Homepride, Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake, 485 g Jar

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You can also bulk cook, make a tuna pasta bake and use them for lunches, maybe you have children and you wanted to put some in their lunches! Forget boring sandwiches and send them with a pasta dish instead, how fun! Tuna Pasta Bake Recipe Equipment Cheese: Use your favorite shredded cheese. We tend to use cheddar or mozzarella, but any shredded cheese can work. You can also easily make the dish dairy free by using a dairy free cheese alternative. Store this creamy tuna pasta bake properly sealed in a special airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days. You can freeze it for 2 months or so. Pasta – You can use any pasta you have in the cupboards for this recipe. I like to use fusilli as it traps the sauce/tuna in it’s ridges and my young daughter finds it easier to eat over more slippery pastas like penne. A large pot or pan .Make sure that you’re using the right size of pot or pan, as you’ll be mixing all of the ingredients in it after making the sauce.

Worcestershire Sauce – Usually only available in the UK, there’s no easy substitute. However, you could add a little balsamic vinegar instead for a different flavour twist. Broadly we can divide the process of making into three steps. Cook pasta and sauce, assemble, and bake.

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Too hot to switch the oven on? Try this tuna salad pasta instead. It’s perfect for those sweltering Summer days! This recipe will keep for a couple of days as long as you keep it in an air tight container and I suggest putting it in the fridge as well to keep it nice and fresh! If you want to best results, eat it right away but it still tastes good for lunch the next day and let’s face it, good slimming world lunches are hard to find! I would always suggest using tuna fish in oil (drain it before adding to the dish) as it has more flavour and a richer texture. However, you can use tuna in water or brine if you prefer. How do we make it? Garnish. Serve with more olives, cherry tomatoes or sundried tomatoes, fresh or dried herbs, grated parmesan cheese.

But you could also serve it with some green vegetables like broccoli or peas. Or even a garlic bread. Jump to: Choose the right type of pasta. I wouldn’t make this with noodles or thin flat-shaped pasta as the sauce will slide off to the bottom of your baking dish, resulting in dried out pasta and a pool of sauce at the bottom. Go for pasta shapes such as penne, fusilli or farfalle. Extra light cream cheese (such as Philadelphia) which is 1.5 syns per 25g making it .25 syns per serving (I say that’s almost none). Alternatively you can use Dairylea or Laughing Cow cheese which is free but the taste is quite different. Next top the tuna pasta sweetcorn mixture with the ricotta cheese. Be sure to give the cheese a good stir through first as it makes it easier to spread on top of the pasta bake. You should have seen the look on his face as I was popping open can after can. His eyes were sparkling and he was wriggling like a puppy with excitement, thinkingChristmas had comeearly. Then his tail slowly started sagging as he realised it was going into something I was making, and not into his food bowl!Freezer:Freeze in portions in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Recommended Tools to Make This Recipe

Tip the mixture into a 1½-litre baking dish and sprinkle the cheese over the top. Cook for 30 minutes until golden and bubbling. Garnish with the remaining parsley just before serving. It may surprise you to know that I’ve not always liked tuna pasta bake. In fact, it’s something I’ve only recently begun to eat thanks to my husband. Over the years he’s managed to stop me being a fussy eater and turn me into a food blogger. And as you know, I now eat virtually anything! That’s a pretty huge leap but then, he is a pretty amazing person. When the pasta is ready, drain off the water then add the part cooked pasta to the frying pan. Give it a very thorough mix to ensure all the pasta is coated in the sauce.

Marinara sauce substitute. In case you don't have any sauce ... Another budget friendly option is to use tomato paste mixed with vegetable or meat broth. You'll have to add more seasonings to get the best flavor. I know that some people also like to use vegetable juice like V8, but personally I use it only for soups and haven't tried it for pasta yet. Let me know if you do, and how it turned out! Wooden Spatula – to move your ingredients around the pan so they don’t catch and burn on the bottom/cook evenly. This Tuna Pasta Bake is such a classic dinner, and do you know why? It's the ultimate budget-friendly family meal! Tuna tomato pasta bake can be frozen. I prefer to bake it first, then portion it into individual airtight plastic containers before freezing. You can freeze it before baking though. Whatever you choose just make sure it is thoroughly defrosted before baking or reheating. What Are The Tomato Tuna Pasta Bake Calories? Soften a chopped onion in a large frying pan. Add chopped peppers, tuna fish, salt, pepper, garlic, tomato puree and oregano and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Start with cooking the pasta. Generously salt the water. Cook the pasta just ‘al dente’ since they will continue to cook in the oven and you want to avoid mushy pasta. Gluten free tuna pasta bake– this is a simple recipe to switch to gluten free – just be sure to use gluten free ingredients. Pasta sauce. Honestly, you can use a jar of your favorite tomato sauce (plain thinner tomato puree without spices and herbs), passata, marinara, spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce when putting together this recipe. If using spaghetti sauce, just make sure to measure out how much you need as it usually comes in a larger jar than pizza sauce. You don’t want to leave your tuna swimming in the casserole from too much sauce! Spoon the tuna into the bottom of an ovenproof dish. Pour over the pasta and sauce. Tap the dish gently so the sauce pours into every nook and cranny. Sprinkle over the remaining grated cheese. The thing I love about the tuna pasta bake is that it’s so affordable. Filling meals don’t have to be super expensive and this tuna pasta bake recipe shows that! You can find the cost breakdown below in the recipe card, but when you think about it, some tuna, pasta, sauace (jar if you want) and some cheese is nothing and it feeds many.Season with salt and pepper and taste throughout the recipe. There’s nothing more disappointing than making something from scratch and not enjoying the taste! So if you’re making this slimming world tuna pasta bake recipe you’re going to want to know how many syns are in there in total. Well if you’re a family of 4, each potion is going to be 0.5 syns as the whole recipe only has 4 syns in it!! (Correct on 29/06/2021). Most of that is the cheese as well! Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, keep refrigerated and use within 3 days. Not suitable for freezing. And while actually, I do enjoy Tuna Mornay ( made from scratch!), I prefer this tomato based Tuna Pasta Bake. While the pasta is getting cooked, make the white sauce. White sauce is very basic, it has butter, flour, milk, and seasoning. Garlic powder, onion powder, herb seasoning, and yellow mustard powder. Mustard powder pairs well with seafood and should not be skipped in this recipe.