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Healthy tuna pasta

Name: Healthy tuna pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 150g wholemeal penne; 1 large leek (200g), halved, and thinly sliced; 1 tsp olive oil; 160g cherry tomatoes preferably on the vine; 198g can sweetcorn drained; 75g ricotta; 160g can tuna in spring water, drained; handful of basil chopped, plus a few whole leaves to serve

Sara Buenfeld

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 14 mins

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Try our quick and easy healthy tuna pasta. It's comforting, but also packed with three of your five-a-day and can be doubled to feed a family

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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150g wholemeal penne
1 large leek

(200g), halved, and thinly sliced
1 tsp olive oil
160g cherry tomatoes

preferably on the vine
198g can sweetcorn

drained
75g ricotta
160g can tuna

in spring water, drained
handful of basil

chopped, plus a few whole leaves to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal459

low
fat11g

low
saturates4g
carbs56g
sugars12g
fibre12g

high
protein28g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Boil the penne with the leek in a large pan of salted water following pack instructions, until al dente.
step 2

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan over a medium-high heat and fry the tomatoes for a few minutes, until they start to burst and soften. Add the sweetcorn and cook for 2-3 mins to heat through. Drain the pasta and leeks, reserving a little of the pasta water. Tip the drained pasta and leeks into the pan with the tomatoes, then toss through the ricotta and tuna.
step 3

Season with plenty of black pepper. If you want to loosen the consistency, stir in some of the reserved pasta water along with the chopped basil. Serve scattered with the whole basil leaves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2022

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