Name: Low-calorie tuna pasta recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves: 1
Ingredients: 45g wholewheat pasta twists; 1 clove garlic, peeled; 75g green beans; Spray oil; 100g fresh tuna; 25g tub low-fat cream cheese, eg, Philadelphia Lightest; 3tbsp skimmed milk; Salt and pepper

Nutrition Per Portion

RDA

Calories

249 Kcal

12%

Sugar

6.6 g

Fat

3.4 g

Saturated Fat

1.6 g

Salt

0.3 g

Protein

33.7 g

67%

Carbohydrates

20.3 g

Salt

0.3 g

By Sue McMahon

published 27 July 21

This delicious low calorie tuna pasta is just 249 calories per serving.

Tender chunks of fresh tuna seared gently on the pan. Tossed with wholewheat pasta and green beans. Coated in a low-fat cream cheese-based sauce infused with garlic and pepper. This recipe takes just five minutes to prep and 20 minutes to cook.

Ingredients

45g wholewheat pasta twists
1 clove garlic, peeled
75g green beans
Spray oil
100g fresh tuna
25g tub low-fat cream cheese, eg, Philadelphia Lightest
3tbsp skimmed milk
Salt and pepper

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Method

Cook the pasta twists and garlic in a pan of boiling water for 7-8 mins. Add the beans to the pan and cook for a further 3-4 mins, until the pasta and beans are tender, then drain.
Heat a non-stick frying pan, spray lightly with oil and sear the tuna on all sides, then remove the tuna from the pan and cut it into chunks.
Add the cheese and milk to the hot pan. Stir in the pasta and beans, season, then stir in the tuna and serve.

Top tips for making low calorie tuna pasta

You could easily swap the fresh tuna for tinned tuna instead as it would work just as well and requires no cooking.

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Sue McMahon

Sue McMahon is a former Food and Recipes Writer at GoodTo and Cooking Editor at Woman's Weekly. Her primary passion is cakes and Sue regularly travels the world teaching cake decorating. Her biggest achievement to date was winning the Prix d’honneur at La Salon Culinaire International de Londres beating over 1,200 other entries.