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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Brown turkey. I don't drain, as there is usually very little fat. I mash the cooked turkey with a potato masher to even out the lumps. | 2. Once turkey is cooked through, add 2 cups water and bring to a simmer, adding pasta elbows or shells from the package (I often have to toss in another quarter cup of water during the cooking). Cover and reduce heat to medium low and simmer until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir a couple of times to make sure pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. | 3. Once the pasta is tender, most of the water will be absorbed. Don't worry if there is still some water in the mixture. Now add the cheese packet, the salsa, and the chili powder and cayenne, if using. Stir and heat through. | 4. Fold the black beans in last, warm through, and enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
turkey	1	lb	ground	648.2681	0.5893	98.1016	25.5681
macaroni cheese dinner mix milk fo	1	package		-	-	-	-
salsa	1	jar		-	-	-	-
black bean	1	can	drained rinsed	991.8141	181.3769	62.8246	4.1301
chili powder	2	teaspoons		15.228	2.6838	0.7268	0.7711
cayenne pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.