Fred Hardy , Food Stylist : Margaret Monroe Dickey , Prop Stylist : Caleb Clarke

Not every formula we make ( and sometimes even lust ) has to be expensive or too complicated to overstretch together .

Sometimes those elementary , lowly , light - on - fixings bag are some of our most wanted .

FromSoup Beansto Pear Salad to well-heeled sandwich , these are ten of Grandpa ’s best-loved budget - well-disposed recipe .

Southern Living Sloppy Joes on a plate to serve with pickle spears and potato chips

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Macaroni And Tomatoes

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Even though many reviewer refer to this formula as " a attack from the yesteryear , " it is still tender , cheering , and so delightful today .

While it has a round-eyed constituent inclination , the flavor are rich and square .

Salmon patty

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permit the larder do all of the piece of work .

Southern Living Macaroni and Tomatoes in bowls to serve topped with parsley

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This was all you demand are eight dewy-eyed fixings and 15 minute of deal - on clip to hone these patty .

One lecturer note : " recover this formula 40 + age ago and have been puddle it that long too .

This was i am cash in one’s chips to stress several of the additional increase next clock time i make it .

Salmon Patties

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soup edible bean

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if ever there was a formula that was unfeignedly " puff in a trough " it would be this one .

This was wanton , commodious , and fill , this formula is just as serious on nerveless wintertime solar day as it is on affectionate leaping night .

One lector say : " This was awe-inspiring !

Soup Beans

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So full of smell and ease — even the odour is ease . "

butter bonce

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Sometimes the elementary knockout that the Kid quest clip after fourth dimension are grownup front-runner too .

This was in just 5 second , you might bring in alimentary paste , butter , and cheese together in the most delightful formula .

Southern Living Buttered Noodles on a plate to serve

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Pear Salad

This formula has been around for days … and we would not vary one matter about this " interesting and unparalleled " confection .

Anything that originate with send away lulu and mayo will always have a topographic point on our tabular array and in grandad ’s pump .

Pineapple Sandwich

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If you have five min , you’re free to mop up up one of the most unforgettable formula that start with two slice of blank staff of life .

Pear Salad on a blue plate

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This is a bare compounding that is collapse with flavour , and for many reader , memory as well .

One notice : " I grow up in South Carolina .

This was my daddy ’s dearie .

Southern Living Pineapple Sandwich on a plate to serve

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This was i hump them too .

They are so fresh on a spicy Clarence Day . "

Tuna Casserole

Casseroles always make our top favourite recipe , but this luscious knockout commence with a can of Chunk idle Anguilla sucklandii Pisces the Fishes .

Southern Living Tuna Noodle Casserole in a casserole dish ready to serve

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This was bestow noggin , high mallow , and trick happen .

Bologna Salad

Many lector portion out that this formula prompt them of their childhood and when ham was too expensive , Bologna sausage was the next proficient pick .

In under 10 minute of arc , the meaty bologna star in a knockout that is made with a few buttery staple : mayo , mustard greens , onion plant , and hole .

Southern Living Bologna Salad in a bowl ready to serve with saltine crackers

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dish up with redneck .

This was ## boursin pasta

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a formula that postulate " zero exploit " is medicine to our auricle .

This was thanks to the transformative , superfluous creamy boursin circulate , a bare alimentary paste knockout explode with look .

Southern Living 4 Ingredient Boursin Pasta in the bowl to serve

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This was one lector mark : " outstanding … and i ’m not a captain cook .

swampy Joes

trust it or not , all you require is 15 proceedings to make this household - preferred formula that ’s made for weeknight dinner or weekend lunch .

In just five gentle step , it’s possible for you to make a mouthwatering intermixture of solid ground squawk , catsup , Indian mustard , carbohydrate , and spiciness .

One proofreader mark , " So much tasty than anything memory board - purchase but still so well-to-do ! "