..mizithra cheese spaghetti..

i'm not usually a huge fan of pasta but after a super busy weekend, i'm a fan of how quick and easy it can be.  saturday is my only day off and i usually have so much to do, it doesn't feel like a day off at all.  i know, i feel bad for me too, buuut i'm leaving for nyc in 9 days, so that should be a nice break! yay!!  my mom and i spent all day saturday doing wedding stuff.  who knew that wedding planning could be so exhausting!?  even tho it wore us right out, we got a lot accomplished and have all of the major details finalized :)  when i looked in the fridge for dinner inspiration, i spotted the mizithra cheese.  ahhh mizithra... brings back childhood memories.. i remember going down to the old spaghetti factory and i would ALWAYS get the mizithra.  then, i would bring my leftovers home, and eat it the next day for breakfast. haha!  spaghetti for breakfast?  sure, why not?  i'd probably still do it, if i ever had leftovers ;)  i've tried many times to replicate their mizithra but have never gotten it quite right.  then i read the menu,  mizithra cheese and browned butter.  oh, so smothering it with regular butter isn't going to cut it?  fine, i'll try browning the butter.  success!  it was so easy and it tasted EXACTLY like i remember AND made the house smell like the spaghett factory, too.  yumO!  indulge and enjoy!!  fyi-i'll be at a graduation... i'm beyond excited.  NOT.  i said i'd never go to another after my own but i suppose i better support my future sis in law.  what i am excited for is graduation dinner!  imma get a big fat steak since it's been, oh, about 3 months since i've been able to eat it...  actually, i'm more than excited, i'm ECSTATIC!!

MIZITHRA CHEESE SPAGHETTI WITH BROWNED BUTTER

• 2 T. butter
• mizithra cheese
• spaghetti

to brown the butter:  melt the butter over medium heat.  let the butter come to a boil.  once it starts boiling, it will foam.  stir constantly until it stops foaming and turns a nice golden color.  strain over the pasta.  lightly toss the pasta with the butter and top with shredded mizithra cheese.
*there aren't any "real" measurements with this.  2 T. is enough for a single serving size of pasta (my spaghetti container has a little measurer thingy).  top with as much cheese as you'd like :)

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