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Fifth Blog Post<\/h2><\/div>

When I was growing up and we were running low on groceries, my mom would have to get creative. We often had tuna melts.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look back to my childhood. It was a time when my Mom stayed home with the kids and my Dad went to work.\u00a0 <\/span>Some families had more, some had less. Nobody seemed to care much.<\/p>\n

We can have a little segway here about the olden days here and patriarchal systems that I lived in but\u2026I am here to talk tuna. Canned tuna. Let\u2019s get back to the story!<\/p>\n

I loved tuna melts. They consisted of drained tuna, mayo and a slice of processed cheese all piled on top of a hamburger bun. They were put under the broiler until the cheese \u201cmelted\u201d. As I got older and more adventurous, tuna melts went gourmet. I added Dijon, chopped celery, green onions, cilantro and topped with furikake.<\/p>\n

Tuna melts are not the only thing you can do with a can of tuna. Go high end and you can make a fancy salad nicoise or wrap yourself in comfort and make a tuna noodle casserole (with pickle juice, of course!).<\/p>\n

For appetizers, bake little wonton cups and fill them with a mixture of tuna, veggies, jalapenos and cream cheese. Or top crostini\u2019s with tuna, cropped apples and hot honey!<\/p>\n

My friend Jane Francisco is a lover of Tuna Noodle Casserole and this is my memory of her dish: \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Tuna<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Tuna Noodle Casserole<\/h2><\/div>

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

1 med onion, diced<\/p>\n

2 cloves garlic, minced<\/p>\n

2 tbsp butter<\/p>\n

2 tbsp all-purpose flour<\/p>\n

2 cups milk<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup dill pickle juice<\/p>\n

2 cans tuna, preferably oil-packed, drained<\/p>\n

1 tbsp fresh thyme<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided, plus more as needed<\/p>\n

1 tbsp Dijon mustard<\/p>\n

8 oz dried wide egg noodles (4 to 5 cups), cooked and drained<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>1 cup frozen peas<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup sour cream<\/p>\n

1 cup grated cheddar cheese<\/p>\n

8 buttery crackers, such as Ritz or Club (optional), crushed<\/p>\n

Freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n

Chopped fresh parsley leaves (optional)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Pre-heat oven to 375F.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 <\/span>Saut\u00e9 onion and garlic in butter until softened. Mix in flour, milk and pickle juice; whisk until smooth and thickened, about 4 minutes over medium heat.<\/p>\n

3. Stir in tuna, thyme, salt, Dijon, cooked noodles and peas and sour cream. Turn into a greased 9 x 13 Pyrex lasagna style pan. Top with grated cheese, crushed crackers, pepper and parsley.<\/p>\n

4. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese has melted and browned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, the next time tuna is on sale, grab a few cans and know that you can always you can show the lowly some love.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"yoast_head":"\nFifth Blog Post - Leeanne Cooks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lacook.29design.ca\/?p=1742\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fifth Blog Post - Leeanne Cooks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lacook.29design.ca\/?p=1742\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leeanne Cooks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-22T18:16:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lacook.29design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tunameltfeature2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a30e0c0321f7bde95b46af157c9f4b9b\"},\"headline\":\"Fifth Blog Post\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-22T18:16:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742\"},\"wordCount\":3288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/tunameltfeature2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Recipes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lacook.29design.ca\\\/?p=1742\",\"name\":\"Fifth Blog Post - 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