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Sarah Rose's Dad's Made-Up Kind of a Salad Sort of Thing

By Sarah Rose • Tomato Pasta Salad • Cuisine?
4.86 Prep: 20m Cook: 10m
Ingredients:
  • ½ pound thin spaghetti, broken into 1 1/2-inch lengths
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced, divided
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil, divided
  • ¼ cup olive oil, divided
  • 2 pints grape tomatoes, diced
  • ½ red onion, diced
  • 1 (6 ounce) can small pitted black olives, halved lengthwise
  • 1 (12 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 6 romaine lettuce leaves, torn into bite size pieces
Created: Sep 23, 2025 Updated: Sep 23, 2025