{"id":3540,"slug":"traditional-tuna-casserole","title":"Traditional Tuna Casserole","description":"Traditional tuna casserole is a simple, quick-to-make meal, mentioned by Garrison Keillor on A Prairie Home Companion.","ingredients_raw":["1–2 cans (12 ounces / 300 g) tuna","1 cup (240 g) uncooked macaroni, or other short pasta","1 can of peas","1 can of mushrooms","2 tablespoons minced onion","⅛ cup (30 ml) milk","1 can (10.75 ounces / 305 g) cream of mushroom or cheddar cheese soup","Several slices of cheese"],"ingredients_norm":["tuna","uncooked macaroni or other short pasta","pea","mushroom","onion","milk","cream of mushroom or cheddar cheese soup","several slices of cheese"],"steps":["Preheat oven to 350–400°F (180–200°C).","Mix all ingredients, except cheese slices, in a large casserole dish.","Bake for 1 hour, stirring 2 or 3 times.","When macaroni is tender, cover top with cheese slices, and return to oven for 5 minutes to melt.","Assemble all ingredients, except sliced cheese, in large skillet with 1–1½ cups (240–360 ml) hot water.","Bring to boil, and simmer 15 minutes, frequently stirring.","Melt cheese on top before serving."],"categories":["Inexpensive recipes","United States recipes","Recipes for casserole","Recipes using tuna","Recipes using pasta and noodles","Recipes using mushroom","Baked recipes","Pan fried recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":80,"servings":"4–8","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Traditional_Tuna_Casserole","source_ref":"4525564","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Traditional_Tuna_Casserole&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"9b5eedb5b2cb1bdae9d746a0f0cc42eb522776a4092ef16a940ffe023af671f7","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:29Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:29Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/traditional-tuna-casserole"}