Alien Pasta
Spaghetti with green pesto and mozzarella eyeballs

- 25 min
- Serves 4
- Medium
- 4 grown-up jobs
Alien Pasta is spaghetti with green pesto and mozzarella eyeballs: a real recipe for kids to cook with a grown-up, from Blorp’s Galactic Cookbook in Alien Pasta Lab. It takes 25 minutes and serves 4. Grown-ups do 4 of its 8 steps (the stove and the knife), and kids do the rest.
Ingredients
0 of 6 ready
Steps
0 of 8 done
Kid jobGrown-up jobTap a number when it’s done.
- Grown-up job
Heat the Moon Water
A grown-up fills a big pot with water, adds 1 tbsp of salt, and heats it until it bubbles.
- Grown-up job
Toss in Space Noodles
A grown-up drops in the spaghetti. It cooks for about 10 minutes, and the box says exactly how long.
- Kid job
Stir up a Swirl
Give it a stir every few minutes so the noodles don’t stick together.
- Grown-up job
Drain the Ocean
A grown-up pours the pot into a colander in the sink. Stand back, because the steam is very hot.
- Kid job
Squirt the Galaxy Goo
Stir in green pesto, or a little butter with 2 or 3 drops of food coloring in any color.
- Grown-up job
Pop on Alien Eyes
Cut mini mozzarella balls in half to make eyes. Press a round slice of black olive on each one.
- Kid job
Sprinkle Stardust
Shake grated parmesan cheese over the top.
- Kid job
Feed Blorp!
Time to eat! Twirl the noodles on a fork and count the eyeballs as you go.



