Great expectations

I have been eying a recipe on smitten kitchen for a long time now and tonight I finally decided to try it out. I served asparagus, goat cheese, and lemon pasta because I really love all of those things (it also has tarragon... yum!) Other than fudging amounts here and there, I followed the recipe pretty much exactly. I also prepared salmon fillets in the oven (350 for 15 minutes, 1 TBSP butter, lemon juice, and tarragon on top). The entire meal took 15 minutes to prepare so that was a total bonus!

I loooove goat cheese (marry it and have many tangy creamy babies kind of love) so I was expecting to eat all eight servings of this and fend off any other potential feeders with my pasta tongs. But.......... it just fell a bit flat. I liked all of the flavors, but it wasn't as life-changing as I hoped. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to have enough leftovers to provide me a healthy and tasty lunch the next few days, but I don't know how often I would repeat this recipe. 

Timmy was very excited to eat everything (obviously), but he was pretty wary of the pasta once he experienced the tang of the goat cheese. He wolfed down the salmon (I was also feeling "eh" about this), and then he actually suggested that next time I just do the asparagus in the goat cheese, lemon, and tarragon and I think I just might try it! If nothing else, it's really good to know how easily goat cheese melts and becomes an instant pasta sauce.

My "great expectations" weren't met, but it was still a healthy and pretty dinner with the boy I sorta like. Can't complain about that!

***Update-- I enjoyed the pasta served cold (I just added a bit more lemon juice, and salt) very much. I had it for lunch a few days in a row!