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Tuna, lemon and spinach pasta

Ready in a flash, this is a great standby recipe with all the flavours of the Med.

Ready in a flash, this is a great standby recipe with all the flavours of the Med.

Cooking Time

Cook: 15 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £0.67 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 324g serving contains

Energy
5401kj
399kcal
20%
Fat
7.8g
Low
11%
Saturates
1.3g
Low
7%
Sugars
1.9g
Low
2%
Salt
0.55g
Low
9%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1667kj/398kcal

Ingredients

300g Just Essentials by Asda Pasta Shapes

2 tbsp Olive Oil

1 Red Chilli, finely chopped (optional)

3 Lemons, 2 juiced and zested, 1 thinly sliced

150g Asda Mild & Tender Spinach

2 x 145g tins Just Essentials by Asda Tuna Chunks in Brine, drained and flaked into chunks

5g fresh Parsley, chopped

Method

1
Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted water for 11–12 mins until just cooked through. Make this with any short pasta shapes you have. You can even mix any odd ends from different bags.
2
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the chilli for 1 min over a medium heat. Stir in the lemon juice, zest and sliced lemon and simmer for 1 min. Add the spinach and cook for a further 2 mins until just wilted. Carefully stir through the tuna and cook for 1 min.
3
Drain the pasta and toss with the tuna mixture until evenly mixed.
4
Serve sprinkled with parsley and some freshly cracked black pepper.