Serves 6

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• 750mL Liddells Lactose Free Long Life Milk
• 2 spring onions, finely sliced
• 1 zucchini, grated
• 1 small carrot, peeled and grated
• 1/2 red capsicum, finely diced
• 1 cup grated Devondale Organic Tasty Cheddar Cheese
• 200g (1 3/4 cups) small shell pasta, cooked until al dente
• 425g can tuna, drained
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
• freshly ground salt and pepper, to taste
• 200g Turkish bread
• 1/3 cup grated Devondale Organic Tasty Cheddar Cheese*
• crisp green salad, for serving

Method

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add flour and stir continuosly for 1 minute. Whisk in milk and continue stirring until thickened.
2. Add vegetables and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the grated cheddar, pasta, tuna, parsley, lemon rind and seasonings. Pour into a 2 litre capacity baking dish.
3. Roughly chop the bread to make chunky breadcrumbs.

Sprinkle bread and remaining cheese over the pasta mixture and bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, or until golden. Serve with a crisp green salad.

Tips

• Divide mixture between 6 oven proof dishes for individual serves.
• Substitute the vegetables with a packet of your children’s favourite frozen vegetables for a quick solution to fussy eaters.
• Use canned corn and/or frozen green peas, grated carrot or other vegetables that your children will eat.
• Substitute the tuna with salmon if preferred.

*Devondale Organic Tasty Cheddar Cheese is low in lactose, if you are highly sensitive the cheese can be omitted from this recipe.

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