Mari--Your recipe for pasta with tuna and peas is one of the staples in our family and holds pride of place in my recipe notebook, written out in your lovely scrawl (I mean that affectionately!). It is easy, uses only ingredients from the pantry--excluding a lemon--and is wonderful! I don't make it more often because I would eat it with abandon and end up weighing more than I want to. One adjustment we make as a family: we traded out the olives in the original for capers, since I'm the only olive lover in our family. Also, the tuna can be left out for vegetarians. Trust me, readers: Mari's short easy dishes are amazing.
Ha! I loved this piece and I think we're kindred spirits. I eat some version of Pasta with Lemon Juice and Salt and Olive Oil a few times a week (though never with peas; what a good idea). I agree completely with your premise. It hits all the right notes: fast, comforting, wholesome, and balanced enough as a meal that I would (and often do) serve it to guests. It's my favorite kind of cooking.
Mari--Your recipe for pasta with tuna and peas is one of the staples in our family and holds pride of place in my recipe notebook, written out in your lovely scrawl (I mean that affectionately!). It is easy, uses only ingredients from the pantry--excluding a lemon--and is wonderful! I don't make it more often because I would eat it with abandon and end up weighing more than I want to. One adjustment we make as a family: we traded out the olives in the original for capers, since I'm the only olive lover in our family. Also, the tuna can be left out for vegetarians. Trust me, readers: Mari's short easy dishes are amazing.
Ha! I loved this piece and I think we're kindred spirits. I eat some version of Pasta with Lemon Juice and Salt and Olive Oil a few times a week (though never with peas; what a good idea). I agree completely with your premise. It hits all the right notes: fast, comforting, wholesome, and balanced enough as a meal that I would (and often do) serve it to guests. It's my favorite kind of cooking.