Red White and Blue Spaghetti
Red White and Blue Spaghetti
There can never be too much Red, White & Blue if you ask me.
So I’m bringing Americana to the dinner table with this fun colored spaghetti dish and a sauce that just may fool you into eating healthier.
Well maybe I will be able to fool you or maybe I won’t. One thing is for sure I will keep you distracted long enough you will forget about the extreme weather across the US. It’s been super-hot where we are and I know the East is getting pounded with rain.
So whether you are hibernating inside with the A/C cranking or you are taking cover from being pounded by water, maybe you’ll have the time to make this…right?
I posted the base sauce I used to make this lightened up Alfredo Sauce starting with this Roasted Cauliflower Sauce. I added a tablespoon and a half of Romano Cheese to everyone cup of Roasted Cauliflower Sauce for this healthier, lightened up faux Alfredo Sauce. You can add more cheese if you’d like or even Parmesan Cheese. I love Romano Cheese, it’s slightly saltier than Parmesan Cheese and has been my favorite since I was a kid. The amount of cheese I added won’t “cover up” the cauliflower taste, so if you don’t prefer cauliflower you may need to add more cheese, for me this was the right amount.
Now onto this super fun spaghetti…
Now you have all the inside info to make your spaghetti fun for every AMERICANA celebration or for anytime you want a fun meal. I love that it only take a few short minutes to do this! My kids loved this, they couldn’t get over how fun the noodles looked. I think they even ate their dinner faster than usual, needless to say they didn’t even realize the sauce was healthier! It was a a WIN-WIN! I just love when that happens.
Want to see more Red, White & Blue items…..
Here you will find my Red, White & Blue Deviled EGGS and that recipe is lightened up as well.
Here is a delicious Patriotic Cake with red white and blue frosting.
And….lots more ideas for July 4th here too.
Patriotic 13×9 cake– OMG this cake is not only delicious, but looks fantastic!
This fun pasta idea can be used with any shape pasta, and any color combination. Think red and green for Christmas, Pink and Lavender for Spring. How about Orange and Yellow in the summer, choose your game day color and have fun!
Red White and Blue Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 1 lb COOKED spaghetti cook pasta according to package directions
- 1 teaspoon Americolor Red-Red Food Coloring
- 1 teaspoon Americolor Navy Blue Food Coloring
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Separate the cooked pasta into 3 portions, rinse 2/3 of the spaghetti in water, then separate the spaghetti in half into 2 separate gallon size zip closure bag. Place olive oil on the "plain" pasta.
- Place the red coloring into one bag, the blue into the other bag and mix each with two tablespoon water, blend gently until the desired color is absorbed into the pasta.
- You can rinse the excess color off the pasta before mixing them together. If you feel there is excess liquid. But not necessary. The pasta can be blotted to avoid transfer of color as well.
- For the remaining 1/3 of the pasta, add the olive oil to it, so the other colors don't rub onto the natural color of the spaghetti. If you haven't already done so.
- Mix the spaghetti noodles together JUST BEFORE SERVING, food colrs do transwer, if you mix them ahead of time the colors may transfer to the other noodles.
MORE PATRIOTIC RECIPES:
- Red White and Blue Patriotic Cake – vanilla cake colored buttercream
- 8” round American Flag Cake a simple cake you’ll make again and again
- Patriotic tye dye cake fun and easy to make white cake with colored frosting
- Red White and Blue Patriotic Cake – vanilla cake-colored buttercream
- Cherry Pie Cookies – deep dish vanilla cookies with cherry filling
- Red White and Blue Tart Fruit tart
- Vanilla Layer Cake 2 layer sheet cake with pastry cream, topped with berries
- Patriotic Spritz Cookies butter cookies perfect for celebrating the USA
- American Flag Cupcakes so cute, and easy to decorate
- Frosted Sugar Cookies to look like the US Flag
- Red White and Blue Colored Cake Batter- cupcakes
- Star Cookies with sprinkles in red white and blue and a template for giant cookies
- Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Glaze perfect to start a patriotic day
- Fruit Squares Cake– apple, blueberry, cherry looks like a flag
- Red White and Blue Spaghetti a fun meal everyone will rave over
- Red White and Blue deviled eggs so fun every celebration needs these
- Red Velvet No Bake Cheesecake pretty, delicious and no oven needed
- Red White and Blue Tie Dye Cookies fun cut out cookies in patriotic colors
- Chocolate Ice Cream Shaped Cookies in cones with patriotic sprinkles
I love this 🙂 such a creative idea!
Omgosh… How flipping fun is this?! LOVE the creativity, Diane!
Thanks so much Becca!
I absolutely LOVE the look, but I have a question: Have you taken a bite and looked in the mirror? Does the color come off on your teeth and tongue like it does when you bite into blue icing?
no the color didn’t come off like it does with icing, I did rince the the spaghetti again as I mentioned so all excess color was rinsed. I actually just ate a bowl of the pasta and my teeth and tongue do not have any color on them.
Hi Laura,
No the color doesn’t come off on your teeth. I rinsed the spaghetti as I mentioned so any excess is removed. I just ate a bowl of the spaghetti for lunch and checked again, teeth and tongue are normal 🙂
AWESOME! Thanks for the quick response, Diane.
Oh my…. you have opened up all kinds of possibilities in my mind. I am picturing a platter of Autumn colors come September/October – gold, orange, brown, red. Christmas colors. Bridal showers with wedding color pasta. Fun!
Yeah, I’m with you on the possibilities…they really are endless.
Have a wonderful 4th of July 🙂
Wow how fun!! Love this idea!
I love this idea! So do you reheat the pasta after it’s been colored? I imagine it cools off quite a bit (if not all the way) while coloring it?
Yes, reheat it if it’s cooled off before serving it.
The red, white and blue spaghetti is perfect for my 4th of July BBQ. Spaghetti salad is always a favorite at my house, this is a nice twist.
How much of the food coloring do you use?
as it says in the recipe box, 1 teaspoon of Americolor Red/Blue coloring. If you use a different brand of color be sure to use concentrated gel coloring as they are more vibrant for best results with great color.
Can you do this with rotini for pasta salad?!
Of course, use any shape pasta you’d like.
I have a question, do you cook the noodles first, then add the food coloring once it is cooked and let it sit in the bag for a while? if so how long? you also said you rinse the pasta after as well.. if I am making pasta salad with tomato and mozzarella, will the color transfer?
thanks for the great idea!
As the ingredient list/instructions state you cook the pasta first The separate out the pasta (I have one plain added olive oil so the color does not transfer to those noodles) and color the blue and red in separate bags. You don’t need to rinse the noodles, but if you feel there is excess liquid you can blot the noodles or rinse if needed.
How long do you leave them in the color, until the desired color is achieved. Take a noodle out and see if you like the color. The color does not transfer if the noodles are not overly wet, hence why you add olive oil to the plain noodles. As you can see in the photos the colors stayed to themselves.