Grilled Spaghetti Sandwich

Once upon a time, not so long ago, we had a lot of leftover spaghetti.  We often have leftover spaghetti.  I was wishing that I had some garlic bread.  And some cheese to go on the spaghetti.  That's when it hit me:  If I combine the bread, cheese and spaghetti I would have a grilled spaghetti sandwich!  So I tried it.  Here's what I did...

Butter two slices of bread and add garlic powder and italian seasoning.  (I put too much garlic.  Yuck!)

 Stack bread buttered sides together.  This keeps the butter from getting all over everywhere.

Add cheese.

And leftover spaghetti.  Our "spaghetti" just happened to be macaroni shaped that night.

And more cheese.  Top with other slice of bread and grill.

It's a thick sandwich so make sure to grill over a fairly low temperature.

Voila!  Grilled Spaghetti Sandwich!

I over toasted it and over garlic-ed it so it wasn't as awesome as I had hoped.  But it was pretty good.  I might try it again the next time we have leftover spaghetti.

Teacher Gifts

Christmas gifts for teachers are always a challenge.  I don't like to get them things they already have.  Another mug.  Another ornament.  And this year money IS an object.  But I have time and random objects from around the house so here's what I came up with...

Teeny tiny rice bag hand warmers!  Maybe it's because my hands are always cold.  Or maybe it's because, when I was a teacher, I was outside all the time.  Even in the cold.  Popping these little boogers in my mittens or in my pockets.....ahhhhhhh..........

So here's what I did...
I cut fleece into 3.5 inch by 6.5 inch rectangles (I'll be honest.....none of these are that size.  But that's the size I was going for!).  Then I folded them in half and stitched up two sides and most of the way across the third side.  I added regular rice and top stitched across the top.  Viola!

I found that the funnel made adding the rice a lot less messy.

I'll add instructions on a cute little notecard (at least, in my head right now it's going to be cute.  My printer is out of ink so I'm not sure how cute I can get freehand).  I haven't tested them yet, but I imagine they'll be good microwaved 45 seconds to 1 minute.

I only made four sets, but I think I will end up making at least two more.  One of them for me!