I used my oven baked meatball recipe for this halloween spaghetti. You can also use store bought meatballs. Meatballs can be made a day or two before you serve this dish. You can also make them months before and freeze them.

Boil salted water and add the pasta of your choice. Follow pasta directions for cooking times and cook until desired doneness. Drain pasta completely and run cold water over it to stop the cooking.

In batches, add drained pasta, 2 tablespoons of water and a few drops of gel food coloring in a gallon size resealable bag. If using regular food dye that is watery, you will need anywhere from 15-20 drops.

Seal the bags and squish pasta around until pasta is covered in desired color. Let it sit for a few minutes to soak up the dye then transfer to a colander.

Continue coloring the rest of the pasta until done. Give final dyed pasta a rinse with cold water to remove excess food coloring. Pasta can be served right away or placed in the fridge to reheat and serve later.

To serve, place pasta in a large serving bowl or platter and top with marinara sauce.

For each meatball, top with a round slice of mozzarella and a slice of olive. Place meatballs over the marinara and serve.