Old school spaghetti night

Old school spaghetti night!!!  Are you sure this is a diet????  Saved points for date night in with Jeremy.  Atticus slumbering made this a leisurely meal tasting better than most spots we could have gone in this town.

Half this plate was 21pts.  Not too shabby, especially topped with the balsamic reduction I made.  Trader Joes sure knows aged balsamic.

Dinner for two
Start salted water boiling.  Add 8oz. Tinkyada Brown Rice Spaghetti pasta and stir.  Then start your sauce.
Med high heat skillet, add 3 Tbls. Olive oil. Put in about 3 to 4 cups of grape or cherry tomatoes.  Let them cook till they pop and their juices come out.  About five min.  Then add salt and pepper and four large garlic cloves sliced thin.  Stir and turn heat to low.  Stir pasta.  In a small saucepan add 4 Tbls. of aged balsamic vinegar on med. heat, and cook about 5-7 min. until a little thicker.  Take off heat and set aside.  When pasta is done, drain and plate.  Then add 1 Cup of torn fresh basil to tomatoes and stir.  Remove from heat.  Add tomato mixture on top of pasta and add fresh grated Romano or Parmesan cheese.  Then drizzle reduction over top.

My dinner portion was ;
4oz. pasta              11pts
1.5 Tbls. oil            4pts
tomatoes                0pts
Basil                       0pts
Romano 2oz           6pts
Garlic                     0pts
Date night dinner=   21pts