I want tacos....I want pasta....

SPAGHETTI TACOS

I have 2 daughters who prefer different meals.  My oldest loves tacos and can't get enough of them.  My youngest loves any type of pasta with cheese.  She could have every meal be pasta and she would be in heaven.

For the past week, there have been a torrent of articles on spaghetti tacos and you know it really hit the main stream with the nytimes has an article on it.  Originally it was from the television show iCarly.  My oldest is still a bit young for it, but we let her watch season one.  Spaghetti Tacos appeared in season 2, episode 3.  I really don't know much about the show and I didn't have any luck finding it on the web, but there were plenty of recipe's and suggestions.

The entire concept isn't that hard to execute, boil pasta, fill taco shells with pasta.  A bit messy to eat, but easy enough for a youngster to make on their own (if they're old enough to use the stove)......

Good ol El Paso Taco shells, they even have combo kits now where they have both soft and hard tacos, plus the ever classic Ronzoni spaghetti.  I had made a batch of ragu earlier in the week which I would use as the topping. 

I had frozen it in batches, so 3 minutes in the microwave took care of that.

Boil the pasta for about 12 minutes for al dente, drain in colander then add some butter to keep it from sticking.

Prepare some cheese for the topping of the pasta after you stuff it in the taco.

Layer some sauce on the pasta then cover with cheese.

And there you have the finished product!

EPILOGUE:

the kids weren't really that thrilled with it, maybe because they didn't see the episode or read the nytimes article.... so I won't be making this again.  And it does taste exactly how you would expect.....pasta with a tortilla shell....not much imagination there.