Tuna casserole
I was craving tuna noodle casserole something horrible tonight, this is what I came up with. Came out wonderful and definately satisfied the craving.
2 - 12oz cans albacore tuna 1/2 large onion, chopped 1 cup celery, chopped 1/2 cup mayo 1/2 cup sour cream 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (cheap stuff is good for this) 1 - 2 tsp parsley 1 tsp ground black pepper Topping: Use and additional 1/4 cup grated cheddar and 1-2 TBLS parmesan mixed together. Preheat oven to 400. Mix all above ingredients, except topping. Pat into a sprayed 8X8 baking dish. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes. Makes 6 servings. |
you have the carb and cals for this yet?
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I just put the ingredients into fitday and it's roughly 4 carbs a serving (at 6 servings) and 436 calories. You could of course cut those in half probably using low fat mayo, sour cream and cheese. I however have never really restricted calories while doing atkins because I typically run low on calories due to the fact I only eat seafood and chicken.
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sounds good... i know we're not supposed to eat peas, but I'd be tempted to put those in for this! yum
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Sounds good to me......I sometimes crave good old fashioned tuna casserole, something I had a lot of as a kid! (many moons ago mind you!) Thanks for the recipe!
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I must try this, it sounds wonderful.
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just had this for dinner and it was DELISH :)
thanks for the post...always looking for something new and yummy! :) |
I am so going to try this, probably for Sunday dinner
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Sounds excellent, except I'd be replacing the celery with mushrooms. Mmmmm, creamy mushroom tuna-ness... my mom always used cream of mushroom soup for her tuna casserole, while my aunt used cream of celery. I liked my mom's better.
Either way, major comfort food. :) |
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Wouldn't going with the low fat stuff up the carbs? Almost every low fat product I've seen had more carbs, and ussualy sugar added. |
Do you think this could be successfully adapted to dairy-free? I could use coconut cream in place of the mayo and cream but gosh there sounds like there's a lot of cheese in/on it! Is this a major part of the flavour, or do you think it wouldn't be missed if I omitted it??
TIA e |
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Real mayo has no dairy in it, just egg and a good quality oil. The cheese is a big part of the flavour and texture, so it wouldn't be the same or anywhere near without the cheese, I think. Perhaps a vegan cheese product would be a better idea than just removing the cheese. It rather depends on why you want to remove the dairy. If a mild to moderate lactose intolerance, you can use cheese, most of the lactose is gone. If a casein intolerance, then a vegan substitute would work better. And coconut cream? I think the flavour would be wildly altered, unless you got some other strong flavours in there. If you can handle cream cheese, this might make a better substitute, thinned a little bit, and there are vegan alternatives for that, too. I personally like a lot of diced green onion with a mixture like this, perhaps that would help with the flavour. Good luck. |
Sounds Yummers! I will be printing this out shortly to bake for dinner tonight. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Thanks!! |
Mmm Mmm Mmm!
I made this the other night with the tuna and it was awesome...but tonight I made it with turkey (soooo much leftover from Thanksgiving!!!)....and it was equally as good. I think it would be great tasting with almost any meat, maybe even hamburger or buffalo.
I entered the ingredients for the tuna casserole into the My P.L.A.N. and I got it to be about 10 carbs for six servings, considerably more than the 4 that I read here....not sure what to think but I'm going with the higher. Susan |
Susan,
Were any of the products you used fat free or reduced fat? And did you adjust the amounts for the ingredients? When I ran this through MyPlan, it looked to be a little over 3 carbs. I added values for the topping, pepper and parsley as well. The whole recipe was 23.21 carbs minus 3.31 grams fiber, for a total of 19.9 carbs. Divided by 6, it comes out to 3.316 carbs per serving. I just wanted to let you know my findings. |
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