Taco Pasta Bake

  • Average
  • 30 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 1/2 - 3/4 of a bag of large noodle pasta like ziti
  • approx. 1lb of ground beef
  • 1 pkg/envelope of taco seasoning
  • 1C water
  • 1/2 pkg of cream cheese (about 4oz)
  • 1 1/2C shredded cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Boil pasta, don't over cook it as you will be baking it later. I like rigatoni and ziti for this recipe, but any big noodles will do.

Step 2

While pasta is cooking, brown ground beef.

Step 3

When ground beef is cooked through add taco seasoning mixed with 1C water and let simmer.

Step 4

When ground beef is ready add approx. half a pkg of cream cheese and stir until melted and mixed in.

Step 5

When pasta is ready drain and run cold water over it.

Step 6

In a casserole dish add cooked pasta, stir in some shredded cheese, the ground beef mixture, top with more cheese, leave uncovered and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.