Family-Favorite Cheeseburger Pasta

This recipe looks simple and easy to make. Should be a good healthy alternative for Hamburger Helper night. We found this one at Taste of Home's web site. Taste of home is one of America's #1 cooking magazine's sharing best loved recipes from cooks just like us. We usually find pretty good recipes with Taste of home.  Sorry about the amateur "final" shaded picture.

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups uncooked whole wheat penne pasta
3/4 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
2 TB finely chopped onion
1 can (14-1/2 oz) no-salt-added diced tomatoes
2 TB dill pickle relish
2 TB prepared mustard
2 TB Ketchup
1 tsp steak seasoning
1/4 seasoned salt
3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
Chopped green onions, optional

Method of Preparation:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.  Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, drain. Drain pasta add to meat mixture.
• Stir in the tomatoes, relish, mustard, ketchup, steak seasoning and seasoned salt.  Bring to a boil. simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with cheese. Removed from the heat; cover and let stand until cheese is melted. Garnish with green onions if desired.

Tupps Tidbits:  simple and easy to make, you could brown the meat ahead of time to save on time

Surprisingly we were not fond of the flavor of this dish.  It was not bad but not great.  We are not really sure it tasted like a cheeseburger!  Taste of home failed us this time.  This is NOT A KEEPER in our house. 

Where did we find this one?  www.tasteofhome.com