Unique Kid Friendly Food!

 Yes, thats right...spaghetti is coming out of those hot dogs!!! I loved this recipe as soon as I saw it! Its such a cool idea! My kids loved this and it was fun to make! I served this with a cheddar cheese sauce, as you can see in my photo! You can use a cheese sauce from your favorite mac n' cheese recipe!

This was fun to make and even more fun to see the look on my kids faces when they saw this on their dish!

                                       

Hot Dog Spaghetti

INGREDIENTS

8 hot dogs 

1/2 pound thick spaghetti
cheddar cheese sauce from your favorite mac n' cheese recipe 

DIRECTIONS

 Cut each hot dog into 8 equal pieces.  Push 5 pieces of raw spaghetti into each piece of hot dog.

 Fill a 5 quart pot with water and bring to a boil.  Add the hot dog pieces that are skewered with the spaghetti. Let boil for about 7 minutes. Drain and set aside.

 Prepare the cheese sauce.  Add the hot dog spaghetti to the cheese sauce. Serve warm.

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This next recipe is always loved by all the kids that eat it...and even the adults!  It's a Corn Dog Casserole!  This can be made a day ahead! The leftovers reheat perfectly!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

2 cups thinly sliced celery

1 1/2 cups sliced green onion

1 1/2 pounds vegetarian or chicken hot dogs

2 eggs, beaten

1 1/2 cups milk

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 (8.5 ounce) packages dry corn bread mix

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a shallow 3 quart baking dish.

In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter, then saute celery for 5 minutes. Stir in green onions, and saute an additional 5 minutes. Place in a large bowl and set aside.
Cut hot dogs lengthwise into quarters, then cut into thirds. In the same skillet, saute hot dogs for 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Mix hot dogs into celery and onions. Set aside 1 cup of this mixture.
In a medium bowl, combine eggs, milk, pepper, and corn bread mix. Stir well to combine, then stir into remaining hot dog mixture. Mix in 1 1/2 cups cheese. Spread mixture into prepared baking dish. Top with reserved hot dog mixture and remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
Bake uncovered in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

This recipe is adapted from Allrecipes.com

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I'm always willing to try these kinds of unique and interesting recipes! If anyone has some tried and true recipes like these, I would love to see them! Please send them to me! I would love to add them to this blog!

Thank you!