Tuna Noodle Casserole - 224 Calories Per Serving

So as fall has finally decided to show up in North Carolina, I decided to make a comfort food meal that just wouldn't do during the something. I haven't made tuna noodle casserole before, but it didn't look particularly difficult.

What I really like about this meal is it's one of those "What do I have in the pantry" dishes. More often than not I will have multiple Cream of Something soups, no-yolk noodles, tuna, and a bunch of other random stuff that if it doesn't get eaten will just stay there until the end of time. So without further ado...

Tuna Noodle Casserole

For this dish you will need:

• 4 cups (dry) egg noodles (I use no-yolk)
• 24 oz tuna
• 1 10 3/4oz can cream of chicken
• 1 10 3/4oz can cream of broccoli
• 2 cups peas
• 1 cup non-fat milk

Prep time: 20 min Cook time: 30 minutes Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 quarts (8 servings) Serving size: 1 cup Calories per serving: 224.17

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees farenheit.
2. Boil water and cook noodles according to package, drain.
3. Mix together the soup, milk, peas, tuna, and noodles in a 2-quart casserole dish (I split mine into two 1 quart dishes).
4. Bake for 30 minutes.

Nutrition:

		Cals		Tot Fat		Sat Fat		Trans		Sodium		Protein		Sugar
4 cups (dry) egg noodles		533.33		2.67		0		0		106.67		21.33		5.33
24 oz tuna		540		6		0		0		2160		120		0
10 3/4oz can cream of chicken		175		6.25		2.5		0		1475		7.5		2.5
10 3/4oz can cream of broccoli		225		12.5		2.5		0		1975		2.5		7.5
2 cups peas		240		0		0		0		40		16		16
1 cup non-fat milk		80		0		0		0		125		8		12
Total		1793.33		27.42		5		0		5881.67		175.33		43.33
Total per serving		224.17		3.43		0.625		0		735.21		21.92		5.42
Total with 1 cup cheddar		2233.33		63.42		29		0		6601.67		203.33		43.33
Total per serving w/ cheddar		279.17		7.93		3.625		0		825.21		25.42		5.42

The hubs loved this one a lot (so much so he ate an entire quart of it. I also added in some pepper for flavor. In retrospect I think it could do with the addition of some cheddar cheese. If you add in a cup of cheddar that would bring the total calorie count per serving up to 279.17 calories, which still isn't bad.

The second time I made this, I used this pin that showed how to make your own cream of chicken soup. I don't know what the nutrition info is for it, but at least I know exactly what I put into my body (cream of anything soup is often referred to as cream of chemical soup). The pinner claims you can use it to replace any kind of cream soup, but I doubt it. It is chicken flavored, so I only used it to replace the cream of chicken soup. I also didn't need the cup of milk since the homemade cream of chicken soup is not as gelatinous as the store bought kind.  

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Knitting Baby Blankets and Evil Mitered Corners

So I enjoy knitting and originally intended to post more often about my knitting escapades (the stitches does play into the name of this blog after all, who knew?)

Anyway, I have a friend who had a baby right around my anniversary in May and I had been meaning to make her a baby blanket. She also has a toddler (just turned 3) and I didn't think it would be very nice to make the baby a blanket and not give the toddler one too.

So I made the newborn a small-ish (30x30) blanket for the car seat or when his mom goes for runs with her jogging stroller. I used much finer baby yarn for his so that one took a really long time. I don't do any of the fancy stitches for blankets (I save that for scarves, hats, and mittens).

I also put blanket minky around the edges because knitted blankets have a tendency of not being easy to grab at the edges (they get all stretched out over time). The minky gives it some stability.

Here's the baby blanket:

I made the toddler's blanket much larger since I figured he was probably in a toddler bed (or would be soon if he wasn't already. I made his out of a heavier weighted yarn. it's super soft and warm. This one I actually remember the quanitites. It took 6 rolls of the yarn, size 11 needles. I cast on 110 stitches. It ended up being about 49x38:

Let me tell you, those mitered corners are ridiculous. I sew the minky on by hand since I don't have a sewing machine. That takes a million years, but it can be relaxing after a stressful day. I just turn my brain off and sew away.

Here they are folded up together:

Tada! Christmas is coming up, I'm sure I'll be posting more of my creations after the holidays.