Light tuna and bell pepper pasta is ideal for those who want to eat healthy and light but with flavor, without any fat even raw, also perfect for a quick meal, good hot or cold and therefore great to eat even at the office if needed! But now go try this light and easy first course!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 1
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for Light Tuna and Bell Pepper Pasta
- 2 oz fusilli
- 4.4 oz canned tuna in water (weight already drained)
- 7 oz red bell pepper (weighed already cleaned)
- 1 clove red garlic
- 1/2 glass water
- 1 tbsp parsley (freshly chopped)
- 1 pinch fine salt
Main Tools Useful for the Recipe
- Frying Pan
- Food Scale
Preparation of Light Tuna and Bell Pepper Pasta
Clean the bell peppers, remove the stem, seeds, and white filaments, wash them, dry them well. Then cut them into strips and small pieces, pour into a nonstick pan.
Add a pinch of salt, the chopped garlic clove, and the half glass of water, stir and cook covered on medium heat for about 10 minutes.
While the peppers start cooking, put the water for the pasta on the stove and when it boils, add the pasta, continue cooking the sauce.
Add the coarsely chopped tuna along with the parsley to the peppers, stir and continue cooking on high heat without a lid for another 5 minutes, then turn off.
Drain the pasta al dente, pour it into the pan with the sauce and toss it over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring, serve immediately hot and steaming!
Optional: if desired, before serving you can add 1 teaspoon of raw olive oil.
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Important Note
This recipe is part of my daily meal plan, so the quantities in this recipe refer to the meal plan given to me by my nutritionist in relation to my condition (type 2 diabetes), everyone will then adjust based on their own meal plan quantities or tastes (if you have no particular health problems), the seasoning in addition to being fat-free is also great for seasoning any type of pasta.
