Tuna Delight in Five Ingredients

This little wonder was born out of a really hungry liepchen coming home from the gym and needing to feed herself and her hardworking hubby. I hadn't been to the grocery for a week so ingredients were scant for anything fancy. Bringing together these 5 items that I always have in the pantry turned out to be a very tasty meal, and a hearty one at that!

Ingredients:
-Pasta - any kind but my favorite is thin spaghetti because it cooks up fast!
-Store bought alfredo sauce - any variety will do, I use Four Brothers varieties
-2-4 cloves garlic chopped finely (if you don't like garlic, leave this out or substitute a little bit of chopped onion or scallion)
-1 can drained tuna, or a pouch
-2 tbsp olive oil

Put water on to boil for pasta. Once water is boiling add pasta and cook according to directions on the box for al dente.

While the water is heating up, heat the olive oil over medium heat in a saucepan and add garlic when oil ripples a bit. Sautee garlic until it's soft and sweet. Add tuna, stir together with garlic and sautee for about 4 minutes. Add as much alfredo sauce to cover the amount of pasta you are serving and cook over low heat, uncovered.

The sauce will be ready after you drain your pasta! I always toss the pasta in the sauce before serving so each noodle is covered in this awesome savory concoction.

Enjoy!

{ps....If you are feeling froggy, chopped sun-dried tomatoes would be an excellent complimentary flavor to the creamy alfredo sauce.}

Update: also added frozen peas to the pasta right before draining and it was delicious!