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Sun Dried Tomato Tuna Tortellini

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 16:01 — Sarah

Summary

Yield
Servings
Prep time20 minutes

Description

Cheese pasta tossed with tomatoes and flavored tuna.

Ingredients

8ozcheese tortellini
1⁄4cdiced sundried tomatoes
1⁄4cdiced dried shallots
4ozpackage tomato pesto flavored tuna
1Textra virgin olive oil (1 packet)
1Tshelf stable parmesan cheese
4cwater

Instructions

At home pack the pasta and vegetables in a sandwich bag, sealing tightly. Pack the tuna, oil and cheese packets with it.

Put the water and the contents of the pasta bag in your pot. Bring to a boil. Once the water boils, lower the heat on your stove and simmer for a couple minutes. Turn off the stove and let sit for 5 minutes. In cool temperatures put the pot in a cozy to retain heat.
Drain off any remaining water carefully, then mix in the oil and tuna. Heat up if desired for a couple seconds, sprinkle in the cheese.

Notes

For the pasta, we used 3 Cheese Tortellini by Barilla. The flavored tuna was by Starkist.

The meal packaged weighs in at 15-ounces.

Nutritional stats are for for each serving, with the recipe making two servings:
674.5 calories, 25.5 grams fat, 33.5 grams protein, 7 grams fiber, 1155 mg sodium.

This was based on the products used, other brands will vary. To lower the sodium use plain tuna and look for tortellini with a lower sodium content.

For more flavor, add in more cheese.

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