoy.

Taco Dip

1 can fat free refried beans
1 container of fat free sour cream
favorite salsa
1 package low-fat cheddar cheese
1 cup finely chopped lettuce
chopped olives or chilies

Layer ingredients on a serving plate and serve with baked tortilla chips.

PS- Rather than spreading yourself too thin (financially), it would be ok to ask your family to bring a dish to pass.

Blessings,
D.

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S....I usually serve meatballs in a crockpot (with sauce). A block of Phla. cream cheese with a jar of hot pepper jelly on top served with crackers. (my very favorite). There's always cheese balls, veggie trays and cold meat and cheeses trays (you can make your own cheaper). Then some sweet desserts...a sheet cake decorated which you can also make from a cake mix. Store bought cookies maybe. Have fun and don't worry about it. Good luck and God bless......

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Bagel dip is an easy favorite that everyone seems to love! Take one can of Olde English cheese, a block of cream cheese (light versions work fine!) Blend them both up together until completely mixed and form a good consistency. Serve with torn up bagels, pretzel bread (if you have Servatti's near you) or veggies. I also think that asking people to bring an appetizer is totally fine...especially if you provide a hot meal. We always do a chili...crock pot and it is good to go! Congrats to your son

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I just tried this over the weeking and it was GREAT! -

3 cups fried potatoe squares (I made mine home made using potatoes, onion, garlic, and a bit of season salt) Receipe calls for frozen hashbrowns or potato squares

3/4 cup Bacon bits (package of bacon fried up)
2 cups shredded cheese
16 oz sour cream
2 tbs butter (melted)
tortillas

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix potatoes, bacon, cheese, and 1 cup sour cream (1/2 of sour cream container). Warm up tortillas in microwave, probably about 10 seconds, and use mix to place in center of each tortilla and roll like a burrito. brush melted butter on both sides of burrito. I made about 6 burritos out of my mixture. Then place on cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 mins (should get golden on outside of tortilla). Let stand for 2 mins. Then cut diagnolly and serve with remaining sour cream. It is supposed to be a potato skin appetizer... Mmmm.. they are so good though. Hope you get to try this b/c it is amazing and wasn't hard at all to make. Enjoy!!

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If you can afford to buy string cheese, a bag of frozen Rhodes rolls, and pepperoni, I have the thing for you.

Let the rolls thaw, and cut them into 3rds, press them out into circles, layer 2 pepperoni on the dough. Then cut each string cheese into 4ths. Put 1 peice of the cheese in the dough too. Roll all of them up and try not to allow any holes in the dough. Bake at 350 until rolls are golden, and cheese is melted. Serve with warm pizza sauce. This is time consuming to make, but it makes about 75 pizza bites, and is always a huge hit at parties. As well as being rather cost effective for the amount that you get.
Good Luck!

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Throw together a lasagna, some garlic bread and put out some veggies and dip. Don't let the lasagna intimidate you. Use Prego and no bake lasagna noodles. The recipe is on the back of the Barilla lasagna noodles. And if you shop at Wal-mart, you can buy their brand of garlic bread which is cheaper. This is what I usually do for my kids family birthday parties. Or...Sam's Club has a BBQ pork in the frozen foods section and it serves a lot of people. Get some cheap buns. Make cole slaw...bagged cole slaw greens and pour the marzetties cole slaw dressing over it...YUMMY!

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Congratulations to your son!

Here are some favorite hot dishes for our get-togethers:

"Hanky Panky" (won't policemen love that name?!)
1 lb ground beef
1 lb sausage (as hot as you like)
1 lb Velveeta
Bread of your choice
Brown the meats and drain. Put them in a crock pot and add the Velveeta (I usually cube it so it can be dispersed and melt faster). Heat and stir until the cheese is melted. You can leave it in the crock pot as long as you like; just remember to stir it occassionally. Serve with party-size rye bread, small bagels, or white bread (or rye) cut into fourths. I've also seen it served by topping small bagels with the Hanky Panky and baking them in the oven.

Cocktail Meatballs
1 bag of Armour meatballs (we usually find them at Kroger)
1 jar of Heinz Chili Sauce
1 can of Cranberry Jelly
Thaw the meatballs. Combine the chili sauce and cranberry jelly in a saucepan and heat until the jelly is melted. (My husband ususally "chops" the jelly with a spoon while it's still in the can to make smaller chunks to melt faster.) Put the meatballs in a crockpot and add the chili/cranberry mix. Turn on the heat and forget it (except for the occassional stir).
(I'm not sure what sizes the meatballs come in. We have only found two: a "small" bag and a "large" bag. This recipe is for the small bag. It's easy to double this recipe for larger gatherings, too.)

Chili Dip
1 package of cream cheese, softened
1 can of your favorite Cincinnati style chili
1 pacakge of cheddar cheese
Tortilla chips
Spread the softened cream cheese in a round glass pie plate. Cover with the chili and then the cheese. Heat in the oven until it's warm (usually when the cheese is melted). Serve with chips for scooping.

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Have the party in the midafternoon so people won't be hungry for lunch. Also, if you have close family (brothers, sisters, etc) ask them if they could all bring something small. We make a dip that uses hamburger, velveeta (store brand works fine) and salsa. You just use equal amounts of burger and velveeta. Brown the hamburger, add to crock pot. Cut up Velveeta, add that to crock pot, add salsa. I usually use 2lbs of hamburger and 2lbs of Velveeta and a jar of LARGE salsa (chunky works really good). Just stick it in the crock pot on high until it's hot all the way through. Serve with tortilla chips.
Also, kraftfoods.com has GREAT recipes for very little money. You can always double or triple the recipes depending on how big the crowd is. Save money on invites, and call people instead of mailing things out. I'm betting people will offer to bring a side dish.

