Cooking with Asia

Prep Time: 10 Min

Cook Time: 20 Min

Ready In: 30 Min

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked spiral pasta

1/2 pound ground beef

1 tbsp. taco seasoning

1-1/2 cups shredded lettuce

1 chopped tomato

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

1/4 cup Catalina salad dressing

Tortilla chips

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to directions.

2. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the taco seasoning; cool.

3. Drain pasta and rinse in cold water; stir into meat mixture.

4. Add the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onion, green pepper and dressing; toss to coat. Serve with tortilla chips.

Source: allrecipes.com

When I found out we were making taco pasta salad I wasn't that interested because it didn't sound very good. I'm kind of glad that it wasn't an eating lab because i'm not too sure that i'd actually try it. When I was cooking the beef though it smelt really good and mikayla and maricar agreed. I’m pretty sure that we cooked the pasta perfectly, it was al dente and was good. We also did really good time wise because we all worked on our own things. I worked on the pasta and the beef, Mikayla worked on cutting the vegetables and Maricar grabbed the rest of the ingredients. I don't really think we did anything wrong in this lab either. We did everything according to the recipe, but I guess I made a mistake when I was draining out the juices from the beef because a couple of beefs fell out of the pan into the sink. I think that I would make this at home, maybe just to try it out. I think my mom may like this recipe and my sister also. Except this time instead of pouring all of the seasoning into one spot i'll put the seasoning little by little and stir so it'll make it easier to spread it around. It's a good thing that we went over how to cook pasta correctly because I wouldn't know otherwise if I overcooked it or not.