Biggest Loser Creamy Tuna Lemon and Garlic Pasta

"Adapted from the Australian Biggest Loser cookbook. Will be posting other recipes using evaporated milk as it's such a wonderful ingredient... the feel of a rich, creamy sauce but a lot lower in fat. Hope you enjoy this! I think you could use other pasta shapes too."
 
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photo by Becky in Wisconsin
photo by Becky in Wisconsin photo by Becky in Wisconsin
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook pasta as packet directs then drain and set aside.
  • Heat pan over medium heat and spray with olive oil.
  • Cook onion for three minutes or until tender then add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until just starting to color.
  • Increase heat to high and add lemon juice, zest and stock and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in the evaporated milk and flaked tuna then cook for another 2 minutes. Season well with salt and pepper as desired (lots of pepper no salt for us).
  • Add pasta and parsley to the pan and fold pasta and sauce together gently to combine. Heat just a couple of minutes until heated through.
  • Serve hot in warm bowls topped with either the parmesan as the recipe suggests, or as we did with capers instead as they go wonderfully well with tuna.

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Reviews

  1. Very easy dish and quite tasty, too. Served chopped broccoli along with this and all three of us mixed it in. Great meal for a busy night.
     
  2. Quick and easy to make and quite tasty. I didn't have any evaporated milk so I used soy milk and added a little flour to thicken it slightly. A very tasty lunch.
     
  3. I did not like this recipe. The directions were very confusing. Parts were listed in grams and others in cups or teaspoon/tablespoons.. I followed the directions as listed. The only thing I changed was that I added some tarragon. I know it's not because this is considered "diet". I have been on weight watchers for 4 years so I am used to eating low fat. This was not creamy at all and just didn't taste good.
     
  4. YUM, YUM, YUMMY!!!!! I loved this dish. I had never cooked with evaporated milk in this manner before. And, I really like it. I used whole wheat rotini pasta, as it was on sale at the store. I had to use dried parsley flakes, as the parsley at the store was awful. I may do capers next time, not sure. And, this reminded me of tuna casserole that my mom used to make, but healthed up a little. Thanks MrsSPheonix for this wonderful recipe.
     
  5. This was a really nice, easy, health meal! I really enjoy lemon, so I added an extra splash in addition to the lemon zest!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This was an easy, quick and flavorful dinner. I did make a few changes -- I used canned sockeye salmon instead of tuna and used water in place of chicken broth. The lemon-garlic-parsley combination is delicious. My kids gobbled their dinners quite eagerly! Thanks, MrsSPheonix. Made for the cook-a-thon for MrsSPheonix and Sarah! (With my sincerest condolences)
     

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