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                         Tex-Mex Tuna Casserole

Recipe By     : Richard Simmons Deal-A-Meal Golden Edition Cookbook
Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Seafood

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     2     c           Water-packed tuna -- drained, flaked
     2     c           Low-fat cottage cheese
   3/4     c           Sour cream
   1/4     c           Red onion -- diced
   1/4     c           Diced green chiles
     2     tb          Salsa
     3     c           Noodles -- cooked & drained
    12                 Saltine crackers -- crumbled
    12                 Unsalted cashews -- roasted & chopped

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

 In large bowl, combine tuna, cottage cheese, sour cream, red onion,
 chiles, salsa, and noodles.

 Turn into 2-qt casserole dish coated with non-stick spray.

 Combine crackers and cashews and sprinkle over top.

 Bake uncovered 30 minutes.

 Note: The amount of vegetables in this recipe works out to 1 tb per
 person, therefore you don't need to use a vegetable card for such a
 small amount. If you wanted to bring it up to 1 vegetable card, you
 could serve this with 1/3 cup of steamed vegetables per person.

 Deal-A-Meal cards used: 1 Bread, 1 Meat, 1 Fat, 1 Dairy,
 256 Calories


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