Tuna and mayonaise pasta

philwantstobedebtfree

Hi all

Am trying to cut down my spends on food and one of my biggest short-comings is buying lunch at work sooo, i love tuna and mayo pasta so much so i could eat it every lunch time and not be bothered at all, only problem is i don't know how long it would keep could i do a big batch on sunday to last through to friday or would i need to do one mid week or more? your help would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

Phil

chivas

Hi Phil,

Good call - this kind of thing costs so little to make, but so much to buy out!

I'm not sure how long an opened tin of tuna would last for - but I probably wouldn't risk it for more than a 2/3 days. But if you cook up all the pasta you will need on the Sunday, it should last up to 7 days, so you could just mix it all together each night/morning without taking hardly any time
Or doing a couple of batches a week should be ok.

If you open tins of tuna/sweetcorn and want to save some for the next day, then make sure you transfer the contents of the tin to a tupperware, as storing them in the tin will cause spoiling...

A personal aside - I don't think that tuna chunks are worth the money you save from not buying the tuna steaks... they seem to squish away to almost nothing, and you don't get the big bits!

Good luck

Skint_Catt

Thanks for this - another lunch idea - YUM! :rotfl:

philwantstobedebtfree

Hi chivas

Thank you very much for your reply i suppose the biggest effort really (lol effort) is cooking the pasta so that is great that i can keep it in the fridge seperate and mix in the tuna and mayo daily.

I worked it out that this would cost me about 30p per day which sure is alot cheaper than £2.50-£3.00 that i am getting my lunch for now.

Thanks again chivas

Phil

belfastgirl23

I think it's nicer if you mix it all together when the pasta is hot - I also think you end up using less mayo. But see what you think yourself. Personally I'd do two lots - it isn't really a big hassle to do one midweek and I wouldn't be happy about eating fish after the third day.

BTW I always add a spoonful of mustard, think it adds to the taste

Would you not get tired of it though?

trying-very-trying

Regarding the cooking of the pasta. I've got one of those pasta magic things and I find it great and really easy. I reckon you could use a food flask, to do the same thing though. Bung your pasta in the food flask, 1/2 to 3/4 full. add boiling water, put the lid on and leave it for 10minutes, just pour out into a colander. hth

recovering_spendaholic

We all love tuna mayo pasta, but in this cold weather I sometimes do hot cheesy tuna pasta, which is great put into a microwaveable container and just heated through at lunchtime (or I do it as an after school snack/early tea). I just cook the pasta and then make a cheese sauce up by putting a pint and a half of semi skimmed milk into a pan, whisking in 2 oz of flour, salt and pepper, (I add a bit of onion salt but you don't need to) and heating it, stirring all the time until it boils and thickens - you don't need fat. Then I stir in some grated mature cheddar and a tin of drained tuna. I pour the sauce over the pasta and stir it then portion it out and store in the fridge when it cools. It's lovely.

philwantstobedebtfree

hi all

nah i wouldn't get bored with it i am to busy reading the paper at lunch and don't really pay any attention to what goes in my mouth to be honest as long as it fills me up i am happy, i pretty much have the same thing everyday now and worse comes to the worse i can always mix in something else thats cheap especially with my weekly pasta stock in the fridge.

thanks for all the ideas and variations guys i will no doubt be trying them out especially the mustard i do like a bit of mustard

Phil

dlb

We make a huge lot of this and it last for days, we add, onions mayo,cheese,sweetcorn then tuna, its also great with prawns, celery,tomatoes and chopped bacon.
Add if the pasta looks like its drying out just add a blob more mayo.!

belfastgirl23

You can vary the mustards - wholegrain's my fave in this

Also you could use garlic mayo. Or even add a blob of tomato sauce (sounds gross but tastes okay!)

I'll_Be_Frank

chivas wrote: »

A personal aside - I don't think that tuna chunks are worth the money you save from not buying the tuna steaks... they seem to squish away to almost nothing, and you don't get the big bits!

Good luck

Hey Chivas,

Couldn't agree more with you on that point. Always buy Tuna Steaks over chunks, whatever brand you purchase.

Even worse than Chunks - I once accidentally picked up a tin of Tuna Flakes. It wasn't 'til I'd opened the can that I realised my error. It was like a fish pulp and smelled so appalling that I had to put it straight into the bin outside.

Frank.