Yes, you read that title correctly. This dish is a Mexican pasta dish. Instead of taco shells – you are using large pasta shells. My sweet new friend, Carrie, made this dish for our small group, last night. I am so sorry I did not snag a picture before we started eating. When she told me she was making a Mexican dish using pasta shells, I thought I heard her wrong – then I was a little concerned. But, this recipe is great! Everyone in the group loved the dish. AND Carrie said this is her childrens’ favorite meal. !!!WINNER!!! You know how much I love Mexican and sharing new recipes. So, I hope you enjoy! I found the recipe on the Betty Crocker website. I LOVE Betty!
Mexican Pasta Shells (pic from Betty Crocker)
Mexican Pasta Shells
- 12 uncooked jumbo pasta shells
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 lb lean hamburger meat (Other option: use turkey meat, or replace meat with beans)
- 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup Old El Paso taco sauce
- 1 cup shredded Colby- Monterrey Jack cheese blend (4 oz)
- 1/2 cup crushed corn chips
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
I hope your family will enjoy this dish, as well!
One last thing! I made Creme Brulee Cheesecake Bars for our dessert. Sweet goodness, I kid you not! Singing with Birds posted this recipe last week. Check it out!!
I am wife, mother, and Christ follower. My kitchen antics are shared each Tuesday at my Tempt My Tummy blog carnival. Family life is vital and I write about those moments. I also sharing my daily walk with Christ - how He saved my marriage, strengthened my family, and blesses my life.
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Those look so delicious! My family (and I) will love this. : )
We love Tex-Mex too! Sounds like a winner! I wonder if it would freeze good?
I don’t see the link-up…am I going blind? I have refreshed the page multiple times!
Sorry, I had a momentary mess up. Mr. Linky is up, now. Sorry!
Thanks, I’m linked up now! Thanks for hosting, Lisa.
What a great alternative to traditional tacos! Thanks for hostin’ and postin’. I can’t wait to give this a try.
Another yummy recipe! Thanks for hosting my friend!
~Liz
I’m participating again this week.
In the post, I mentioned you, your blog, the blogging event, and one of your recipes. See for yourself:
http://caffeinatedglobe.blogspot.com/2010/09/brunch-party-menu-and-5-irresistible.html
looks delicious.
Thanks for the carnival.
This looks delish and right up our alley at this house!
oooh, my family would love this!! thanks for hosting Lisa
Oooh, yum! This sounds delish! I love anything Mexican.
thanks for hosting, Lisa! 
Looks and sounds yummy! Thanks for hosting.
This sounds awesome in the big shells!! Pretty too! Thanks!
Wow, this sounds perfect. I definitely want to try. I contributed my glazed breakfast biscuit recipe. It’s a new family fave.
I make something similiar and it really is a tasty dish!
I agree, both Saturday’s and today’s weather was wonderful! I woke up this morning and was actually cold.
BTW, I think of you most Monday afternoons because I have a client who lives near you (from subdivision comments you made on FB).
Oh how neat! Thanks for thinking of me.
Sounds perfect for the cooler fall evenings. YUM!
I saw the recipe for the cheesecake bars over at Gnee’s blog last week, and I thought they looked so good! Thanks for reminding me about them!
Your Mexican dish sounds good too! Thanks for hosting!
My first time to link up a recipe to your incredible carnival! Can’t wait to check out all of this goodness…and your Mexican Pasta Shells are going on my Meal Planning List!
So glad you are linking up and joining TMTT. Thanks!
This sounds very tasty! How can you go wrong with cream cheese?! Mexican pasta…I have a recipe for “Mexican Pizza”. It uses tortillas, not pasta, but it calls for mixing salsa and spaghetti sauce, which sounded so odd to me…but it’s really delicious! It’s become a regular for us. Those things that sound like they wouldn’t go together are often really good!
Kara, that does sound good!
Oh those look so good! I really want to try to make them.
Now this is what i want for dinner tomorrow! Dh would LOVE it!
Hi Lisa,
So glad you tried the creme brulee cheesecake bars and they were a hit! Forgive me, I made a mistake when I linked up, 51 is wrong. Please delete it if you can. 52 is right and try it. I’m posting a cookie bar each week, I’ve had so many requests!!!
