I was having a lot of leftover spaghetti and kidney beans sauce. We didn't want to eat the same again and was looking for ideas. I saw a recipe for spaghetti pie in the Deceptively Delicious book. Like The Sneaky Chef, this book by Jessica Seinfeld (yes Jerry Seinfeld's wife) is also aimed to get children to eat healthy by sneaking in vegetables and fruits. Her recipe includes broccoli and carrot puree to the regular tomato sauce to make it healthy. Since I was going to use the kidney beans sauce, it's already packed with proteins. So I simply pureed it in the food processor. My son loved this spaghetti pie, but my husband not so much. I think this is a good idea to use any leftover pasta.
Recipe
Leftover Spaghetti Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cooked Spaghetti
- 2 cups Any Leftover Pasta Sauce (I used the Kidney beans sauce)
- ½ to 1 cup Shredded Part Skim Mozarella
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 350F for 15 minutes. Spray a pie pan with non stick spray.
- Since I was using the leftover kidney beans sauce, I pureed it in a food processor until nice and smooth.
- In a bowl combine together the spaghetti and sauce.
- Transfer it to the prepared pie plate and spread it evenly.
- Top it with the cheese and bake it for 25 minutes.
My Notes
- The taste was very good. My son loved it. But I think a binding agent was missing, so that the slice would retain it's shape. Later I googled "spaghetti pie" and found that egg is also used while mixing the spaghetti and sauce. So I think we can use either pureed silken tofu, mashed potatoes, a mixture of corn starch/whole wheat flour and water to bind the ingredients. Also adding little (around ½ cup) cheese to the spaghetti mixture would be even more tasty.
- The pureed bean sauce can also be used as a dip. My son was eating baby carrots and I tried to
- persuade him to dip it in the bean sauce and to my surprise he did like it.
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bonkirk says
Could this be mixed and then frozen for future use.. Tired of spaghetti for now..LOL
Madhuram says
No idea, Bonkirk.
Ranjani says
What a neat idea!! I think I need to make spaghetti just for this!!
Madhu says
Yumm!!!Nice leftover recipe 🙂
pigpigscorner says
ooo a spaghetti pie, I've never made this before. Sounds interesting and looks really delicious.
Carson says
Yum! What a great way to use up leftovers!
Priya says
Greatway to finish the leftover pastas:)..delicious!!
Alka says
Looks soooooooo tempting 🙂
Priya Sriram says
I admire the concept of not wasting and making something new out of it! My mom always does that! Great idea Madhu!
Uma says
Today I tried your "Eggless Apple Raisin Muffins" for MBP and they came out perfect and delicious Madhu! Posted it today. Here is the address:
http://teluguruchi.blogspot.com/2009/03/madhurams-eggless-apple-raisin-muffins.html
Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe Madhu! We all liked it so much and it's a keeper recipe. 🙂
vrinda says
U r good in experimenting..Akku lov spaghetti cooked with tomato and soy sauce...This might be new to everyone ,i think...
Thanks Vrinda. You might want to add 1 egg with the spaghetti and sauce to get a firm texture.
Uma says
Wow, what a great way to eat leftovers! Looks so mouth-watering.
Happy Cook says
So creativ ein making pie like this and it looks so yumm.
abc says
Hey
Glad you mentioned about egg. Long back I tried similar dish (baked vegetables with Spaghetti) with the addition of white sauce (mixture of butter/oil, all purpose flour, milk, black pepper powder). It could hold the shape after baking.
Asha says
My kids were begging for Spaghetti and meatballs y'day, they will get it today! 😀
I am on liquid only detox plan today, so I don't get to eat.
About AI, don't know whether to cry and laugh!!!! Tatiana and Anoop, both are back. My son screamed like girl and ran away when they said Tatiana! HeHe!! Torture continues!
A&N says
Very inventive, I must say!
DivyA Vikram says
Great idea to finish up the leftovers!