This easy Tuna Pasta Bake (a.k.a Tuna Casserole) is made with everyday store-cupboard ingredients and comes together in minutes. A great-tasting family meal that’s practically Syn free!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
40 minutesmins
Course: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American, British
Keyword: Slimming World Pasta Bake, Tuna Casserole, Tuna Pasta Bake
400g| 14oz tin chopped tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
320g| 11 oz tuna chunks in springwater or brine, drained
200g| 7oz tinned corn, drained
2tspsweetener(optional)
1tspsalt
1/2tspchilli flakes
100g| 1 cup grated cheddar cheese(reduced fat if preferred)
100g| 1 cup mozzarella cheese(reduced fat if preferred)
4tbsphandful fresh basil, chopped plus extra to garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).
Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Add the stock cube and ½ tsp salt and stir to dissolve. Add the pasta and set a timer to cook it for 2 minutes less than the time on the pack. Drain the pasta into a large bowl, reserving 80ml (⅓ cup) of the pasta water.
Mix the cream cheese with half of the passata until smooth.
Add the cream cheese mix, remaining passata and tinned tomatoes to the pasta bowl. Give everything a good stir.
Add the corn, a large handful of the grated cheese, drained tuna, chopped basil, salt, sweetener and chilli flakes and stir to combine.
Transfer to an ovenproof dish (aprox 20x30cm) and drizzle with the reserved pasta water.
Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
Garnish with more chopped basil and serve!
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Notes
TUNA PASTA BAKE VARIATIONS
Add texture and CRUNCH! Not really suitable for those on a diet but my kids LOVE this. Crumble of a bag of salted crisps and sprinkle over the pasta bake. Alternatively you can use a few tablespoons of Panko breadcrumbs or wholemeal breadcrumbs which are a healthy extra.
Swap the tuna for drained lump crab meat. This is more expensive but incredibly tasty. Alternatively you can use raw prawns (shrimp) instead of the tuna, also very yummy.
Mexican Tuna Pasta Bake add a tin of drained black beans or mixed beans and 2-3 tablespoons sliced green jalapeños (from a jar). Replace the basil with parsley or coriander. Top with some crunched tortilla chips!
Make it gluten free using good quality gluten free pasta.
Use wholemeal pasta for added fibre.
Slimming World | Weight Watchers Info
This recipe uses some of your healthy extra allowance for cheese. There’s some syns if you use Extra Light Cream Cheese (1.5 syns) - this works out as negligible .25 syns per serving.
There’s 13 SmartPoints per serving for those following Weight Watchers.
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Please note I am not affiliated in any way with Slimming World or Weight Watchers. Syn values and SmartPoints are based on online calculators.
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Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.