Tuna Casserole Day!: Not the greatest cook but can clean my cupboards out!

Crush some potato chips on 
it and it's perfect!

Cooking is a great pastime, and once you get into it, you start to realize how enjoyable it is to make your own food—and to have leftovers waiting in the refrigerator. I often end up with plenty to share, which makes me the popular guy in the neighborhood for a little while, at least among my friends. The other day was tuna casserole day!

How I decide what to cook usually depends on what looks like it’s been sitting in the cupboard too long and needs to be used up—and what I can replace it with later. This time, I had a few cans of tuna and some egg noodles. It’s not quite like the tuna my friend in San Diego brought me fresh from the ocean that we threw on the grill, but it’ll do just fine.

Cook some noodles and vegetables, dump a few cans of tuna on it, mix in some condensed mushroom soup, and spice to taste. Super easy and quick. Not bad tasting either. Full of carbs so don't have too much.

The nice thing about tuna casserole is that it makes a great base dish—you can add almost anything to it. If you happen to catch some perch, walleye, or something similar, there’s no reason you couldn’t swap out the tuna for that. The same goes for beef, venison, or even bear meat if that’s what you have on hand.

When I cook, I tend to look for similarities between dishes and group them together. That way, I don’t always need a recipe because the basic methods are often the same—just tweaked depending on what you want to make. You can take a simple banana bread recipe, switch out the fruit, and it still works. A lot of cooking is about experimenting and seeing what happens.

Tuna Casserole Recipe

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