Quick, Delicious Pasta with Hummus Sauce

This is one of my favorite meals! It's less than 300 calories, less than 5g of fat, and of course---simple, easy, delicious. Also: easily vegetarian/vegan. This is a single serving.

3/4 cup of pasta (I prefer whole wheat)
1-2 tbsp of hummus
1/4 cup of canned tuna -or- 1/4 cup of black beans, chickpeas...any bean you like
spices (garlic salt, onion powder, dried basil, Old Bay...)


First, prepare the pasta. Honestly, I usually don't have time for the boiling water on the stove thing, so I stick it in a tupperware container with some water and nuke it in the microwave for about 8 minutes. For ww pasta, you'll probably need 10-11.

Before you drain the pasta, reserve some of the pasta water--maybe about a 1/4 cup. Put a tablespoon or two of hummus in a bowl and add a little of the pasta water at a time, whisking it all up with a fork. Add pasta water until it reaches the consistency you desire. Add spices--I like garlic salt, Old Bay, and lemon juice. Then mix it all up and enjoy.

A trick I use---if you're adding a protein (like beans, canned chicken or tuna), place it in your strainer before you drain the pasta. Then dump the pasta and water all over the top of it: this warms up the protein and gets it all mixed together!

This recipe is super adaptable: you can add cheese, wilt some spinach and mix it in...the possibilities are endless. I'm a student and I probably make this at least 3 times a week.

Here's a tasty photo! http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z333/jayseegraffiti/food/3.jpg