CREAMY TACO PASTA SALAD

CREAMY TACO PASTA SALAD

This Creamy Taco Pasta Salad is the appropriate manner to bring in picnic season. A Creamy Taco Dressing tops soft pasta, flavorful floor pork and all of your favourite taco toppings to create a crave-worth pasta salad that everybody will love. Pasta Salads are one of my favourite matters to make in spring and summer time. as soon as the days begin to heat, and the evenings too, we are constantly searching out methods to hold cool, and that consists of inside the kitchen! cold salads are a incredible manner to feed your circle of relatives a complete meal without turning to your oven.

My family loves pasta salads, in particular this Creamy Taco Pasta Salad. This salad is a amusing manner to shake up your typical taco night time, and it’s a first-rate dish to being to picnics, potlucks or barbecues. There isn’t a ton of prep-paintings and the whole pasta salad comes together in about 20 mins.

INGREDIENTS :

• Creamy Taco Dressing
• 1/2 cup salsa
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• Taco Pasta Salad
• 1 small onion diced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 teaspoons garlic 2 cloves
• 1 pound small pasta like macaroni
• 2 to matoes diced
• 1 bunch green onion chopped
• 1 15- ounce can sweet corn
• 1 3- ounce can sliced olives
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 avocado diced
• 1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, ground beef and garlic and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until meat is no longer pink. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain and cool.
2. Meanwhile, cook pasta in salted water according to package directions. Drain and set aside to cool.
3. Once cooled, gently stir ground beef into macaroni.
4. Combine Creamy Taco Dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Pour over macaroni and beef mixture and stir until completely coated.
5. Gently stir in tomatoes, green onions, corn, olives and cheese. Refrigerate until ready to serve.