Lemon Garlic Spaghetti

We have no frilly foods, meats, or vegetables in the house and grocery shopping was bumped when I had to drive all over town for wedding stamps I needed for a client. But I still did it! I didn't order pizza!

Here's a throw-together meal you may also be able to prepare in a pinch. I started with this recipe I found while pinteresting and turned it into something a guy might make.

Cook spaghetti for 4 - 6 people

Don't drain because we're going to use the cooking water!

Saute 3 to 4 garlic cloves chopped well in liberal oil

(I use grape seed or conola oil)

Add dried Basil to the oil and garlic

Now in a large bowl toss -

spaghetti

garlic, basil & oil

1/2 cup of pasta cooking water

3 or 4 tablespoons of lemon from the plastic fruit in the fridge

salt and pepper to taste

a hearty sprinkling of Parmesan cheese from the shaker until it's all covered a little when tossed

Pair with peas from the freezer or carrots. Not bad for scraping the bottom of the barrel!

I hope your new year is going GREAT!

♥

Holidays

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I've been too busy to cook fun and new things!!! Just living on mexican and chicken with Trader Joe's Teriyaki Sauce. But I made my jalapeno poppers for Christmas and the family LOVED them! I scraped out the pepper really well to bring down the heat and made boat halves this time. And check out my wood serving platter I got for Christmas! Ooh La La!