Tuna Noodle Casserole

Tuna-Noodle Casserole

8 ounces mushrooms -- coarsely chopped
21 ounces canned tuna in water -- (3 cans) drained well
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon beef bouillon concentrate
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt or Vege-Sal
2 ounces cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup frozen peas, `NOT thawed
2 packets tofu shirataki -- fettuccini style

Put the chopped mushrooms and drained tuna in your slow cooker. Stir together the cream, bouillon concentrate, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper until the bouillon is dissolved. Pour this over the mushrooms and tuna, and stir everything up. Now cut the cream cheese into a few chunks, and settle them down into the tuna-mushroom mixture.

Dump the peas on top of everything, and don't stir 'em in. Cover the pot, set it to low, and let it cook for 4 hours.

When suppertime rolls around, drain and rinse your shirataki, and snip across them a few times with your kitchen shears. Put them in a microwaveable bowl, and nuke 'em for 2 minutes on high. Drain them again, put them back in the bowl, and nuke 'em for another 2 minutes, then drain one more time. (You're getting the excess water out of your noodles, so they don't make your casserole watery.)

While your noodles are in the microwave, take the lid off the slow cooker and stir everything together. See if it needs to be thicker -- it may, because of the liquid cooking out of those mushrooms. Use your guar or xanthan shaker to thicken the sauce a bit. When the noodles are drained for the third time, stir them in and serve. Alternatively, you can put the noodles on plates, and serve the tuna mixture on top.

If you want something crunchy to replace the usual breadcrumb or potato chip topping, try crushed pork rinds or toasted slivered almonds, sprinkled over each serving right before you put 'em on the table.

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5 servings, each with: 378 Calories; 23g Fat ; 35g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 6 g usable carb.

NOTE: If you use chunk light instead of solid white tuna, you'll not only save money, but also have less risk of consuming mercury.