Spaghetti Baked in Bread– Dreamy Comfort Food!

Wow, ok, so this was SO good.  So perfect for a warm winter night, or crisp fall evening.  I say all that because it’s heavy.  If you know what I mean.  It’s filling.  And it’s calorie/carb loaded yumminess at its best. :-)

Another Pinterest recipe! Of course – Duh. Ha!

Find this awesome recipe here at Rhodes Bread and they call it Braided Spaghetti Bread.

Servings: 8
Skills: Intermediate
Prep Time: 15 min (not including thaw time)
Bake Time: 30-35 min

Ingredients

1 Loaf Rhodes™ Bread Dough or 12 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed to room temperature
6 ounces spaghetti, cooked
1 cup thick spaghetti sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 egg white, beaten
Parmesan cheese
parsley flakes

Instructions

Spray counter lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Roll loaf or combined dinner rolls into a 12x16-inch rectangle. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10-15 minutes. Cook spaghetti according to package instructions. Drain and let cool slightly. Remove wrap from dough. Place spaghetti lengthwise in a 4-inch strip down center of dough. Top with sauce and cheese cubes. Make cuts 1 1/2-inches apart on long sides of dough to within 1/2-inch of filling. Begin braid by folding top and bottom strips toward filling. Then braid strips left over right, right over left. Finish by pulling last strip over and tucking under braid. Lift braid with both hands and place on a large, sprayed baking sheet. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and parsley. Bake at 350°F 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly and slice to serve.

We did not use this bread because we couldn’t find it or anything like it.  I used a thin crust pizza dough, the Pillsbury Dough Boy kind and it turned out perfect!

Memorial Day Weekend Recap

I am typing this up as I sit here on the couch with Kelsie.  She’s laid up with an ear infection.  We thought it was swimmers ear, figuring it was from that field trip on Friday.  Come to find out, it’s an inner ear infection.  She’s got some pain drops in her ear, the heating pad, some chocolate milk and watching Alice in Wonderland.  Zack’s gonna stop on the way home and grab her antibiotics.  Ear infections are the worst!

Anywho.  Our weekend was pool, pool, beach, pool, and that’s it.  We also watched Red Tails, which is an awesome movie and The Patriot.  Kelsie can tell you who the King was, what countries were involved and so on.  A little bit of the American Revolution, that’s all it takes. ;-)

Friday afternoon after Kelsie’s field trip we went swimming. Zack got home early that day.  I love that on holiday weekends, they usually tell them to leave right after lunch.  Makes it easier to start enjoying our long weekends. :-)

Saturday it was apples in the pool!

Sunday we headed out to the beach.  The traffic was insane!  But I expected as much with it being Memorial Day weekend and all.  The beach is starting to get the grass on it. :-(  Guess we won’t be out that way for the next few weeks.  It’s not yucky yet, but I’m sure it’s coming.

Who knew that my little OCD pumpkin who hates sand, dirt, sweat, and all yuckiness would love to dig and build in the sand?!  Yes, she hates sand but loves to play in it.  We have a sand box at home that she’ll play in, but apparently the beaches sand is far better. ;-)  She hardly spent any time in the water.  She chose to dig and build along the shore.  Watching the waves crash over and destroy her buildings, she would get upset and just build again.  I tried to convince her to give up and leave her work, but she wouldn’t see to it.  ;-)  As long as she’s happy!

Monday was very low key.  Her ear was really bothering her so we laid around the house all day.  We went out to the pool for about an hour and then came in so she could rest.  She just didn’t feel up to playing and hanging out. 

Oh and Charlie went swimming this weekend too. :-)  I’ll have to get better pictures next time!

The Last First Grade Field Trip

Kelsie’s class went on their very last field trip of the year.  Bittersweet.  I am so glad to be knocking on Summer’s doorstep but I hate to see another year go by and my baby be a 2nd grader.  Waahahaaahhhhaaa. <--- Crying!

Anywho.  The field trip was to Frank Brown Park out on the beach and I have to say that this was a great field trip!!  The kids had an absolute blast and the life guards working the kiddie area are AMAZING!  Kids running, they blow the whistle and get onto them.  Kids going down the slide any other way but feet first, they blow the whistle and get onto them.  Kids doing something that they shouldn’t be doing, they blow the whistle and get onto them.  Most every parent that came {not that many}, wore their swimsuits and hung out in the water with the kids.  I am glad I chose to wear my tankkini under my tank top and workout shorts so that I could strip the tank and not worry about wet shorts.  I was actually shocked to see a mom wearing a bikini!!  For real?!  Cover yourself up, mama!  Even if you have the body to flaunt it, you don’t show off your stuff in your sting bikini at your child’s field trip!  Seriously.

I didn’t get very many photos because I didn’t want to get my camera ruined by all the splashing and spewing water.  Here are a couple of the ones that I took.

It was fun.  Hot, but fun.  After they played in the pool, we ate lunch, played at the park and then she left with me since I signed her out before we left.  We came home and changed before we went and checked Kayla out.  Plus since it was a Friday before a holiday weekend, Zack said he was leaving at 2.  We waited around and went swimming when he got home.  Great way to start a holiday weekend!