Tuna Casserole

Mmmm. Love tuna casserole. I LOVE casserole. The only problem? Most of them call for some sort of soup that I can't have. I usually don't feel like specially preparing the soup, so, I actually found something to use! Health Valley has a bunch of soups that are great! They are usually found in the health food/natural food section of the grocery store. It's in a bright yellowish-green can. It's Organic, but again, it's not too expensive! You can read the label if you'd like to make sure it's ok for you, but it basically is made up of lots of herbs. Be careful if you use this soup for any recipe! Most "normal" soup cans are about 10 3/4 oz. This one has 14.5 oz! So, I had to compensate, but it turned out wonderfully!
Also, I used a certain kind of tuna for my casserole, but any kind will do fine. I used StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Vegetable Oil. Don't know why the Vegetable Oil kind tastes better to me, but it does. For the topping, which was supposed to be bread crumbs and butter, I improvised again. I looked up substitutes for bread crumbs and it came up as crackers. As I know from the meatloaf I made before, a substitute for crackers is potato buds (lots of substituting, but it works). Tried it, Loved it! Hope you enjoy this recipe! It's delicious and easy to make!

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 can Health Valley Cream of Mushroom Soup (14.5 oz)
1 can tuna (again, I used StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Vegetable Oil).
1/2 grated cheddar cheese (I used a little more, we are cheese lovers in this house).
3/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups minute rice, uncooked
1 pkg frozen peas OR 1 can of peas (I like the canned sweet peas with this recipe).
2 1/2 to 3 Tb. butter
1/2 cup potato buds


INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a 1 1/2 quart (casserole) dish (grease it if it's not non-stick), mix together the milk, water, and soup. Next, stir in the tuna, cheese, salt, rice and peas. In a separate bowl melt 2 1/2 to 3 Tb. butter and mix it with the potato buds - sprinkle potato buds over top of casserole. (If you want more "breading" then feel free to double it). Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. You may want to test it before you serve it, cooking time can vary depending on what oven you have.
I had this tonight but I didn't have any peas and it still turned out great. Anyway, that's it for now, I hope it turns out delicious for you as well!