Light, tangy and easy! Choose this when you don’t want a heavy pasta.
Spaghettini with tuna, lemon & capers
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PREP TIME
5 min
Makes
1 to 2 servings
* PLUS Cooking time: 8 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 250 g spaghetti or spaghettini pasta
- 170-g can tuna , drained
- 2 green onions , sliced
- 1 tbsp capers , drained
- generous pinch salt
- generous pinch dried oregano leaves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Finely grate 1 tsp (5 mL) peel from lemon. Cut lemon in half. Wrap and refrigerate half for another use.
- When water boils, add pasta. Boil until al dente, 8 minutes. Then ladle 1/2 cup (125 mL) pasta water into a small measuring cup. Drain pasta and place in a large bowl. Crumble in tuna. Stir in onions, lemon peel, capers, salt and oregano. Then squeeze in juice from lemon half. Add oil and 1/4 cup (50 mL) pasta water. Stir to evenly mix. Taste and add some of the remaining water if noodles aren’t saucy enough.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 622,
- Protein
- 31.5 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 85.9 g,
- Fat
- 16.1 g,
- Fibre
- 5.1 g,
- Sodium
- 360 mg.
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