Tuna Pasta Bake

In keeping with the idea of showing you our family’s favourite tummy fillers – favourite for us because they’re easy and for them because they’re tasty and lots of it – here’s our tuna pasta bake.

Most families will probably end up with enough leftovers for another dinner, but we rarely do. I’d love to heat this up at work. Would beat a jam sandwich.

You will need:

500g pasta of your choice

1 tablespoon butter

1 onion, chopped roughly

3 tablespoons plain flour

3 cups milk

1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard

1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

425g can tuna in spring water, drained

1/4 cup capsicum, chopped

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

STEP ONE: Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

STEP TWO: While you cook pasta in one saucepan, move on to step two.

STEP THREE: Over medium heat, melt butter in saucepan then add the onion and cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes.

STEP FOUR: Add flour to onion mix and cook, stirring, for a further minute.

STEP FIVE: Remove from heat, and gradually add milk by continuously stirring.

STEP SIX: Return the milk to the heat and continue to stir for 5 minutes until thickens.

STEP SEVEN: Remove from heat. Stir in the mustard, cheese, tuna, capsicum and pasta (it should be cooked and drained by now).

STEP EIGHT: Pour whole mix into a dish, sprinkle breadcrumbs on top and cook in oven for 25 minutes, or until top is browned.

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