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31 August 2026

A Good Friday casserole with just 4 ingredients under $8

A flaky white fish filling, a creamy condensed soup base, and a buttery cracker crust — that is all it takes to put a comforting, meatless Good Friday dinner on the table. This four-ingredient casserole feeds six people for under $8 and is ready in under 45 minutes from start to finish. Rooted in the Lenten tradition of abstaining from meat on Good Friday, it delivers old-fashioned flavor with almost no effort.

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  • Only 4 ingredients: fish, soup, crackers, butter
  • Feeds 6 for under $8, ready in 45 minutes
  • Meatless, nut-free, easily made gluten-free

Four pantry staples that make the whole dish

The recipe calls for two 10-ounce cans of white fish — tuna, salmon, or cod all work — one 10.75-ounce can of condensed cream of mushroom or celery soup, one and a half cups of crushed buttery round crackers such as Ritz or saltines, and a quarter cup of melted unsalted butter. That is the entire ingredient list.

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