Creamy Tuna Pesto Pasta

close up of tuna pesto pasta with parmesan cheese

5 ingredient super easy creamy tuna pesto pasta is a great lunch or easy weeknight meal recipe that tastes amazing served hot or as a cold pesto pasta salad.

Course Lunch

Cuisine Italian-inspired

Fridge Life? 3 days

Freezable? No

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Servings

Calories 900kcal

Author Dora

Ingredients

1.1 lb pasta
2 cans tuna in olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 oz parmesan cheese
3 cups homemade pesto or 4 tablespoon store-bought pesto

Instructions

If making homemade pesto then make it first by placing all the ingredients in a food processor and processing until you have a pesto sauce.
Place water in a saucepan with a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil and ½ teaspoon of salt and bring to boil.
Once boiling reduce to medium heat and add the pasta. The length of cooking will depend on the pasta you use so check the packaging, but it will usually be between 8-12 minutes.
Once the pasta is cooked drain it and place it back in the saucepan.
Open the canned tuna and drain it if using water packed tuna.
Shred the tuna and add to the cooked pasta together with the pesto, cheese and lemon juice.
Mix until all in incorporated.
Add more extra virgin olive oil, salt, black pepper. fresh basil to taste.

Notes

best to wait to serve tuna to babies and toddlers until they are 2 years old because of the levels of mercury and sodium. And even then it is always best to choose safer alternatives such as wild salmon. Canned tuna in this tuna pesto pasta recipe can be replaced with canned wild salmon.

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