2 meals 1 night

So I went to my I laws for the weekend and I offered to make Saturday dinner for the 4 of us, si I decided to make 2 plated meals, the Thai beef lettuce wraps and fresh spaghetti with artichokes. Everything was great and everyone liked the food, however making 2 recipes at once was difficult.   I had 4 burners going at once and having to keep switching which recipe I was looking at was a bit confusing.  If I try to make food  I liked the lettuce wraps more then the pasta another example of how I generally like the Asian recipes better.

What I liked -
Lettuce wraps - pretty much everything. The beef with the crunch of the water chestnuts and peanuts and the sweet spicy combo.

Pasta- fresh pasta, a little brightness from the lemon, a little bite from the red pepper and arugula.

What I didn't like -
Lettuce wraps - because I was making 2 things at once the beef and rice were a little cool by the time we ate, I think having them warm/hot would have been better, but again this was my own fault.  The outer big layers of the lettuce weren't that crunchy but the inner layers were small.

Pasta - the artichokes were difficult to prep probably more then they were worth (but they were good).   Would have liked a little more cheese or something to make this a little creamy, maybe more garlic, it needed something a little more.

My modifications-
Lettuce wraps - only used about 1/4 of sriracha to make sure it wasn't to spicy, think it could have used a little more.

Pasta-  I used 2 strips of lemon zest and added more fresh pasta (really used fresh linguinni as thats what the store had) as we had 4 people. Added most of the cheese when I was mixing in the pasta water to make it a bit creamy then served it family style with the rest of the cheese on the side.

Lettuce wraps - 5 stars
Pasta - 3.5 stars