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Jewelled Tuna Pasta

Course Main
Cuisine British
Keyword lunch
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 350 g penne pasta
  • 55 g Flora Original
  • 1 red pepper seeds removed and finely chopped
  • 115 g button mushrooms thickly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed
  • 198 g can sweetcorn
  • 200 g canned tuna in water drained and flaked
  • 1 pinch of black pepper
  • 4 Spring onions chopped finely

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta according to packet instructions.

  2. Meanwhile, melt the Flora in a large pan, add the red pepper, crushed garlic, spring onions and mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally until soft.

  3. Stir in the sweetcorn and tuna, cover and cook very gently until piping hot.
  4. Drain the pasta and gently toss with the tuna mixture.
  5. Serve immediately, or allow to cool and pack in tomorrow’s lunchbox.

Recipe Notes

What Mini loved about this recipe was just how simple it was and also how colourful. It can be so easily adapted and if you are in a hurry you can use a tin of mixed sweetcorn and peppers. Mini also commented that it would have looked and tasted great with peas in too.