Cheesy Spider Dogs: Halloween Recipe!

My son wanted hotdogs and macaroni & cheese for lunch the other day, so I decided to try my own spin on something I saw on Pinterest recently. The basic concept I saw online was to put spaghetti noodles through hotdogs and then cook them. To make a Halloweeny fun treat, I cut the hot dogs into fairly small pieces and put exactly 4 spaghetti noodles through each so each "spider" would have 8 legs! Wanna make cheesy spider dogs for your own family? Here's how I did it:

What you need:

• hot dogs! I used 1 nitrate/nitrite free all-beef hotdog per person
• noodles-I used 4 per spider piece, about 16-24 per hotdog, plus added extra to fill the pot to the place I usually fill it to for 2 people's worth of macaroni!
• cheese-I used about a cup of cheddar and 1/4 cup colby jack for 2 people
• milk-1 used 1/4 cup for 2 people

What you do:

• First, cut the hotdogs into 4-6 little chunks to be your spider bodies.
• Poke 4 spaghetti noodles through each hot dog portion to make 8 legs on each spider
• Boil noodles and spaghetti until spaghetti is cooked
• Turn heat down to low and add milk and cheese
• Stir until sauce is creamy and all cheese is melted
• Add salt and pepper to taste, serve, and enjoy!!

My tips:

• To make this almost lactose-free, I use lactose-free whole milk and cheddar cheese (hard cheese have almost no lactose-hurray!). I do add a tiny bit of colby jack because it improves the texture so much, but you could leave it out!
• If your noodles break when pushing them into the hot dog, try using a broken piece to poke the holes and then put whole noodles through the holes you've made.
• Consider serving these on a fun Halloweeny plate to add seasonal flair!