quick dinner for 2: tuna pasta dish
18 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
in food and drink Tags: dinner for, fish, pasta, recipe
We’ve had a few nights recently where we had about 40 minutes between arriving home and having to go out again, which meant that if we were going to have dinner at home it was going to have to be a pretty well orchestrated cooking/eating affair.
Enter my mom’s famous chicken dish as inspiration. Substituting the chicken and adding a few more bits and bobs made for the perfect meal that is not only filling and delicious, but ridiculously quick and easy to make.
Tuna pasta bake recipe
Get enough pasta (penne or fusili both work well) for two on the boil and turn your oven on to 180 degrees Celsius/Gas Mark 6. While the pasta’s bubbling away, open and drain a can of tuna and a small can of sweetcorn. Mix with mayo or salad cream, or a combination of both. Add dried herbs to taste (I prefer oregano) as well as pepper and, if you feel it needs it, salt. The consistency of this mixture should be like that of a good tuna mayo sandwich, if not slightly wetter. Get this in an oven-proof bowl. Grate some cheese (cheddar works well) and bash up about 30g of crisps (eg cheese and onion). Now mix your cooked pasta in with the tuna mixture and sprinkle with a good amount of cheese and most of the crisps (again to taste) and whack it all in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is all melted and gooey.
I like mine with a good dollop of tomato ketchup and – to ease my conscience – some green salad leaves with a drizzle of balsamic and olive oil.
This is also a great meal for kids – it’s tasty and healthy and you can even get the bigger children to help out in the making of the dish.
