Yummy Monster Pasta with a Cheesy Smile!
Making food fun for kids doesn’t have to just be a “holiday” thing! Do you have a picky eater? Make this adorable monster pasta anytime of year to help him/her overcome their new food fears, and oral sensory aversions. Play around with different characters and garnishing. Instead of a monster, try an owl, or bear. There’s so much you can do with these same ingredients, your child will never have to see the same face in their pasta! Today, it’s a monster! Next month, a turkey! Get creative mommy!
Monster Pasta Recipe
Ingredients:
- 16 oz Rotini Pasta (1 Box)
- 15 oz Tomato Sauce
- 1/4 cup Tomato Paste
- 1 cup Chicken Stock
- 1/4 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 8 oz Muenster or Gouda (thickly sliced)
- Olives
- Fresh Italian Parsley
Cooking Directions:
In a medium pot, combine tomato sauce, tomato paste, chicken stock, onion powder, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Bring to a gentle boil, cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer. Stir occasionally.
Fill a large pot with water. Add salt and 1 tbsp olive oil. Bring water to boil. Cook Rotini pasta according to package directions.
After draining cooked Rotini, return to large pot. Remove tomato sauce from heat. Pour over Rotini. Toss pasta in sauce.
Monster Garnish:
Spoon pasta into serving bowls/plate. Garnish each plate with your “monster face”.
Use a sprig or two of the parsley for your monster’s hair.
Use a small cookie cutter (or small glass) to make two rounded cutouts from the sliced Muenster Cheese. Place cheese rounds onto your pasta for the eyes.
Slice an olive in half crosswise. Place halves on top of the Muenster to serve as your monster’s pupils.
Take another olive and cut into thin crosswise slices. Remove one center slice and cut again, down the middle. Use these two pieces as your monster’s eyebrow.
From the remaining cheese slices, cut into three strips, and two triangles. Arrange cheese to serve as your monster’s mouth.
Repeat garnish instructions until all servings are prepared.
My kids would really get a kick out of this recipe! I will have to try it out!
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This is a fun idea. My grandsons would love this.
This is very cute! I wish I had younger kids to serve this to!
This is so cute!
This looks and sounds delicious. And I can’t see a kid not wanting to eat this!
That is too cute to eat, lol. Thanks for posting!
The adults in the house would love this but unfortunately my kiddos are picky!!
This would make a fun dish for my kids, I would have to omit and substitute some of the ingredients, but I digress.
My kids would love this!
This will be great for my granddaughters anytime not just Halloween.
such a cute fun idea
This is super cute and a great way to get your kids to eat! I can see this being customized to just about any occasion too. Thank you so much for sharing!
Such a fun idea.. and it’s yummy cheese! Love!
I have to remember this for next Halloween. Very cute idea!
I love this idea – looks awesome.
So cute!
so cute!