Easy Creamy Tuna and Mushroom Pasta

by Justine C. Tajonera

Easy Creamy Tuna and Mushroom Pasta

What you'll need:

• Half a pack of spaghetti (I used whole wheat pasta. We used a whole pack but discovered that we only needed half so we set aside the other half for another pasta day).
  
• a little canola oil and salt (for the pasta)
• 1/4 clove of garlic, chopped
  
• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1 can button mushroom or shitake mushroom (I used shitake mushrooms), sliced into 1/4 pieces
• 250 ml cream
• 1/2 cup grated cheese
• 1 can of tuna in water (drained), spread out if in chunks
  
• a pinch or two of dried basil
• Salt and pepper (to taste)
  

Procedure:

1. Cook the pasta in boiling water (with a little canola oil, a little salt) until al dente. Set aside.

2. Saute the garlic and the onions. Wait until onions are a little transparent.

3. Add in the mushrooms.

4. Pour the cream and let simmer slightly. Keep stirring so that cream doesn't burn.

5. Fold in 1/4 cup grated cheese. Set aside the rest for topping.

6. Once the cheese has melted, add in the tuna. Make sure it's not in chunks, anymore. Spread out.

7. Add the pinch or two of dried basil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

8. You can opt to cook in the pasta together with the sauce (which is what I did). Or you can just serve the sauce separately.

9. Optional: Serve with buttered garlic toast. We used whole wheat bread.

Serves 3-4 people.

Pasta Loving Badger

This was the only dish, so far, that my son absolutely loved. I could tell that he loved it because he kept eating without letting up and he kept asking for more servings even when he hadn't finished the serving on his plate. Of course, he ate one mushroom and decided it wasn't for him (so more mushrooms for mommy and daddy). But overall, he finished two helpings and a half.

Badger really loves pasta to begin with. However, because this time I cooked the dish, I felt really happy and content to see him shoveling the pasta into his mouth. There's an undeniable sense of satisfaction when a cook sees her loved ones genuinely appreciating the food (by eating it without pause).

I'm excited to make my next pasta dish (since the other half of the spaghetti is still in the fridge)!