Taco Pasta

When I saw this in my google reader, I knew I had to make it! My husband LOVED it!

Stove Top Taco Pasta
Source: About a Bit of Everything

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1/4 c taco seasoning
3/4 c water
1 pkg low fat cream cheese (8 oz)
1 box pasta (we used rotini)
optional: cheese of your choice to sprinkle on top (we used mozzarella)

Directions
Brown ground beef in a large dutch oven. Combine taco seasoning and water. Pour taco seasoned water over browned meat, stirring to ensure all meat is covered. Simmer to reduce amount of liquid (approximately 5-10 minutes) on low. Once reduced, add cubed cream cheese, stirring to incorporate fully. Prepare pasta according to directions and drain. Add drained pasta to dutch oven, stirring to coat completely.

Tortilla Chips

This is such a super simple "recipe" - it's so easy I can hardly call it a recipe. The husband and I had a mexican night last night, and I decided to try my hand at making my own tortilla chips. I'm so glad I did! It's easy and SO yummy. I doubt I'll be buying anymore tortilla chips, I'll just make my own!

(Can you tell my husband loved them??)

Corn Tortillas
Serving Size: 32 tortillas

Ingredients:
4 Corn Tortillas
Salt (to taste)
1/2 cup Vegetable or Canola Oil (for frying)

Cut the tortillas into 8 triangles, like a pizza. Pre-heat the oil in a small frying pan. Gently put the tortillas into the hot oil and fry on each side for 3-5 seconds. It's a very quick process - they burn easily! As soon as they come out of the fry pan, put them on paper towel to catch the excess oil and salt immediately so it will stick.

Enjoy!

Crock Pot Fajitas

This is another recipe I got from Apples of Gold. I think this is my favorite yet - it's soo good.

Crock Pot Fajitas

2 lb beef flank steak (or chicken, I used chicken)

1 onion sliced

1 green & red pepper cut into strips

1 clove of garlic, minced

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground coriander

1/4 tsp salt

1 8oz Can mexican style tomatoes drained (I used a small can of tomato sauce)

1 jalapeno pepper (optional)

12 8inch tortillas

Toppings: sour cream, guacamole, cheddar cheese, salsa

Cut steak or chicken into 6-8 portions. In crock pot combine all ingredients.

Cook on low 8-10 hours, medium 6-7 hours, or high 4-5 hours.

Remove meat and shred. Return to pot and stir.

Mexican Pizza

My mother-in-law loves a pizza from Cici's that is their mexican pizza. I have no idea what it has on it, because quite frankly I think it looks funny - so I'm not touching it. Anyway, I wanted something mexican for dinner the other night, but didn't want the usual. So as I was menu planning, I decided to make a mexican pizza, my way.

Mexican Pizza

1 pillsbury pizza dough (cook before assembly of pizza)

sour cream

salsa

shredded cheddar cheese (or mexican mix cheese)

lettuce

lean ground beef

To assemble:

Prepare pizza dough. In a small bowl, mix equal parts sour cream and salsa (use as much or as little as you like, depending on how saucy you like your pizza). Once combined, spread evenly over pizza. Sprinkle ground beef over sauce, then cheese, then lettuce. Cut into triangles like a pizza and serve!

This is so yummy - I can't wait to make this again!