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.

Posted by Rob in Recipes on April 23rd, 2007 |