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Beets are the secret to this tasty dish -- they give the pasta a subtly sweet and nutty flavor and an electric pink color. This dish is perfect for getting picky kids to eat their veggies, and Animalis sure to approve!
You'll need:
For beet sauce:
• 2 medium beets, peeled and quartered
• 1/2 of a small yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2tablespoons Ricotta cheese
For Animal:
• Cooked spaghetti
• Puréed beet sauce (see recipe above)
• Cherry tomato
• Mozzarella cheese
• Yellow pepper
• Italian parsley
• Pitted black olivesInstructions:
1. Peel and quarter the beets. To keep the dye from staining fingers, peel beets under cold running water.
|2. Place peeled, quartered beets in a medium saucepan filled |[pic]|
|with cold water. Bring to a boil and then simmer until tender,| |
|approximately 15 - 20 minutes. ||


3. While the beets cook, heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium–low heat. Add the thinly sliced onion and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Sauté the onions until they are soft and lightlygolden, approximately 10 minutes.
4. Strain the beets and let cool.
5. Purée cooled, cooked beets and sautéed onions in a food processor with 2 tablespoons of Ricotta cheese.
6. Add salt and pepperto taste.
7. Cook and drain spaghetti.
|8. Place cooked spaghetti in a sauté pan with beet sauce. |[pic] |
|Cook, stirring constantly over low heat until the sauceis | |
|heated through and pasta is coated in sauce. | |

|9. Place the pasta in the center of the plate.|[pic] |


10. Cut mozzarella 1/2" thick and then cut two oval shapes for eyes. Trim the scraps of cheese into tiny teeth.
|11. Lay Italian parsley...