Meal 2
chicken · 30 min · low
serves 2, ~30 min, low effort. New candidate.
**Why picked:** you wanted a lighter chicken dish than piccata. The orzo cooks
risotto-style in lemony stock, so the body comes from starch, not butter —
bright, herby, one pan, and Andrea-friendly (no cream).
Meal 3
tuna · 20 min · low
serves 2, ~20 min, low effort. New candidate.
**Why picked:** you asked for a canned-tuna pasta. Good olive-oil tuna folded
into burst cherry tomatoes, garlic, and capers — a fast, light July pantry
pasta with no cream or cheese needed.
## Notes
- **Two pasta-ish nights** (orzo + tuna spaghetti) — flagged and fine; they
eat very differently.
- **Buy good tuna:** jarred olive-oil-packed (Ortiz, Tonnino) makes the tuna
pasta. Don't drain off all the oil.
- **7/02 shrimp scampi reconciled** — Arthur reworked it into *Pasta Risottata
with Shrimp* (now approved); handled in the reconcile commit on this branch.
- One bottle of **dry white wine** covers the salmon's sake substitute.
- Tier 1/2 off the list: white miso, mirin, short-grain rice, capers, butter,
chicken bouillon (orzo stock), oregano, red pepper flakes, dried spaghetti.