Tuna pasta is a great store cupboard pasta recipe which can be whipped up in next to no time.

Tuna pasta is a pretty common meal, but it’s one that often doesn’t get a lot of love and attention. It’s overlooked, but it shouldn’t be.

Tuna pasta is one of those meals that can be made extremely quickly, is very good for you, and can transform your evening from ‘oh no, I don’t know what to have for dinner tonight!’ to ‘we’re having a delicious and nutritious home cooked meal’ quick as a flash. You can find the rest of my 15 minute recipes here.

If you prefer tuna steak to tinned tuna, why not try my Seared Tuna with Roasted Vegetables or Tuna with Rice, Greens and Wasabi Dressing.

The ingredients

This dish uses plenty of store cupboard ingredients. I did use fresh tomatoes because I had some in the fridge that needed using – but you could absolutely switch the 4 fresh tomatoes for a tin of chopped tomatoes.

You could skip the parsley too, but it adds a freshness and bit of a crunch which I wouldn’t want to miss out on.

Black olives could be switched for green olives if you have those instead. If you have a jar of capers hanging around, you could throw a tablespoon of those in instead of (or as well as!) the olives.

All in all, it’s a very versatile dish. My tip would be to use the best olive oil you have in your cupboard for drizzling afterwards, and top with plenty of fresh ground pepper.

The process

This is an extremely quick dish to make, particularly if you use fresh pasta, so give it a go when you’re pushed for time.

Fresh pasta is by no means a requirement, though, so if you only have dried pasta in you can use that instead! Any shape will work with this dish.

The sauce is cooked in the time it takes to cook the pasta (whether you use fresh or dried) – so it really is a fab one to whip up on a week night.