Creamy Tuna Pasta
- Egg free
- Nut free
Ingredients
- 125 g spiral or bowtie pasta (3 cups cooked)
- 1 tbs plain flour
- 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat milk
- 185 g can tuna in spring water, drained
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup low-fat cheese, grated
- pepper
Variations
To make this recipe gluten free, swap out the pasta and the flour for a gluten free variety. There are plenty of gluten free spiral or bow tie pasta options available at most major supermarkets.
Method
- Bring a saucepan full of water to the boil then add pasta and cook for 12 minutes or until soft.
- Strain the pasta, discarding the water. Return pasta to the pan.
- Add the flour and mix to coat the pasta.
- Add the milk and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens.
- Add the tuna, peas and basil. Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Add the cheese and cook until cheese has melted.
- Season with pepper.
Serving suggestion: Pack warm into a thermos to send to school for lunch.
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Nutrition information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1224.8 kj | 477.4 kj |
| Protein | 22.3 g | 8.7 g |
| Fat, total | 6.5 g | 2.5 g |
| — saturated | 3.6 g | 1.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 32.8 g | 12.8 g |
| — sugars | 6.4 g | 2.5 g |
| Sodium | 153.5 mg | 59.9 mg |
| Fibre | 5.8 g | 2.3 g |