Tasty Tuesday: Taco Pasta Bake

Taco Tuesday is huge at our house and I do my best to introduce new recipes on a regular basis. Over the weekend I decided to try one of my pins to see if it would be suitable for one of our favorite nights of the week.

This pasta dish is simple and oh so good. You can find the original recipe here. Here's how it happened at my house...

Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
1pkg. Taco seasoning (low sodium)
4 oz cream cheese (low fat), cubed
1c. Shredded Mexican cheese
1c. Water
12oz. dry ziti

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350.
Brown and drain the beef.

Cook the pasta according to package directions.

Mix in the water and taco seasoning with the beef. Heat on medium for 5 minutes and add the cream cheese. Once the cream cheese is melted add 1/2 of the shredded cheese.

Spread the drained pasta in a 9×13 pan. Pour the meat mixture over the pasta and toss together.

Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Bake for 20 minutes. 

Enjoy! This would pair nicely with a salad.  We did fresh fruit.

Even the itty bitty enjoyed it.

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Tasty Tuesday.