Homepride, Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake, 485 g Jar

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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. Finally, scatter the top with the grated cheese (100g | 1 Cup) and pop straight into the oven. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes until the cheese has melted and just started to turn golden. Then tip the tuna sweetcorn pasta mixture into the air fryer silicone cooking liner and then top with the grated Cheddar cheese.

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. If you can’t get worcestershire sauce or mushroom ketchup, try adding 1 – 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar instead for a deeper flavour. 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. Meanwhile, place your ovenproof frying pan over a low heat. When the pan is hot, add the olive oil (2 tbsp) then throw in the onion (1 x small, finely diced) and garlic (1 x large clove, minced). Fry, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes until translucent. I grew up in a household where I was sent to school with bento boxes when all I wanted was a peanut butter sandwich. So I totally missed the Tuna Mornay experience that many of my friends shudder at the memory of – some sort of white sauce in a jar mixed with pasta and tuna, then baked.Yes. However, it is always better fresh because the pasta absorbs the liquid if you leave it uncooked too long. You can make the dish, allow the pasta to cool, sprinkle it with cheese, cover it and keep it in the fridge for no more than 2 days. How To Store? 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! veggies- peas, corn, carrots and zucchini. Want to make this cheaper? Buy a frozen veggie medley and use that

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. Onion – Regular white/yellow onion works perfectly here but there’s no reason you can’t use other varieties intead. Grated cheddar and /or mozzarella. Both are allowed as healthy extras and the recipe contains 200g (14oz) which divided by six is within your healthy extra allowance for cheese. You can use reduced fat cheese if you prefer.

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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! Low Fat Grated Cheddar Cheese - you can also use grated mozarella or another hard cheese. Using a full fat cheese will alter the nutritional label. 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!

An easy pasta bake with tuna and creamy tomato sauce, all topped off with lots of lovely cheddar cheese! This is a great dish to serve to a crowd. Simple to make and you can even prep it ahead.

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. Cooks Note! I make this pasta bake using two baking dishes and cooking them one in each of the air fryer baskets at the same time. If you have a single air fryer basket, you may need to make the recipe in two batches. Step Three – air fry the pasta bake Mushroom Ketchup (Optional) – I only add this as I have it in my cupboards. It adds a richness to the sauce but is by no means essential. Just leave it out if you don’t have it. I prefer to use albacore tuna for this, as it's firmer and creamier than regular tuna fish. However it is a little on the expensive side, so you can sub it for regular canned tuna fish if you like and it will still taste delicious! For the full list of ingredients, please scroll down where you'll find the recipe card. Instructions