The following recipe is so quick and simple to prepare it is a staple midweek meal at Casa B, and one that the kids will always finish without any fuss. It is also one that won’t break the bank using mostly store cupboard ingredients.
Easy Midweek Tuna Pasta Bake
2015-01-25 13:19:39
Serves 4
A simple, tasty and quick midweek meal that the whole family will enjoy
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
45 min
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
170g
Servings
4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 182
Calories from Fat 16
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g
3%
Saturated Fat 0g
2%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 16mg
5%
Sodium 65mg
3%
Total Carbohydrates 27g
9%
Dietary Fiber 3g
11%
Sugars 3g
Protein 14g
Vitamin A
17%
Vitamin C
23%
Calcium
4%
Iron
9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
- 120g pasta
- 80g frozen sweetcorn
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 185g tin of tuna in sunflower oil
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Black pepper to taste.
- Salt if required.
- 75g grated mozarella
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 deg C.
- Gently bring your pasta to the boil in a large saucepan and then simmer for 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile pour a little of the sunflower oil from your tin of tuna into a frying pan and heat.
- Once heated gently fry your shallots and garlic until softened.
- Add your drained tuna to the frying pan and fry gently for 3 minutes.
- Add your tinned tomatoes, herbs and a crack of black pepper to the frying pan and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Add your sweetcorn to the pasta and continue to simmer for five minutes before draining.
- Return your pasta and sweetcorn mix to the saucepan and pour on the contents of the frying pan.
- Mix thoroughly and pour into a casserole dish.
- Sprinkle the grated mozzarella across the top and bake for 30 minutes.
Notes
- Because we cook this for our small children we omit salt but this could easily be added with the herbs and pepper if required.
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My son won’t eat any pasta other than macaroni cheese – but he loves tuna. So I’m definitely going to give this a try.
Oh great, let me know how you get on 🙂
A fabulous easy family meal, great for days when I don’t have much time to cook.
Yes this is a super quick one to get ready.
You had me at a simple, tasty and quick midweek meal
Hiya, looks delish!
Oh I do love a pasta bake and this one looks delicious – when shall I pop over for dinner? Thanks for linking up to this weeks #parentingpinitparty
Thanks for hosting lovely!
Ohh it looks so good, I can’t believe my hubby and son don’t eat tuna! Mich x
My kids would eat this as they love pasta.As we don’t eat meat etc I haven’t bought tuna in a very long time.I think I’ll put this on the menu for next week so I can have a vegan nut dish.
That looks gorgeous and so simple – my lot would love this x x
Love pasta in every way but baked looks really yummy!
Let me know if you try it! Thanks for popping by 🙂