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I thought I would share a lovely dinner that I made this week.  I find that some of the most simple meals are often the most delish. This is so classic...and SO SIMPLE. I made a.....




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TUNA CASSEROLE!!!!!!!!

I know, I know...not very exciting or difficult.

I have made quite a few different tuna casserole recipes.  Many of them have been enjoyable but this one was truly out of this world.  I found the recipe on canadianliving.com.  The casserole was titled "Amazing Tuna Casserole", so I decided to see if it lived up to its name. I can tell you this much...IT DID. My boyfriend devoured nearly the entire pan in one sitting and commented several times on its yumtastic appeal.

So here's what you need.

1/2 cup diced onions

1/2 cup diced celery

3/4 red pepper, diced

1 can of white chunk tuna, drained

SAY WHAT?? TUNA? MEOWWWWWW MEOOWWWWWW MEOWWWWWW

I literally could not walk in my kitchen when I opened the tuna can. The can opening sound and the smell made Angus and Jubey think they were getting canned cat food. They were REALLY upset when they discovered it wasn't for them. Poor babies.

Back to whatcha need.

1 can of cream of mushroom soup (you could also use cream of celery)

3/4 cup of milk

1 cup shredded cheese (I used cheddar)

1/2 cup of mayonnaise

3/4 cup raw egg noodles (I think any pasta would be fine but I really liked the texture of the egg noodles for this recipe)

Here's whatcha do.

Mix the onions (after you have cut them...cried and have mascara running down your face), celery, red pepper, tuna and mayo in a bowl.

In a small sauce pan, heat the soup and milk.  Once this mixture is warm, toss in the cheese and stir until the cheese fully melts.

Meanwhile, cook the egg noodles in boiling water.

Pour the sauce into the tuna mixture bowl. Stir it up!

Now pour in the noodles!

Stir it up!

Oh...you were supposed to have the oven preheated to 350 degreess the whole time. I find it amusing that I forgot to mention that in this post as I nearly always forget to do it when actually cooking as well. So yea..do that.

Grease your 9 by 13 casserole dish

Pour mixture into the casserole dish. I kind of packed it in.  Then top with more shredded cheese...why just have cheese when you can have MORE cheese? Then season with salt and pepper.

Bake for 30 minutes! Voila!

So good. Takes hardly any time at all. Uses simple ingredients. My kind of meal!

Let me know if you try this out! :)

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