Easy Tuna Penne Pasta for the Family

Ingredients

• 300g – 400g dried penne pasta
• 100g – 200g tinned tuna – preferably in oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 medium onion
• 2 small courgettes or 1 large
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 400g medium-sized fresh ripe tomatoes or 1 tin of chopped tomatoes or 250ml passata
• 250ml chicken stock or water
• Salt and pepper
• Optional ingredients
• 4 rashers of back bacon
• 150g raw jumbo prawns (or more to taste and appetite)
• 1 red chilli (more or less to taste) – de-seeded
• 1 large stick celery
• 50g capers in brine, rinsed and drained
• 5 fillets of tinned anchovy – or 1 tbs anchovy sauce
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 handful chopped fresh parsley
• 2 good sprigs of rosemary stripped of leaves and chopped finely
• 1 tbs sherry vinegar or red (or white) wine vinegar – or a good glug of white wine
• 1 tbs tomato puree
• 1 tsp sugar
• Garnish
• Black olives
• Chopped fresh parsley