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Skeleton Spaghetti

Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. spaghetti
  • Black food dye
  • 8 oz. whole white mushrooms
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Slice each mushroom in half lengthwise. Use the end of a plastic straw to dig out two eye sockets. Use a paring knife to create a triangle nose and vertical lines in the stem for the teeth. Place face side up on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  • Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, cook pasta according to the package, adding 5 drops of food dye to water.
  • Drain pasta and add garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and salt & pepper to season.
  • In small saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter and cook until it begins to brown. Remove from heat and add spinach allowing it to wilt.
  • Pour browned butter and spinach over pasta and serve with roasted mushrooms.