tuna pasta bake

[hiann]

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Tuna Pasta Bake


This is a really nice, simple dish that the whole family can enjoy!

dried pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 tin tuna
1 tin chopped tomatoes
mixed dried herbs or oregano
grated cheese
cheese sauce

Put the pasta on to cook for about 10 minutes (allow 75g-115g/3oz-4oz dried pasta per adult, and about half this per child). Drain the pasta once cooked.

Use tuna in oil if you have some. Pour a bit of the oil from the tuna into a pan and fry some onion and garlic (if you have it). Pour away the rest of the oil. Add the tuna to the pan, and heat through and mix up for a minute.

Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and some mixed herbs or oregano, and a little black pepper. Cook for 5-10 minutes. Add to cooked pasta.

To make it into a 'bake' pile it all into an oven dish, pour over cheese sauce and top with cheese.
Bake for 20-30 minutes at 180 C/Gas 4.





I added cooked sweetcorn and a spoon of tomato paste and also used passata instead of the canned tomatoes and sprinkled breadcrumbs on top. A hit with all in the family! DD loved it (the recipe says 9 months...!) She managed the sweetcorn fine (loaded spoons) and was able to handle the bowtie pasta really well!