This is spaghetti with mushroom marinara (Ragu with fresh button mushrooms and onion added), baked chicken breast that was marinated in Italian dressing, and fresh corn on the cob. My chief complaint against this dinner I cooked is that it's not entirely cohesive. Maybe it would have been if I had had some mozzarella cheese to melt on top of the chicken, or maybe some pan-roasted zucchini on the side could have held it all together. I just didn't have the right stuff. I'm planning on going to the market with a friend on Sunday, so I told myself I'd make do with what I had until then.
I couldn't save the corn for any longer; I felt compelled to buy it at 6 ears for $1, but I never had anything to make with it, so it languished in the fridge for over a week. It's a shame we couldn't have had it when it was younger since it was super sweet. The chicken was easy since it was just marinade, season, and bake, but it came out kind of dry. I'll have to rethink how I bake it. The spaghetti was good, but I needed to put more mushrooms in the sauce. I underestimated both how much the mushrooms would cook down and how much sauce was in two jars (I cooked for seven this time). Dinner was still enjoyable, but I know I could have done better in many respects. Maybe I set the bar too high with the tacos...
The biggest takeaway for me from this post is that I'm my own worst critic. I love food, and when I don't use it to its fullest capacity, I become... concerned, let's say. Oh well. Tomorrow's another day. By the way, sorry for posting so late at night. I'm dipping into tomorrow, and that defies my intention to post once a day. I'll have to make sure to blog instead of chatting about Powerline's "Eye to Eye."
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