Olive and Corn Casserole

This is a long time recipe of my mom's. It seems to be a favorite put-together-at-the-last-minute recipe of hers. My kids adore it.

Ingredients:

1/2 pound Ground Beef, $1
Package pasta, $1 (we usually use penne or spirals)
Can of pasta sauce, $1
Can olives, $1
1 cup or can of corn, $1
optional, grated cheddar cheese $1-2

Total cost: $5-7

Brown the ground beef. You may add some onion if desired. Meanwhile cook pasta according to directions. When beef is cooked through, add the sauce, corn, and olives and heat through. When pasta is cooked, mix in with the sauce mixture. You may eat as is, or put in an oven safe dish and sprinkle cheddar cheese on top. Put in the oven at 350 until cheese is melted. Alternately, if adding the cheese you could just use a large fry pan to cook the beef and sauce mixture, then stir in pasta, sprinkle cheese on it right in the fry pan and cook until melted. My mom likes to put it in the oven, but I am much more simplistic and go for the easiest possible way.

For all you vegetarians, leave out the beef! It is yummy that way as well, and costs less.