Tuna Pesto Pasta Recipe
This tuna pesto pasta is easy to prepare yet full of healthy flavors; a great way to celebrate Mother’s day!
Equipment
- Cooking pot and stirring spoon
- Tong
- Strainer
- Chopping board and knife
- Chopper, if available
Ingredients
- 250 grams pasta spaghetti
- ¼ cup pasta broth this is the water where you cooked your pasta
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 head garlic, minced
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 2 cans corned tuna or tuna flakes in can 1 can, 180 grams
- 1 stalk celery, chopped finely
- 2 medium zucchini, thinly sliced
- 1 medium cucumber, thinly sliced
- 5 tablespoons pesto sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a cooking pot, boil water with salt. When boiling, add pasta and cook according to package instructions.
- Before draining pasta into a strainer, set aside ¼ cup of the pasta broth. Drain pasta and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a cooking pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and tuna and cook for a minute.
- Add celery, zucchini and pasta broth and simmer for 2 minutes. Then add the cucumber slices and season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
- Lastly, put in the pesto and stir thoroughly.
- Turn off heat and pour in tuna and pesto mixture into the cooked pasta.
- Mix until well combined. Serve and enjoy!
