Roasted pumpkin seeds

Ingredients:

• 2 cups pumpkins seeds
• 2 tablespoons butter - melted
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

• Rinse seeds
• Combine seeds, butter, olive oil, garlic salt, and Worchestershire - mix well
• Spread on baking sheet and bake at 275 for 45 minutes (after the first 30 minutes, stir the seeds around on the baking sheet a bit to mix/turn)
• Turn heat up to 300 and bake for another 15 minutes

Ashley's American Goulash

This is an American take on goulash (which is actually a traditional Hungarian dish that doesn't have noodles or cheese so this is a very altered version to say the least). 

Time needed:  45 minutes (30 of which is baking)

Ingredients:

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 onion - chopped
• Salt and pepper
• 5 tomatoes - chopped
• 4 stalks of celery - chopped
• 1 cup kerneled corn
• 1 cup peas
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 2 jalapenos - chopped
• 3 cups elbow macaroni (3 cups dry)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cups Velveeta - cubed

Directions:

• Brown beef in saute pan.  Add chopped onion and simmer on low until onion is soft (4-5 minutes).  Add salt/pepper to taste. 
• Bring water to boil, add 1 teaspoon salt and the olive oil, add the elbow macaroni.  Boil until soft but not completely al dente (you're going to bake this dish for 30 minutes, so if you boil the noodles until they are "done" or al dente completely they will become too mushy when you bake them).  Strain and set aside.
• In a large bake safe and lightly greased casserole dish, combine the browned meat/onion, noodles, tomato, celery, jalapenos (raw), cooked peas/corn/carrots and Velveeta.  Add any salt/pepper to taste.  Mix well.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 350.

Slab it on a piece of toast for a divine experience.