Pure comfort food!! To avoid a trip to the store I used mezze penne instead of elbow chicken stock in place of veg stock & frozen veggies in place of canned. The seafood seasoning in this is spot on don't be shy with it. I was leary of the red wine vinegar but decided to go ahead and add it in and I am so glad I did. This is a really good dish! I am already looking forward to the leftovers. Thanks for sharing your recipe Pixie!!
We're not fans of peas, so what I did was saute some fresh carrot with orange pepper, the onion and a little garlic and added it to the noodle mixture. I used Green Giant's yellow and white corn, Cracker Barrel's 2% white cheddar and added a little dijon and Frank's Hot Sauce. Very good "tuna" casserole. I liked that it helped me use some stray cans of food in my pantry plus I could throw in some fresh veg and get away with it. I think next time I might cut back on the noodles and double up on the veg. Maybe make a little more sauce as we like a saucier cheese sauce on our mac and cheese/tuna casseroles. I think this might be our new "tuna" casserole, Pixie! My husband, who claims to hate salmon, ate two bowls! EDITED: Even better the next day. Rewarms well.
I used fresh carrots frozen peas and frozen corn instead of the canned varieties and a larger can of salmon than called for. I omitted the bread but sprinkled the Parmesan cheese on top then garnished with paprika. This turned out to be quite tasty!
Very good! What a simple and delicious way to get more Omega-3's into your diet! The salmon makes such a great addition to mac n cheese. I made a smaller batch (about half - kind of eyeballed quantities) and only used frozen peas as I had no other suitable veggies on hand. I omitted the vinegar used skim milk and added some parmesan to the macaroni mixture as well as using it in the topping. Just delicious! My daughter who is not a fish-eater loved it! Will definitely repeat in our house!
This ended up not really being my thing but I made a double batch and froze over half to put in my grandmothers freezer and she loves it! My can of salmon was bigger than 6oz but we liked the extra salmon. I left out the corn because I didn't have any and used pre-made bread crumbs for the topping. It is such a rich and comforting dish. Perfect on a cold day. Thanks pixie!
I LOVED this with solid white tuna (3 cans)after a few minor changes. It looked like not enough liquid for our tastes (maybe my high fiber pasta soaked more liquid up?) So I added a can of cheddar-cheese soup and extra 2% milk (about 2 cups). And we like Parmesan but thought it might be too much with 3 full Tablespoons for my kiddie's/my family's liking... so I only used half. Great idea to add Old Bay. It added a nice depth of flavor. Delicious recipe Pixie that I changed only for my family's preferences. Now I can't wait to try when I have Salmon. Thank you for posting!
Pure comfort food but the veggies made me feel guilt free! I made a couple changes based on what I had available subbed the salmon for crab and the vegetable stock for chicken. Also left the vinegar out all together. I have made it this was a few times now still one of my faves!
I found this to be a little dry. Next time I would add a can of campbells cream of cheddar soup. The flavor was great the old bay was perfect. Being a salmon lover I could also add more and be very happy. My previously non fish loving boy ate it exclaiming over how good it was actually all 3 of my kids did. I ran out of bread so I crushed ritz crackers with the parmesan cheese and it was great.
Yummy!!! it's really good!!!!
I will try this recipe again. Maybe with frozen peas and corn and cut back on the Old Bay a bit.
