Since someone mentioned tuna casserole, our mom made it all of the time with macaroni, canned tuna, peas, potato chips, and cream of mushroom soup (campbell's). She also used cream of mush for green bean casserole with fried onion bits on top, and any other dish that needed a cream base. I had blocked much of this from my memory...thanks guys, LOL. The upshot is that meals were always a family affair, and we kids become better cooks because of them. One thing she always did for Thanksgiving that I still do today is to take that can of cranberry sauce out of the fridge and decant that sucker with all of the Wisconsin flair I can muster for my guests. The ridges from the can are an important culinary aesthetic, IMO.