So, last night was "date night" at home. We spent a little extra on the ingredients for dinner last night and it was still cheaper than if we had decided to go out. I made balsamic glazed chicken with portobella mushrooms, served over cracked black pepper linguine, with herb-sauteed summer squash and zucchini. For desert we had butternut squash with struesel. The only part of the meal that was a disappointment to me was the squash. It tasted VERY similar to the sweet potatoes we eat at Thanksgiving and wasn't very "dessert like." I have to admit it was probably better for us than some of the other desserts I had been looking at. The chicken and pasta was amazing. We had so much leftover that we ate it for lunch again today, and I would almost say it tastes better today, something to do with flavors having more time to settle.
Recipes here: (and the pictures above are real pics of what the food looked like cooked!)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dan-smith-and-steve-mcdonagh/balsamic-glazed-chicken-breast-recipe/index.html (recipe is for 12 servings so be sure to cut recipe down.)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/sauteed-zucchini-with-garlic-and-herbs-recipe/index.html (I added summer squash.)
We spent all night watching Heroes on netflix. We finished watching season 3 and now we can't wait until Sept 21 for the 2 hour season premier of season 4. We're officially completely addicted.
This evening as soon as Allen gets off work we are going to my Mom and Dad's for dinner. I'm baking chocolate wave zucchini bread right now to take over there. I hope there are still some grape tomatoes left in the garden.
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