Dinner

Gourmet Tuna Casserole is for Dinner.

Gourmet Tuna Casserole takes 40 minutes to prepare.

Gourmet Tuna Casserole takes 45 minutes to cook.

Gourmet Tuna Casserole makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Gourmet Tuna Casserole are:

2 large cans of albacore tuna (10 servings in total)
6 oz of whole wheat wide egg noodles (3 servings)
1 lb package of frozen peas
6 onions, sliced wide to resemble noodles
10 celery stalks, sliced
12 oz sliced fresh mushrooms
1 C fresh parsley, chopped
2 C skim milk
3 T butter
1/4 C flour
4 oz sharp cheddar cheese, grated
4 oz lite cream cheese
8 garlic cloves
6 T flax meal
Pepper to taste
Salt if needed

Here is how you make Gourmet Tuna Casserole:

-Prepare noodles al dente.-Cook peas in microwave just until thawed and drain off any liquid.-Saute onions and celery and garlic cloves in a large sauce pan with a splash of olive oil, with lid on to steam while they saute. Cook until soft, but not carmalized.-Pull garlic cloves out and set aside.-Use same pan to saute mushrooms just to soften.-Melt butter in a saucepan, sift in 1/4 C flour and whisk. Let cook for a minute or two on low.-Heat skim milk in microwave for just a minute or two to get hot, but not boiling. -Slowly pour milk into butter/flour mixture constantly whisking and stir until thickening.-Mince or smash sauted garlic and add to sauce. -Add ground pepper and 4 oz cream cheese and stir until melted and smooth.-Drain tuna.-Combine all ingredients except flax: Noodles, tuna, peas, onions, celery, mushrooms, parsley, and sauce and stir gently.-Pour into oiled/sprayed 9 X 13 pan and sprinkle with flax meal.-Bake at 350 until completely bubbly. May want to cover with foil for the first 20 - 30 minutes.Makes 8 generous servings. Can reduce the calories/fat slightly by leaving out the cheddar cheese, but then add more salt.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BABSINATL.

The nutritional information for Gourmet Tuna Casserole is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 456.4

• Total Fat: 18.4 g
• Cholesterol: 90.2 mg
• Sodium: 574.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 41.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.8 g
• Protein: 34.1 g