The perfect recipe when you don't have a lot in your pantry! This tuna garlic pasta recipe takes me back to my childhood. My mom used to make something similar when I was a kid, and I just loved it.

Ingredients of Tuna pasta

  1. It's 500 grams of penne pasta.
  2. Prepare 2 tsp of olive oil.
  3. Prepare 3 of green onions.
  4. Prepare 2 clove of garlic.
  5. It's 2 of celery.
  6. You need 250 grams of cherry tomatoes.
  7. It's 120 grams of baby spinach.
  8. Prepare 1/4 cup of basil pesto.
  9. Prepare 750 ml of evaporated milk.
  10. It's 1 can of tuna.
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup of mozzarella.

Tuna pasta step by step

  1. Pre heat oven to 180 or 160fan forced.
  2. Cook pasta until tender.
  3. Heat oil & add onion, garlic & celery. Cook for 2 min or until onion is soft..
  4. Add tomato & cook for 2 min.
  5. Add spinach, pesto & milk. Cook stiring for 2 min..
  6. Add pasta & tuna. Season with salt & pepper. Toss to combine..
  7. Cover with cheese & cook in oven for 20 min or until cheese is brown..

Use whatever type of small pasta or macaroni you have on hand and a couple of cans of albacore tuna. This quick and easy tuna mac salad is ready in under half. This is an emergency 'quickie' meal in my home. When time is short and I want to get something nutritious and tasty on the table fast, this is the meal I inevitably turn to as it is made with store-cupboard staples and everyone loves it. In fact, pasta with canned tuna is one of the first pasta dishes that many young Italians learn to make.

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