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Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta Recipe (Gluten-Free)

Last Updated: October 26, 2020 By Linnie 8 Comments

 
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Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta recipe with solid white albacore tuna, freshly squeezed lemon, and a hearty dose of healthy extra virgin olive oil. Refreshing and Easy elevated weeknight dinner or dish for your next dinner party. { Only 5-Ingredients, Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free }

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Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

Ready to elevate your next dinner to super-duper expert chef mode kind of dish?? (Heck yeah)

This easy Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta dish is dubbed the expert chef dish in our house.

R loves his dose of tuna, no doubt about it. But the most he ever does with tuna is plop it in a bowl and add pickles and mustard. He eats it straight like that. Gross.

While his method of consumption is rather laid back, he is very choosy about the type of tuna he’ll eat. Bumble Bee® White Albacore Tuna with whole chunks in water is the only kind of tuna he will eat. No bueno with tuna in oil. I don’t blame him; it grosses out both of us.

Plus, upon opening the can, seeing full chunks of tuna is most definitely a requirement. No mystery meat please, that is just creepy. We all know my stance on creepy meat, like chicken. (blah)

R doesn’t cook very much. His cooking involves scrambled eggs and microwaved potatoes, so no surprise that he is satisfied with a simple combination of tuna, mustard, and pickle when he does open a can of tuna on his own.

Let’s elevate this to a real person’s meal.

When I handed him this dish, I said, “I’m pretty sure this awards me yet another best wife ever award.”  (I have many of these awards.)

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

Let’s be honest here. Given the amount of flourless chocolate cake, cookies, and food in general that is cooked in this house on a weekly basis, and the fact that I have a happy husband, winning a man’s heart is most definitely through his stomach.

Will he make this dish by himself if I’m not home? No, probably not, it would require too much work.

*Sigh*

Sometimes I don’t know what to do with him.

5-ingredients, zero prep work, and one pan—is this too much work? (NO)

We’ve established that if I was not around, he would probably be a lifer at Subway. For breakfast, lunch and dinner. No, seriously.

When I traveled to Ireland a couple years back for three weeks, R admitted the kitchen was not dirtied up once because he ate Subway every single day.

It’s up to me to feed him nutritious, protein-packed dishes. Otherwise our money will keep going to Subway. No bueno.

No, we’ll quickly whip up a fresh, lemony pasta dish with protein-packed albacore tuna and call that a meal! #fistpoundmoment

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

We start by taking corn pasta and adding it to some boiling water.

Add a pinch of salt to the water. This especially helps keep corn pasta from sticking together.

Add the four remaining delicious ingredients (Olive Oil, Garlic, Tuna, and Lemon) to a skillet and we are in business.

Fresh.

Healthy.

Clean.

Classic.

Robust.

Winner, winner, tuna is for dinner!

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta that is.

Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta (Gluten-Free) - Veggiebalance.com

Need a little help making this super easy Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta dish? Check out VeggieBalance YouTube channel and watch the quick video showing just how easy it really is!

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Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta Recipe (Gluten-Free)

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Lemon Tuna Olive Oil Pasta recipe with solid white albacore tuna, freshly squeezed lemon, and a hearty dose of healthy extra virgin olive oil. Refreshing and Easy elevated weeknight dinner or dish for your next dinner party. { Only 5-Ingredients, Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free }
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Yield: 6

Prep Time:10 min

Cook Time:25 min

Total Time:35 min

Ingredients:

  • 1 + 4 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 can solid white albacore tuna
  • 3-4 cups corn spaghetti pasta, cooked
  • 1 freshly juiced lemon
  • 1 bunch of parsley, roughly chopped
  • Salt and Pepper

Directions:

  • 1. Place skillet on medium-high heat.
  • 2. Add 1 TBS olive oil and garlic. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
  • 3. Add drained tuna, salt and pepper. Cook until heated through (5-7 minutes).
  • 4. Add cooked pasta, remaining olive oil, freshly juiced lemon and fresh parsley for garnish.
  • 5. Serve immediately.

Author: Linnie
Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance

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  1. Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It says

    March 2, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Tuna with lemon is one of my favorite flavor combinations!! I’ll have to try that spaghetti too. This looks so yummy!!!

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    • Lindsay says

      March 4, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      I agree Marina! Anything with lemon is so crisp and fresh! I thought it was a good way to start sound off spring, then we had 26 inches of snow fall in less than a week… Maybe I jinxed it ?? 😉

      Reply
  2. John Storeys says

    March 2, 2016 at 8:34 am

    A very summerish recipe! Glad I found it!

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    • Lindsay says

      March 4, 2016 at 12:34 pm

      It sure is! Glad you found it too! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Ali says

    October 17, 2017 at 12:19 pm

    When do you put in the other 4 tbsp of olive oil?

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    • Lindsay says

      October 20, 2017 at 12:26 pm

      When you add the cooked pasta with lemon juice. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Kyra says

    September 6, 2019 at 8:19 pm

    This tasted yummy, but it ended up quite dry for us, despite the olive oil. Any suggestions? My husband thought alfredo sauce might be good in it, but I realize that makes it a completely different recipe.

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    • Lindsay says

      September 24, 2019 at 7:19 am

      Mmmm was it the pasta that was dry or the actually sauce?? It’s definitely a lighter sauce but not sure what could’ve gone wrong other than the pasta potentially.

      Reply

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