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[reddragdiva]

Tuna tomato pasta. It's got meat, it's got no added lard, it's forgiving regarding quantities, it's good for hot days and it microwaves well.

Tin of chopped tomatoes
Tin of tuna in brine or water
Ten or so pitted black olives
Some tomato purée
Some garlic
Some chili
Pasta (penne is just the thing)

In pan one, pour in the tin of tomatoes and start it on the heat. Open the tuna, drain off the water and chuck it in, mixing it up. Start the water boiling for the pasta. Chop up the olives (I just cut 'em in half) and chuck them in. Chuck in a splat of tomato purée, a whack of garlic and a bit of chili. Mix this lot up.

Start the pasta in pan two when the water boils (of course). Keep stirring the sauce while the pasta cooks.

Serves two reasonably hungry people. You can easily double quantities if you want a couple of days' packed lunches.

Note the lack of cheese - it doesn't need it.

Comments

[fanf]

lemon juice is a good ingredient in this kind of pasta sauce

[squiddity.livejournal.com]

You see, I'd also be tempted to get some kind of Pulse involved. Perhaps green lentils ebcause they are easy to cook and you don't need to do the whole 'soak overnight' thing. That way, it would serve 3 hungry people :*)

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

I heartily recommend tomato-&-tune baked potatoes as a similar sort of dish. Half an onion, some warmed sieved tomatoes/passata, tuna, potatoes, sour cream. Piece of piss to make and v. filling.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

I'm guessing there is an unspoken "oregano, perhaps marjoram, black pepper" in there?
You could add onions and mushrooms if you had some handy, just fry them up a bit first.

[stevenothing.livejournal.com]

Likewise, I frequntly add any other veg I have lying around to such a dish, like peppers, courgettes, etc. Also works great with just about any other meat I've come across, although I usually use bacon because it's what I have in stock.

[squiddity.livejournal.com]

I always keep a pack of Mange Tout and Sugarsnap peas in the fridge for that very reason.

[reddragdiva]

Nope! This is a meal to keep sparse. I was iffy about the purée, garlic and chili.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

You really could do with some herbs and spices in your cupboard though. I was rather surprised you didn't have any parsley....even when I don't have any other herbs to hand, I always have parsley; it goes with everything.

I do like your quantities though. "A splat of tomato purée"....

[reddragdiva]

I tend to use oregano a lot, particularly for tomato things to go with pasta. Covers a multitude of sins.

Also, Marmite or Vegemite makes an excellent vegetable stock and secret ingredient.

[poggs.livejournal.com]

*hungrynow*

[sneerpout.livejournal.com]

*salivates*

[crispygoth.livejournal.com]

That's a very common meal in this house - it's perfect student food. It's simple, it's cheap and it's filling.

Can work well as a pasta bake too. Just put it in a oven dish, grated cheese over the top. Fab.

[rataxis.livejournal.com]

SO WHERE'S THE BLOODY MEAT EH?

[reddragdiva]

Tuna is not a vegetable. Or a fruit.