Simple Cooking

Mexican Mac & Cheese

I am constantly trying to come up with new Mexican dishes that both my husband and I will enjoy.  So, the other day I was flipping through a Sandra Lee cookbook from the library and I saw a recipe using boxed macaroni and adding  taco seasoning for a side dish.  It sounded yummy and I immediately thought if I added meat to that it could instantly turn into the easiest main dish of all time. I was right!  Dinner was ready in about ten minutes and Christian loved loved loved it!  It is so funny how I think he truly enjoys the easy meals more than the ones that I work on for hours!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

1 box of kraft macaroni and cheese

1/4 cup taco seasoning mix (or 1 packet)

2/3 cup of water

1/3 cup of taco sauce

Cook macaroni as directed on packaging and set aside.  Cook ground beef  and drain.  Add taco seasoning and water to ground beef and simmer about 5 minutes.  Mix ground beef and taco sauce with macaroni.  Serves 4.