National Pasta Day + Taco Tuesday

Taco Tuesday is a religion in my house, but today is also National Pasta Day… how do we solve this conundrum?  Thanks to all your text messages, the solution is simple…

SPAGHETTI TACOS!!!

Picture and recipe from Community Table:

How to Make the Famous Spaghetti Taco

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 lb turkey meat
  • packet taco seasoning
  • 3 cup marinara sauce
  • ½ lb spaghetti (½ box, broken in half)
  • 6 Tbsp salsa
  • 10 Taco shells
  • Cilantro for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Cook Pasta & Sauce:
  2. In a skillet over medium-high, brown 1 lb ground turkey until done. Add taco seasoning; cook according to package instructions. Add 3 cups marinara sauce. Simmer until very hot. Cook ½ lb spaghetti. 3 minutes before spaghetti is done, add taco shells to oven.
  3. Assemble Tacos:
  4. When spaghetti is done, drain and return to pot. Stir in meat sauce and 6 Tbsp salsa. Remove taco shells from oven and fill with spaghetti mixture. Garnish with some fresh chopped cilantro.

If you make Spaghetti Tacos tonight, please tweet me about it!!

<3 @laurenoneil