15 Minute Easy-To-Make Seasoned Beef w/ Cheesy Pasta (Beef Recipes)

Member Name: i_heart_elo

Product:	Beef Recipes
Date:	04/03/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick to fix, Inexpensive Ingrediants, Tastes Great!

Disadvantages: Won't be very good if your a vegitarian =)

How many times have you looked through your kitchen cupboards and said " Ughhhh I don't have ANYTHING......but I don't feel like going out to the store!" Probably more times than you can count right?

Well, as long as you have at least some spiral, penne, bow-tie, maccoroni, or other type of shaped pasta......some "Ground Beef Mince Meat" (Tesco's Frozen stuff works the best , is the lowest fat, and cheapest!), some Fromage Sauce (Cheese Sauce) OR Speghetti Sauce, and Taco Seasonings.....your in business!

I'll include some variations to this Ground Beef dish so you can jazz it up or down.=)

* 1 Frozen Package of Mince Meat ......or a few pounds of Fresh Ground Beef

* 1 Package of Shaped Pasta .......I usually use Penne or Spiral

* 1 Small Jar/Carton of Cheese Sauce......You can usually find this at most grocery stores.....but you can also substitute Speghetti sauce only, I think the Cheese tastes a little better

* 1/2 Envelope of Taco Seasoning.....If you do not like food with a little bit of "spice" to them , you can use 1/2 Envelope of Italian Seasoning instead.

*Optional Additions

Chopped Bell Pepper
Onion
Green Chili's/Green Chili Sauce
Sour Cream (Cream Fraise)

How to Cook

1.) Boil Water and cook the Spiral Pasta Al Dente for 5 to 7 minutes
2.) Drain Pasta and set aside
3.) Using a large skillet, saute the frozen or Fresh ground beef until cooked through on Med/High heat.
4.) Combine the Taco or Italian Seasoning with Beef until mixed throughly.
5.) Now you can add any of the "optional" ingrediants to the seasoned Beef mix.
6.) Add the Cheee sauce OR Speghetti Sauce (About a 12 Oz of Cheese sauce , 1 & 1/2 cups OR 2 Cups of Speghetti Sauce) on Low/Med heat. For a few minutes.
7.) Lastly, add the Pasta to the Beef and Sauce mix and heat through for a few minutes.

That's it! You have a dish that only takes around 15 minutes to make, and not a lot of expensive ingrediants. It also feeds about 4 or 5 people. I make this dish a few times a month simply when I don't feel like taking the time to cook long strenuous meals. In reality though, i've gotten more compliments on this, then even some of my 5 HOUR French dishes that I've made. It's very tasty and not as fattening or unhealthy as you might think =)

Bon appetite!

Summary: A yummy Ground Beef dish that everyon (specially kids) , love