Turkey Taco Pasta

Saw the idea for this on Pinterest and I couldn't wait to try it! I made a few tweaks to put my own spin on it.  If you're not a fan of ground turkey, you could definitely sub ground beef.  You could also go meatless and omit the turkey altogether.  Either way, the result is taco goodness!

Ingredients:

• 12oz medium pasta shells
• olive oil
• 1 lb ground turkey or beef
• 1 small diced yellow onion
• salt, pepper, garlic powder
• 14oz diced tomato (with jalapenos or chiles, preferably)
• 4oz diced green chiles
• 1 packet of taco seasoning
• half a packet of ranch seasoning
• 4oz light cream cheese
• 3oz light sour cream
• 3/4c reduced fat taco blend cheese
• optional garnish: hot sauce, salsa, diced green onion

1. Cook the shells per the box directions.
2. While the shells are cooking, brown the turkey on medium high in some olive oil and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Drain off the fat.
3. Add the tomato, chiles and taco & ranch seasoning.  Cook on medium for 4 min. 
4. Drain the pasta, reserve 1/2c of the cooking water.  Add both to your turkey tomato mix along with the cream cheese, sour cream and taco blend cheese.  Cook on low for 5-6 min, stirring often to melt the cheese and mix well.
5. Garnish with hot sauce/salsa/green onion

This is one of my favorite super quick and super filling recipes.  A little goes a long way...we had this the other night with salads and had 4 smaller portions for lunches later in the week!