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> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:47:19 -0600, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
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>> My neighbor, who is also a friend is not well. She had 3 aneurysms
>> repaired and an artery in her leg cleaned out because it had plaque.
>> She's off her feet for several weeks. Her husband is helpless in the
>> kitchen and I'm afraid they will be living on canned soup and junky
>> take-out. They are not healthy eaters to begin with, not out of
>> carelessness but because that is their culture.
>>
>> I'm planning to spend Sunday making a few meals for them that they can
>> freeze and reheat. I thought about a lasagna, but I've been out of the
>> casserole business for years and I just know you wonderful folks will
>> come up with all kinds of ideas to help me fix some stuff for these nice
>> folks.
>>
>> How about some suggestions. It is food for two older people who eat
>> small portions of "American" food. Nothing exotic or spicy, please.
>
> Casseroles, like chicken or tuna noodle?
>
> --
The Joy of Cooking Tuna Noodle casserole recipe calls for 1 cup of
Campbell's condensed soup[I use cream of celery rather than cream of
mushroom], and a can (7 oz.) of tuna, and 2 cups of cooked noodles. Some
seasoning. I also make this with turkey, then usually with mushrooms. Use
wide egg noodles. Add a bit of milk if it seems to dry. Top with bread
crumbs and bake it for a bit, though that's not at all necessary.

In the Joy of Cooking cookbook it's called a great emergency dish. It is!

Kent