Delicious and Easy Tuna Casserole Recipe

This Delicious and Easy Tuna Casserole Recipe is affordable and quick to whip up. It has all the flavors of your favorite comfort food with pantry staple items.

Tuna casserole is one of my favorite recipes to make!  This recipe is super easy to whip up.  You can even make this Delicious and Easy Tuna Casserole Recipe with leftover macaroni and cheese.  I consider myself lucky that my family enjoys this recipe.  Maybe because of its simple ingredients?

My First Tuna Casserole

I did not grow up eating tuna casserole.  Our family was pretty much meat and potatoes and 1 side of vegetables every night.  I stayed the night with a cousin of mine when I was about 12-years-old.  Her mom made tuna casserole for dinner that night.  I remembered how much I loved it and when I became an adult I tried to duplicate her recipe. 

I finally decided to email my cousin and asked her for the recipe.  She gave me the general idea of how to make it.  From what I remember, this is pretty close!

Tuna Casserole

• 1 box Mac and cheese
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 can of cream mushroom soup
• 1 can of tuna 
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 x 8 baking dish

Topping

• 5 slices of bread cut into small cubes
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 Tblsp grated parmesan cheese
• 3 Tbsp butter

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Cook the macaroni according to directions. Drain macaroni, add butter, milk, and cheese packet.  Stir well.  Add cream of mushroom soup, tuna, salt, and pepper.   Pour in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes.

 For topping melt 3 Tbsp butter in a medium bowl, add garlic powder, onion powder, and parmesan cheese. Mix well.  Add bread cubes to the bowl and stir well to coat.  When tuna casserole is done (after 20 minutes), cover the casserole with the bread crumb topping.  Place in oven and cook 10-15 minutes until bread is crisp and dark brown.

Possible additions to your casserole:

• Top with shredded cheddar cheese before adding the bread crumbs.
• Add garlic powder and onion powder to the casserole.
• Use an extra can of tuna.
• Add 1/2 cup of miracle whip for some extra tangy creaminess.

Try one of these recipes as a side dish

• Skillet fried squash recipe
• Easy stuffing and squash recipe

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Tuna Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 box Mac and cheese
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 can of cream mushroom soup
• 1 can of tuna
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 x 8 baking dish
• TOPPING
• 5 slices of bread cut into small cubes
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 Tblsp grated parmesan cheese
• 3 Tbsp butter

Instructions

• Preheat oven 350 degrees. Cook the macaroni according to directions. Drain macaroni, add butter, milk, and cheese packet. Stir well. Add cream of mushroom soup, tuna, salt, and pepper. Pour in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes.
• For topping melt 3 Tbsp butter in a medium bowl, add garlic powder, onion powder, and parmesan cheese. Mix well. Add bread cubes to the bowl and stir well to coat. When tuna casserole is done (after 20 minutes), cover the casserole with the bread crumb topping. Place in oven and cook 10-15 minutes until bread is crisp and dark brown.

Notes

Possible Additions:

• Top with shredded cheddar cheese before adding the bread crumbs.
• Add garlic powder and onion powder to the casserole.
• Add an extra can of tuna.
• Add 1/2 cup of miracle whip for some extra tangy creaminess.

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