Description

This simple but delicious dish is filling and comforting. It would make a fantastic meatless Monday dish, a meal when your budget is tight, or can even be served as a side dish. It's made with simple ingredients, but can easily be prepared with mushrooms,

Ingredients

• 1 whole garlic bulb, roasted
• 3/4 lb. thin spaghetti
• 1/3 c. good olive oil + 2 T.
• pinch red pepper flakes
• 1/2 c. pine nuts
• heaping 1/3 c. fresh parsley, finely minced and measured AFTER chopping
• salt, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon
• grated Asiago cheese

Steps

1. Cook spaghetti in well salted water until just al dente, about 6 minutes.
2. Heat several tablespoons of oil in a pan; toast pine nuts until golden brown, watching them carefully so they don't burn. Remove; set aside.
3. Squeeze the roasted garlic from each clove; roughly chop.