Food Failures

My beloved husband attempted to make a rice penne pasta and chicken, with peas, mushroom, garlic, celery, onions and corrot dish for us last night, that left much to be desired. I am writing about it because he is a FAB! cook and it was a surprise to have such "not so good food" last evening. Usually, we do very well at finding desirable foods, flavor, textures and color play to make our food appealing to both of us. Last night, not so much.

We have found that the rice noodles for spaghetti, most of the pastas made of rice are wonderful. What have you found that works well for you?