"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.

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