Sarah Rose's Dad's Made-Up Kind of a Salad Sort of Thing
Ingredients:
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½ pound thin spaghetti, broken into 1 1/2-inch lengths
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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2 cloves garlic, minced, divided
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1 tablespoon dried basil, divided
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¼ cup olive oil, divided
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2 pints grape tomatoes, diced
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½ red onion, diced
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1 (6 ounce) can small pitted black olives, halved lengthwise
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1 (12 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
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6 romaine lettuce leaves, torn into bite size pieces