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    Home » Weight Watcher Recipes

    Mexican Stuffed Shells

    Published: Jun 20, 2014 · Modified: Oct 7, 2022 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 30 Comments

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    Mexican Stuffed Shells

    Stuffed pasta shells filled with seasoned taco flavored beef and topped with cheese! These are great if you're looking for something different for Taco Tuesday night.

    I was very tired today and really wanted to come home and take a nap. Instead, I ended up cooking and made three things. A frozen key lime pie, banana bread muffins, and this dish for Mexican stuffed shells. I am home alone this weekend and decided to make these Mexican stuffed shells since there was cheese on top and cream cheese in the middle. Boy let me tell you something, these Mexican Shells did not disappoint. I used lean ground beef and low-fat cream cheese to keep these a tad on the lighter side. For garnish used some tomatoes and parsley. One of the best pasta dishes I've made in a long time. Will definitely make this dish again.

    Mexican Stuffed Shells
    Mexican Stuffed Shells

    Recipe adapted from Like Mother Like Daughter

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    Mexican Stuffed Shells


    ★★★★★

    5 from 4 reviews

    • Author: Jenna
    • Yield: 8 1x
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    Ingredients

    • 1 pound ground beef (93% lean)
    • ½ cup yellow onion, diced
    • 2 TBS taco seasoning
    • 4 oz fat free cream cheese
    • 24 jumbo pasta shells
    • 10 oz enchilada sauce
    • 1 cup salsa
    • 1 cup reduced fat colby jack cheese

    Instructions

    1. Bring a large pot of water to boil.
    2. Boil your pasta shells for about 10 minutes until cooked al dente. Rinse shells when done cooking.
    3. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
    4. Meanwhile, cook up your ground beef and onions over medium high heat until cooked thoroughly.
    5. Drain the excess grease from the pan.
    6. Add in taco seasoning and stir to mix.
    7. Add in cream cheese and cook over medium heat until cheese is mixed in and melty throughout. Set aside.
    8. Combine your enchilada sauce and salsa in a small bowl.
    9. Pour about half of your enchilada sauce salsa mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 pan and spread around.
    10. Fill each jumbo shell with a heaping 1 TBS of meat mixture and place into pan with sauce.
    11. Repeat until all shells or meat mixture is gone.
    12. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce salsa mixture over the tops of the shells.
    13. Wrap pan in aluminum foil.
    14. Bake for 30 minutes.
    15. Remove foil and top with cheeses.
    16. Return to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.

    Notes

    Points Plus: 9

    myWW points: Blue 8; Green  8; Purple 8

    My WW Personal Points: 9 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in) 

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 3 shells
    • Calories: 323
    • Sugar: 3.5
    • Fat: 11.21g
    • Saturated Fat: 4.8
    • Carbohydrates: 32.27g
    • Fiber: 2.4g
    • Protein: 23.36g

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    I am not affiliated with WW formerly known as Weight Watchers in any way. I am just a member who likes to create WW recipes and share them with everyone. Freestyle is the name of the current program of WW and smart points are calculated for the recipes. Some blogs list them as freestyle smart points and some list them as smart points. There is no difference between the 2.

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    Comments

    1. Jenna says

      November 04, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      Check the recipe again. The section titled Nutrition...

    2. Tanya says

      November 04, 2020 at 8:05 pm

      Where is the nutritional information chart so I can add it to my app???

    3. Kathy Erickson says

      October 12, 2018 at 10:15 am

      I made this recipe last night and it received rave reviews by the eaters here! I used a mix of extra lean ground beef and turkey for the meat to lower the points a bit. I may have overstuffed the shells a bit, so I got only 19 stuffed shells. Still plenty for leftovers! Thanks for this yummy recipe!

      ★★★★★

    4. Tammra L Pearce says

      April 30, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      Delicious! Substituted ground turkey. Really good!

      ★★★★★

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