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

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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