tuna pasta bake.... good or bad??

emmaphillips
emmaphillips Posts: 43
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
i'm in the middle of making a tuna pasta bake for my family n im jus worried tht its more of a treat than a meal that'll help to lose that extra bit of weight...

anyone have any ideas?
:heart: Emma

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  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    What are the ingredients?
  • Celestia
    Celestia Posts: 106 Member
    I guess it depends on your ingredients, like if you use a lot of cheese or other cream based ingredients.

    And remember that pasta is usually a high calorie and high carb food...

    You may want to use a recipe calculator to total the amount of calories in the tuna pasta bake :smile:
  • emmaphillips
    emmaphillips Posts: 43
    1 tin of tuna
    1 tin of green giant sweetcorn
    125g penne pasta
    3/4 pint semi-skimmed milk

    what do u think? :heart:
  • emmaphillips
    emmaphillips Posts: 43
    oh and about 40g mature white cheese :heart:
  • Celestia
    Celestia Posts: 106 Member
    Sounds good! Try this recipe calculator I found on another post:

    http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
  • emmaphillips
    emmaphillips Posts: 43
    thankyou for your help... unfortunately it ended up being 640calories for the whole meal! 100 carbs and 11 fat... i had no idea it'd be that bad i wish i'd looked before i had it :cry:
  • cherie2304
    cherie2304 Posts: 632 Member
    It may be 640 calories for the whole meal but if you split it up between your family it will be less.
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