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    Home » Weight Watcher Recipes

    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta

    Published: Oct 9, 2017 · Modified: May 1, 2023 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta - a hearty beef taco pasta topped with cheese and all the taco fixings. This Taco Pasta has ground beef, cheese, taco seasoning (duh), salsa, and macaroni. It's almost like Hamburger Helper.

    You can top it with other taco toppings such as avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, and green onions but if you just added a ton of avocados directly on to the pasta the avocado would brown pretty fast.

    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta

    You know what I call Mondays now?  Taco Tuesday Eve. If I remember right, I think I saw that on Facebook and it just stuck with me. 🙂 Everyone seems to hate Mondays but that is what works for me to make Mondays go by faster. What do you guys do on a Monday to make it not seem so blah?

    Since tomorrow is Taco Tuesday, I thought that this Taco Pasta would be sufficient. This Taco Pasta comes in at 9 smart points per serving and makes around 8 servings. Average serving size is a cup.

    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta

    Ingredients Needed

    • 1 lb of elbow macaroni
    • 1 lb of 96% lean ground beef
    • 1 package of low sodium taco seasoning
    • 1 cup of salsa
    • 1 cup of reduced fat or fat free shredded cheddar cheese
    • additional taco toppings such as green onions, tomatoes, avocado, more cheese, fat free sour cream, etc...

    How to Make Taco Pasta

    1. Boil pasta noodles until al dente for around 7 to 8 minutes in a large pot. Drain the noodles and set them aside in a bowl.
    2. Cook the ground beef in a skillet and drain the fat. Add the ground beef back to the skillet and add the water (¾ cup), taco seasoning, salsa and cheese. Stir until well combined and then add the noodles. Serve the pasta with more cheese, green onions, tomatoes, avocado, or fat free sour cream if desired. It's good without all those extra toppings.
    3. Serving Size: 1 cup 
    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta

    Tips for Taco Pasta 

    I find 96& lean ground beef at Wal-Mart in their meat department and Fat-free cheddar cheese there as well.

    If you don't like fat-free cheddar use whatever pasta you like to use. You can add additional cheese on top of the pasta and wait until it melts. Also, feel free to change up the pasta type. I used elbow but small shells would be fun for this.

    Additional pasta toppings: nonfat plain Greek Yogurt, Roma tomatoes, scallions, and olives.

    Frequently Asked Questions and Tips 

    What can I serve this with?

    I served Ina's shrimp salad on top of Village Hearth Light bread for 1 smart point each. If you are low carb you can leave the bread out and use a butter lettuce or romaine lettuce  to make a lettuce wrap or just eat it the way it is. It is a salad after all! Or make some shrimp tacos! 

    Add some tomato, celery, or fresh cucumbers on top. 

    Other seasonings to try?

    Old bay seasoning, lemon zest, lemon juice, parsley, dijon mustard 

    How to store leftovers: Always store leftovers in clean, food-grade containers. The type of container doesn’t really matter. Use zip lock, glass, plastic,  whatever!  Make sure to store any leftovers in an airtight container before putting it in the freezer or fridge. 

    This can be prepped the day ahead.

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    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta


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    5 from 1 reviews

    • Author: Jenna
    • Prep Time: 18min
    • Cook Time: 18min
    • Total Time: 25min
    • Yield: 8 1x
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    Weight Watchers Taco Pasta - a hearty beef taco pasta topped with cheese and all the taco fixings. This Taco Pasta has ground beef, cheese, taco seasoning (duh), salsa, and macaroni. It's almost like Hamburger Helper. 


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    Ingredients

    • 1 lb of elbow macaroni
    • 1 lb of 96% lean ground beef
    • 1 package of low sodium taco seasoning
    • 1 cup of salsa
    • 1 cup of reduced fat or fat free shredded cheddar cheese
    • additional taco toppings such as green onions, tomatoes, avocado, more cheese, fat free sour cream, etc...

    Instructions

    1. Boil pasta noodles until al dente for around 7 to 8 minutes in a large pot. Drain the noodles and set them aside in a bowl.
    2. Cook the ground beef in a skillet and drain the fat. Add the ground beef back to the skillet and add the water (¾ cup), taco seasoning, salsa and cheese. Stir until well combined and then add the noodles. Serve the pasta with more cheese, green onions, tomatoes, avocado, or fat free sour cream if desired. It's good without all those extra toppings.
    3. Serving Size: 1 cup 

    Notes

    myWW points: Blue  8; Green 8;  Purple  8

    My WW Personal Points: 8 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in) 

    • Category: Easy
    • Method: StoveTop
    • Cuisine: Mexican

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 cup
    • Calories: 345
    • Sugar: 3
    • Fat: 7
    • Saturated Fat: 5
    • Carbohydrates: 44
    • Fiber: 3
    • Protein: 25

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    1. Jenna says

      October 26, 2021 at 9:16 pm

      Thanks for the review Margie!

    2. Margie says

      October 26, 2021 at 8:24 pm

      The family loved it. Served with street taco tortillas. It is a keeper for us.

      ★★★★★

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