October 5th: Spaghetti bolognese

Verdict:
Toss: spaghetti bolognese

Because I just love pasta and questionable meat so much, I cooked it for two days in a row! Last night's chicken meatball miso soup noodles was not a winner, and tonight's recipe is getting tossed too. BUT. Tonight's meal was a re-try from last year; from October 2009's Chatelaine: Spaghetti bolognese. Last year I jotted, "V. Good" on the recipe, and this year I think I would say the same, but it is just not quite good enough to keep. Greg and Olivia may differ in opinion on this from me. It's on the spicy side as far as flavour goes, but without a lot of depth; no onions and garlic, and what is cooking with no onions and garlic? Especially where pasta is involved? Fairly easy in preparation, though you can't trust Chatelaine when they say things like, "Cook the meat for 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Meanwhile, chop veggies." Trust me: chop the veggies before embarking on meat-cooking. Oh, and the recipe says it makes four servings. You can easily feed more than four people with this recipe. Do we need to eat 1/4 lb of pasta each?

Oh dear, I sound quite negative. That's likely just because I am writing this when I should be sleeping and my alarm is set to go off in 5 hours. But no worries, I slept in Olivia's bed for 2 hours earlier tonight! Hopefully tomorrow night's meal is more pleasing to my palate: chicken and sweet potatoes!