My friend Kristine alerted me to the International Edible Book Festival, which is held around April 1 in many countries around the globe. The idea is to make consumable book-themed food. Their website seems to need a little updating (no info for the 2012 Fest), but the photos from previous years are fun to look at – very creative!
All this reminded me that I’ve yet to share what our family had for dinner to celebrate Pi Day on March 14.
Well, it was Wednesday, which you know is “Prince Spaghetti Day” in our house (such creatures of habit!), so I made Spaghetti Pie! We had it with salad, and topped it off with a delicious apple pie from Verrill Farm. Oh. so. good. (the apple pie; I could “take it or leave it” as far as the spaghetti pie goes, but the kids got a kick out of it).
Spaghetti Pie
Ingredients (we’re a family of 6; I used a 1 pound box of spaghetti, doubled the other ingredients, and made two ‘pies.’ The kids had it for lunch a few days later):
- 6 oz. spaghetti, cooked
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups pasta sauce, divided
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
- Toss spaghetti with olive oil in large bowl. Stir in eggs, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and 1/2 cup pasta sauce. Pour spaghetti mixture into greased 10-inch pie plate; form into a crust.
- Spoon ricotta cheese over spaghetti crust. Top with pasta sauce. Bake in preheated 350°F oven 25 minutes. Top with Mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cool 10 minutes before cutting.
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I love this — I can see that it’d be a kid favorite. And vegetarian as well. I wonder if my 17-year-old (Yikes! how’d she get so old?) vegetarian niece would like this. I’ll send her the link.
What a great quick supper! I love it.
Wow, this looks wonderful!
Looks fun and delicious! Just the thought of “pie” makes me happy.
You are so creative! That looks delicious to me!
When my boys were young, I used to make them spaghetti pie for dinner and they loved it. Thanks for bringing back a lovely memory for me.
Looks so good! Never had spaghetti pie, I bet that would go over well with my family as well!
Can I just skip straight to dessert, please?
I have no clue about Pi day, but this recipe looks awesome and I will just have to try this!
I think it looks tasty..and I will take some apple pie too, please!
I love the way you are raising your children. Knowing about, and celebrating Pi, is so cool. You’ve made math and being smart cool. I’m sure they will always remember your spaghetti pie and other pi-foods.
This looks like fun! A great way to get in the spirit of Pi Day.
It looks better than it sounded to me at first. I wasn’t sure this would taste good. LOL But it looks yummy. I’d give it a try.
I am pretty sure that I have never had spaghetti pie, or that I would have even thought of how to do this without seeing your post!
I love the spaghetti pie!
I got lucky and heard about the Seattle Edible Book Fair in time to attend (although not in time to enter). There was a Life of Pie, among other entries
I’ll post pictures next week. Hope you are able to catch your local one next year – they are really fun!
Oh holy snikeys, my family would love this! They love pasta and cheese, so this recipe will be printed and used in the very near future. Thanks for posting this today. I had been thinking of trying some new recipes, but hadn’t gone searching just yet.
Pink Day or Pie Day. Both worthy of celebration.
This i so clever! I keep meaning to do something like this, but always seem to forget until the 14th passes.
Awesome. You might want to put July 22 on the calendar for Pi Approximation Day. (Something about the fraction 22/7 being a common approximation of π.)
