John's Comfort Food

     So, the one thing I don't like about eating here is that we end up eating a lot of prepackaged and processed foods.  But even so, I try to cook as healthy as I can with the foods I have.  I originally made this prepackaged recipe on Valentine's Day evening with no real intent of impressing John with it due to the holiday.  (He's not a huge fan of the holiday but I got him a card anyways!) 

     I had it ready when he came home from work and he said he wasn't really hungry because he had a late lunch.  After the first few bites he said "Kaysie, you HAVE to blog about this, it is soo good! Take a picture of me eating it!" lol! I told him I couldn't because I didn't take any pictures of the process.  However, I remade it a few nights ago with a slight variation so I could share it all with you.


Tuna Noodle Casserole

Ingredients

8 oz whole wheat pasta (any kind will do)
1/2 cup milk (I used powdered milk + water)
1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne
2 small cans of tuna (I used chunk light because it is the recommended tuna for pregnancy- low mercury)
1 15 oz can of sweet peas
1 cup crushed saltines

Directions

1.  Boil pasta to packaged instructions and drain
2.  Heat milk, yogurt, cream of chicken, salt, and cayenne until mixed thoroughly 
3.  Mix pasta, heated mixture, tuna, and peas together and put in casserole dish
4.  Sprinkle crushed saltines over surface (I only put these on 1/2 the casserole cause John likes it better than I do)
5.  Bake in oven at 350 degrees until heated through and up to 30 minutes


Pictures

Variation:

The second time I had it, I had no yogurt or sour cream so I added 1 cup of water and added 3 laughing cow cheeses and it still tasted delicious if not the same!  With the laughing cow cheese, it is a completely prepackaged/processed meal lol!  Not something I am super proud of but it was quite good if I do say so myself! :)