Vegetarian's Aglio Olio (Original Recipe)

     So this is basically a stir-fry you can do with whatever spare ingredients you have lying around your home. That's how I came up with it today. Oh and its vegetarian.

"No man is lonely eating spaghetti;

it requires so much attention."

~ Christopher Morley

Vegetarian's Aglio Olio

Ingredients

1 large onion

3 cloves garlic

about 2 cups cooked spaghetti

1/2 head broccoli

3 mushrooms

4-5 small potatoes (boiled)

(or two large potatoes)

1 chili

(2 if you don't mind the spice)

3-4 tbsps lemon juice

2-3 tbsps olive oil

1 tbsp butter

extra virgin olive oil

coriander

mixed herbs

oregano

salt

pepper

Chop onion, garlic cloves, broccoli and mushrooms.

Heat some oil in a deep dish frying pan and once heated, fry the chopped onion.

Once some of the onions have browned at the edges, toss in the broccoli and mushrooms.

Add a pinch of salt and stir.

Chop up the boiled potatoes or leave them in chunks to be added later.

Stir those in too if you'd like.

Finally add the spaghetti and stir.

Add the garlic and chili,

Add another pinch of salt and the other spices and herbs. Stir well.

Toss in the butter and just let it melt into the spaghetti,

add the lemon juice and top with extra virgin olive oil.

Toss and stir and all that stuff again for good measure.

Serves 2-3

     Feel free to add more lemon if it works. Actually I don't even know if Aglio Olio is really made this way but it does taste similar to it. You can also use other ingredients if you think it works. Happy experimenting!