Pasta and Beans

I needed a quick easy meal fast. I browsed a few recipes. I took a little from some, a little from another, and then still another. Here's what I came up with...

Pasta & Beans

6 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 15 oz can chick peas, drained
5 oz tuna, drained
juice and zest of 1 lemon
reserved water from pasta
Salt/Pepper
Parsley, chopped
Parmesan cheese
1lb pasta (orecchiette, shells etc)

While the pasta cooks, heat the bacon in a skillet until done. Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add chick peas and cook for about 5 minutes or until heated through. Add tuna, lemon, and zest. Cook until tuna is heated through. Add salt/pepper (be sure to taste because the bacon might have contributed enough salt). Add pasta and some of the pasta water until you reach the desired consistency. Top with parsley and Parmesan

This dish basically came together in the time that it takes to cook the pasta. It can be adapted pretty easily. If you don't like tuna, leave out the tuna. If you don't have chick peas, use cannellini beans.