What you need:

1⁄2  tube or package of ready-to-bake sugar cookie dough
1⁄2  cup cream cheese
2 cups sliced mixed fresh or canned fruit
Choose from:
Strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, fresh or canned pineapple, bananas, blueberries, or whatever you like

What you do:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. (Or whatever it says on the cookie dough package.) Open the tube of sugar cookie dough and cut in in half. You will be using only half of the dough. Put the rest back in the fridge for making cookies later—or make two pizzas.

Cover the cookie sheet with foil. Lay the dough on the foil and with your clean hands, pat the dough into a circle about 7 inches in diameter.

Put in the oven and bake for about 7 minutes or until it is just getting brown. Take it out of the oven and let it cool. Shut off the oven.

Spread the cream cheese on the cooled cookie crust.

Wash all of the fruit you are planning to use. If you are using canned fruit such as pineapple, be sure to drain it.

Arrange the fruit to look pretty. Makes 4 or 5 servings.

What you need:

1 bag shredded cabbage
1 8-oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
1⁄2 cup whole almonds
1 package Ramen noodles (dry, uncooked)
1⁄2 cup Italian dressing.

What you do:
Open the bag of cabbage and put it in the bowl. The bag should say that the cabbage has been washed. If not, wash it first by putting it in a strainer and then rinsing it.
Let it drain until the water is all out.

Drain the oranges. Throw the juice away. Add the oranges to the cabbage. Now add the almonds. Stir it all together and mix together well.

Break up the uncooked Ramen noodles into little chunks and add to the mixture. (Don’t use the seasoning packet.) You can leave some in larger pieces than others. Break the uncooked noodles into pieces about the size of a quarter.

Add the Italian dressing. Stir until it is all moistened. Eat right away.

Makes enough for 6 hungry people.

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