I feel like Tommy and I are getting really good at making dinner. Most of the time, I would rather eat here than go out to eat, knowing that what we make here will far surpass the restaurant quality that we are willing to afford. The only time that I prefer to go out to dinner is when I’m too tired to cook. Even when the preparations seem simple, the tastes explode in my mouth and I want to keep eating past the point of being full. I usually stop before I get to the uncomfortable full-ness, but I always want to eat more… Tonight we had Melanie’s polenta (with a cheese substitution) and a simple chicken salad. The only regret to the dinner was that I didn’t have anything made for dessert.
I won’t elaborate on the recipes, only to say that I substituted a combination of 2/3 mozzarella and 1/3 unknown semi-soft cheese in our fridge for the 1 cup of fontina for the polenta. Oh yeah, and I also used normal spinach instead of baby spinach, and I added the spinach to the polenta after about 10 minutes of cooking the polenta, instead of sauteing the spinach separately. The salad consisted of mixed greens, an heirloom tomato, and a marinated chicken breast. So delicious. I’m not sure that anyone would ever serve a bowl of polenta beside a plate of chicken salad, but we did and loved it.
