I fine that canned tuna is one of my frugal proteins as I have posted recipes a few times. It's easy to use and an economical here. We can buy it in 3 sizes 95g, 180g & 420g most are just plain tuna in brine, springwater or oil in Chunky or flaked. There are numerous recipes printed for using canned tuna.
Pasta & Tuna - 1/2 can flavoured tuna, 1/4 cup tomato sauce mix- balance of tuna used for lunch with lavish crackers
Tuna Pasta
1 can 95g Tuna - Flavoured Tomato & Onion or other flavour
2 cups of spiral pasta
1/2 jar of pasta sauce
Dried parsley
Seasoning
Cook pasta as instructed
Mix tuna & pasta sauce into a microwave dish, add seasoning & dried parsley to taste and heat until hot.
When pasta is cooked drain, and reserves a little pasta water to pour back over the pasta and add tuna pasta sauce mixture to pasta and serve on 2 spaghetti bowls.
Serve 2
For one serving divide in half.
Serve with a green salad
Tuna Recipes posted so far here.
Tunisian Tuna Salad
Easy Tuna Dish
Update on -Easy Tuna Dish
Tuna Mornay
Tuna with macaroni and peas in the comments section
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Other than the tuna casserole, I usually make tuna cakes which is tuna, egg, bread crumbs, a little mayo, cut up celery, and a dash of spice, patted out and saute in a bit of olive oil. Thanks for the other recipe ideas!