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Tuna Noodle Casserole
New Season's fabulous take on a classic

Servings: 6ish

Servings: 6ish
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces wide egg noodles
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ cup chopped yellow onion
  • ⅓ cup chopped carrot
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¾ cups milk
  • ½ cup (4 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • ½ cup grated Parmesean cheese (or other Italian mix)
  • 2 5-ounce cans albacore tuna in water, drained and flaked
  • cooking spray
Steps
  1. Preheat broiler, cook noodles according to package directions.
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, add oil to pan, swirl to coat.  Sauté onion and carrot 6 minutes or until carrot is almost tender, stirring occasionally.
  3. Sprinkle with flour; cook 1 minute stirring constantly.
  4. Gradually stir in milk; cook 5 minutes, whisking constantly until slightly thick.
  5. Stir in cream cheese, mustard, salt, pepper;  cook 2 minutes stirring constantly.
  6. Remove pan from heat, stir in noodles, peas, ¼ cup cheese, and tuna.  Spoon mixture into a shallow broiler-safe 2-quart baking dish coated with cooking spray.  Top with remaining cheese.
  7. Broil 3 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.  Let stand 5 minutes.
  8. Serve with spinach salad.
Notes
  • EVERYONE likes this.
 

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