Thanks for your fun party and your delicious recipes you share. This one looks really yummy tonight!
this looks so tasty…..thanks for sharing and having the bloghop!!
Hi Lisa,
I love the sound of your recipe – a great fusion of Mexican and Italian – yum! Thanks for hosting, and have a great week!
Thanks for hosting the blog hop. Those Mexican shells sound good. My post this week is all about thinking on your feet and using what you have to make dinner.
This sounds like a great dish for a small group! I will copy and hang on my fridge.
Hi Lisa–my first time here linking up, can’t wait to come back. These recipes look AWESOME! Thanks so much for hosting!
Ammie, so glad you are joining us.
This is my husband’s favorite! We’ve been having this meal since I was a young child and it’s always been a good one.
I have found so many great recipes! Thanks so much for hosting!!
ooh those pasta shells sounds delicious!
This looks so yummy, I’m for sure making this for my family. thanks for sharing another fab recipe. have a great day!!!!!
Thanks for hosting Lisa
I didn’t mean to leave 2 links! The 2nd link I left is the correct one. I was in a hurry and grabbed the link to the wrong post. so sorry!
No problem. Thanks.
My family has a very similar recipe that we love too! Who would have thought: mexican and pasta shells.
Thank you Lisa! What could be better than Mexican AND pasta??
Yum, that sounds really good.
I’m sharing a mexican soup recipe this week, but I can’t seem to find the linky in this post. Is it just me?
All the recipes look so delicious…I could spend all day reading and cooking. Thanks for hosting this wonderful recipe exchange.
Heehee! I admit too, this sounded a little strange…but it looks good, and the ingredients sound nummy!
Way to go on your exercising too!
Your Mexican Pasta Dish looks very good. Nice combination and certainly one that our family will love.
Thank You…
I can’t wait to give this recipe a try, my kiddos will love it!
What a great recipe. I loooove using giant pasta shells in different recipes. So fun and the kids love them too!
Thanks Lisa again for the fun link.
Oooo that does sound good. I love the idea of switching up the Mexican and the Italian. Yum! I bet Little Miss would like this one. I wonder if I could get Mister Man to enjoy it. What a fun dish to share!
Thank you for reminding me of this recipe. I had it once at a camping pot luck and thought they were so good but I have personally never made them. Your pic here looks great too!
on our new eating plan, we would have to forgo the chips and the shells, but this sounds good enough to eat just by the forkful!! =) thnx for a great recipe…
My family loves all things pasta and we regularly have mexican food. I have never thought of combining the two though. Thanks!!
I shared a simple, frugal recipe for Chicken and Quinoa Soup! So hearty and delicious!
Thank you for hosting!
Thanks for hosting the carnival!
Hi Lisa, I have linked mine for this week, but imstead of giving the recipe name I have given my name, sorry about that. The recipe is Garlic and Coriander Naan.
That is fine. You can put your name or recipe or both. No worries. Thanks for linking up.
Love the picture and recipe. I prefer big pasta shells so this looks right up my alley!
Hi Lisa,
I linked up last week too but gave my name intead of the recipe
This week I have linked up my recipe for spicy roasted mashed eggplant.
Thanks Lisa! I love Mexican too! I’m excited to give those Mexican shells a try!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Cindy
Hi Lisa and happy tuesday. Certainly are many recipes here to tempt your tummy! My recipe this week is a basic peach sauce that can substitute for anything from peach butter to dessert soup! Enjoy! alex@amoderatelife
Those look good!
Looks great! I love Betty too!
Hi, I’m new here and just linked up and am following you! Hope you can join me this Friday and Saturday for my link-up too! Have a lovely day!
Thank you for hosting this event. This is my first time linking up!
Wooo hooo!! A combination of my two favorite types of cuisine!! Does it get any better?
This dish must be Italian/Mexican fusion. Sounds like it was a hit. Thanks for shairng.
oh wow, I’m so glad I found your page. Mexican is a fav in my house. I’m definitly going to try this recipe out.
I love this recipe! It’s on our favorite list. The first time I made it I realized I had forgot to buy the taco sauce at the store, so I subbed red enchilada sauce and it was so good! That’s what I’ve been using since!
I posted a recipe for my Almond Crusted Tilapia! So Delicious!
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