Taco Pasta

Sounds like a weird combination, right? But I love pasta, and I love Mexican so when I saw this recipe I decided to give it a shot.  This is probably one of my top five favorite dinners.

Gather your ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef (I used ground deer, yum!)
• 12 oz. pasta of your choice- shells or rotini complement this nicely.
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 1 love of garlic, minced
• 1 can mild rotel
• 1 packet of taco seasoning (I use the hot and spicy, but it is truly pretty spicy)
• 3 oz cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Getting started:

Cook your pasta and brown your meat and onions.

Add your Rotel (don't drain),  garlic, and taco seasoning and simmer for 5 minutes.

I put the 3 oz of cream cheese in the microwave briefly to help it melt down some, then add it and the 1/2 cup sour cream into the meat mixture (I transferred to the pasta pot to allow more room), stir it all together.

Add some fresh cilantro in if preferred

Enjoy!