Ranch Pasta

Ingredients:
1 small package or box of bow tie pasta, cooked according to directions
1 cucumber, peeled and diced
2-3 tomatoes, diced
1 can olives, sliced
1 cup mayonnaise
1 pkg. ranch dressing mix

Directions:
Cook the box of pasta according to the directions on the package. Rinse under cold water until pasta is cool. Add the diced cucumber, diced tomato, and sliced olives. Mix together the package of ranch mix and the mayonnaise. Add the ranch mix to the other ingredients and stir till well blended. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 25 minutes
Recipe Origin: Annette Gardner

Tin Foil Dinner

Ingredients:
1.5 lbs. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 small bag of baby carrots, chopped into medium sized pieces.
4-5 cups chopped potatoes
1 family size can of cream of mushroom soup
Salt and Pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread the ground beef evenly across the bottom of 9x13 pan. Top the ground beef with the chopped onion. Then layer the chopped carrots over the onions. Top with the chopped potatoes. Spread the can of cream of mushroom soup over the potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake at 375 degrees for 70-90 minutes (or until the potatoes are cooked through and tender).

*You can also prepare this into individual dinners. Simply add the ingredients in the same order onto a medium square of tin foil. Top with another piece of tin foil and cook until the ingredients are done.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 20 minutes prep time plus cooking time
Recipe Origin: Mom

Brown Sugar Muffins

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk

Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to make: about 20 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom