Tuna Pasta

This slimming friendly tuna pasta is a great cold lunch which you can pack up and take to work with you! This large portion will definitely fill you up and keep you full until dinner time!

Tuna pasta in a bowl with broccoli, red onion & sweetcorn

What is volume eating?

As you can seen, this is an incredibly large portion of food! But just because it is a large portion of food, doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re eating too much!

Going back over the many years that I have been attempting to lose weight, I had always thought that in order to lose weight, I had to eat less food and exercise more. However, I have recently discovered volume eating (immediately the name appealed to me!). This is where you can consume high volumes of food, without having a large number of calories.

How does volume eating work?

For the same weight of food, the number of kilojoules varies depending on the type of food. For example, 1 cup of vegetables contains 100-350kJ, whereas 1 cup of milk contains 500-600kJ. This does not mean you should be eating only vegetables! Adding some fruit and vegetables to bulk out the your meals can keep you feeling fuller for longer without the added energy intake.

The reason this can be better for us is that our stomach has the same capacity, or volume of space to hold food, regardless of the food we actually eat. This means the amount of food we need to feel full is based on the volume of food we eat rather than the energy of the food.

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If you decide to make this delicious tuna pasta recipe, be sure to let me know what you think of it in the comments at the bottom of the page! Why not take a snap and tag me on Instagram? @thesliceofjess

*Calorific value may change depending on brand of food used*

Tuna Pasta
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Tuna Pasta

Recipe by The Slice of JessCourse: LunchDifficulty: Easy
Servings

1

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes
Calories

596

Ingredients

  • 80g dried pasta

  • 145g Tuna in spring water

  • 100g Sweetcorn

  • 100g Broccoli

  • 1/2 Red onion, chopped

  • 1 Vegetable stock cube

  • 2 tbsp Lighter than light mayo

Directions

  • Boil your pasta in 500ml of vegetable stock for 20 minutes.
  • Once your pasta is nearly boiled, add the broccoli into it and cook for a further 5 minutes until cooked through.
  • Drain your pasta & broccoli and either leave to cool, or run under the cold tap to speed up cooling.
  • Combine the pasta, broccoli, sweetcorn, red onion and tuna into a large bowl, then add your 2tbsp mayo and mix well.
  • Serve and either enjoy this as 1 large portion or split into 2 smaller portions.

Last updated: 4th November 2021