Easy Tuna Mac Recipes

STOVE-TOP TUNA MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Add noodles and frozen vegetables. Cook until noodles are done, about 7 to 8 minutes. Drain, and place the noodles and vegetables back in the pan. Add the butter, milk, tuna, and cheese packet. Stir until the ingredients are combined and creamy. Serve hot. The tuna mac can be stored in your fridge (in a container with a lid) for 3-days.

SIMPLE TUNA MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cover bowl and chill until serving time.

EASY TUNA MAC

Steps:

• Prepare Kraft dinner according to package directions, sauce and all.
• Stir in the tuna, green onion, dill weed, salt, pepper and cheese. Voila!
• I love it with ketchup but I know how people can be quite funny about what ketchup does and doesn't go on, so you decide :o).

EASY MACARONI TUNA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain and return macaroni to pot.
• Stir 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup milk, and powdered cheese from envelope into the cooked macaroni. Stir cream of mushroom soup, tuna, and 1/2 cup milk into the macaroni and cheese. Pour macaroni mixture into the prepared baking dish; top with Cheddar cheese and parsley.
• Mix bread crumbs, melted butter, and dill in a small bowl; sprinkle over Cheddar cheese layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bread crumb topping is lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

TUNA MELT MAC 'N' CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Salt the water and cook the pasta to less than al dente, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain and drizzle with a touch of oil to keep the pasta loose.
• In a large bowl, flake the tuna and add the herbs (reserving a tablespoon or 2 for breadcrumbs), onions, mustard, celery, lemon juice, EVOO and some salt and pepper. Add the pasta and combine well. Transfer to a baking dish or large casserole dish.
• In a medium saucepot, melt 4 tablespoons of butter. Whisk in the flour and cook 1 minute. Then whisk in the milk and season with salt and pepper, thicken to coat the back of a spoon. Stir in the Cheddar in a figure-eight motion. Pour the sauce evenly over the pasta and tuna. Gently combine with a spoon to settle the sauce. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in a small pan and add the breadcrumbs and reserved herbs, toss to evenly distribute the butter, remove from heat and transfer to airtight container.
• To prepare, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and bring the casserole to room temperature. Top the casserole with breadcrumbs and Parm cheese. Bake until golden and hot through.

TUNA MAC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Cook macaroni at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender, 7 to 8 minutes; drain.
• Return macaroni to the saucepan. Stir cheese sauce mixture from the packet, margarine, and milk into the macaroni until the margarine melts and the macaroni is evenly coated in sauce. Add tuna and mushrooms; stir. Pour macaroni mixture into a small casserole dish; top with bread crumbs.
• Bake in preheated oven until hot, about 30 minutes.

ONE-POT TUNA MAC

Steps:

• Prepare Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package, adding peas to the boiling water for the last 3 min.
• Stir in tuna; cook on low heat 1 to 2 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

TUNA MAC AND CHEESE BAKE

Steps:

• Prepare macaroni and cheese according to package directions. Stir in the tuna, soup, milk, peas, mushrooms and half of the fried onions. , Place in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining fried onions; bake 5 minutes longer or until heated through.

CHEESY TUNA MAC

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Stir in the milk, butter and contents of cheese packet. Add the soup, tuna, peas, onion and cheese sauce. , Spoon into a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through.

EASY PEASY TUNA MACARONI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray 8x12 pan.
• Boil macaroni according to package directions. Drain water from it.
• Mix all the ingredients together, reserving a small amount of cheese.
• Spread mixture into pan and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until hot and bubbly.

BAKED TUNA MACARONI

Steps:

• Pour macaroni into saucepan and add can of sweetcorn
• After heating through gently spoon half into a oven proof dish
• Drain tuna and flake over the top of this
• Add other 1/2 of macaroni and slice over tomatoes
• Grill until brown and bubbling

TUNA-MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni as directed on package, adding peas for last 4 to 6 minutes of cooking; rinse with cold water and drain.
• In large bowl, mix macaroni, peas and remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors.