My first Pinterest-spired dinner!

Sorry there is no photo... I inhaled it so fast I forgot to take a picture! To see the original picture and post, please check out this blog here.

Now, this is definitely a recipe that I did not measure... anything... so I am very sorry to say you are just going to have to trust your gut on this one and use ingredients to your own liking.  I read the original recipe and tried a pretty close version 2 nights ago... but didn't think it was just quit right so I made it again tonight and YUMMO!!!  It was prefect! (maybe next time I will take measurements - then again probably not :) )

Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Spaghetti - as most of you know I only use whole wheat pasta for the extra fiber and nutrients.  You may use regular spaghetti or your favorite pasta as desired, I think ANY pasta with this sauce would be fantastic!
Butter
Parmesan Cheese (I happened to have the very yummy, yet very expensive parmesan reggiano, which is what I used.  I think it would be fine with regular parmesan as long as it is fresh, not from the plastic shaker jar...)
Minced Garlic
Cream
Parsley
S&P
Frozen Broccoli - my healthy addition to the original recipe, just to make me feel a little better about feeding it to my 1 year old, who by the way INHALED it...

First, boil a large pot of salted water.  Cook the pasta to al-dente.  do not over cook, you will be simmering over low heat to thicken the sauce later, so on the underside is OK.  Reserve 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking water to thicken up sauce later.

Drain and return pasta to pan.

Add a dollop of butter (I dunno... 1 tbls maybe? I guess it depends on how much spaghetti you used, I made a perfect portion for me and my little fella, and probably used a tad less then 1 tbls...)
A generous handful of cheese goes in, along with a couple swishes around the pot of cream (just enough to coat the pasta unless you want it really runny...)
About a 1/2 - 3/4 of a regular teaspoon (like cereal spoon) full of minced garlic (since we use SO much garlic in our house I finally got smart and started buying the large jar of pre-minced garlic... a lot cheaper and way easier!) I would say if you are using fresh 2 - 3 cloves.  Of course I am a garlic L-O-V-E-R, so tone this down if you do not want it to be overly garlicy (3 1/2 hours later, I'm still tasting garlic - just the way I like it!)
Sprinkle in, oh I'd say about 1 tsp or so of parsley, again you'll just have to eye-ball it to see what looks good to you.
And salt and pepper to taste.  (Because I was feeding this to little man, I did go light on the salt, and added a tiny bit of garlic salt to the top of my own... yes I know, more garlic!)
A handful of frozen broccoli (or any other vegetable you prefer!) - would be GREAT with chicken too!

Stir and simmer lightly over low heat until bubbling.  Stir in some of the reserved cooking liquid 1 tbls at a time until it reaches the right consistency you are looking for.  Cover and Simmer until frozen veggie's are cooked thru, and YUMMO!!!  easy, peasy, 1 pot-fashizy! super quick clean up, done in about 15 minutes, and tastes like heaven.  Thank you Pinterest! maybe I should I try some more of the 100 or so recipe's I have pinned, I feel like they are just going to waste out there in cyberspace!