Theme Meal Plans: Cousins' Playtime
Taco Stuffed Pasta Shells | Mary's Pecan Bars
Taco Stuffed Pasta Shells
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
| Meal: | Cousins' Playtime (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 1 | package | pasta, shells large |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1.5 | lb | beef, ground |
| 4 | oz | cream cheese |
| 1 | tsp | chili powder |
| 0.25 | tsp | salt, table |
| 2.5 | cup | taco sauce |
| 1 | cup | cheese, cheddar |
| 1 | cup | cheese, monterey jack |
| 1.5 | cup | tortilla chips |
| 2 | whole | scallions, sliced |
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Cook 12 oz. box pasta shells according to directions drain and toss with butter. Brown ground beef in large skillet. Stir in cream cheese, chili, powder, and salt and stir until cream cheese is melted. Spoon a tablespoon or so of beef mixture into pasta shells. Arrange in greased 9 by 13 baking dish. Spoon taco sauce or enchilada sauce over shells. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Uncover and top with cheeses and crushed tortilla chips. Bake 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and serve to hungry family!
Mary's Pecan Bars
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Cousins' Playtime (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 2 | cup | flour |
| 0.5 | cup | sugar, powdered |
| 8 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 14 | oz | milk, evaporated |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
| 1 | cup | heathbar bits |
| 1 | cup | pecans, halved |
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Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Combine flour and sugar in bowl. Cut in butter until a coarse crumb.
Press dough into bottom of a lightly greased 13 X 9 pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Mix egg, milk and vanilla, stir in heathbar bits and pecans. Spread mixture over crust. Bake an additional 25 minutes.
Cool and cut into bars.
