Beef / Pork

Light Tex Mex Pasta is for Dinner.

Light Tex Mex Pasta takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Light Tex Mex Pasta takes 25 minutes to cook.

Light Tex Mex Pasta makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Light Tex Mex Pasta are:

1 Box Ronzoni Smart Taste Penne Pasta
1 lb. Extra Lean Ground Beef
1 15 oz. Can Tomato Sauce
1 16 oz. Jar Salsa
1 Box Green Giant Frozen Creamed Spinach
1 Block Light Cream Cheese
2 Cups 2% Colby Jack Shredded Cheese
3 Tbsp. Chili Powder

Here is how you make Light Tex Mex Pasta:

Cook pasta, ground beef, and creamed spinach according to package instructions. In one bowl, combine pasta, ground beef, tomato sauce, salsa, and chili powder (more or less to taste). In another bowl, combine spinach and cream cheese. Spread 1/2 of pasta mix in bottom of 13x9 pan. Use all the spinach mix to spread as the next layer. The top layer is the remaining past mix. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Sprinkle grated cheese over top and bake an additional 5 minutes. Serving Size:?Makes 8 ServingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RENEE536.

The nutritional information for Light Tex Mex Pasta is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 477.5

• Total Fat: 18.8 g
• Cholesterol: 60.1 mg
• Sodium: 1,190.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 55.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.7 g
• Protein: 29.0 g