"kilikini" > wrote in message
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>I know we just had a thread covering this topic a few months ago and I
>should Google it all. That being said, it's a disgusting meal, but we've
>been forced to resort to it. This will be tomorrow's dinner.
>
> We have a couple of cans of water-packed tuna, some egg noodles, canned
> peas, canned carrots, canned corn, 1 can of mushroom soup and a sleeve of
> saltine crackers - so, I'm thinking tuna noodle casserole. Hey, it's
> filling, it's food, and truth be told, we had to go to a food bank to get
> *this* much.
>

I made this last month and it was actually pretty good. It certainly wasn't
'disguisting'. And in the middle of winter and the nearest grocery store a
half-hour walk away - I've learned to cook out of my pantry in January and
February.

I browned a little chopped dehydrated onion in some butter in a saucepan
then added some chopped fresh thyme, fresh rosmary and dried celery leaves
I crushed-up with my fingers. I also chopped up some frozen red and green
pepper strips I keep in my freezer, but some carrots would be a nice
substitue. I then added a can of drained mushrooms and stirred it around a
little, letting the water rehydrate the onions a little bit. Then dumped
the canned soup (in my case, I used cream of chicken but cream of mushroom
will work) followed by two undrained cans of tuna and a drained can of peas.
If it was too thin, I thickened with a little dried milk mixed with flour in
water. Then gave it a bit of soy sauce and several grinds of black pepper.

I served if over toast and the leftover tuna sauce over rice. It was good.
And it was filling. But I could also have tossed it with buttered egg
noodles.

If you want to make it 'more fancy', I've crushed up saltine crackers into
crumbs. Then browned them in a saute pan with butter until they get brown
and crunchy. Then just give them a shake of garlic or onion powder and
maybe some black pepper or even parmesan cheese right at the end. And
sprinkle the crumb topping over the served tuna and noodles.

<shrug>

Good luck.

--
MJB

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"kilikini" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Good luck.
>
> Oooh, I like your suggestion of what to do with the Saltine crackers!
> Great ideas, thank you!
>
> kili

You could also make a 'tonnato' sauce - I've made a mayonaise-like sauce
using oil, garlic , a can of tuna and a stick or standing blender - plus
whatever herbs and spices you like. That can be good put over noodles too -
especially with parmesan cheese and black pepper. You could even toss in
some of the vegetables after you made the sauce as well. That would leave
you with the cream of mushroom soup - but it didn't sound like you wanted to
eat that anyway.

<grin>

MJB