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Sloppy joes are always a favorite too. And not very expensive. Soppy joes, with some chips and some of the dips below, it's a decent meal if you are running into meal times.

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Bacon Swiss Dip

2 blocks cream cheese
1 bunch green onions chopped
8 oz. mayo
6-8 oz. shredded swiss
Mix together, put in a baking dish and top with hormel real bacon pieces
Bake on 350 for 20 minutes.
You can make it a day or two before if you want and bake it the day of.
Serve with either tortilla chips or crackers

Buffalo Chicken Dip (this one is a little spicy)

2 stalks of celery
12 oz Franks Hot sauce (buffalo style)
4-5 chicken breasts boiled and diced (or shredded)
2 packs cream cheese
1 bottle ranch dressing (not buttermilk ranch)
16 oz shredded cheddar

dice celery
simmer diced celery in hot sauce in a pan on the stove till the celery begins to get soft (turn off stove)
Add diced or shredded Chicken
Add cream cheese stir till dissolved in
Add remaining ingredients
Put in a baking dish and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Serve with tortilla chips

Every person who has tried either of these dips has wanted the recipe.

Hope the party is great.

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with some kind of tortilla chips.. take a pizza pan (w/ a rim) and spread cream cheese (room temp) all over it (like you are making a pizza) then you take a can of chili (w or w/o beans) and then sprinkle over the top a good helping of colby shredded cheese and then some people like olives.. then put in the oven for a few minutes at 350 and you are all set... soooo good

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I buy the sweet onion & hot pepper relish (I believe Dickerson's makes it))and mix that with cream cheese. You can serve that with crackers or tortilla chips.

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Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
1 pkg (8 oz) softened cream cheese
1/2 c softened butter (NOT margarine)
1/4 t vanilla
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 T brown sugar
3/4 C miniature chocolate chips
3/4 c finely chopped pecans

1. In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter & vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add sugars; beat just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover & refrigerate at least 2 hours.
2. Place cream cheese mixture on large piece of plastic wrap. Shape into a ball. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
3. Just before serving, roll ball in pecan pieces.

Serve w/ a variety of graham crackers.

Sugar & Spiced Pecans
3 C lightly salted mixed nuts
1 egg white
1 T orange juice
2/3 C sugar
1 T grated orange peel
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t ginger
1/2 t allspice

1. Place nuts in large bowl. In small bowl, beat egg white & orange juice w/ fork until foamy. Add sugar & orange peel, cinnamon, ginger & allspice; mix well.
Pour over nuts & stir to coat.
2. Spread on ungreased 15x10 baking sheet. Bake at 275 degrees stirring every 15 minutes for 45-50 minutes or until nuts are crisp and lightly browned.
3. Cool completely. Store in airtight containers.
Yield 4 cups.

BAKED CHILI SPREAD (HOT)
* ALWAYS a huge favorite

1 10oz can chili without beans (I use turkey chili)
1 small onion, chopped
8 oz cream cheese (I ALWAYS use light)
1-4oz can mild green chilies
8 oz Monteray Jack cheese, shredded

Mix chili, onion cream cheese in bowl. Spoon into greased 9x9 baking dish. Spread undrained chilies over mixture. Sprinkle w/ shredded cheese. ( I HAVE mixed in chilies w/ chili) Don't necessarily like it better one way or another. A little less messy, I think, though.

Bakes at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until heated thru. Serve w/ nachos.

YYYYUUUMMMMMY!!!

For something quick, you can also take a brick of cream cheese (or light cream cheese) and put some plum or cherry preserves or jam, apricot jam or preserves or chutney on top. (you can really pick any kind or flavor that you like) Serve w/ crackers and or celery.

S.,
I don't know if you'd be interested in this, but we were in the same situation once w/ a yearly Christmas party. Instead of snacky foods, I made a huge pot of vegetable soup and one of chili. Everyone loved it. You're set up might not lend itself to that, though.

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My sister makes ham and cheese puffs that are really good....

Cubes of ham
Cubes of mozzarella cheese
cresent rolls

Put a few cubes of each ham/cheese in a cresent roll and fold to make a pocket around and bake.

Pasta salad is always easy, makes alot and is cheap.....

I use tri color noodles in mine, a cucumber diced, a can of sliced black olives, 1 pack cherry tomatoes, cubed pepperoni, and cubed colby jack cheese. I mix with a jar of Lite Italian dressing.

My M. makes a taco dip.....

spread cream cheese on the bottom of a baking sheet, cook hamburger and add taco seasoning and spread on top of cream cheese then top with shredded cheddar cheese and bake until cheese is melted. Serve with tortilla chips. This is always a hit and does not require many ingredients.

I make a taco salad that is different and good....

1 lb hamburger cooked and cooled
1 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
1 can light red kidney beans drained, rinsed and dried well
1 package shredded cheddar cheese
1 can sliced black olives
1 package fritos corn chips
1 jar light ranch dressing

mix all together and serve cold. make sure to stir in fritos right befor serving so they are not soggy.

You also could just do something like baked spaghetti..

Cook noodles and drain, mix in jar sauce and heat, pour in 9x13 dish, top with sliced pepperoni, and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, sprinkle lightly with Italian seasoning and bake until chhese is melted and slightly browned.

Serve with Garlic bread and a salad.

Pasta is sooo cheap and I can usually find pepperoni at Meijer's(meijer's brand) for $1 and sauce is cheap. You could make each 9x13 for about $ 6. This pasta is good and you don't miss the expensive ground beef.

Hope this helps and Have lots of fun!!!!

Try Tastefully Simple. All the snacks and dips are easy and only require 1 or 2 ingredients. All the dips use mayo and/or sour cream and are ready in minutes.
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