Quick leftover pasta lunch | Pasta omelette

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Hi fellow foodies

I’m sorry I’ve not posted any recipes for ages…exciting things have been happening and I’m in the process of launching my Supplì as a branded (Cini) product in the UK!!! Look out for further updates as the website is almost ready and I’m hoping to have them available in small retail outlets before too long.

In the meantime, I thought you’d like a quick lunch tip…

If you’ve had pasta the night before (this works particularly well with Spaghetti), heat a bit of butter in a non-stick frying pan, add the pasta (regardless of sauce, this tends to work well) and heat it through. 

Break 2-3 fresh eggs (depending on the amount of pasta and the size of your frying pan) in a bowl and gently whisk them with a fork, just enough to mix the whites & yolks together.  Don’t over-work them!

Add a bit of salt & pepper (to taste) to your eggs, then pour onto the pasta.  Quickly mix the eggs into the pasta, over a high heat, as the omelette starts to cook, then leave to set on the stove. 

If you have a pan that can go under the grill, preheat the grill before you start, then cook the omelette for 1-2 mins max on high on the stove prior to placing the pan under the grill for a minute or so to cook the top.  Otherwise, cook the omelette on medium heat on the stove and consider placing a lid over it to allow the steam to cook the omelette from the top.

Serve & enjoy.  Quick & Gloriously Good 5 minute leftover lunch!
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Tuna Melt | Tuna and Cheese Melt | Wholesome Lunch | Quick Lunch Ideas | Wholemeal Pitta Bread Recipe

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Tuna & Cheese Melt in Wholewheat Pitta

Extremely quick lunch idea and much lower fat & calorie content than a traditional Tuna Melt, therefore you can enjoy this guilt-free as often as you like!! 🙂

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 2
Under 300kcals per serving
One portion shown in this picture
Ingredients
  • 2 Wholemeal Pitta Breads
  • 1 tin John West No Drain Tuna Steaks in a little olive oil (you can use different tuna, e.g. in brine, but I personally particularly like this one as it is a happy middle ground between tuna drenched in olive oil and tuna in brine)
  • 15g mature English Cheddar Cheese, grated (you can use any cheese of your choice, of course)
  • 1 large spring onion (the salad variety that is beautifully over-sized…otherwise use 2-3 standard spring onions), finely chopped

Method
Flake the tuna with a fork
Add the finely chopped spring onion and grated cheese
Slightly heat each pitta bread (don’t toast it to the point of browning…I find that a few seconds in the microwave works well here) so it inflates to allow you to slice it open
Using a sharp knife, slice into the pitta bread to open it up as a pocket
Insert half the tuna, cheese & spring onion mixture into each pitta pocket
Place into a pre-heated flat-surfaced non-stick toasted sandwich maker
Press down the top of the sandwich maker & cook until the pitta is nicely browned & crispy and the cheese has melted (you’re likely to hear it all sizzling beautifully and your kitchen will smell good enough to eat!)
Serve & eat…

…Gloriously Simple, Gloriously Good!

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Quick Tuna Salad | Low-Cal Tuna lunch | Tuna & Rocket Salad | Quick Lunch Ideas

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Gloriously Simple Tuna Salad

Here’s one of my regular quick, filling & healthy lunches.

I’ll give you today’s quantities & ingredients, but it really is down to whatever you happen to have available on any given day.  The beauty of that is that you don’t get bored of it if you keep changing some of the ingredients.

Today’s makes enough for 2 generous portions or 1 super-greedy portion (i.e. for me, it’s one portion!).

Assuming 2 portions, it comes in at under 180kcals per portion!

Although it’s not strictly-speaking low-fat, it is low-cal and full of GOOD fat in the form of extra virgin olive oil. Remember to use a really good quality extra virgin olive oil here, as you’re not using a lot of it, so it’s essential to get the best & strongest taste.

For 2 portions, I’ve used: 
  • 40g rocket
  • 80g cucumber, diced
  • 120g (1-2, depending on size) tomatoes, diced
  • 1 large spring onion (the large salad onions…approx 50g chopped)
  • 2tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 can John West No Drain Tuna in a little olive oil (you can use different brands of course, and it doesn’t have to be in olive oil if you prefer it in brine…I just like using this one as it’s a bit tastier and less dry, without having tons of calories)
  • salt & pepper (to taste)
Method

Just throw all the ingredients into a large bowl, mix well and serve!

Gloriously Good, Gloriously Simple!

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