Noodlemania! 50 Playful Pasta Recipes
Noodlemania! serves up 50 great recipes to play with in the kitchen, from crazy-cute Super Stuffed Slugs and Ladybug Salad to savory Totally Tortellini Kabobs and Big Fat Cheesy Shells.
Kids love pasta! It’s fun, easy to make, and good to eat. Noodlemania! serves up 50 great recipes to play with in the kitchen, from crazy-cute Super Stuffed Slugs and Ladybug Salad to savory Totally Tortellini Kabobs and Big Fat Cheesy Shells. It even has recipes for sweet desserts and snacks, like Sweet Ramen Trail Mix and Crunchy Cinnamon Noodle Ice Cream Sundaes.
Noodlemania! also teaches basic math skills and includes fun pasta trivia. How many thousands of years ago was the word noodle first used? What is the world record for the largest meatball ever? Let your kids have fun in the kitchen while sharpening their cooking skills with Noodlemania!
MELISSA BARLOW is the author of 101 Things to Do with a Salad and Easy Cut- Up Cakes for Kids. A food writer and editor, she lives with her husband and three children in Salt Lake City.
“For young cooks interested in playful pasta projects.”
—Library Journal
“Who ever thought there could be so many different types of pasta—and so many fun, creative ways to prepare and serve it? [Noodlemania!] fills a quirky niche in kids’ cookbooks.”
—Booklist
“Not just for kids, customers of all ages will become pasta afficionados when they get a look at this fun-filled book. “
—Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
Mini Spaghetti Pizzas
8 ounces spaghetti
2 cups shredded pizza-blend cheese
1 ¼ cups marinara sauce, divided
Garlic salt (optional)
Pizza Toppings
Onion, red and green bell pepper, mini or quartered pepperoni slices, cooked ground sausage, green or black olives, mushrooms
Cook the spaghetti according to package directions; drain and let cool slightly. Divide the pasta into 8 sections and then twist each into a layered circle of noodles to make your pizza “dough.” Each circle should be about 4 inches in diameter and about 1 inch thick. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray it with nonstick cooking spray. Place each noodle circle on the prepared cookie sheet.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of cheese over the top of the noodle circle and bake at 350 degrees F for 3 to 5 minutes to melt the cheese. Top each noodle circle with a tablespoon or two of marinara sauce, or just divide sauce equally among the spaghetti pizzas. Leave some of the noodle edges showing on each so it looks like pizza dough. Sprinkle a tiny bit of garlic salt over each, if desired, then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the sauce. Finish your pizza with your favorite toppings. Return the pizzas to the oven and bake for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and toppings have warmed through.
Makes 8 small pizzas
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