62: Cheesy Mexican Stuffed Shells

Who doesn't love a good Mexican meal?  One of our favorite restaurants is La Fonda - random factoid about us.  Anyway, when I saw this recipe for Mexican Stuffed Shells I knew it was a must try.

Ingredients:

1 lb lean ground beef
3 tbsp cream cheese
Small bottle of taco sauce 
~1 cup Shredded Cheese
sour cream
1 1/2 cup of salsa - I used homemade (2 tomatoes, 1 diced garlic clove, 1 tbsp cilantro, about 1/4 onion diced, S&P)
1 package of taco seasoning - I used homemade (some Mexican chili powder, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, S&P) 
About 20 jumbo shells

The How To:
Preheat oven to 350
In a medium frying pan cook the group beef, add the taco seasoning 
Once the meat has cooked add in the cream cheese until the cheese melts
While you are waiting on the meat, boil the noodles for about 8 minutes, and then drain
Grab a 9x13 dish and pour half the salsa along the bottom, then stuff each shell with the meat mixture and place on top of the salsa
Cover the stuffed shells with the taco sauce, rest of the salsa, and shredded cheese
Bake for about 15 minutes, until cheese melts
Top with sour cream and serve!

What's not to love about this dish.  It was really great. I served mine alongside some refried beans, and it went together great. This dish is Will approved!