Leftovers Recipe: Creamy Spinach Dip Baked Pasta

In my last post I made some creamy spinach dip, well I realised I made just too much for the amount of people in our home right now and it was getting a little repetitive. I only had about half the amount of spinach dip left when I used it in this recipe, so keep in mind, what I made here is a relatively small amount and you may need to double up this recipe to satisfy everyone's stomach. 

Ingredients:
Creamy spinach dip (click here for the recipe)
1 1/2 cups of bow tie pasta (or 1 cup of macaroni)
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1 tsp butter

Directions:
Cook pasta according to directions on the box until soft. Drain well.
Using the butter grease a shallow casserole dish and set aside.
Take the cooked pasta and stir in the spinach dip and half the mozzarella cheese. Place in the casserole and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Recipe: Ooey Gooey Cheesy Garlic Bread

*WARNING* These are delicious, ooey, gooey and very bad for you. You may be tempted to eat the whole tray and I have no doubt you will, these are highly addictive.

Dough Ingredients:

1 cup warm water (110 degrees)

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

1 tablespoon sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons olive 

3 cups all purpose flour

Topping Ingredients:

-garlic butter

- lots of mozzarella and cheddar cheese

Directions:

In a cup or small bowl, stir yeast and sugar into warm water. Let sit for 10 minutes (until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam). In a large bowl add in salt, oil and half the flour and then add the yeast mixture.

Once that first half of the flour is incorporated, start adding flour in bit by bit until you get the pizza dough to the consistency you want. The dough should be smooth and easy to work with, but still a little bit tacky. Lightly grease the bowl & the dough so it doesn't dry out, cover with a clean damp cloth and let it rise for 1-2 hours. 

Once the dough has risen preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Grease pan with butter and spread pizza dough out evenly onto the pan.

Spread the garlic butter over the dough and top with lots of mozzarella and cheddar cheese. 

Bake 15-20 minutes or until bubbly and golden. Remove from oven and cool 1-2 minutes before cutting.

Enjoy!!!