Creamy tuna & sweetcorn pasta sauce — quick freezer-friendly weeknight dinner

# What this recipe is

This is a storecupboard pasta sauce built around tins: tuna, sweetcorn and crème fraîche. It's designed for speed and convenience — five minutes' prep and about 10 minutes on the stove — and the recipe doubles as a make-ahead sauce you can freeze.

# Who this suits

Ideal for anyone who wants a quick family meal or an easy freezer meal. It uses common ingredients and requires only a pan and a pot of boiling water for the spaghetti.

# Ingredients (serves 4)

• 400g dried spaghetti
• 4 spring onions, finely sliced
• 1/2 tsp garlic purée
• 300ml crème fraîche
• 2 x 145g cans tuna, drained
• 200g can sweetcorn, drained
• 50g Parmesan, grated
• Salt and pepper to season

# Core method

1. 1Cook the spaghetti following the pack instructions.
2. 2While the pasta cooks, combine the spring onions, garlic purée, crème fraîche, drained tuna, drained sweetcorn and grated Parmesan in a large pan over low heat. Stir often until everything is warmed through and the cheese has melted into the sauce.
3. 3Drain the pasta, reserving a little pasta water. Add the pasta and a splash of the reserved water to the pan and toss to combine. Divide into four bowls and serve.

# Freezing and reheating

• To freeze: add all the sauce ingredients to a freezerproof container or reusable freezer bag and freeze for up to three months. The recipe specifies freezing the sauce, not the cooked pasta.

• Keep the heat low when warming the sauce so the crème fraîche doesn't separate.
• Reserve some pasta water before draining the spaghetti. A little starchy water helps the sauce cling to the pasta and adjust consistency.
• Drain canned tuna and sweetcorn well to avoid watering down the sauce.

# Nutrition snapshot (per serving, as stated)

• Energy: 826 kcal
• Fat: 40 g (saturates 24 g)
• Carbs: 82 g
• Protein: 32 g
• Fibre: 6 g
• Sugar: 7 g
• Salt: 0.75 g

# Serving ideas

The original page pairs the dish with simple salads. A crisp green salad or a chilli green salad are suggested accompaniments if you want contrast to the creamy sauce.

# When to make this

Make this recipe as a quick weeknight dinner, or batch and freeze multiple portions for emergency midweek meals. Because it uses long‑life pantry items, it's useful when you're low on fresh ingredients.

# Final takeaway

This is a no-fuss, freezer-friendly creamy tuna and sweetcorn sauce that you can warm and toss with freshly cooked spaghetti. Small steps — low heat for warming, draining the tins well, and using a splash of pasta water — make the texture work best.