Last night I wanted to make something different. I found a recipe for Tuna Pasta Premavera, but it had asparagus. My wife hates asparagus. So I substituted green beans. Also they had you steaming fresh vegetables. Too much work. So I used canned veggies. I didn’t have any Albacore tuna, so I used regular tuna. It was good, but I think it would have been much better with the Albacore tuna.
Ingredients:
8 oz Farfalle pasta
1 can cut green beans
1 can sweet peas
1/4 cup coarse chopped green onions
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 chopped beefsteak tomato
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 (6oz) cans drain Albacore tuna, coarsely flaked
Directions:
Heat large pot of water to boiling. Once boiling, add pasta and cook for 12 minutes. Drain, reserving 3 tablespoons of pasta water.
Dump cans of beans and peas with liquids they were canned with, into a smaller pot. Heat beans and peas over a medium high burner till water begins begin to boil. Remove from heat. Drain the liquid.
In a larger bowl, mix beans, peas, green onions, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well. Add pasta, chopped tomato, lemon juice, reserved pasta water, and tuna. Toss well. Serve.
