Prep Time: 15 min // Cook Time: 5 min // Total: 20 min // Serving: 4

Did you know spaghetti can be used in more ways than just making pasta? I am so excited to share with you my discovery of using spaghetti to make a stix snack. Yes, this recipe does take some time to make; however, I promise, it is worth of your time. The basic concept is to cook the pasta, flavor the pasta with different spices and herbs of your choice then bake the cooked pasta in the oven. To ensure even browning and crispiness, flip the pasta half way into the baking process. At the end, you will have crispy, crunchy and delicious pasta stixs (sticks) you can eat as snacks or break them into small pieces as croutons in your salads.

Ingredients:

• ¼ lb spaghetti pasta

• 1 ½ teaspoons oil

• ½ teaspoons garlic powder

• ½ teaspoon onion powder

• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika

• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions:

1.     Pre-heat the oven at 400 degrees

2.     Cook pasta according to the package instructions without salt

3.     Drain and rinse the pasta after cooking with cold water

4.     Pat dry the pasta with paper towels

5.     Mix pasta with oil, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika and kosher salt in a bowl

6.     Separate the pasta on a baking sheet as much as possible

7.     Bake the pasta in the preheated oven for 15 minutes

8.     Take the baking sheet out after 15 minutes and flip the spaghetti and bake for another 5 minutes

9.     Take the baking sheet out and remove the noodles that are crispy and place the rest back to the oven for another 3 minutes

10.  Repeat step #9 until all spaghetti noodles are crispy

11.  Let the pasta cool for 2 minutes before eating