Income in our household while we were growing up was often seasonal, so things were pretty creative. I fondly recall many things being made with tomato soup, as it was $.25/can (or less, with coupons.) Sloppy Joes were a favorite. Any leftover meat could be recycled into chili the following day. We kids would also devour elbow macaroni mixed with a can of tomato soup like it was going out of style. Government/commodity cheese made the BEST grilled cheese sandwiches. Hotdish ranked right up there, too.