Microwave Tuna Casserole

Submitted by Bill Hilbrich

"This recipe was designed to meet the limited resources in an office break room or on campus housing.There is enough for two, but leftovers can be refrigerated for several days and reheated."

 

• Ready In: 14mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1 (6 1/4 ounce) box macaroni and cheese mix
• 4 tablespoons butter, cut in small pieces (half a stick)
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (5 ounce) can tuna fish, drained
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

1. Put the macoroni from the box into a Microwave Popcorn maker -- I use a Anchor Hocking model.
2. Add enough water to cover the noodles (about 2 cups). Cook noodles on high for 10 minutes or until tender -- then drain.
3. Return the drained noodles, butter or margarine, the contents of the cheese package, entire can of cream of mushroom soup (DO NOT add water). the lemon juice and the entire can of tuna.
4. Heat on high for 1 minute or until hot.

Reviews

[Kimberly Gunn]

The recipe is easy to make, preparation is simple, but wasn't really for my taste buds. I am usually not a picky eater, but something about this didn't work for me. Hope you have better luck with it!

 

[Brabo Antwerpen]

Great dish to prepare and eat in the office, when you have a short lunch break. I substituted the cream of mushroom by a pack of mushroom powder quick soup. Same great result. I used a packet of EasyMac from Craft, and a can of tuna with olive oil ! Brabo.

 

[Ashley J.]

Suprisingly yummy! Simple and easy to make, I used about half the butter the recipe called for. Tastes suprisingly similarto the tuna au gratin tuna helper brand box.

 

[LaraKN]

I did indeed do this in college, less the lemon juice, but I usually added hot sauce. It tastes good, not fabulous. But it is simple, cheap (we always used generic ingredients), & satisfying. If we were feeling fancy & had the funds, some ad- ins we tried, handful of frozen peas, any leftover cooked vegetables, handful of shredded cheese, or the classic french fried onions (in or on top). One of our cheap toppings came by accident, we were toasting white bread to make garlic toast to go with it & over-toasted a piece of bread. We scraped off the worst of it, sprayed with a little butter flavored PAM, then crumbled on top for the college version of breadcrumbs. This is not a gourmet meal, but for cheap, easy eats, it covers all the bases.