Canned Tuna and Black Olive Pasta Salad

What can I do with a can of tuna fish?
If you want to make a complete meal of this,
add a fresh green vegetable to the recipe.
This is a really good tuna salad recipe!

Ingredients:
2 5 1/2 ounce cans tuna, drained
1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
1 cup fresh or jarred tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Salt to taste
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/2 cup pitted imported black olives, cut in half
3/4 pound fusilli, penne, farfalle or spaghetti
Freshly grated Parmesan for serving (optional)

Directions:
Begin heating a large pot of water for the pasta.
In a large pasta bowl, break up the tuna.
Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan
or saucepan over medium heat, and add the garlic.
Cook, stirring, just until fragrant, and remove from the heat.
Add to the tuna. Add the parsley or basil, and mix together.
Add the tomato sauce to the pan, heat through,
and then add the red pepper flakes if using.
Stir in the olives.
When the water for the pasta comes to a boil,
add a generous tablespoon of salt and the pasta.
Cook al dente, until firm to the bite,
following the cooking instructions on the package
but checking the pasta a minute
or two before the indicated time.
Remove two tablespoons of the cooking water,
and mix with the tuna.
When the pasta is al dente, drain
and transfer to the bowl with the tuna.
Add the tomato sauce with the olives,
toss everything together, and serve.
Pass the Parmesan at the table.