David Chilcott's Creamy Tuna And Mushroom Pasta Bake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 (1 lb) box uncooked pasta (bow ties suggested)
• garlic-infused olive oil (or similar flavored oil)
• 2 (7 ounce) cans tuna, drained & chunked (i always use more tuna than specified)
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
• 1 cup milk
• 7 cups water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 pour uncooked pasta into a large baking dish. set aside.
• 3 in a large saucepan, gently heat olive oil, and add mushrooms. turn them over, stirring, until they start to shrink down a bit and brown off. add the celery soup and tuna and stir to combine thorooughly.
• 4 add milk and water to mixture and stir until all ingredients are combined nicely. bring to boiling, then pour on top of the pasta. it seems like a lot of water, but the pasta will soak it up.
• 5 cover the baking dish with foil and place in preheated oven. bake for 20 minutes. remove the foil and bake 10 minutes longer.