Friday, January 29, 2010

Tinbucktuna

Hey everyone. This entire week, my plan for tonight has been to stay home and try out this tuna casserole recipe. I know, sounds kind of boring, but I've had a very rough week and all I wanted was some quiet time and comfort food!

My mom always made tuna noodle casserole for me when I was a kid, and though I still really like it, it doesn't really fit into my meal plans now. So ever since I stumbled upon this recipe in Eat Shrink and Be Merry, I have been tempted to try it. I have also come across a few message boards and blogs about this recipe book, and all of them seem to rave about this particular recipe.

Yum. I loved it. The original recipe does not specify whole wheat rotini, but I'm so used to using whole wheat pasta so that's what I grabbed.

This is really creamy and cheesy and really, it tasted like it was incredibly high in calories. I'll be honest, I actually calculated the recipe myself, ingredient by ingredient to make sure I wasn't consuming more than the 349 calories per serving (as stated in the recipe book). I did give myself enough room to have 2 servings for dinner so it was a HUGE bowl, I ate 4 hours ago and I'm still stuffed.

Tinbucktuna

349 calories
8.7 grams of fat
24 grams of protein
14 grams of carbohydrates
2.6 grams of fiber (5.6 with whole wheat pasta)
690 mg of sodium

No comments:

Post a Comment