Made with linguine, tuna, mushrooms, celery, onions, minced garlic cloves, butter, flour, milk, crushed red pepper, fresh parsley, olive oil, and salt & pepper.
Oh, my—the noodles and tuna make a perfect lunch.
Recipe for—Creamy Tuna & Mushroom Linguine
So, if you have nothing else to do today, make a tuna noodle lunch.
Take-Away Life Lesson: You can never go wrong with a tuna noodle mixture.
Made with tuna, chicken-flavored Stove Top stuffing, cheddar cheese, shredded carrots, mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, onions, scallions, egg, and water.
These are one of my absolute favorites to eat for a snack. I could eat these tuna things all day long—and they’re so easy to make.
I actually made this from a combination of two different recipes—one was called Tuna Cakes, the other Tuna Croquettes.
Done in no time.
So, if you have nothing else to do today, try making tuna cakes for a snack or even for lunch.
Take-Away Life Lesson: Keep your distance from your friends and family while you eat these. You’ll have tuna breath for a while.
Made with egg noodles, onion, yellow squash, peas, diced chicken breast, Alfredo sauce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, crumbled dinner rolls, fresh parsley, and Italian seasoning.
This is actually a turkey tetrazzini recipe, but I used chicken breast instead of the turkey.
Recipe for—Turkey (or Chicken) Tetrazzini
Made with flat egg noodles, water-packed tuna, butter, chopped scallions, flour, milk, dry mustard, salt & pepper, and fresh bread crumbs.
One can of tuna never does it for me—so, naturally, I use two or more.
Recipe for—Tuna Noodle Casserole
So, if you have nothing else to do today, make one of these fabulous dishes to share with the family.
Take-Away Life Lesson: There’s a myriad of ways to make a beautiful noodle dish.
Made with penne rigate pasta, olive oil, fresh cremini mushrooms, garlic cloves, tuna, capers, olives, chicken broth, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, fresh basil, Pecorino Romano cheese, and salt & pepper.
This was a good tuna pasta, but I have no idea why it’s called Pirate Pasta. I can only assume it’s something pirates might eat, but what do I know? It’s been a while since I’ve been pirating on the high seas.
So, if you have nothing else to do today, make this lovely pasta dish and share it with the pirates you know in your area.
Take-Away Life Lesson: If you don’t want the tuna to get lost amongst all the pasta and other ingredients, add yourself an extra can or two for your liking so you can really get down with that tuna flavor.
Turkey Melt sandwich with sliced turkey, Swiss cheese, bacon, and sourdough bread.
Around 4:00pm yesterday, I phone-in a to-go/take-away order from my local hometown diner—“a turkey melt sandwich,” I say. Well, no such luck. They’ve been outta turkey all day! I guess the lunch rush earlier sucked for them since they couldn’t make most of their sandwiches or salads because their turkey was missing.
Well, the no-turkey-thing threw me for a loop. I didn’t have a backup plan and was freaking out—umm, umm, umm. I mean, how hard is it to just order something else? After about 10 ‘umms,’ I hurriedly tell them to just get me a tuna croissant instead. Yeah, they had tuna. Phew.
The guy taking my order asks if I want my ‘usual Monday bread pudding.’ (Man, they know me all too well.) But I clearly tell him ‘NO, not this time—just the sandwich.’ (I’ve no clue why I said NO, but I did.)
When I get to the diner right after 4:00—LOW AND BEHOLD—they get lashings of turkey coming through the back door. Yay! The guy that took my order rushes to the front line to halt the tuna order and they make my turkey melt instead.
I pay, he packs my to-go sack—and WHY does he give me a FREE BREAD PUDDING anyway?!! ROCK ON, DUDE! It was already made and sitting there when I walked in the door, but I thought it was for someone else. They just LOOOVVVE me there!! I go there way too much. Such are the perks of being a ‘regular’ customer—(and I’m really nice to them, too).
When I get to the car, I set everything up dining-table-style before pulling off. I open the box with my turkey melt inside and I’m sooooo disappointed. I hate when it doesn’t look like anything special. I mean, just LOOK AT IT! It wasn’t pimped out even a little like I thought it’d be.
I really could have made that puny sandwich much cheaper at home myself within 30 seconds. BUT—the free bread pudding made up for it. Clearly, I should have stuck with my 2nd option of the tuna croissant—which I happened to order today! See how much better it looks?
Tuna Croissant—tuna salad on a croissant.
So, if you have nothing else to do today, find a favorite diner you love, order up some good food, show your face on a regular, and get to know the workers. Call the servers by name, tell them yours, and tip well. They’re usually more than happy to bend over backwards for you. Always ‘get in good’ with them. You never know what kind of perks will come out of it.
Take-Away Life Lesson: Apparently, some sandwiches you should just make at home yourself.
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